Oldest Prisoner At Guantanamo Bay Camp To Be Extradited Soon: Pakistan
NDTV
Saifullah Paracha, 73, has been held at the Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of ties to Al Qaeda but never charged with a crime.
A 73-year-old man from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility at the US base in Cuba will soon return to the country, the government informed the Senate on Friday.
Saifullah Paracha, who has been held on suspicion of ties to Al Qaeda but never charged with a crime, will soon returning to Pakistan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan said.
During Question Hour, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Senator Mushtaq Ahmed had asked why the Pakistani national, a wealthy businessman, despite being cleared by the US prison review board earlier this year, Paracha had not returned to Pakistan.
Replying to his query, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Khan said that the government was coordinating with the US authorities for the repatriation of Paracha and some other Pakistanis from Guantanamo Bay.
