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"Arrests not linked to blasts"

Nirupama Subramanian

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Foreign Office said on Sunday the arrest of two Pakistanis in Nepal was not linked to the Mumbai blasts but to a 2001 case. It did not specify what the 2001 case was.

It said in a statement that the two were working for a Pakistani company that had a road construction project in Nepal few years ago.

According to the statement, the company had said that the two had no connection to the 2001 case either, and frequented Nepal to collect outstanding payments from road works authorities.

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