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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Three German nationals arrested in PeshawarPESHAWAR: Police on Saturday arrested three German nationals for not having valid travel documents and sent them to Islamabad for questioning. The arrests come days after Norwegian internal security chief Janne Kristiansen resigned over leaks that Norwegian spy agents had worked in Pakistan, setting off alarm bells in the security establishment in Islamabad. The University Town police station and intelligence officials raided a house and arrested three German nationals without valid travel documents. “The three Germans did not satisfy us to let them stay as they needed certain documents for legal stay,” a senior police official wishing not to be named told Daily Times while confirming the arrests. He did not clarify whether the three Germans were diplomats or working with any international non-governmental organisation. “They have been sent to Islamabad where they may be interrogated,” the police official added. The latest report said that the Germans drove back to the federal capital after being served “expulsion order” by the Peshawar administration, official sources confided to this scribe. Foreign nationals were trying to visit Peshawar without legal documents and this process “aims at countering efforts” by foreign intelligence agencies trying to undertake “covert operations” against al Qaeda. staff report
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk