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Pakistani man sentenced in US for trying to export military equipment

He was sentenced in US District Court in Arizona

Reuters September 02, 2016

The Department of Justice (DOJ) logo is pictured on a wall after a news conference in New York. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Pakistani man was sentenced on Thursday to 33 months in a US prison for attempting to export military equipment for the Pakistani military without a license, the US Justice Department said.

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Syed Vaqar Ashraf had previously pleaded guilty to trying to procure gyroscopes and illegally ship them to Pakistan so they could be used by the Pakistani military, the Justice Department said in a news release. He was sentenced in US District Court in Arizona.

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Earlier this week, a court in Bucharest expelled a Pakistani citizen from Romania on charges of promoting “extremist Islamism” online, causing a threat to national security. The Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that the man, identified only by his initials, S.A, should be expelled for 10 years.

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Last month, a Pakistani who used to captain the Italian youth cricket team, was expelled from Italy for allegedly plotting an attack in the name of the Islamic State. While in July, a Pakistani man was arrested by German authorities for allegedly spying for Iran on the former head of a group that promotes German-Israeli relations.

COMMENTS (9)

talha | 8 years ago | Reply It is so sad that the most corrupt lot in Pakistan have either Syed or Shah with their names. These so called syeds should be given dual punishment, one for their crime and two for disgracing such a graceful caste.

Haramullah | 8 years ago | Reply @Shah: I know about Gyroscope, In India it is locally designed and manufactured. We do not do any business in high tech with Pakistan.

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kdp | 8 years ago | Reply Pakistan may award him Nishan-e-Imtiaz

Gibran | 8 years ago | Reply @Shah: You seems to be a dummy as gyroscope cannot be classified as a military item only and if the company that sold it has then it should have been explicitly written on its instructions page to inform the buyer about not shipping it outside.

Gibran | 8 years ago | Reply Gyroscope can be used for a lot of purposes including civilian and military. One wonders the purpose behind sentencing a person behind shipping such a common thing. Is the US really sincere ?

Shah | 8 years ago | Reply @haramullah if it is such a simple thing why dont you make it locally for them ? Military use items are high performance accurate engineering marvels not your everyday basic stuff. Besides there are rules governing export of military grade items outside of manufacturing country. Rules need to be followed. But you wont understand. Your heros and role models are all corrupt just like A Q khan who proliferated.

Haramullah Fattuddin | 8 years ago | Reply Convicted to send the Gyroscope, Such a simple item. US simply trying to find a reason to send this Pakistani, home.

wb | 8 years ago | Reply Pakistanis worldwide are famous for only negative things.

Buzzkill | 8 years ago | Reply Another chicken coming home to roost.

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