Pak Not to Hand over Arrested Afghans to US: Rehman Malik

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the terror suspects arrested from various parts of the country have been affiliated various criminal gangs.

Talking to media men in Islamabad on Friday Malik said the arrested Afghans will not be handed over to United States but will be tried under Pakistani laws.

The arrested Afghans will be interrogated and if they hadn’t violated Pakistani laws they will be handed over to Afghanistan, he said. He said Pakistani security forces conducted operation for their arrest however the forces share intelligence with Nato forces.

He said the government was trying its utmost for release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, while her husband’s role in her arrest also being investigated and an investigation team likely to be sent to United States.