Afghan MPA among three held in Zhob

Published November 4, 2008

QUETTA, Nov 3: A member of Paktika’s provincial assembly and two other Afghan nationals were arrested in Zhob on Monday.

According to official sources, police and personnel of other law-enforcement agencies raided a hotel in the town and took the three into custody.

“They include an MPA of Paktika,” a police official said, adding that they were in the border town without travel documents.

Police seized Pakistani national identity cards, satellite phones and some documents from the three.

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