TH - ‘Indian linked to Mumbai blasts issued fake Pak passport’

From my archive of press clippings:

The Hindu

‘Indian linked to Mumbai blasts issued fake Pak passport’


Islamabad, January 12, 2010


Three Indian citizens, including a man linked to the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, were issued Pakistani passports by the country’s consulate in the U.S. city of Houston, an anti-corruption court has been told by a senior diplomat.

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Snippet(s):

"Pakistan’s Consul General in Houston, Aqil Nadeem, appeared as a witness in the accountability court in Rawalpindi on Monday and confirmed that Pakistani passports were issued by the consulate to Indian nationals Aziz Moosa, Saleem Ali and Abdul Sadiq.
Mr. Nadeem told Judge Wamiq Javaid that the passports were issued by the Houston consulate as had been alleged by the National Accountability Bureau, the country’s anti-corruption agency, in its case against former Consul General Ghulam Rasool Baloch and other persons."

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"An American passport bearing the name Syed Nazar Ali was found after the 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai and probe revealed the man was actually an Indian national named Aziz Moosa."

SG - Local artists shine at US Consulate art exhibition

Saudi Gazette

Local artists shine at US Consulate art exhibition

By Amna M. Saleem


Friday, 08 May 2009 - 13 Jumada Al-Awwal 1430 H

THE splendid evening was hosted by Martin R. Quinn, US Consul General, along with Sami Saleh Nawar, the General Director of Culture and Tourism at the Jeddah Municipality. “This is a part of a cultural collaboration that will use art in its many forms to highlight the hard work that goes in building and maintaining a nation,” said Quinn in a welcoming speech.The exhibition was an extension of the “Picturing America” exhibition - held in the second half of April - that aimed to promote development of cultural exchange in Jeddah.

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DT - Seeking a US visa? This is the right time to apply

Daily Times


Seeking a US visa? This is the right time to apply

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

By Amar Guriro

KARACHI: The Consul General of the Consular Section at the United States Embassy Islamabad Christopher J Richard has said that the number of visa application that had dropped after a change in the laws following 9/11, have once again increased in the past two years.


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"Richard disclosed that US Embassy is planning to reopen the visa service at the Karachi consulate."