The security agencies arrested four suspected terrorists from Khushab on Wednesday.
The intelligence sources raided the house of Mukhtar in village of Saambh in Khushab and arrested him, his wife Aasma, his daughter Khaula and a female namely Abeera.
Abeera’s husband Ali fled during the raid. Suicide jackets and explosives were also recovered during the raid. The sources said that Mukhtar had bought the land from a landlord namely Akhtar Abbas and left for Waziristan with his family. He returned to the district four months ago.
It is said that the arrested suspects are affiliated with a terrorist organisation and had acquired training from the tribal areas. They had planned to carry out a major terrorist attack in Punjab.
