LAHORE:
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) awarded life term on Saturday to Khurram Shahzad, a resident of Rawalpindi. He was arrested by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) from Lorry Adda on May 13. A hand-grenade and 10 kilogrammes of explosives were seized from him. According to prosecution, Shahzad told the CTD that he had planted a bomb in the washroom of a bus stand. The bomb was then disarmed. The CTD said that Shahzad was an Al Qaeda member and was involved in smuggling of arms, ammunition and explosives.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2015.
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