Overview
- Security agencies detained Laiba, 19, in Khuzdar and presented her in Quetta, saying the move averted a major attack.
- At the briefing, she said a commander known as Ibrahim or Qazi recruited and trained her, with links moving through a facilitator named Dil Jan and a woman identified as Dr Sabiha.
- Authorities say she admitted being assigned to enlist other young women for similar missions and urged women to avoid illegal activity.
- Provincial leaders credited human intelligence and local cooperation for the arrest and said inquiries are tracing ties to banned outfits, including the BLA, with other alleged links still under investigation.
- Officials placed her in a special facility under female-led procedures with a focus on rights, de-radicalisation and rehabilitation, while probes into wider networks continue.