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MANSEHRA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspect behind the 2002 assassination attempt on former president Pervez Musharraf from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mansehra, Express News reported.
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Authorities claimed that the suspect, Azeem, belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and had reportedly served as the outfit's key member in Karachi, Swat and Shangla.
Reports further suggested that Azeem is a prime accused in various terror attacks including the killing of SSP Chaudhry Aslam, 2002 assassination of American-Israeli journalist Daniel Pearl and the assassination of Maulana Izharul Haq Jhangvi.
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The suspect is also accused of involvement in the 2011 PNS Mehran attack, blast on the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi and an attack on a check-post in Quetta's Hazar Ganji area that killed at least 140 people.
Officials arrested another terror suspect, Anwar, who belonged to the militant Islamic State (IS) group. He is an accused in the Peshawar Daewoo Terminal attack and is also suspected of murdering three police officials.
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