Pak intelligence agencies nab top TTP-linked cleric in Karachi
June 19th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jun.19 (ANI): Pakistani law enforcement agencies have arrested a noted cleric for his alleged links with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Mufti Saleemullah, who hails from Kala Dhaka in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is said to head two separate Islamic seminaries in different areas of Karachi.
Sources said that Saleemullah was picked up by intelligence officials while he was on his way home from the Defence colony seminary.
Family sources confirmed Saleemullah’s arrest and added that his whereabouts were not known, The Nation reports. (ANI)
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