Overview
- The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department said on Saturday it arrested 54 suspected terrorists after 419 intelligence-based operations carried out across the province during an eight-week campaign.
- CTD named five of the detainees as alleged agents of India’s Research and Analysis Wing and identified them as Waris Khan, Danish Ali, Roz Ali Khan, Wilayat Shah and Muhammad Aziz, with arrests reported in Lahore and Okara.
- Authorities reported recovering 7.9 kilograms of explosive material, 12 improvised explosive devices, detonators, safety fuse wire, firearms, banned literature and cash, though media reports show a small discrepancy in the reported detonator count.
- The operations were part of a much larger effort that the CTD said included 13,572 combing missions, questioning of roughly 494,642 people and 1,103 arrests during the same eight-week period.
- CTD officials say detailed investigations are underway, they have appealed for public tips to a helpline, and the naming of alleged foreign agents adds a potential diplomatic dimension to the security probe.