A crackdown by Pakistani law enforcement agencies in Punjab province has resulted in the arrest of 50 terror suspects, who were allegedly planning to target key installations and important personalities in the eastern province of the country.
Punjab police chief Tariq Salim Dogar told Indian news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) that most of the suspects belonged to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a banned group linked to sectarian violence.
He said the suspects were working for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) of Hakimullah Mehsud, wanted by the US for the killing of seven CIA agents in a suicide-attack on an American secret services base in Afghanistan.
Most of the arrests were effected from Lahore, Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan and Bhakkar. The suspects are currently in the custody of intelligence agencies, Dogar said.
He further said the suspects were allegedly involved in a number of terrorist acts in the province and that their arrest would help curb the ongoing spate of violence in the region.
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