Quetta, Pakistan, Feb 14: Police in southwestern Pakistan said today that they have arrested a foreign national on suspicion of ties with a terrorist organisation, possibly al-Qaida.

The suspect was arrested during a raid of a house in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, where he had been living with a pakistani family, police said. Police chief Shoaib Suddle refused to give the man's name or nationality.


"Definitely we suspect that he has links with terrorist groups," Suddle said.
"The arrested person is changing his statements including about his nationality. We want to verify what he has told us before saying anything about him," he added.

Bureau Report