CTD Punjab arrests senior Al-Qaeda leader

Islamabad
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab on Thursday arrested a senior Al-Qaeda leader, Aminul Haq, calling him a close aide of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
The CTD Punjab said it had registered a legal case against ul Haq, accusing him of planning sabotage targeting important installations in the province. “In a breakthrough, senior Al-Qaeda leader, Aminul Haq, a close associate of Osama bin Laden, has been arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department Punjab during an intelligence-based operation,” the CTD said in a statement. The statement added that Haq was apprehended from the Sarai Alamgir town of the Gujrat district of Punjab.