Student held at airport after arms found in his shoes

Islamabad, February 16: A PoK-based student was arrested at the airport in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi today while he was attempting to board a flight to Britain with a pistol and two knives concealed in his shoes.

? ? ?Azhar Iqbal, a resident of Kohi Ratta in Pakistan- occupied Kashmir, was arrested by the Airport Security Force at Benazir Bhutto International Airport after a pistol and two knives were found hidden in his shoes during scanning.

? ? Iqbal intended to fly to Birmingham in Britain on a Pakistan International Airlines flight, officials said.

He was taken away for interrogation, they said.

–Agencies