Pak embassy pressing for custody of 5 Pakistanis at Gitmo: spokesman

WASHINGTON - The United States administration has confirmed that five Pakistanis were among the detainees at the notorious American prison in Guantanamo Bay as the Pakistan Embassy here stepped up efforts to secure their custody, an embassy spokesman said Sunday.

These are: Aamaar Al-Baluchi, Majid Khan, Abdul Rabbani, Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani and Siafullah Piracha.

One detainee Qari Muhammad Saad Iqbal was handed over to Pakistani interior ministry on August 29, as a result of these efforts, the spokesman said.