Law enforc­ement agenci­es arrest multip­le suspec­tsThe federal government on Wednesday continued its crackdown against banned outfits in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, reported Express News. Mosques, seminaries and a hospital were sealed by authorities as part of the ongoing crackdown. The government in a major crackdown on Tuesday arrested 44 under-observation members of proscribed organisations, including some close relatives of Maulana Masood Azhar, Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi said. They said those detained by the authorities included Maulana Masood Azhar’s son, Hamad Azhar, and a close relative Mufti Abdul Rauf. “We have launched a crackdown against proscribed organisations and have taken 44 individuals into custody, including Mufti Abdul Rauf and Hammad Azhar,” Afridi told reporters.

Source: The Express Tribune March 06, 2019 08:15 UTC