Pakistani Prime Minister ShaukatAziz has categorically rejected the existence of any al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in the country, The News reported Sunday.

"There are no such camps," Aziz told a press conference Saturday in Islamabad in response to a question about news reports which referred to the arrest of two Pakistanis in the United States with alleged links to al-Qaeda.

Aziz said the Pakistani government was trying to get information about those arrested. "We are getting the official word from the FBI, we can't comment on mere press reports," he added.

He said the Pakistani embassy in Washington was in contact with the FBI to get necessary details about the two persons, adding that the reports were still awaited.

From the initial reports, Aziz said, it seemed that "these people are US nationals and our security agencies are in contact with the FBI. When we get some information we will clearly comment."

Earlier media reports said the US FBI has arrested two Pakistani-Americans and two Pakistani nationals in the city of Lodi, about 80 miles south of San Francisco, for allegedly operating an al-Qaeda cell in the city.

One of the men arrested, 22-year-old Hamid Hayat, is accused of training in an al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan to learn how to kill Americans and then lying to FBI agents about it.

His father, 47-year-old Umer Hayat, is charged with lying about his son's involvement and his own financing of the al-Qaeda camp.

Source: Xinhua