| Adds some new info on the usual Pakistani schizophrenia ... |
Pakistani police arrested a suspected militant with explosives on Thursday and some officials said he had been plotting an attack on the prime minister but others denied the premier was a target.
| "No, no! Certainly not! It was... ummm... somebody else." |
The man, a member of the outlawed Sunni Muslim militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was found with about six kg of explosives, a hand grenade, several detonators and bomb making material, said Police Inspector Amjad Kayani. "The big target was the prime minister," he said, adding that the suspect had planned to plant explosives on a bridge. A senior provincial government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also said Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali was the suspect's target. But provincial police chief Syed Kamal Shah denied the prime minister had been singled out for attack. "This arrest is not connected to any security threat to a VIP," Shah said.
| "Nothing to see here. Move along. These aren't the droids you're looking for..." |
Police arrested the suspect, Naeem Baloch, early on Thursday, said Muneer Sheikh, a police bomb disposal official. |