The deputy chief of the Mission, Embassy of Pakistan has said terrorism was threatening Pakistani society, and "we are confronting it not for the United States, but in our own interest and security." In an interview with CNN, Mohammad Sadiq said, "terrorism had threatened Pakistan, and it was important for us to purge our society of the nuisance." In response to a question, he said both Pakistan and the United States had a close co-operation in fight against terrorism.
He said Al-Libbi was wanted in several countries and there was some useful information obtained from him helped in making some more arrests. The acting ambassador gave interviews to mainstream print media and television news channels, including BBC, ABC and NBC.
To a query he informed that there were over 600 al Qaida and Taleban elements that had so far been apprehended. He told BBC that Al-Libbi was wanted in several cases of terrorism including two attempts on the life of President General Pervez Musharraf. He was a high-value target and added that it was too early to say if he would be handed over to US.
"It's a serious target. We had been working on it for the last two and a half years." He said Al-Libbi's arrest was not immediately made public because during these few days work on some leads was underway, which led to some more arrests of terrorist elements.
Asked could it lead to information as could result in the arrest of Osama bin Laden, he said that could be a possibility.
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