Five US nationals to be indicted on terror charges in Pakistan

Pakistani police commandos escort US militant suspects as they leave an anti-terrorist court after a hearing in Sargodha yesterday. Five US militant suspects were remanded back into custody by a Pakistani court after telling judges they wanted to "help their Muslim brothers" in war-torn Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

The five US nationals arrested last month in Pakistan will be indicted under different sections of Anti-Terrorism Act on Monday when they will be presented in Sargodha District and Sessions Court.
Waqar Hussain Khan (22), Virginia, Ahmed Abdullah Mani (20), Virginia, Ramay S Zamzam (22), Iman Hasan Yamar (17), California and Omar Farouk (24), Virginia, were arrested in Sargodha on December 9, for "plotting terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghansitan."
"They will be charge-sheeted under sections 11-I-F and 11-V-N of the ATA for hatching criminal conspiracy against the state and plotting terror attacks here and abroad. The maximum sentence for the offence is life imprisonment," Sargodha District Police Officer Dr Usman Anwar told Dawn.