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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

FBI arrests Fai in Virginia

WASHINGTON: The FBI arrested a Virginia man namely of Ghulam Nabi Fai Tuesday, accusing him of getting money from Pakistan’s spy agency and lobbying for the Pakistani government inside the United States, a federal law enforcement official said.

According to the media reports, Syed Fai in Fairfax was arrested on charges of being an unregistered agent of a foreign government. Ghulam Nabi Fai is the executive director of the Kashmiri American Foundation, which India has viewed for many years as a front for the Pakistani government.
Though the charges are not related to espionage, the arrest adds new strain to the already difficult relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan, which suffered after the U.S. found Osama bin Laden hiding inside Pakistan and killed him without telling the government there. The Pakistani spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, has a complicated relationship with U.S. intelligence. The agency is a crucial ally in the war on terrorism.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing and court documents have not been released. Online