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CTD Punjab arrests Daesh terrorist planning deadly attacks on LEAs

CTD Punjab arrests Daesh terrorist planning deadly attacks on LEAs

SIALKOT: The counter-terrorism department (CTD) has arrested a terroristbelonging to Daesh from Shah Sharif graveyard in the Daska area.

According to CTD, explosives, detonators and other items were alsorecovered from the suspect.link>

Terror suspects were planning an attack on law enforcement agencies: CTDspokesperson

A case has been booked against the suspect and investigation in the case isunderway, CTD said.

Law enforcement authorities arrested dozens of man having affiliation withDaesh in the past year.

According to a recent report by an independent think tank, more than 150people were killed in around six terrorist attacks claimed by the Daeshgroup in Pakistan in 2017.

The report tallied that militant, nationalist/insurgent and violentsectarian groups carried out a total of 370 terrorist attacks in 64districts of Pakistan in 2017, stated the Pakistan Security Report 2017,released by the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), anIslamabad-based think-tank specialising in security and conflict dynamicsof Pakistan and the region.