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The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that Pakistan had no actualextradition treaty with the US.
A three-member bench of the court, headed by Justice Mushir Alam and alsocomprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, washearing a petition filed by Talha Haroon, an American national accused ofplanning a bomb attack in New York, challenging his extradition to the US.
The additional attorney general told the court that there was anextradition treaty between Pakistan and the US.
He added that the US had extradited two suspects, Farid Tawakal and FarooqTawakal, to Pakistan in 2008.
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An official from the foreign affairs ministry said Pakistan had adopted abilateral agreement signed between the US and the UK in 1932.
Justice Qazi Amin inquired if Pakistan had unilaterally adopted theagreement. “It is not correct to say that all states are equal?” he added.
