KARACHI: Police said today they foiled a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali in Karachi, arresting a member of an outlawed militant group with explosives. "The big target was the prime minister," Police Inspector Amjad Kayani told Reuters. The man, found with about six kg (12 lb) of explosives, a hand grenade, several detonators and bomb making material, had planned to plant a bomb under a bridge, he said.
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Police arrested Naeem Baloch of outlawed militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi today, said Muneer Sheikh, a police bomb disposal official. |