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News feed in ToI dated 30th June 2007.
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Islamabad: Pakistan is preparing special cells to house Guantanamo detainees who may be shifted to the country with the US administration under pressure to close down the detention facility on the Cuban island, a news report has said.
A top Pakistani official said a special facility has already been built in Faisalabad, adjacent to Faisalabad Central Prison. Another such facility is under construction in Multan and is expected to be completed within the next few months. Work on a detention centre adjacent to Adyala Jail in Rawalpindi has also started.
With the administration under pressure to close the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Pakistan is readying to step in to help its ally in the war on the terror, Asia Times Online said. These facilities are being funded by the US and will work under the direct jurisdiction of Pakistan ministry of interior. Special staff will be deputed to the centers to work in conjunction with US officials, the Post daily reported.
The Bush administration may take recourse to the new methodology to hold on to the terror suspects as they fear that the joint military prison and interrogation camp may be closed down by the Democrat-controlled Congress. It was learnt that the US is considering a plan under which inmates would be returned to special facilities in their countries of origin, where they would be treated on a case-by-case basis. PTI
US SC admits detainees plea
The US supreme court, reversing course, agreed on Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees may go to federal court to challenge their indefinite confinement. The action, announced without comment along with other end-of-term orders, is a setback for the Bush administration. It had argued that a new law strips courts of their jurisdiction to hear detainee cases. AP
Kashif
Pak to hold Gitmo inmates for US?
Special Jails Already Under Construction Islamabad: Pakistan is preparing special cells to house Guantanamo detainees who may be shifted to the country with the US administration under pressure to close down the detention facility on the Cuban island, a news report has said.
A top Pakistani official said a special facility has already been built in Faisalabad, adjacent to Faisalabad Central Prison. Another such facility is under construction in Multan and is expected to be completed within the next few months. Work on a detention centre adjacent to Adyala Jail in Rawalpindi has also started.
With the administration under pressure to close the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Pakistan is readying to step in to help its ally in the war on the terror, Asia Times Online said. These facilities are being funded by the US and will work under the direct jurisdiction of Pakistan ministry of interior. Special staff will be deputed to the centers to work in conjunction with US officials, the Post daily reported.
The Bush administration may take recourse to the new methodology to hold on to the terror suspects as they fear that the joint military prison and interrogation camp may be closed down by the Democrat-controlled Congress. It was learnt that the US is considering a plan under which inmates would be returned to special facilities in their countries of origin, where they would be treated on a case-by-case basis. PTI
US SC admits detainees plea
The US supreme court, reversing course, agreed on Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees may go to federal court to challenge their indefinite confinement. The action, announced without comment along with other end-of-term orders, is a setback for the Bush administration. It had argued that a new law strips courts of their jurisdiction to hear detainee cases. AP
