FBI detains Pak Consul Officer

NEW YORK—Mohammad Yunis Qureshi the Assistant Consular at Pakistan Consulate has been placed under detention by FBI without any formal charge.
The consular has been behind bar for the fourth straight day at New Jersey detention center.
It is learnt through reliable sources that Mr. Qureshi is a devout Muslim and active member of a Tableghi Jumaat based in Alfalah Mosque in Corona New York whose accounts were seized by Federal authorities last month and Qureshi also is member of the managing committee of the Alfalah Mosque.
Alfalah Mosque and Tableeghi Jamaat are under heavy surveillance by the US authorities.
Reliable sources also contended that younger son of Qureshi is a student of Madrassa in Karachi and Qureshi was scheduled to leave on the weekend to Pakistan.
Pakistani diplomats have exhausted all diplomatic and political channels but American authorities have rejected the request made by Pakistani diplomats.
The Embassy of Pakistan is of the view that this case falls under New York consulate jurisdiction while Newark consul officials say the officer is not protected under Vienna convention.
The veteran respected dedicated and honest official of Abbottabad has not been officially charged yet and is expected to be visited by counsel on Monday.
A diplomat while commenting his arrest said we could not protect our own employee how can we protect others he deplored US authorities attitude towards a national of one of its so called ‘friend’ and ‘close ally’.—Online