According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), 16 terrorists were arrested after conducting 118 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in various cities of Punjab such as Lahore, Bahawalpur, and Toba Tek Singh, to mention a few, on Tuesday.
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According to a spokesperson of the CTD, one of the arrested persons was a member of Fitna Al-Khwarij from North Waziristan. Among the seizures included rifles, detonators, equipment, and extremist literature from suspects identified as Tufail, Siddique, Shabbir, Ibrahim, Rasheed, Umar, Saddam, Waqas Murtaza, and Adnan.
CTD also managed to conduct about 4,480 combing operations last week, in addition to those IBOs, leading to the arrest of 431 suspects. It reaffirmed its commitment to tackling terrorism and public safety.