ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is planning to deport five Americans held on terror links to the United States after they were grilled by a special FBI team in the capital Islamabad. “A five-member FBI team along with Pakistani intelligence officials, a legal advisor and a political counsellor of the US embassy Islamabad is engaged in grilling the five Americas about their alleged links with militant organizations and future plans,” a senior interior ministry official told IslamOnline.
“As soon as the investigations are over, they will be deported to their country.”
Pakistani authorities arrested the five on Wednesday in the north-eastern city of Sarghoda, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) south of Pakistan's capital Islamabad
Their local host has been handed over to police on a remand by a local court.
Pakistan Militant Groups Pictures of the detainees shown on the private Express TV station Friday showed five young men, most of them clean-shaven, in Western clothing. “It’s not the matter concerning to the US only,” said the interior ministry official.
“We too are concerned about this. Therefore, our interrogators are also grilling them to know about their aides here, and their future plans.”
IOL correspondent made repeated efforts to reach the Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit, to comment on the status of the five detainees, but he was not available.
US President Barack Obama has promised an investigation into how and why the five men left the US for Pakistan.
Pakistan is in the grip of a fierce insurgency, with more than 2,680 people killed in attacks since July 2007.
No Access
The mother of Umar Farooq, a US national of Pakistani origin, confirmed that her son would be deported.
“I am not giving access to my son, which is my fundamental legal right,” Sahiba Farooq told reporters.
“I don’t know anything about his condition and his legal future.”
District Police Officer, Dr Usman Anwer, told IOL that the five detainees are being grilled by intelligence agents in a police station in Sarghoda.
“They were on a special mission here,” he said, adding that the documents recovered from their possession suggest that.
However, intelligence sources said that the five Americans are being questioned at a safe house of Intelligence Bureau.
“We are interrogating them about their possible links with Jesh-e-Mohammad in Pakistan,” the interior ministry official said.
“But Americans are concerned that how did the JM people manage to contact these people in America.
“They are considering this a serious blow to their internal security, if outlawed organizations manage to reach their youths while sitting here in Pakistan.”
Source: IslamOnline
“As soon as the investigations are over, they will be deported to their country.”
Pakistani authorities arrested the five on Wednesday in the north-eastern city of Sarghoda, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) south of Pakistan's capital Islamabad
Their local host has been handed over to police on a remand by a local court.
Pakistan Militant Groups Pictures of the detainees shown on the private Express TV station Friday showed five young men, most of them clean-shaven, in Western clothing. “It’s not the matter concerning to the US only,” said the interior ministry official.
“We too are concerned about this. Therefore, our interrogators are also grilling them to know about their aides here, and their future plans.”
IOL correspondent made repeated efforts to reach the Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit, to comment on the status of the five detainees, but he was not available.
US President Barack Obama has promised an investigation into how and why the five men left the US for Pakistan.
Pakistan is in the grip of a fierce insurgency, with more than 2,680 people killed in attacks since July 2007.
No Access
The mother of Umar Farooq, a US national of Pakistani origin, confirmed that her son would be deported.
“I am not giving access to my son, which is my fundamental legal right,” Sahiba Farooq told reporters.
“I don’t know anything about his condition and his legal future.”
District Police Officer, Dr Usman Anwer, told IOL that the five detainees are being grilled by intelligence agents in a police station in Sarghoda.
“They were on a special mission here,” he said, adding that the documents recovered from their possession suggest that.
However, intelligence sources said that the five Americans are being questioned at a safe house of Intelligence Bureau.
“We are interrogating them about their possible links with Jesh-e-Mohammad in Pakistan,” the interior ministry official said.
“But Americans are concerned that how did the JM people manage to contact these people in America.
“They are considering this a serious blow to their internal security, if outlawed organizations manage to reach their youths while sitting here in Pakistan.”
Source: IslamOnline
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