Terrorist arrested
LAHORE:Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab Bhakkar District arrested a terrorist through an intelligence-based operation on Monday.
The terrorist has been identified as Muhammad Abuzar. An FIR has been registered against him at PS Counter Terrorism Department Sargodha. Hate material including pamphlets and stickers of proscribed organisation were also recovered from his possession.
He belonged to proscribed organisation Lashkar-e-Jhangvi from Kotla Jam Bypass road Bhakkar and was distributing pamphlets and stickers among public regarding the banned organisation.
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday smashed a cell of Daesh, the banned so-called Islamic State (IS), operating from Lahore and arrested its five members from Bhatta Chowk near the Defence Housing Authority.
The five Pakistani militants, all hailing from Sialkot, were distributing hate material, inviting people to join Daesh and collecting funds for the terrorist outfit’s operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The alleged militants were identified as Nazifullah, Ziaur Rehman, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Abdul Rehman Butt and Malik Kashif.
A CTD spokesperson said the department had received a tip-off about the militants.
According to the FIR, the suspects were arrested from Masjid Tauheed Ahle Sunna at Farooq Azam Chowk of Nadirabad. One of the alleged militants was carrying a receipt book with printed Daesh monogram and hate material. The militant had issued receipts from serial No 801 to 810 at the time when the CTD team arrested him. The team recovered Rs12,0