KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department on Friday claimed to have arrested two suspects for their alleged involvement in collecting funds for the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.

The CTD’s Anti-Terrorism Financing Unit carried out a raid in Janjal Goth and arrested Abuzar and Yaqoob Mehsud, said DIG Asif Ejaz Sheikh.

He told Dawn that the held suspects were in ‘contact’ with the TTP leadership based in Afghanistan through social media networks.

He said that they belonged to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group and were “collecting funds for TTP-Karachi”.

They had recently come from Waziristan, he said, adding that the CTD recovered an amount of Rs15,000 from them.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2024

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