War on terror continues..Authorities have arrested another four suspects in their ongoing hunt against al-Qaeda linked militants, officials said on Saturday.
Police arrested two suspects, Muhammad Imran and Qari Muhammad Noor, from Sargodha and Faisalabad on Friday, a police officer, Muhammad Amin said.
Imran was wanted for a July 30 suicide attack on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz, he said.
Imran was arrested in a raid on an Islamic seminary in Faisalabad, he said, adding a satellite telephone and "important" documents were seized during the raid on the seminary that Imran headed. He said that Imran "coordinated" the attack on Shaukat, but did not give details.
Imran fled when police and intelligence agents raided his home late on Friday, but he was picked up later in a bazaar in the town.
The official said Imran, a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, was present at the scene of the attack on Shaukat. Noor was arrested along with two other unidentified companions in Faisalabad, he said.
Investigators were questioning them about their links with al-Qaeda operatives plotting the assassination of Pakistani leaders, he said. |
