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 GEO Pakistan
 Students arrested as per UK law, Britain tells Pakistan
 Updated at: 0443 PST,  Friday, April 24, 2009
Students arrested as per UK law, Britain tells Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The UK High Commission in Islamabad has clarified that the arrests of ten Pakistani students during raids in UK were according to the laws laid down by British government and it is challengeable in the Especial Immigration Appeal Commission (EIAC) while the apprehended persons are also permitted to make direct contact to their embassy in this respect.

In a statement from UK High Commission in Islamabad, it is stated that UK government reserves rights of arrest and deportation of any immigrant over suspicion of security threat.

During the investigation, it was revealed on to UK officials that one, among ten arrested Pakistani student, was not enrolled in his college and neither was the course taught in his college which he opted for, statement further added.

The investigations, into the reasons leading to Pakistani students’ arrests are underway, it concluded.
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