Coordinating with Pakistan for release of FBI agent: US

WASHINGTON: United States Wednesday said that that the country is coordinating with Pakistani authorities for the release of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who was arrested at Karachi airport.

The agent was arrested by airport police in Karachi at about 4PM on Monday when he tried to board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight to Islamabad. He was in possession of 15 bullets and a magazine for a 9mm pistol, police officials said.

In a daily press briefing, the US state department spokesperson Jen Psaki said that the accused is an employee of the FBI, who she said, was on a temporary duty assignment to provide routine assistance to the legal attache at the US mission.

She said that US is coordinating closely with Pakistani authorities to resolve this manner and that they are hopeful in this regard.