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That sounds awfully energetic. It’s good they have something to show for it. [Dawn] The Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Saturday its personnel have arrested 21 alleged holy warriors of banned holy warrior outfits — who purportedly intended to carry out terrorism activities and fan sectarian tensions — during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in several cities of the province.
The CTD said in a statement it had conducted 135 operations in the province, during which it interrogated 135 suspects and arrested 21 alleged holy warriors.
According to the CTD, the arrested men were from Tehrik-e-Taliban
 ...Arabic for students ...
Pakistain, Sapiah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, ISIS and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
 ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
, among other banned holy warrior groups.
"The arrested [suspects] planned to target important installations and religious places in acts of terrorism and fan sectarian tensions by sharing hate material on social media," the statement said, adding that 18 first information reports (FIR) were registered against them while they had been moved to an unknown place for investigation.
The CTD said the IBOs for the arrests were conducted in Lahore, Narowal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Muzaffargarh, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Layyah, Bahawalpur, Attock, and Sahiwal.
It added that 5,118 grams of explosives, two hand grenades, as many improvised bombs, 30 detonators, 77.3-feet-long safety fuse wires, 6.3 feet of prima chords, a 30 bore pistol, a 9mm pistol along with 13 bullets, 13 books containing literature of banned holy warrior groups, three magazines, 82 pamphlets, 27 flags, a receipt book and cash worth Rs113,740 were seized from the arrested men.
Separately, the statement said, the Punjab CTD conducted 700 combing operations during the past week with the assistance of police and security institutions. During these operations, 29,829 people were checked, 49 suspects were arrested, 32 FIRs were registered and 21 people were recovered, it added.
In July, the Punjab CTD conducted IBOs in various parts of the province resulting in the arrest of 17 holy warriors associated with banned holy warrior organizations.
According to a CTD spokesperson, 132 IBOs were carried out in Punjab, specifically targeting expected terrorism activities by defunct organizations, particularly against Chinese nationals and worship places during Muharram. 
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