*ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday has announcedverdict in the case of extradition of US citizen.*
*IHC stayed extradition of a US citizen of Pakistani origin to America forallegedly planning an attack in New York in connivance with a militantgroup.*
The court ordered that Haroon, who is under investigation, must not beextradited until next hearing. The hearing of the case was conducted by asingle-member bench comprising Mohsin Akhtar Kiani.
Justice Kiani said the court would announce its verdict once the defencelawyer completes his argument in the case.
Talha Haroon is incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for more than ayear. He had filed a bail plea through his lawyer at the Islamabad HighCourt. His lawyer Idrees Ashraf had been representing him in the court, buttoday his assistant lawyer turned up.
The hearing was adjourned until February 28.
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Haroon, 19, was arrested in Pakistan in 2016 after U.S. authoritiesidentified him as one of three men, along with a Canadian citizen and a manfrom the Philippines, planning attacks on Manhattan’s Times Square and thecity’s subway.
His lawyer, during one of the previous hearings, had termed the USinvestigation a sting operation carried out by an investigating officermotivated by career advancement.
“The FBI projected this as a high-level story, but these people don’t havethe qualifications to kill a monkey,” said the lawyer, Idrees Ashraf.
