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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44645)	9/20/2003 7:04:01 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

<They were already declared ‘grey’ (suspect) in a survey conducted last year after the arrest of Ramzi bin Al-Shaiba.> KARACHI:The law-enforcement agencies raided two Madaris here on Saturday and took into custody some 16 foreigners, who were previously declared as suspects by the intelligence outfits for their extremist views. Sources said that acting on the directives of Islamabad, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) personnel and the police, jointly, raided Jamia Abi Bakar and Madrasa Dar-ul-Islam in Gulshan-e-Iqbal in the early hours of Saturday and took into custody 16 foreigners, including 13 Malaysian, two Indonesian and a Burmese, from their hostels. The sources said the raids were made after contacting the managements of the Madaris. They added the hostels of the University of Karachi and the NED Engineering University were also searched by the LEAs for some other foreigners but no arrest was made from there. "The arrested foreigners were previously questioned by the intelligence agencies and the Special Branch of the Police a few months ago and since then were under strict surveillance. It was transpired that they were involved in activities against the interest of the country and finally we arrested them," said a top-ranking police official on condition of anonymity. "They would be deported to their countries in a day or two," he said but added that the arrested persons, who all are in their mid-20s, had no links to al-Qaeda. The sources said the arrests were made after consulting the countries they belonged. They were already declared ‘grey’ (suspect) in a survey conducted last year after the arrest of Ramzi bin Al-Shaiba. Reuters adds: Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, chief of the Crisis Management Cell of the Interior Ministry said the arrests were made after Malaysia and Indonesia withdrew permission for the 15 students to stay on in Pakistan. "They were arrested for their involvement in undesirable activities aimed against the interests of Pakistan," he said, adding: "Once the interrogation is complete they will be deported to their respective countries... the process will take a week or so."