Arrested US national sent on 14-day remand

ISLAMABAD: Mathew Craig, the US national who was arrested in Islamabad yesterday on charges of illegal stay has been sent on 14-day remand to Adiala Jail, Geo News reported.

He was arrested from sector I-11 of the capital city on Friday and presented before the court of Judge Kashif Qayum today (Saturday).

According to police, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry had ordered him to leave the country by June 4 but his presence here after this date was in violation of the Foreign Act.

Mathew Craig had been arrested by intelligence agencies on June 10 in Fateh Jang which is considered to be a sensitive area of the country, sources said. Upon this, the Interior Ministry had canceled his visa.

The arrested US national is of the view that Pakistan’s intelligence agencies were trying to eject him from the country and that the action against him was being taken at the behest of these agencies.