Terror threat

Pakistani Military Official Admits Daesh Presence in Pakistan

It was reported that 309 militants, including members from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, were seized by Pakistani security forces. Attacks on embassies, on Pakistani officials and on an airport in Islamabad by Daesh operatives have been foiled, according to the military spokesman. The Pakistan army has eliminated some 3,500 extremists since 2014 as a result of military operations in the North Waziristan and Khyber tribal regions, he said. The violent Daesh extremist group uses social media to engage local militants, and distributes leaflets backing terrorism in their efforts to recruit new members. Bajwa admitted that the terrorists had committed several attacks on media and security personnel, as well as having killed Sabeen Mahmud, a human rights activist, in Karachi in 2015.