IS-inspired suspected militants arrested in Peshawar

E-Paper | April 25, 2026

PESHAWAR: Police on Thursday arrested three suspected militants said to be inspired by the self-styled Islamic State.

Acting on an intelligence tip-off, security forces raided a shop in the Shamshadu Bazaar area and arrested the three suspects.

Read: Four suspected militants killed in Lahore shootout

According to police sources, laptops containing IS literature along with other documents were recovered from their possession. Also seized were documents against the Pakistan Army. No weapons or ammunition was seized in the raid.

Amongst those arrested were two Afghan nationals, Asmatullah and Abdur Rehman. The third suspect, Mohammad Ibrahim, belongs to Mohmand Agency.

A case under Section 11 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and Section 124 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) was registered against the suspected militants.

Copy of FIR registered against the suspected militants

The Pakistan Army has killed more than 2,700 militants during Operation Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan since June last year, following a deadly attack on Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, destroying more than 800 of their hideouts.

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Salman Khan

Jul 02, 2015 06:47pm

Please hang them both ... no mercy .. no prisoners

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maqsood

Jul 02, 2015 06:55pm

@Salman Khan if you hang on like this you will loose 3/4 population in Pakistan. It is not a crime to have picture or literature in his laptop. you can't hang for this

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Kashmiri

Jul 02, 2015 07:08pm

Can we PLEASE hang them

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kashif siddiqui

Jul 02, 2015 07:11pm

No mercy for these potential terrorists (if proven guilty!)

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Dany

Jul 02, 2015 07:14pm

@maqsood My dear Brother, if someone carries a document in his laptop with abusive language against your sister or your father or your brother who protects your home (like Pak Army protects Pakistan), what will you do? You will surely hang that person to death...

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Cosmocitizen

Jul 02, 2015 07:15pm

Or we can send Imran Khan accompanied by Ansar Abbasi to have dialogues with them

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Talha

Jul 02, 2015 07:15pm

@maqsood They have got IS literature and documents against Pak Army. They deserve punishment. 99.99 percent of us love our army and your 3/4 thing is sadly insulting for most Pakistanis. These IS inspired groups need to be processed through a court of law after which their fates would be decided and it looks like strong punishments await them, capital punishments too in some cases!!

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Asad

Jul 02, 2015 07:17pm

So where is the interior minister who believes Pakistan IS does not exist on our soil.

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kamran

Jul 02, 2015 07:56pm

anyone stands against pak army should be punished

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Ziaurrehman

Jul 02, 2015 08:13pm

@Cosmocitizen isn't this IK's police that has arrested these ppl in the first place?

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M Jamal

Jul 02, 2015 08:15pm

Hanging will not solve the problem.All need justice,job,equality,opportunities,love and respect.

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cautious

Jul 02, 2015 08:19pm

It's not even a banned organization - so what law were they breaking? Govt gets headlines for arresting - courts will release.

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Azi

Jul 02, 2015 08:32pm

@maqsood It really depends on what was the intention of material found. If it was to be further distributed to attract like minded people then it definitely is a crime and nothing short of hanging should be the punishments. We have already suffered due to a soft stance we have taken on this brewing storm. Such material can also be found in ISI's computers that were at some point analyzing it so you have to look at people's motives and what they do with it which in this case is pretty evident. Hence the recommendation of hanging would actually be a reasonable request.

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Baba Ladla

Jul 02, 2015 08:55pm

@maqsood it will be a positive thing for Pakistan.

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arif

Jul 02, 2015 09:33pm

@maqsood

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Adeel

Jul 02, 2015 09:35pm

they will probably either break free from jail or set free because of "lack of evidence" as is always the case .. there is no justice in Pakistan .. Law is just "optional"

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salma

Jul 02, 2015 09:39pm

@M Jamal

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Akhtar

Jul 02, 2015 10:01pm

The Afghans have screwed their own country up and are trying to do the same in Pakistan. Taliban , ISIS call them what you want are just barbaric criminals using religion. I hope the army crushes these thugs.

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Malik

Jul 02, 2015 10:46pm

Stop protecting these barbaric people and "uncover" their faces so people can take ibrat (learn a lesson) from them...what evil mentality to be impressed by jahils like ISIS

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Arslan

Jul 03, 2015 01:10am

@Asad well people spreading there litrature can hardly be seen as ISIS. Its like finding half a gram of cocaine in someones stash and saying that they are a maxican drug lord. As much as India wants but theres no such thing as ISIS in pakistan.

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Truth Sayer

Jul 03, 2015 02:36am

Excellent work by our security agencies - Keep it up !!

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