Security on high alert as 18 Taliban enter Punjab: Report
August 31, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has issued letters to RPOs warning of terrorist attack threats in major cities of Punjab after at least 18 members of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) reportedly entered the province, Express News reported on Friday.
According to the letters, senior civil and military officers may be targeted in attacks and security has been ordered to be set at high alert.
Suspected Afghan terrorists arrested from Wah
Police arrested 51 suspects in search operations in different areas of Islamabad whereas three suspected Afghan terrorists were arrested from the Wah Cantt graveyard along with explosive materials and suicide belts.
According to police, a search operation was initiated in the Wah Cantt graveyard the previous night upon a tip-off where the three suspects were arrested and 2.5kg explosives, two detonators, one hand grenade and two suicide belts were recovered.
Police say an investigation was initiated after registering a case and the suspects will be presented in a Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC) for obtaining remand.






















