ISLAMABAD: Six suspected terrorists, belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were arrested from different areas of Islamabad during a security forces raid, intelligence sources said.

The operation was carried in Turnol, Bara Kahu and Shahzad Town areas of Islamabad. The suspects were moved to an undisclosed location following the arrests.

The raids are part of the government’s National Action Plan, which was formulated in the wake of the Peshawar school attack to chalk out a comprehensive strategy to combat terrorism.

The suspects belong to the Mohmand Agency chapter of the outlawed TTP, security officials said, adding that more suspects would be apprehended after identification by the arrested men.

Islamabad is the federal capital of Pakistan and a number of search operations have been carried out in the city in the recent past.

It houses the Presidency, the Prime Minister House, the Parliament and the Supreme Court and authorities in the past have also claimed to have foiled attacks on the Parliament which lies adjacent to Aiwan-i-Sadr.

The city is no stranger to terrorist activity. Last year in March, at least 11 people, including additional sessions judge Rafaqat Awan, were killed and 29 others were wounded during a gun and bomb attack in a court in the capital’s F-8 sector. However, of all the attacks it has witnessed, the bombing targeting the Marriott Hotel remains the most well-known.