7 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi men held in Bahawalpur

Police claimed to have arrested seven terrorists, who were planning to assassinate Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, belonging to an outlawed militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi from Ahmedpur East, Bahawalpur, Dunya News reported on Thursday. RPO Syed Muhammad Qadri told mediamen that the seven terrorists arrested from Moza Chakwahni are members of Qari Imran Group of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an offshoot of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. He said that the terrorists revealed that they were planning to murder the PM, FM, besides hitting PM House, Multan, Ghazi Ghat Pul, Taunsa Barrage, Cantt area, Dera Nawab and other key places. The held terrorists include Abdul Raheem alias Talha, Muhammad Afzal, Hafiz Salman alias Amjad, Sajjad Ahmed, Muhammad Saleem, Bilal and Mufti Munawwar Hussain. The RPO assured that more terrorists would be arrested soon.