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| Pakistan-UK at odds over arrested terror suspects |
| 2009-04-16 |
| Pakistan on Wednesday called British Deputy Political Counsellor Alastair King Smith to the Foreign Office and demanded sharing of information and consular access to alleged Pakistani students arrested by UK. "It is true that we have asked them to give us information and our high commissioner in London to give consular access, but they have not committed," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abdul Basit said. The arrest of Pakistani students and reluctance of the British authorities to share any information about them has triggered a diplomatic row between Pakistan and Britain. Diplomatic sources said Pakistan was not happy with the way the British authorities hauled up Pakistani students and tried to blame Pakistan. They said it was a "precipitate decision" against the alleged Pakistani students, and so far the authorities had failed to bring any solid evidence. Pakistan's High Commissioner in London Wajid Shamsul Hassan said, "I think somewhere it has got bungled and instead of regretting it, they are trying to cover it up." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The operation must lead directly to the ISI or they wouldn't be so excited.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-04-16 09:19 |