Lahore, November 10: Terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has planned to attack mosques, shrines and imambargahs during Eid-ul-Azha prayers, especially in remote and rural areas across the country, sources have revealed.
According to intelligence reports, the TTP leadership in a recent meeting has decided to use absconding activists of banned terrorists outfits particularly the proclaimed offenders (POs) to achieved their targets, the Daily Times reported.
Remote and rural areas, even cities and towns not been affected by terrorism so far, could be soft targets for terrorists owing to the fact that law enforcement agencies would be occupied in more pressing areas , reports noted.They said places of worship, where security arrangements had been adopted, could be attacked again.
After receiving these intelligence reports, the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) of the interior ministry has issued a circular to the home departments of all provinces, provincial police officers and other heads of law enforcement agencies to immediately put security at high alert across the country, and take all necessary measures to avoid any untoward incident during Eid-ul-Azha .
-Agencies