Police have arrested 43 Pakhtun’s on suspicion of having links with late Nek Mohammad and the Al Qaeda network during an operation on Sunday night, police sources told Daily Times on Monday. Mr. Sources said these arrests were part of an operation against Afghans living in the district without legal permission. Mr. Sources said the police were tipped off that several people from the tribal areas had reached Faisalabad. Mr. Sources said the police parties raided different places and arrested the forty-three men. Mr. Sources said the arrested people belonged to Torkham, Bajoor Agency, Karam Agency, Quetta, Peshawar and Nowshehra and have been kept in custody at the Gulberg, Kotwali and Sargodha Road police stations.
| Mr. Sources ought to be working for the BBC. |
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