LAHORE – The Counter-Terrorism Department on Wednesday foiled an Indianstate-sponsored terror bid to blow up Civil Secretariat in Lahore.

The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department arrested five suspects from awarehouse in Shahdara around 3 pm on Wednesday; just hours before they werescheduled to explode the civil secretariat at the time of its closing.

The arrested terrorists are Afghan citizens, and were in receipt offinancial assistance from the Indian intelligence agency RAW. They enteredfrom Afghanistan two months ago.

According to a CTD spokesman, the terrorists were identified as Samarkand,Abdur Rahman, Imran, Wazir Gul, and Asmatullah.

CTD personnel seized Indian visa applications, explosive material, weapons,and Pak-Afghan currencies from their possession.

The target was given to them by Afghan National Directorate of Securityundercover agent Qari Mujeeb. RAW officers were also present in the meeting.

Pakistan recently handed over a dossier against Indian terrorism to theUnited Nations.