Author: Mohammad Asghar
Publication: Dawn, Karachi
Date: October 11, 2001
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The US authorities
have issued a "watch-list" of 241 persons, including six Pakistanis suspected
to be involved in the Sept 11 suicide attacks in the United States, and
asked the government to arrest them, an official source said on Wednesday.
The "watch-list" contains the names
of 241 persons belonging to different countries, including Germany, Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, Yaman, Tunis, Kuwait, Morocco, Zambia, Jordan, Lebanon, France,
Bangladesh, Algeria, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Syria, India and the UAE, the source
said. One German national has been identified in the watch-list while it
included the Indian, French and United Arab Emirates nationals also.
The US authorities have asked the
Pakistan government to trace the six person identified and extradite them
to America as they are suspected to be involved in the terror blitz, the
source said. The names of six persons are: Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Manzer,
Ashaq, Hussain, Nasrullah and M. Zia. Instructions have been issued to
the immigration authorities at the airports to take the six into custody,
should they be spotted.
The immigration authorities have
been ordered to stop and take into custody any of the six Pakistanis wanted
by the US government, the source said and added that no more particulars
of the six were given to the immigration authorities.
