The security forces investigating a deadly attack on Karachi Corps Commander said on Sunday that they had made headway with the detention of seven members of a militant group.
Intelligence sources said the Harkatul-Mujahideen al-Alami members were under intense questioning over Thursday's assault on the convoy of Lieutenant General Ahsan Saleem Hayat, which left seven soldiers, three policemen and a passer-by dead.
"Seven Al-Alami men have been picked up from different areas of Karachi in the raids," a security official told AFP, on condition of anonymity.
In the last three days police and intelligence agencies detained around 50 people, but most of them have now been freed after questioning, he added.
Sindh IGP Syed Kamal Shah said "positive" headway had been made and the situation would be clear in the next few days.
"We have certainly found a lead and some people have been detained, but I can not share the details with you at this stage," he told AFP.
"We will give you the good news soon," Shah added.
According to police, Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami has been involved in major terrorist attacks against Westerners or foreign missions including a suicide attack outside the US Consulate in 2002 which killed 12 Pakistanis.
The group is an offshoot of banned Harkatul Mujahideen.
Investigators strongly suspect wanted militant Amjad Farooqi's hand in the attack on the convoy.
"We suspect his role in the attack, he is the country's most wanted men and we are after him," a police investigator said.
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