LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted 59 intelligence based operations in the
province during the last seven days.
According to a CTD Punjab spokesperson, 49 suspects were interrogated and 18 had been arrested.
The CTD arrested Mazhar Abbas from the city who belonged to Al-Qaida and was planning to
attack government buildings in the city.
The CTD arrested another accused, Attaul Rehman Farooqi, who belonged to banned organization TTP
and he was distributing hate material among people and collecting funds for his organization
The CTD officials also recovered improvised explosive device (IED), hand grenade, prima card,
detonator, a pistol, ammunition and other items from the accused.