Karachi: Pakistani authorities have detained two persons here for their alleged links with Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American who has been arrested in connection
with the failed Times Square car bomb attack.
Security officials, who declined to be named, confirmed at least two detentions but did not reveal further details.
According to other sources, a person identified as Tauseef Ahmed was one of the detainees. Ahmed had made several contacts with Faisal in the last few weeks and had even gone to the US sometime back on his invitation, they said.
The other person picked up was related to Faisal who originally belonged to the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), they said.
A television news channel reported that Tauseef's wife had claimed that her husband was innocent and being made a scapegoat.
"My husband has done nothing wrong he was only friendly with Faisal Shahzad but he is not involved in such activities.
They have picked him up without any reason," she was quoted as saying by the TV channel.
Pakistan has vowed to help and cooperate with the United States in the investigations into the failed car bomb attack.
30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, a naturalised US citizen, was taken into custody on Monday from the JFK Airport as he attempted to board a flight to Dubai.
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