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Lahore, (PTI):
Pakistan's Punjab province Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Friday confirmed
that banned Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar has been taken into
”protective custody” along with his accomplices, but clarified that he
is “not arrested”.
”Masood Azhar has been taken into
protective custody by the Punjab police counter-terrorism department,”
Sanaullah told Dawn News.
Earlier, the government chose not to confirm or deny the reports that Azhar has been taken into “protective custody”.
”We have taken Maulana Azhar and his
fellows under protective custody in connection with the Pathankot
incident. However, we will arrest him if his involvement in the
Pathankot attack is proved,” Sanaullah said.
He added that operation against banned outfits including JeM would continue under the National Action Programme.
India has identified Azhar as the
mastermind of the Pathankot attack on January 2. It has also blamed his
brother Rauf and five others for carrying out the attack in which seven
Indian soldiers were killed along with all the six terrorists.
India has shared this information along with two Pakistani phone numbers that the terrorists had called.
According to reports, security agencies have arrested 31 activists of JeM from different parts of the province.
After a high-level meeting chaired by
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, his office issued a statement
that said that “several individuals” belonging to JeM have been
apprehended in connection with the Pathankot terror attack and some of
its offices traced and sealed.
On Friday, Pakistan said that the Foreign Secretary-level talks with India will not take place on Saturday as scheduled.
Foreign Office Spokesman Qazi Khalilullah
told a news briefing that both sides were holding consultations to
reschedule the talks.
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