Al-Qaida suspect wanted by US held in Pakistan

PAKISTAN has arrested Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian al-Qaida suspect wanted by the United States in the dual 1998 bombings at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the interior minister said last night.

Ghailani - who is on the FBI's list of 22 most wanted terrorists, with a $25 million reward on his head - was arrested on Sunday in the eastern city of Gujrat along with at least 15 others, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayyat said.

"This is a big success," Mr Hayyat told Pakistan's Geo television network. "He was arrested a few days ago in an operation by security agencies in Gujrat."