Law enforcement agencies from Punjab and the federal capital, including Punjab Police and the Frontier Constabulary on Sunday evening raided various locations in Rawalpindi and Islamabad to arrest the wanted men who might have escaped the Wana operation. Sources told Daily Times that the agencies scoured the two cities after the Interior Ministry received reports that a large number of terrorists who had links with top Al Qaeda leadership fled Waziristan to escape the ongoing crackdown by law enforcement agencies.
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Sources said terrorists were planning bomb attacks in major cities and the operation aimed to thwart them in their evil designs. Police raided madrassas in the two cities and also searched students’ rooms. Sources said senior district administration officials were in touch with the International Islamic University and they were being informed about every newcomer to the university hostel. Officials went to mosques as well and questioned prayer leaders whether they knew of any strangers who might have come in their areas recently. District Police Officer Syed Murwat Ali Shah said law enforcement agencies were searching for terrorists and activists from banned militant outfits, who might have been hiding there. He said the search operation in the two cities would continue until terrorists were arrested. Police officials have also been deployed in forests and deserted areas. |