Bin Laden ‘close aide’ arrested in IBO

The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested a close associate of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Gujrat, a spokesperson said on Friday.

The CTD spokesperson identified the arrested all-Qaeda terrorist as Aminul Haq, whose name appeared in the United Nations’ updated list of designated terrorists. The spokesperson said that a case of Haq’s arrest had been registered and further investigations was under way.

“In a significant breakthrough in the fight against terrorism, CTD, in collaboration with intelligence agencies, successfully apprehended Aminul Haq, a senior leader of al-Qaeda,” the spokesperson said in the statement. “His name is included in a UN list of terrorists,” it added.

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