Pakistan arrested over 3,000 terrorists in three years
August 4th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANSIslamabad, Aug 4 (IANS) As many as 3,143 terrorists were arrested during the past three years in Pakistan, a minister said.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday informed the National Assembly that 4,240 arms were seized from the arrested terrorists.
He said that 231 terrorists were arrested in Punjab, 145 in Sindh, 2,101 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 343 in Balochistan, 130 in Islamabad, 106 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 80 in FATA, reported Associated Press of Pakistan.
Pakistan has been hit by a string of terror attacks, specially after the May 2 killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
To another question, Malik said 505 people were killed and 1720 injured in terrorist attacks in Punjab in the past two years.
- Music, dance festival ends in Pakistan - Jul 25, 2011
- Pakistan sets date with Saudi dates - Mar 25, 2012
- Use of contraceptives up in Pakistan's tribal region - May 31, 2011
- Red alert across Pakistan to avoid al-Qaeda's backlash against drone attacks - Dec 11, 2010
- Pakistani police involved in rape, rights violations - Nov 18, 2010
- Quake hits Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan - Nov 07, 2011
- Pakistan flood toll reaches 1,300 - Aug 01, 2010
- Dust storm blinds Pakistan provinces - Mar 20, 2012
- Temblor shakes Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan; no loss of life (Roundup) - Nov 07, 2011
- Pakistan flood victims move into new homes - Dec 09, 2010
- Quake rocks Pakistan - Mar 12, 2012
- Pakistan-Tajikistan road to cost Rs.2 bn - Oct 19, 2011
- Pakistan elects senators (Lead) - Mar 02, 2012
- 'Kidnappings for ransom a lucrative business in Pakistan' - Jul 04, 2011
- 3,169 people killed in 2,488 terror incidents in Pakistan in last two years - Apr 09, 2011
Tags: abbottabad, al qaeda, balochistan, baltistan, gilgit, interior minister, khyber, national assembly, osama bin laden, pakistan, punjab, qaeda leader, rehman malik, sindh, terror attacks, terrorist attacks, terrorists