MEMO
To
Director of Immigration
From..
Michand
Assistant Political Adviser
Ref. in CR 4/2716/74
Tel. No.
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95345.
Date..........
11 July 1974
3.F. 19A
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Your Ref................. In....
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Extradition to Pakistan
I had a call yesterday from tir shafqat, the Vice-Consul at the Pakistani Consulate General here. He sought my help in obtaining the return to Pakistan of tw nationals of that country.
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The people in question are Mr Sher Zaman, son of Kohamed Nawaz, and Mr Moharmed Durez, son of Ghulam Hussain. Both of them are thought to be living at 25 Lust Tak Building, Ngan lan Street, Tokva Van, Room A-1, 11th floor, Zaman and Durez are accused of murdering a gentleman in Pakistan and seriously injuring this person's father. crize vas committed on 10 October 1973 and there is a vari in Pakistan for their arrest on charges of premeditated m and of causing serious bodily harm (Ärticle” 302 and 307 or the Penal Code).
3. Information that Zaman and Durez are in liong Kong was first placed by the brother of the murdered man, vho also lives in Hong Kong. Cn 3 November 1973 he presented to the Consulate General a copy of his own report to the Poll of the affair, and said that Zaman and Durez vore here. has taken since then to establish that there is a case ag the two and to get warrants issued. The informant's na Hr Nohammed Amir, who lives at 37 N. Jordan Road, 4th floo Kowloon telephone No. 843405.
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Hr Shafqat, who made this initial enquiry inf sought the return of these two persons to Pakistan. lle so on the basis that they were undesirables and were seeki..., to escape justice. Ile acknowledged that there was no Extradition Treaty between the United Kingdom and Pakistan. but hoped that we would comply with the Pakistani request *** the spirit of "reciprocity of courtesy".
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I said that we would look into the matter and reply in due course. I asked him to obtain the passport numbera of the two accused. 1 varned Mr Shafqat of thợ difficulty of obtaining the removal of a person to another country for judicial proceedings unless thère vas an Extradition Treaty in force.
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