Lahore, Aug 1: Over 50 terrorists from multiple outlawed organisations were arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province in over a two-month crackdown, police said Saturday.
According to a statement issued by the Punjab Police's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), 419 intelligence-based operations were conducted across various districts of the province in response to heightened terrorism threats.
The arrests were part of efforts to dismantle hostile networks, and further investigations are ongoing, it said.
The CTD said the 54 arrested individuals belonged to various terrorist groups.
The terrorists were arrested from Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Jhelum, Sargodha, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Sahiwal, Mandi Bahauddin, Pakpattan and Bahawalpur, it said. (PTI)