KARACHI/FAISALABAD: Security agencies picked up at least six people from across the country on Friday in connection with the recent terrorist attack on PNS Mehran airbase.

Five of the suspects were arrested in Karachi and the sixth in Faisalabad.

Sources said raids were carried out in Karachi’s Shah Faisal and Model colonies and five suspects were taken into custody. All of them belonged to proscribed militant groups.

In Faisalabad, security personnel raided a seminary in Chak 363-GB, Sattiana, and arrested a man identified as Qari Qaiser for his alleged links with terrorists who attacked the naval base.

However, the police did not confirm the arrest and said no policeman took part in the raid.

The accused was shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation, the sources said.