Pakistan Arrests Over a Dozen Suspected Militants
Security forces have detained more than a dozen suspected militants, including some linked to al Qaeda, after killing Pakistan’s most wanted man in a weekend shootout, intelligence sources said on Tuesday. Suspects were picked up in all four of Pakistan’s provinces. “Raids are continuing and we expect more arrests,” said one of the intelligence sources, who requested anonymity. Arrests took place in the cities of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier and in Faisalabad and Rawalpindi in Punjab province. Most of those arrested were caught in the southern province of Sindh, where Amjad Hussain Farooqi was shot dead on Sunday.Full Story