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Seven suspects arrested in Karachi raid: CTD

KARACHI: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police has claimed it had arrested seven suspected terrorists in a raid at a madrassah in the Hyder Chali area of SITE.

The arrests were made during a joint raid conducted by CTD and the district administration at al-Kareem Islamic Academy.

“The terrorists were arrested from a seminary established by Mufti Shakir, a dangerous terrorist and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander responsible for killing several policemen in districts Central and West of the city in 2013 and 2014,” said SSP CTD during a press conference.

“He is also suspected of involvement in the assassination of martyred CTD SP Chaudhry Aslam,” he added.

The seven suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for the interrogated.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.