[Dawn] Czech authorities have released a Pak national held on an international warrant for suspected murder and terrorism after Pakistain failed to apply for his extradition, a regional court prosecutor said on Tuesday.The police had jugged Muhammad Zafar at the end of April when he applied for asylum in the European Union member. Pakistain, which initiated the warrant, had not requested his extradition within the 40-day period dictated by law.
"The prosecutor has a duty to decide to release the detainee and another decision was not possible in the given situation," prosecutor Zbynek Vondra said.
Vondra said there was no information Zafar had been involved in criminal activities in the Czech Republic or another European state. He gave no details of the accusations he faces in Pakistain.
Czech officials, at the time of his detention, had said there were no reports of any terrorist threat to the Czech Republic.
Police could detain the suspect again if Pakistain delivers the necessary extradition documents, a Justice Ministry spokeswoman said.
They'll maybe sorta get around to it someday, but then Lahore High Court will let him off for lack of evidence.
A lawyer for Zafar was unavailable for comment, nor was any official at Pakistain's embassy in Prague.