Pak asks controversial US blogger Cynthia to leave country within 15 days

Islamabad has rejected Cynthia D Richie's request to extend her Pakistani visa and asked her to leave the country. Cynthia has been in massive controversies as recently she alleged that she was "raped" in 2011 by the country's then-"interior minister Rehman Malik" and accused former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of psychically manhandling her.

Islamabad: Cynthia D Richie, an American blogger based in Pakistan, has been asked to leave the country within 15 days.

According to Geo News, the Pakistani interior ministry rejected Cynthia's request to extend her Pakistani visa and asked her to leave the country within 15 days.

As per the report, the Islamabad High Court had on July 10 asked the Ministry of Interior to decide on a petition filed by a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader seeking to deport Cynthia after she was accused by the party of making derogatory remarks about former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Earlier this year, Cynthia alleged that she was "raped" in 2011 by the country's then-"interior minister Rehman Malik" and accused former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of psychically manhandling her.