RAHIMYAR KHAN: Police said on Friday that the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) leader has surrendered himself to authorities, a week after the group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack against Hazaras community in Quetta city, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.
Malik Ishaq, one of the founders of the Sunni militant organization, was nabbed from his residence at the Airport Road in the central city of Rahim Yar Khan on Friday, senior police officer Ashfaq Gujar said.
The LJ leader has been detained for a period of one month, although it could not be verified as police refrained from commenting on the charges of his arrest.
The arrest comes a day after the Pakistan Army emphatically denied having links with the banned terror outfit which is responsible for Shia killing spree in Balochistan and other parts of the country.
“The armed forces were not in contact with any militant organisation, including Lashkar-i-Jhangvi,” ISPR chief Maj-Gen Asim Bajwa told a media briefing on Thursday.
“There is no reason to think about army’s involvement with LJ,” media quoted Gen Bajwa as saying.
DND
