The Pakistani Ambassador to Tunisia, Al-Rashid Abbasi, departs Rome 4/25 for Karachi after he was released on charges of importing hashish into Italy. Abbasi was arrested 4/13 when a starlet named him as the supplier of some 13 1/2 pounds of the drug found in her apartment. He was able to leave Italy because he enjoys diplomatic immunity, although he was in transit when he was arrested.

United Press International · [ca. April 1970]

[Information from item housing] Abbasi, Al-Rashid Pakistani Ambassador to Tunisia