| The Interior Ministry has advised the home departments of all four provinces to beef up security, while revealing that suspected terrorists are planning to stage suicide attacks on places of worship in Lahore. Based on intelligence reports, the Interior Ministry has claimed that suspected terrorists are planning to stage suicide attacks on mosques, imambargahs, churches and other places of worship in Lahore. Sources said the ministry has also claimed that Qari Zafar from Miranshah is planning to abduct senior army officers residing in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The intelligence report has revealed that a three-to-four member group is planning to conduct the abductions. Since the government launched a security operation in Malakand division and Swat on May 2, the Taliban have staged suicide attacks on a hotel in Peshawar, a mosque in Nowshera and a madrassa in Lahore. |