The National Crisis Management Cell of the Interior Ministry has directed the home secretary and inspector general of police Balochistan and IGP Islamabad Capital Territory to arrest activists of Mullah Hadi terrorist group, Daily Times has learnt.The action has been taken on an intelligence report that the activists of the group, with its headquarters in Quetta, are regrouping to carryout terrorist activities in the country with the collaboration of proscribed terrorist organisations and Taliban. Six key members of the group include Mufti Saghir of Sargodha, Khalid Mahmood, Nasrullah (Abu Huraria), Asif of Chakwal, Khuda Bakhsh and Zafar Iqbal. The report states that Bakhsh, a close associate of Hadi, was released from Sargodha jail in 2003. He had worked as translator for Arab Mujahideen and was reorganising the old jehadi elements for terrorist activities in the country.
The report states the group was preparing to do something devastating against the government. Hadi, Sagheer, Mahmood, and Nasrullah are explosive expert and they are running electronic repair shops in Quetta, says the report. It is strongly apprehended that Sagheer and Mahmood are involved in making Improvised Explosive Devices to target gas and railway installations in and around Quetta, the report says.