| Importance | Unknown |
 | Capturing Authority | Pakistan |
| Date of Capture | Aug. 9, 20062 |
| Location of Capture | Bahawalpur, Pakistan2 |
| Affiliation | UK-US airline bomb plotters1 |
| Role | Family Member1 |
 | Affiliation | Jaish-e-Mohammed1 |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda |
 | Nationality | British1 |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Gender | Male |
| Charged with | Terrorism, Forgery, Carrying Explosives |
| Charging authority | Pakistan |
| In connection with | UK Foils Transatlantic Bombings |
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| Reliable | Brother to Tayib Rauf, detained in the United Kingdom, and Maroof Rauf, who may have also been detained. Son of Abdul Rauf.
Pakistani officials described him as a senior figure in the alleged 2006 plot to blow up several airliners originating in the United Kingdom.
However, in December 2006, a Pakistani judge declared terrorism charges against him unfounded. As of February 2007, he is still charged with forgery and carrying explosives.
The United Kingdom has also requested his extradition.2 |
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| Possible | Pakistani officials said he had contacts with al-Qaeda and is related through marriage to the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed.2 |
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| 1 Press Release, Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aug. 11, 2006. |
| 2 Cowell, Alan, et. al. 'Suspect Held in Pakistan Is Said to Have Ties to Qaeda .' New York Times, Aug. 11, 2006. |
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