The Karachi police have arrested two alleged activists of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi from Orangi Town area and recovered illegal weapons from their possession. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday at the Central Police Office, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Fayaz Leghari said that the accused were involved in several cases of sectarian killings and that of doctors in target killings.
He identified the alleged terrorists as Nasim Haider alias Firhoun s/o Ghulam Haider and Asif Rasheed alias Dunba s/o Haroon Rasheed. Both the accused were arrested from Orangi Town, Block-D sector, after an encounter with the police on Saturday night, the CCPO said. He said that the police recovered several rounds of live bullets and SMGs from their possession adding that both the accused were wanted in several other cases registered with Iqbal Market police station.