Security on high alert as 18 Taliban enter Punjab: Report

Accord­ing to the interi­or minist­ry, senior civil and milita­ry office­rs may be target­ed in attack­s.


Asad Kharal/web Desk August 31, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan dispatched a group comprising 18 terrorists -- young Pathans and Punjabis -- to twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad to act against high profile military and civil officers, a report issued by national crisis management cell of the Ministry of Interior said.

The report was sent out to all home departments, Law Enforcement Agencies and Islamabad chief commissioner

They may resort to killing or abduction for subsequent bargain for their high profile prisoners, the contents of the report stated.

Suspected Afghan terrorists arrested from Wah

The report further stated that terrorists belonging to Bajur Agency had been tasked to carry out terrorist attack at Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF), Wah  Cantt.

The terrorists were planning on entering via gate no. 1 of the factory, where Nobel Plastic Factory is located. An investigation has already been carried out.

It was earlier reported that police had arrested 51 suspects in search operations in different areas of Islamabad whereas three suspected Afghan terrorists were arrested from the Wah Cantt graveyard along with explosive materials and suicide belts.

According to police, a search operation was initiated in Wah Cantt graveyard the previous night upon a tip-off where the three suspects were arrested and 2.5kg explosives, two detonators, one hand grenade and two suicide belts were recovered.

Police say an investigation was initiated after registering a case and the suspects will be presented in a Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC) for obtaining remand.

COMMENTS (26)

Khwaja Aftab Shah | 11 years ago | Reply

BHAKKAR- a gateway to Pakistan for Taliban. The people of BHAKKAR district have elected the present chief minister of Punjab and a prime minister of Pakistan in different elections. Although a goup of local leaders sponsored the occasion and personally benefited by this gesture but basically the people of Bhakkar elected these leaders in hope of a better future for Bhakkar. It’s requested to the President, prime minister of Pakistan and chief minister of Punjab to please consider upgrading Bhakkar as a divisional head quarter by appointing a commissioner to provide better governance, extra facilities and security in the area. There are news that religious violence and drug smuggling is increased in the area recently. Bhakkar is a gate way to the Punjab and Sind provinces for NWFP and Afghanistan. Bhakkar has been head quarters of divisional level organization of Thal Development Authority since 1952. TDA was abolish in 1971 on corruption charges against it’s high officials. Bhakkar is also a border district to Dera Ismail Khan and a capital city of Thal desert area-spread in six districts in Punjab. Thanking you, Khwaja Aftab Shah,Florida, U.S.A

Hasan Mehmood | 11 years ago | Reply

@Zahid Hussain: {These types of remarks do not help easing the problems} These types of remarks may or may not ease the problem but are they wrong? If so please explain.

{What is needed (and has not been properly and seriously attempted) is to find root causes of their behaviors} No debate with that. But its a bit late in the day having lost 40,000 civilians.Can be done as an academic exercise in parallel to their elimination. Just like Dengue fever. Treatment of infected patients, killing of mosquitoes and removal of breeding factors done simultaneously.

{peep into filth} ......{Please try to see on what premise our country was created, and after more than six decades where do we stand today}

Again no debate. Except that removal of filth and required social engineering will take at least a couple of decades. The civil society will be overrun by these half baked ideological barbarians well before that. All they need are a few years of lack of decisive action based on well meaning but confused thinking of people like you or covert support of Taliban apologists.

As a side remark the type of reasons advanced by you for justifying religious militancy are similar used to justify Martial Law instead of democracy.

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