PNS Mehran attack: Another suspect detained in Karachi

Arrest hasn’t been made public officially.

KARACHI:
Intelligence agencies have reportedly detained another suspect for his suspected involvement in the May 22 terrorist attack on PNS Mehran base in Karachi.

The suspected – identified as Qari Gul Rehman – was detained in Karachi’s Ittehad Town on Friday. Rehman is alleged to have links with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The arrest hasn’t been made public officially and government officials contacted by The Express Tribune remained tight-lipped on the issue.




Published in The Express Tribune, June 4th, 2011.