FBI team visits seminaries in Bahawalpur

Published August 20, 2006

BAHAWALPUR, Aug 19: A two-member team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States has visited Bahawalpur. According to sources, the team stayed here for two days and visited several seminaries.

They said the FBI team also met Master Allah Baksh, father of banned Jaish-i-Muhammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar.

Later, they left for Multan.

A number of correspondents from international media have also reached the town since the arrest of Rashid Rauf, a suspect in the alleged plot to blow up planes flying from the United Kingdom to the US.