Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- A Pakistani court Friday extended the custody of five Americans for an additional 10 days to allow time for police to complete investigations . The men , suspected of plotting terror attacks , were arrested in the small city of Sargodha earlier this month and transferred to Lahore , police said . Court officials extended the custody after a plea from the police , said Tahir Gujjar , a local police official . The five are identified as Ahmed Abdullah Minni , Umar Farooq , Aman Hassan Yemer , Waqar Hussain Khan and Ramy Zamzam . A sixth man -- the father of one of the five -- also was arrested , police said . An order keeping the five in custody expired Friday . To keep them in jail after that , police had to get permission from a judge , said Usman Anwar , Sargodha police chief . Anwar , who heads the Joint Investigation Team , said the group plans to recommend that the five be charged under the country 's anti-terrorism act . Conviction under that law can result in up to a life sentence . Pakistani authorities have described the men as college students who `` were of the opinion that a jihad must be waged against the infidels for the atrocities committed by them against Muslims around the world . '' The suspects include two Pakistani-Americans , two Yemeni-Americans and an Egyptian-American . CNN 's Arwa Damon and Journalist Umar Aziz Khan contributed to this report .
Pakistan says the five Americans are college students who wanted to wage jihad . They were arrested earlier this month in small Pakistani city of Sargodha . The order keeping them in custody expired Friday ; now extended 10 more days . Police asked for custody extension to have more time for investigation .