Pakistan police arrest nine terrorists from Punjab Province
The Hindu
Last week, the Counter-Terrorism Department arrested 11 terrorists most of them belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan from Punjab Province
Pakistani police have arrested nine terrorists, four of them belonging to the dreaded Islamic State (IS) terror group, while carrying out raids in different parts of the Punjab Province, police said on July 2.
Acting on a tip-off, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police conducted raids and arrested nine terrorists. Of the arrested terrorists, four belong to Islamic State and as many are affiliated with different factions of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) while one is a member of the Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi (LeJ) outfit, it said in a statement.
They have been shifted to undisclosed locations for further investigation, the statement said, adding that a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the arrested terrorists.
Cases have been registered against them under Anti-terrorism Act, it said.
Last week, the CTD arrested 11 terrorists most of them belonging to TTP from Punjab Province.
Currently, the military establishment is holding “peace talks” with the TTP leadership.
The military has reassured the political leadership at the Prime Minister’s House that no extra-constitutional concessions would be given to the banned TTP in the ongoing dialogue and any deal made with the terrorist group would be subject to parliamentary approval.
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