The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) has revealed that al-Qaeda has been planning to abduct Pakistan People’s Party’s Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari from Karachi, DawnNews reported on Monday.
Intelligence agencies sent a report to the interior ministry stating that al-Qaeda was planning to abduct Mr Bhutto-Zardari and that other officials could also be targeted by the organisation, sources said.
After receiving the report, the NCMC informed the provincial interior department, Inspector-General Police Sindh and Director-General Sindh Rangers of the plot and recommended strict measures to ensure the security of the PPP chairman.
Sources moreover said that a high-level meeting at the provincial interior department on October 14 had alerted the police and had also decided to launch searches to apprehend al-Qaeda members.
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