Five terrorists arrested
April 6, 2021
LAHORE: Five terrorists belonging to banned organisation Daesh were arrested by Counter-Terrorism Department Lahore Tuesday in an IBO (Intelligence-Based Operation) conducted in Lahore Region.
Hate material was also recovered. CTD Team Lahore received credible information that members of the Daesh were present near Bhatta Chowk, Lahore. On this information, CTD Team raided the place and arrested five terrorists namely: Nazifullah, Ziaur Rehman, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Abdul Rehman Butt and Malik Kashif. These terrorists were distributing hate material among people and collecting funds for their organisation. Forty banned books, terrorism funds, two receipts of Daesh have been recovered from their possession. Investigation has been started after registering an FIR at CTD Police Station.
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
Karachi
March 13, 2021
Sindh’s Counter Terrorism Department announced on Friday the arrest of an activist of a political party, who is alleged to be involved in the target killings of police officers, including a superintendent of police, two deputy superintendents of police and a station house officer of the Karachi police.
CTD chief DIG Omar Shahid Hamid said Khawaja Faisal was arrested with weapons and ammunition in a raid carried out in District Central by the Investigation Wing of the department.
Investigations found that the man was associated with a target killing team of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London and alleged to be involved in a number of murders. Moreover, he was wanted in a terrorism and murder case lodged at the Gulberg Police Station. According to the FIR, he along with his accomplices targeted ASI Iqbal Khan Niazi and a private person, Habib Ahmed. His target killing team accomplices were identified as Zakir Hussain, Irfan Sindhi, Asif Budha, Abu Irfan an