Officials probe al-Qaida link to NY bomb suspect

US and Pakistani officials are questioning four alleged members of an al-Qaida-linked militant group over possible connections to the failed Times Square bomber, intelligence officials said yesterday.

Authorities from both nations are trying to trace the movements of Faisal Shahzad during a recent five-month stay in Pakistan. They are seeking to establish whether he linked up with any of Pakistan’s myriad Islamist terror groups and received instructions, funding or training.

The 30-year-old Pakistani-American was arrested on Monday as he tried to leave the US on a jetliner headed to Dubai.