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A man granted refugee status in Canada in 1996 has been fingered as an international heroin trafficker globetrotting under multiple aliases, while his lawyer insists he is being framed by the same corrupt Pakistani officials who forced him into exile in the first place.

Saleem Khan has been known in Canada as a 55-year-old Montreal father, husband and businessman who fled Pakistan fearing political violence after the assassination of his father.

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He has also been known in Germany as a forger and drug convict from Afghanistan named Sayeed Sharif; and a Pakistani official says he is really Arshad Iqbal, a wanted international heroin trafficker accused of funneling US$49 million in drug profits to Pakistan.

Khan came to Canada in 1996 and claimed refugee status.

He declared he was born in Pakistan in 1959, had never used any other name, was never convicted of any crime in any country and he had not previously requested refugee status. He said he needed protection from political opponents targeting him after his father was killed in 1995. His claim was accepted in 1997.