PAKISTAN. 'RUSSIAN PLOTTER' PASSPORT PROBE

it was reported that Russia was seeking consular access to Akhlas Ahmed Akhlak, a Russian man who Pakistan had sentenced to death for allegedly plotting to kill President Pervez Musharraf.
"We have not been granted permission so far," Russian press attache Oleg Dzhuraev said. Akhlas Akhlak was one of eight men given the death sentence for the December 2003 attempts on the president's life.
"We have requested the government of Pakistan to assist officers of the embassy to meet the gentleman whenever and wherever is possible," Dzhuraev said.
He said the purpose of the meeting was to ascertain if the convict was indeed a Russian citizen by the name of Akhlas Ahmed Akhlak or someone else "who is simply using his passport".
He said if he was a Russian citizen, then he "would not be left on his own".
"We made the request on our own initiative as we were never officially informed by the government of Pakistan about his arrest," he said. The Russian embassy in Islamabad came to know about his arrest and conviction through the BBC, he said.