The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab on Thursday arrested a senior Al-Qaeda leader, Amin ul Haq, calling him as a close aide of dead 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 major operation carried out by CTD Punjab, senior Al-Qaeda leader, Amin ul Haq, a close associate of Osama bin Laden, has been arrested during an intelligence-based operation,” the CTD said in a statement.
Bin Laden was killed in 2011 during a US raid on his hideout in the city of Abbottabad.
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