The arrested militants planned to carry out numerous terrorist attacks against Mosques and other high profile targets in Dera Ghazi Khan, police sources said. -AP File Photo

DERA GHAZI KHAN On disclosure of information from arrested militants, police officials have arrested five other militants from different areas of Dera Ghazi Khan. The arrested were accused of conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack, a private TV channel reported.   

Sources said that the five militants were arrested from Choti area of Dera Ghazi Khan and during initial investigation they have confessed they wanted to attack Imam Bargahs, Mosques, and other places in the district. 

The arrested terrorists' have been moved to an unknown location for further investigation, sources added. On Friday, law enforcement agencies, on the basis of an intelligence report, raided a seminary in a suburban area of Dera Ghazi Khan and arrested eight militants including three would-be suicide bombers. -Online

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