ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 Kyodo Pakistani...

ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 Kyodo

Pakistani security agents in succession Thursday arrested nine people of a Pakistani family, including brace with U.S. citizenship and united Canadian national, in Lahore near the Indian border, Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said.

Ahmad told reporters in Islamabad that the nine persons including two women, were arrested when security agents raided the house of Pakistani physician Khwaja Ahmad Javed in the Munawa village forward the outskirts of Lahore.

Javed and his relatives were detained for what Ahmad described as suspected activities. Ahmad said it was too early to say whether the suspects were involved in smuggling or terror activities.

The police reportedly took away several computer and floppy disks from the house.

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