'Al Qaeda operative' wins right to stay in UK

A man described as an “al Qaida operative” and another labelled as “willing to participate” in his plans today won the right to stay in the UK.

Abid Naseer, 24, and Ahmed Faraz Khan, 26, both Pakistani nationals who were arrested last year in counter-terrorism raids but never charged, were told they had won their appeal against deportation at a hearing of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) in central London.