Security personnel escort Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi from a courthouse after a hearing in Islamabad, on January 1, 2015 - AFP
The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, leader of proscribed organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), in an intelligence-based operation from Lahore, a spokesperson for the CTD said in a statement.
Lakhvi was running a medical dispensary to collect and disburse funds for financing terrorism, it added. He & others also collected funds from this dispensary and used these funds for further terrorism financing. He also used these funds for personal expenses, the statement read.
A case of terrorism financing was registered against Lakhvi by the Punjab CTD at its Lahore station, it said, adding that his trial would be held before an anti-terrorism court in Lahore.
Another challenge for Pakistan’s foreign policy is to muster international support against India
While Pakistan targets Indian intelligence agency RAW’s networks on its soil relations with the eastern neighbor remain tense. India is not showing any flexibility on the Kashmir issue and has in the recent years adopted an aggressive and threatening tone towards Pakistan.
Pakistan has launched a new diplomatic initiative to win back its old friends Saudi Arabia and the UAE and exposing India after the Brussels-based EU DisinfoLab’s reports about India’s covert activities to malign Pakistan. The recent developments are unlikely to bring the two rivals to the negotiation table.
CTD personnel recovered explosives, detonators and mobile phones from the suspects. File photo
Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel on Monday raided a militant hideout in Rawalpindi, arresting three suspects linked to past bomb attacks, including a blast that took place in the garrison city s Pirwadhai area earlier this month.
The men apprehended during an intelligence-based operation near Adiala Road were also plotting to target the Islamabad Stock Exchange with an explosion, a CTD spokesperson said.
According to a police statement, the suspects were involved in four bombings that killed four people and wounded 30 others, this year alone.
It said the arrested militants had a history of links with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but were now allegedly acting as mercenaries and receiving instructions from someone in Afghanistan.
CTD personnel recovered explosives, detonators and mobile phones from the suspects. File photo
Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel on Monday raided a militant hideout in Rawalpindi, arresting three suspects linked to past bomb attacks, including a blast that took place in the garrison city s Pirwadhai area earlier this month.
The men apprehended during an intelligence-based operation near Adiala Road were also plotting to target the Islamabad Stock Exchange with an explosion, a CTD spokesperson said.
According to a police statement, the suspects were involved in four bombings that killed four people and wounded 30 others, this year alone.
It said the arrested militants had a history of links with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but were now allegedly acting as mercenaries and receiving instructions from someone in Afghanistan.
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