|
Aimal Kasi as a subject was my first journalistic romance, and like first loves it caused lots of curiosity that made me keeping an eye out on any development on this subject.
Wanted by FBI for killing CIA officials, Kasi remained fugitive for more than four years, and was whisked away from Dera Ghazi Khan by American officials in June 1997.
Mysterious Commando operation A commando operation to pick-up a 'tribesman' from a hotel in Dera Ghazi Khan remains a mystery as the local administration is ignorant of the action, Nadeem Saeed reports
A fatal victory? Does the arrest of Aimal Kasi is proving a fatal victory for Americans - in terms of money they gave to their informers and precious human lives in Karachi? asks Nadeem Saeed
Money, greed and betrayal-1 What led Kasi to kill two CIA men in the US is still to be unfolded. US authorities claim that Kasi avenged himself on the United States for pursuing anti-Muslim policies but circles close to Kasi and his family dispute the US claim, reports Nadeem Saeed
Also see Money, greed and betrayal-2
Aimal Kasi issue riddled with enigmas Kasi’s kidnapping drew more public outrage as compared to the extradition of Yousaf Ramzi, because he was a bonafide citizen of Pakistan. The Amnesty International has recently declared Kasi’s sentence illegal because ‘a hostage can not be prosecuted and sentenced’, Nadeem Saeed writes |
