LAHORE:
The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have neutralised a terrorist wanted for 50 murders and attack on the Inter Services Intelligence agency’s office in Faisalabad.
The man, identified as Ghazanfar Nadeem, was killed along with his accomplice in Chiniot, in an intelligence-based operation, the CTD claimed. The identity of the accomplice is not yet known.
According to CTD officials, the men opened fire at the police, and were shot and killed in retaliatory fire.
The security officials were reportedly in search of Nadeem since 2011. He was said to have a head money of Rs2.5 million, and was involved in masterminding sectarian attacks.
The terrorist was reportedly involved in 11 major operations including the attack on the ISI office in Faisalabad as well as a suicide attack in Dera Ismal Khan. He was also involved in target killings.
They also claimed to have found explosives and other weapons from their hideout.
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The CTD personnel said Nadeem was also known as Khalid Habib besides having multiple other aliases.
On September 13, the CTD claimed to have gunned down a key militant commander of the outlawed Dai’sh in an operation in Balochistan’s Mastung district.
The slain commander was identified as Ghulam Mohyuddin Shahwani alias Shoaib, a CTD spokesperson said in a statement.
The body of the militant commander was shifted to a hospital.
The CTD spokesperson stated that the accused was involved in attacks on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s Maulana Ghafoor Haideri, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Sirajul Haq, and other acts of terrorism.
The operation in which the key militant commander was killed was conducted on a tip-off, the spokesperson mentioned.
