LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 12 terror suspects during operations across Punjab.

The CTD spokesperson said the law-enforcement agency conducted operations in several districts, including Lahore, and arrested 12 suspects belonging to proscribed organisations.

The suspects were identified as Muhammad Arif, Zakirullah, Khurram Ali, Awais Khan, Akmal Shahbaz, Jannat Khan, Jalaat Khan, Irfan Khan, Javaid Khan, Baseer Khan, Adam Khan and Zahid Khan. Belonging to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Daesh and other proscribed organisations, they were planning to carry out attacks on sensitive installations.

The spokesman said explosives, electric switches, detonators and weapons were recovered from the suspects. He added that the CTD had filed eight cases against terrorists.

He said 373 Intelligence-Based Operations (IBOs) were carried out within a week by the agency in which 17,001 people were frisked and 58 suspected persons were arrested while 54 were booked.

Published in Dawn, December 18th, 2022