Data about Pakistanis in US being collected

Published November 9, 2001

MINGORA, Nov 8: The secret agencies have started collecting information about Pakistanis living at present in the United States temporarily or permanently.

It was reliably learnt here on Thursday that the personnel of the secret agencies were busy collecting complete information about the people, their families, activities, jobs, family background, and affiliation with the parties and religious groups reportedly as a part of the government’s support to the US in its campaign against terrorism. It was told that the information was to be given to the American secret agency FBI.

This new process has created unrest among the relatives of those living in the US.