Pakistani police on Monday submitted a chargesheet in a Lahore court against five American Muslims, who were arrested last month for alleged terror links, accusing them of conspiring against the state and plotting terrorist attacks.<br/><br/>Sargodha police Chief Usman Anwar said, during the hearing, the youths admitted to the court that they wanted to go to Afghanistan via Pakistan. The youths also alleged that police had subjected them to torture. The court ordered authorities to conduct a medical examination of the youths and to submit a report at the next hearing on 2nd of February. <br/><br/>The five Americans also told the court that they had no confidence in their lawyer Muhammad Ali Rokhari and wanted human rights activist and former Inter-Services Intelligence agency official Khalid Khwaja’s help in pursuing their case. <br/><br/>They have also been interrogated by a team of the American FBI. The Lahore High Court has already ordered that the youths cannot be deported or handed over to the FBI or any foreign agency without its permission.
News On AIR | January 18, 2010 9:23 PM
Pak submits chargesheet against 5 American Muslim