{"id":2895,"date":"2007-11-16T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T15:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/11\/16\/pakistan-to-extradite-terror-accused\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T17:25:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:25:13","slug":"pakistan-to-extradite-terror-accused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/11\/16\/pakistan-to-extradite-terror-accused\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to extradite terror accused"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<div><strong>A BRITISH MUSLIM suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to blow up airlines over the Atlantic is expected to be deported to the UK.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Birmingham man Rashid Rauf was arrested in August 2006 in Pakistan in connection with an apparent al-Qaida-inspired plot to bomb passenger jets crossing the Atlantic. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>UK authorities have been primarily seeking to extradite him in connection with the murder of his uncle, Mohammed Saeed, in April 2002 in Birmingham. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Rauf left the city shortly after the murder and settled in Bahawalpur, southern Punjab, where he was later arrested by Pakistani authorities after a tip-off from Britain over the alleged al-Qaida plot.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>His lawyer Hashmat Habib revealed an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan ordered his release yesterday after the prosecution withdrew a case against him on domestic charges, not British terrorism charges in connection with the alleged transatlantic plot.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Crown Prosecution Service, who requested Rauf&#8217;s extradition, said the process was &#8220;ongoing&#8221; and it had not been informed by lawyers that it had been approved.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>A source at the CPS told the Guardian newspaper that once in the UK Rauf would be questioned by West Midlands Police about his uncle\u2019s murder\u00a0but could be questioned about &#8220;other matters&#8221; such as alleged terrorism. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Rauf\u2019s arrest in Pakistan sparked a series of raids in the UK and the tightening of hand baggage restrictions on flights. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Fifteen people have been charged with terrorism offences in connection with the alleged plot.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BRITISH MUSLIM suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to blow up airlines over the Atlantic is expected to be deported to the UK. &#13; Birmingham man Rashid Rauf was arrested in August 2006 in Pakistan in connection with an apparent al-Qaida-inspired plot to bomb passenger jets crossing the Atlantic. &#13; UK authorities have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}