Pak. embassy staff leaves Nepal

KATHMANDU, JAN. 7. A Pakistan Embassy junior staff here, declared ``persona non grata'' by the Nepal Government after being caught red-handed while dealing in Indian counterfeit currency, has left for home, a Foreign Ministry official confirmed.

Aslam Saboor was on Wednesday last issued quit order after being kept in police custody since last Sunday.

Saboor had been apprehended in a Nepal police sting-operation after he sold fake notes amounting to Rs. 50,000 to a lady undercover police agent.

While the police here wanted to press formal charges against Saboor, the Pakistan mission here, headed by the Ambassador, Mr. Fawzia Nasreen, claimed he enjoyed ``diplomatic immunity'' and thus could not be prosecuted for the crime.

- UNI

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