Islamabad: A six-member team of British counter-terrorism officials has arrived in Islamabad to seek custody of Rashid Rauf, a key suspect of the abortive London terror plot, a media report said.
The Dawn newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that although there was no extradition treaty between Pakistan and the United Kingdom, the British team wanted to take Rauf back to London for further investigation as part of Operation Overt, the
police inquiry into the failed airline plot.
A report from London quoted a spokeswoman for the UK Home Office as saying that there are a number of international conventions, such as the Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, that set up formal extradition arrangements for certain types of criminal conduct.
"A team of UK legal experts has arrived here because Rauf is a British national. The team will coordinate and discuss all legal aspects," Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao said.
The sources said Pakistani intelligence agencies, tasked to investigate the matter, had not yet taken a position on Rauf's extradition.
The UK team, which had given a list of more suspects, had not been allowed to quiz Rauf, they added.
The UK team sought Pakistan's help to locate an Eritrean national, who was believed to be one of the key suspects in the plot, they further added.
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