Pakistan asked to explain links to al-Qaeda suspects

The Pakistani government was being asked Monday to explain why several al-Qaeda suspects have been found in the homes of members of Pakistan's largest Islamic political party, following the weekend arrest of al-Qaeda master planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

"The Pakistani government is under enormous pressure from the US to explain the pattern of raids suggesting links between al-Qadea and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI)," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Mohammed, credited with planning the September 11 terror attacks in the US, was nabbed in a pre-dawn raid Saturday in the northern city of Rawalpindi in a house owned by an activist of JI's women's wing, security officials said.

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