Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik on Thursday claimed that authorities had foiled a major terrorist plot to target a high-security zone here, home to embassies and the ISI headquarters, as police seized two vehicles carrying caches of arms and explosives. Malik said the plot was uncovered after police seized a large quantity of weapons during a raid on a home in the Chatta Bakhtawar suburb ofIslamabad over the weekend.
The terrorists wanted to target "certain specific places in the Red Zone" , a heavily guarded area in the heart of Islamabad, and the "headquarters of an elite agency" , he said.
The Red Zone is home to the diplomatic enclave, the presidency, PM's House, parliament and the headquarters of the ISI agency.
The terrorists wanted to target "certain specific places in the Red Zone" , a heavily guarded area in the heart of Islamabad, and the "headquarters of an elite agency" , he said.
The Red Zone is home to the diplomatic enclave, the presidency, PM's House, parliament and the headquarters of the ISI agency.
- source TOI
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