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| Pakistan to share deportee information |
| 2005-10-03 |
| Pakistan has decided to share information about deportees with their countries of origin, in the hope of extracting clues regarding the whereabouts of terrorists operating on its soil, including those with links to Al Qaeda. The government decided to share information with countries, whose citizens had been caught in Pakistan for minor offences and deported. These include Angola, Kenya, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and other central Asian countries, sources told Daily Times. The information sharing with these countries will be helpful in seeking out terrorists hiding in various parts of the country, the sources said. A comprehensive list of foreign nationals - deported on charges of carrying illegal documents, overstaying their visit or involvement in other minor crimes — will be sent to their respective governments, who will be asked to interrogate the deportees regarding militants fighting against US-led forces in Afghanistan near the Pak-Afghan border, sources said. The Interior Ministry has already written to the home secretaries of the four provinces, the Islamabad chief commissioner, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) secretary, the immigration director of the Federal Investigation Agency and passport section officers to provide a list of foreign nationals deported from Pakistan in the last six months, sources said. |
| Posted by:Fred |