Pakistan Arrests Three Germans On 'Illegal Activities'

Islamabad, Jan 21, IRNA – Pakistan authorities Saturday arrested three German nationals on 'suspicious and illegal activities' in the country's northwest on Saturday, police said. A police officer Mian Saeed said that German nations are being questioned for their ‘illegal’ stay and running an ‘office’ in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police and members of security agencies raided a house in University Town area of Peshawar and took the Germans into custody, Saeed told the media. The Germans had been running the office but had failed to show any documents on Pakistani government’s permission when they were asked for. The arrested foreigners had recently shifted to Peshawar and opened their office. The police also sealed their office. The German told the police that they had opened the office for ‘coordination’ between the two countries. They also said they had been monitoring German-funded 'development projects'. Police said that Pakistanis, working with the Germans were also arrested. German nationals are likely to be sent to Islamabad for further investigation or hand over to the German embassy, security sources said. There had been no word from the German embassy./end