US court reduces Ghulam Nabi Fai's sentence on government petition

WASHINGTON: A federal court has reduced the sentence of Kashmiri separatist and alleged ISI agent Ghulam Nabi Fai by 15 per cent after the US Government moved a petition for his sentence reduction.

In March 2012, Fai was sentenced to two years in jail on charges of illegally working for Pakistani spy agency ISI to influence American policy on Kashmir. He was scheduled to be released in March next year.

Moving a motion on November 15 Gordon Kromberg the Assistant United States Attorney cited the co-operation provided by Fai in bringing to book other culprits involved in the transfer of funds from ISI to the US to serve the cause of the Pakistan.

"Upon consideration of the Governments Motion for Reduction of Sentence and the Court after reviewing the record and hearing the arguments of counsel and having found that the Defendant has rendered substantial assistance to the Government, it is accordingly ordered that the Government's Motion for Reduction of Sentence is granted," District Judge Liarn O'Gra District of in the Easter District of Virginia said in his order yesterday.

Fai was arrested on July 19, 2011, for concealing transfer of $3.5 million from ISI to fund his illegal lobbying efforts and influence the US government on the Kashmir conflict in violation of Foreign Agents Registration Act.