The CTD named the three arrested men but gave no details of how they were connected to Islamic State. Two senior security officials told Reuters that Islamic State and LeJ leader Ishaq had been in contact with each other since 2014 and were seeking to establish a foothold for Islamic State operations in Pakistan. Pakistani officials have generally denied that Islamic State has gained a foothold in the country, though there are occasional reports of arrests or killing of people affiliated with the group. Counter-terrorist police raided a building in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday and arrested three men affiliated with Islamic State who were planning to attack government buildings, authorities said on Monday. The raid came as police said that the Pakistani Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Janghvi had been seeking to build relations with Islamic State before LeJ chief Malik Ishaq was killed last July.

Source: dna June 27, 2016 18:44 UTC