The US has arrested Ghulam Nabi Fai and an associate for illegal lobbying on behalf of Pakistan over Kashmir:
U.S. charges two for illegal lobbying for Pakistan | Reuters
Haha, the US must really be trying to send a strong message to Pak, because Ghulam Nabi Fai is their leading 'Azad Kashmir' activist in the US.
U.S. charges two for illegal lobbying for Pakistan | Reuters
Haha, the US must really be trying to send a strong message to Pak, because Ghulam Nabi Fai is their leading 'Azad Kashmir' activist in the US.
Now that Pakistan is pressuring the US to withdraw its personnel from Pak soil and shut down its covert activities, the US is sending a similar signal to Pak that it will have to do the same.An FBI affidavit detailed the alleged scheme in which Fai's organization received up to $700,000 annually from Pakistan to make campaign contributions to U.S. politicians, sponsor conferences and other promotions.
"Mr. Fai is accused of a decades-long scheme with one purpose -- to hide Pakistan's involvement behind his efforts to influence the U.S. government's position on Kashmir," Neil MacBride, U.S. Attorney for Eastern Virginia, said in a statement.
One unidentified confidential witness told investigators that Pakistan's powerful military spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI), was behind some of the money Fai received, according to the FBI affidavit.
A second confidential witness said the spy agency had sponsored and controlled Fai's organization and had been directing him for the past 25 years, the court papers said.
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