LAHORE: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab arrested 12 terrorists during intelligence-based operations(IBOs) in different cities of province.

Counter Terrorism Department conducted raids in different cities of Punjab during which 12 terrorists were arrested.

CTD Spokesperson says that operations were conducted in Sargodha, Bhakkar, Rahim Yar Khan and Faisalabad while weapons and explosives were recovered from the arrested terrorists.

CTD spokesman said that the terrorists were identified as Nadeem Murtaza, Mohammad Jaber, Asif Iftikhar, Shamsuddin, Ejaz Hussain, Hassan Khan, Shahid Saeed and Farooq Ahmed.

According to the spokesman, the terrorists wanted to spread fear and panic among the people through terrorist activities at different places.

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Earlier, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had killed 209 terrorists and 244 were held during intelligence based operations across the province during the last nine months.

According to the statistics issued by CTD, It said that a total 497 incidents of terrorism took place in 27 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last nine months in which 1,154 terrorists of banned organizations were nominated in FIRs, adding that so far 16 accused had so far been punished by the relevant courts.

Sharing the details, the CTD report stated that 39 terrorists were killed in 52 incidents of terrorism occurred in district Dera Ismail Khan, the hometown of the Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and provincial Chief Minister.