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25 vehicles fitted with explosives enter major cities

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: Twenty-five explosive-laden vehicles have reportedly entered various major cities of the country, as the intelligence services launched search operations across all four provinces, a private TV channel reported on Monday.

According to the channel, the vehicles could target sensitive government installments and other important buildings.

The channel cited a notification issued by the Interior Ministry stating that suicide bombers along with the vehicles had entered Peshawar, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Quetta and Karachi.

The ministry ordered provincial authorities to immediately conduct search operations and impound the vehicles before any terrorist incident took place. The channel said the explosive-laden vehicles included a Shehzore pick-up van, an ambulance, a blue Pajero and seven Toyota Corollas.

The NWFP inspector general has ordered the provincial police to thoroughly check every vehicle entering or exiting Peshawar that matched the given description. Also, swiftly acting upon the IG’s directive, Peshawar police seized two explosive-laden vehicles from Budhbeer area of the provincial capital and a jeep from Lakki Marwat loaded with explosives.

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