Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on August 3 informed the National Assembly that the Security Forces (SFs) arrested 3,143 alleged terrorists in the country and recovered 4,240 weapons from them during the last three years, reported Dawn. The data presented by the Minister showed that 67 per cent of the arrests had been made in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa whereas 84 per cent of the weapons had been seized from Balochistan.
Giving province-wise details, Malik said the SFs arrested 2,103 alleged terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 343 in Balochistan, 231 in Punjab, 145 in Sindh, 130 in Islamabad, 106 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 80 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and five in Azad Kashmir. Similarly, the data showed that during the last three years the SFs seized 3,554 weapons from Balochistan, 431 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 150 from Sindh, 55 from Punjab, 27 from Gilgit-Baltistan, 15 from Islamabad and eight from Azad Kashmir. The Minister informed the house that only PNR 500,000 had been recovered from the arrested terrorists.
Giving province-wise details, Malik said the SFs arrested 2,103 alleged terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 343 in Balochistan, 231 in Punjab, 145 in Sindh, 130 in Islamabad, 106 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 80 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and five in Azad Kashmir. Similarly, the data showed that during the last three years the SFs seized 3,554 weapons from Balochistan, 431 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 150 from Sindh, 55 from Punjab, 27 from Gilgit-Baltistan, 15 from Islamabad and eight from Azad Kashmir. The Minister informed the house that only PNR 500,000 had been recovered from the arrested terrorists.
