ISLAMABAD, 12 October 2006 — Police arrested a provincial minister and his brother in a murder case in northwestern Pakistan yesterday after a court rejected their “bail-before-arrest” pleas.
Inayatullah Khan, health minister of the MMA-ruled North West Frontier Province (NWFP), and his brother Anwar Khan were named as instigators in the murder of a government officer, Jehanzeb Khan. Local television channel Geo said Jehanzeb had a property dispute with the two brothers.
Inayatullah and his brother Ali Khan sought interim bail on Sept. 8 from Nowshera Sessions Court. The bail was rejected and the two were arrested. Inayatullah belongs to Jamaat-e-Islami and is an important member in the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal government that runs the province.
Pakistanis Deported From US
Eighty-eight Pakistanis were deported from the United States on various charges, including illegal stay and involvement in crimes. A special plane carrying the Pakistanis arrived in Islamabad yesterday. They were taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Agency for further questioning.
FIA officials told Arab News, “None of them belong to any terrorist group or organization. Most of them were living in the United States illegally.” According to the officials some of them had gone to Mexico via Austria and managed to cross into the United States.
