There is a deafening silence as to where the six alleged Pakistani terrorists are being held after they were whisked from the Monrovia Prison Center last Thursday evening, with reports that the US Federal Bureau of Investigations is now involved in the investigation.

"INTERPOL and the FBI are helping us investigate and until their investigation is completed and we know exactly what is what, we cannot comment. We don't want our people to panic about this terrorist thing, that's why we want to wait until we get credible report from the INTERPOL and the FBI before we proceed..." a top ranking Immigration official told this paper Sunday.

Moments after their first appearance at the Temple of Justice where they denied terrorist charges, and were escorted back to the Central Prison, an Immigration van returned and took the men to an unknown destination.

The BIN, through a spokesman, told this paper Thursday one of the men, Zaheer Abbas, obtained a resident permit two years ago on August 9, 2007. "...We don't know how this terrorist suspect thing came up..."

In 2004, then-FBI director Robert Mueller announced at a press conference that a female Pakistani, Aafia Siddiqui was wanted for questioning and later named as part of an alleged al-Qaeda diamond smuggling operation in Liberia, according to the BBC.

The BBC reported that Aafia, whom the US accused of al-Qaeda links, vanished in Karachi with her three children on 30 March 2003. Publications such as Newsweek quoted the FBI as saying this was to finance al-Qaeda's biological and chemical weapons programme. But she was never officially charged.

The six Pakistanis here have not been charged with terrorism but were however charged with Human Trafficking and Illegal Entry. They are scheduled to appear in court this week.

Meanwhile, Immigration officials says the man named Zaheer Abbas alias Dr Azhar, Zaheer Hussain, listed as one of the most wanted men in Pakistan has been living in the country as a legal resident and is not a terrorist. Also known as Ronny, BIN says they know nothing about him being a terrorist.

A Pakistani newspaper, Daily Times, listed him amongst several terrorists. The paper said Red Book by the police listed amaongst several others. It said:

The terrorist belonging to the Shia sect are Ali Rizwan, Baqar Mousavi, Dr Qaisar, Tanveer Hussain Naqvi, Syed Zulqarnain Haider, Asad Ali Bukhari, Tahir Abbas, Mujahid, Sarfrazul Hasan Haideri, Imdad alias Intizar Malhi, Zaheer Abbas alias Dr Azhar, Zaheer Hussain, Anwar Haider Shah alias Billo Shah, Bilal Saeed, Asad Abbas Naqvi, Rizwan Ali, Imran Zaidi, Khawar Abbas, Syed Ali Shah, Mureed Abbas alias Munir, Amjad Abbas alias Bukhari, Saleem, Wawad Ali Shah, Abid Shah, Imran alias Qais Mehdi, Sharafat Ali, Zulqarnain Raza Naqvi, Haider Ali, Agha Khan Pathan, Zubair Abbas, Shah Nawaz, Farooq Ahmad, Akbar Hussain Naqvi, Imran Abbas Alvi, Mujahid Ali alias Nannay Shah, Qari Mohsin, Intizar Ali Imran, Jalil Saqlain and Ibrar Ali.

But it is not clear how Liberian security officials indentified Mr. Zaheer as the wanted man. Speaking to this paper Thursday from a talking point prepared by BIN Commissioner Christian Massaquoi, BIN Public Relations Director Bill Smith said Zahee Abbas popularly known amongst Immigration officers as Ronny arrived here on July 20, 2007 and obtained his resident permit on August 9, 2007, in less than one month, something that is very rare in most African countries including Liberia's neighbors.

Mr. Smith further told this paper that Ronny renewed his resident permit on August 9, 2008, meaning it is possible that he was on the verge of renewal before his arrest.

Asked if Ronny has been here all that while, when did the BIN realized that he is listed amongst several Pakistani terrorists as most wanted, Mr. Smith said the BIN has not branded him as such and that the BIN had no role in his arrest.

"He was arrested by a Joint Security team," Smith said "Immigration had no part to play. We don't even know how the terrorist suspect thing came up."

He, however, pointed out that Interpol was investigating this claim. Smith further dismissed report that listed Zahee Abbas amongst Pakistani terrorists saying "Your got your facts wrong. I know it was from the internet, but it is wrong," suggesting that the charge is far from terrorism.