QUETTA: Security forces arrested a key militant from Quetta's Lak Pass area in Balochistan on Saturday morning.

Security sources told Dawn that forces arrested Abdul Salam Regi during a raid in Lak Pass.

Later, he was shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

Sources added that Regi was affiliated with the banned militant group Jundullah, and was planning to launch suicide attacks in Balochistan and Iran.

"We are interrogating the suspect," Home Secretary Balochistan Akbar Durrani told Dawn. He, however, stated that the suspect's affiliation with Jundullah is yet to be confirmed.

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