3 Al-Qaeda Members Arrested In Pakistan

Lahore: Three members of Al-Qaeda ‘finance team in Punjab province’ were arrested from a house in Raiwindi, which is located just a few kilometers away from Lahore, residence of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab government collaborated with an intelligence agency on Tuesday raided a house in Raiwindi and arrested three members of Al-Qaeda, says an official of CTD. Tariq Aziz, Abdul Ghaffar and Mehar Hamid Ali were identified as the members of Al-Qaeda.

According to the CTD, cash, weapons and hate literature have been recovered from their custody. The CTD said , ‘the suspects were involved in collecting finances for Al-Qaeda besides facilitating terrorists to carry out their activities in the province.’ A case has been registered against them under Anti-Terrorism Act.