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Pakistan hands over 'wanted'
list to US

Pakistan has handed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a list of its eight 'most wanted criminals' currently hiding in the United States.

The list was handed over during the recent visit of FBI chief Robert Muller to Islamabad, Pakistan daily The News reported on Wednesday.

The list included criminals against whom the Interpol has issued Red Corner notices, it said. Pakistan officials told Muller that the Interpol had also confirmed the presence of these wanted men in the US, the daily added.

Those in the list included former Sindh chief minister Syed Abdullah Shah, Nighat Bari, Dr Shahzad Munawwar, Nayyar Bari, Mohammed Salman Farooqi, Sheikh Waris, Tousif Khawar Sheikh and Shakeel Amir Sheikh.

The newspaper said the Pakistani authorities were quite hopeful of getting these "wanted" men extradited from the US due to Islamabad's full cooperation with Washington during the recent military engagements in Afghanistan.

PTI

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