LONDON: Karachi businessman Jabir Siddiq’s solicitor has said that the decision by the US Department of Justice to drop the extradition request and dismiss all charges against the Pakistani.
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April 15, 2021
LONDON: Karachi businessman Jabir Motiwala has reached Karachi after the United States of America (USA) officially dropped his extradition request to the US to face charges of Class-A drug importation, money-laundering.
Sources at the Home Office confirmed that Jabir Motiwala – whose real name is Jabir Siddiq – was freed on Wednesday from the high-security Wandsworth prison after spending 32 months in a high security prison on American extradition request. Last week the US government dropped all charges against Motiwala in a move that has surprised the legal community internationally as such a move on America’s part is rare and happens only in exceptional cases when the US prosecution evidence is either seriously compromised or new evidence emerges weakening the prosecution case.
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April 15, 2021
LONDON: Karachi businessman Jabir Motiwala has reached Karachi after the United States of America (USA) officially dropped his extradition request to the US to face charges of Class-A drug importation, money-laundering.
Sources at the Home Office confirmed that Jabir Motiwala – whose real name is Jabir Siddiq – was freed on Wednesday from the high-security Wandsworth prison after spending 32 months in a high security prison on American extradition request. Last week the US government dropped all charges against Motiwala in a move that has surprised the legal community internationally as such a move on America’s part is rare and happens only in exceptional cases when the US prosecution evidence is either seriously compromised or new evidence emerges weakening the prosecution case.
US drops extradition request of Jabir Motiwala
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April 11, 2021
LONDON: The American government has withdrawn the extradition request for Karachi businessman Jabir Motiwala after ‘The News International’ and ‘Geo News’ revealed in an exclusive report on 19th March, 2021 that a former Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent has come forward stating that his FBI bosses had ordered him to trap the Pakistani national at any cost and that there was abuse of process.
This reporter can confirm that the US administration has formally written to the British government withdrawing the extradition request for Jabir Motiwala who is set to leave for Karachi soon but remains in high security Wandsworth prison, pending procedural matters.