London, England (CNN) -- Lawyers acting for Abid Naseer, wanted in the United States on suspicion of terrorism offenses, said Wednesday they are still waiting for the U.S. government to file formal papers seeking his extradition.
They made the disclosure to reporters outside the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, where Naseer had appeared by video-link from a high-security prison for a brief preliminary hearing.
British police arrested Naseer in July after the United States requested his extradition to face charges of supporting terrorists and plotting to use a destructive device, London's Metropolitan Police Service said last month.
Under the terms of the extradition agreement between the United States and Britain, Washington has until September 9 to file the papers.
Naseer, a Pakistani national, has been in and out of the British court system for more than a year.
He was first arrested in April 2009 in Manchester, England, where he had been living on a student visa. That arrest was part of a massive sweep across northwest England in connection with an alleged plot to carry out bomb attacks in Britain. CNN
