According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police, the suspected terrorists have been arrested during the last month in combined intelligence operations in different parts of the province.
CTD said it conducted 794 intelligence-based operations in different cities of Punjab in which 44 suspected terrorists belonging to banned organisations — ISIS, Al-Qaeda, TTP and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi — were arrested.
It said the arrested terrorists have been arrested in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Narowal, Sialkot, Khaniwal, Mandi Bahauddin, Jhang, Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur.
CTD said 10,275 g of explosives, one explosive vest, three pistols, one hand grenade, three IED bombs, three ball baring boxes, 37 detonators, safety fuse wire 174 feet, prima card 14 feet and banned literature have been seized from their possession.
“They were planning to attack important government installations and personalities,” it said, adding that the arrested persons are being interrogated and duly prosecuted in court.
At least four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed while three others injured in an IED blast in the country’s restive northwest region, Police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred late on Friday evening when the security forces were on patrolling duty in Sra Bangla and Tarkhanan area of the country’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
At least four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the blast triggered by the improvised explosive device. The injured were immediately shifted to hospital and admitted, said the police.
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