Lahore:
Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are investigating the Johar Town blast, prompting the provincial capital and Islamabad to remain on high alert following suspicions of involvement of outside elements in the terror operation based on initial reports has been suggested.
According to the report, the LEA raided the house of arrested accused Peter Paul David and recovered important documents which showed that the incident was the handiwork of external elements, besides detaining two local facilitators from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Lahore.
An official of the investigation team said that Peterpal David’s residence was located in Mahmoodabad, Karachi and the recovered Pakistani passport showed that he had made several trips to the UAE and had an Overseas Pakistani National Identity Card. ۔
The official said the suspect also holds citizenship of another country and had visited an Arab country where he was said to have been assigned to carry out bombings. He added that political and security developments in Afghanistan In the wake of the situation, the bombing was discussed at high-level meetings and fears of more such bombings were raised.
