| The Pakistani law enforcing Agencies Tuesday apprehended a medical doctor and his son suspecting their linkages with al-Qaida of Osama bin Laden. âDr. M Khan Mehmoud Ahmed Kathia and his son were arrested by the Pakistani authorities from Banni Qasim in Harrapa, some 150 kilometers in the South-West of Lahore, capital of Pakistani Punjab,â a highly placed source told NNI. When contacted the local police of Harrapa, the police official requesting anonymity has said, âwe donât know about the arrests neither we were part of the raiding party.â As part of the government since September 11, 2001, some months before two medical doctors including Dr. Aziz and Dr. Ahmed Jawed Khawaja were arrested from Lahore on their suspected linkages with Osama bin Laden of al-Qaida in separate raids conducted with a gap of at least five months. Dr. Khawaja and his brother Ahmed Naveed Khawaja are still in the custody where Dr. Aziz who was arrested last year was released in December 2002. |