Daily Times

KARACHI: The Paramilitary Force has unearthed a Sleeper Cell of banned Al-Qaida by arresting 5 activists of the militant outfit including a close associate of Al-Qaida Pakistan, Chief; on an intelligence tip off on Wednesday from Mawach Goth area , a locality of Baldia Town in Karachi.

The suspects have been involved in dozens of terrorists’ activities including Bomb Blasts and Target Killings with the help of Indian Secret Agency RAW and Afghan Secret Agency NDS, the raid led to the Recovery of Huge Cache of Weapons including Suicidal Jacket, the official of Pakistan Rangers Sindh has claimed.

Colonel Qaisar of Pakistan Rangers Sindh who held a Press Conference in Rangers Head Quarter Karachi told that a Special Team of Pakistan Rangers Sindh has raided the area of Mawach Goth on intelligence information about the presence of terrorists and rounded up 5 most wanted activists of banned militant outfit Al-Qaida including Tahir Zaman alias Faisal Mota alias Boxer, Mohammad Nawaz, Bilal Ahmed alias Kashif alias Jawaid, Mohammad Farhan Siddique and Dur Mohammad Mashhadi who were running a sleeper cell in Baldia Town for terror activities in Pakistan with the assistance of foreign secret agencies RAW and NDS.

During the raid Pakistan Rangers have found 8kg explosives, 4kg ball Barings, 4 ball bombs, 20 meter detonator code, 3 detonators, 4 SMGs, 2 pistols and one suicidal jacket, he added.

“Tahir Zaman, during 2013 has received training from the Al-Qaida’s training camp in Miranshah beside also from Afhganistan and is involved in the firing incident at Policemen standing at the Picket in the Korangi on 26 January 2013, in which two policemen were martyred, he is further involved in throwing hand grenade on the police mobile in Korangi area on 28 January in which one policeman got martyred and others sustained injuries, beside this he has also killed Hassan Gul a worker of ethnic party on 10 October 2013 . He had joined Al-Qaida in 2012 and received training to make bombs” Colonel Qaisar informed.

The suspect Nawaz was involved in passing sensitive information about Pak Army to the terrorists and he also had provided Medical treatment to one terrorist Jawaid Sawati when he got injured after an encounter with Pakistan Rangers in 2015 in that particular incident 2 Personal were also martyred, he further told.

Suspect bilal is a close associate of Tahir Minhas the main culprit in the “Safoora case” and has had special training of suicide bombing he has also killed 8 peoples belonging to the “Ahle Hadis” sect on the orders of Tahir Minhas.

While Mohammad Farhan Siddique, has been a close associate of the chief of Al-Qaida Pakistan Ustad Ahmed Farooq . He has been nominated the special task of new recruitment for the banned outfit in Karachi.