December 14, 2009 2:39 PM

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Lahore HC directs Govt. not deport five American Muslim youths

A Pakistani court on Monday directed the government not to deport five American Muslim youths, arrested on suspicion of terror links, to the US or any other country. Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif of Lahore High Court issued the order in response to a petition filed by former Inter-Services Intelligence agency official Khalid Khwaja. The five youths wanted to go to Afghanistan to fight the US-led forces but were arrested by Pakistani police last week in Sargodha in Punjab province. In his petition, Khwaja said the five youths should be tried under Pakistani laws.<br/> <br/>Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said they can be deported only after Pakistani authorities verify that they have not violated any local laws.<br/><br/><br/>

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