Pakistan is neither a friend nor an ally of the United States. The sham alliance should have been ended long ago, and should be ended now.
“Pakistan court halts terror suspect’s extradition to US,” by Aamir Latif, AA, September 21, 2020 (thanks to Henry):
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday halted the extradition to the US of a Pakistani-American terror suspect until further orders, local media reported.
A two-judge bench, led by Justice Mushir Alam, barred the government from handing over Talha Haroon, who is reportedly in his early 20s, to Washington on the petition of his father, local broadcaster Express News reported.
The FBI accuses Haroon of being a Daesh/ISIS sympathizer, and involved in planning of multiple terror attacks. Also, according to FBI, he wanted to carry out Paris-style attacks in New York City in June 2016….
He was arrested in Pakistan in 2016 after US authorities identified him as one of three suspects, allegedly involved in planning attacks at a Times Square subway, and at a concert hall.
If there is no agreement between Islamabad and Washington, then how can the accused be extradited, the court questioned….