Counter-terrorist police raided a building in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday and arrested three men affiliated with Daesh who were planning to attack government buildings, authorities said on Monday.
The raid came as police said that the Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Janghvi had been seeking to build relations with Daesh before LeJ chief Malik Ishaq was killed last July.
Lahore’s counter terrorism department said in a statement that their agents seized 1.5 kg of explosives and detonators apart from arresting the three men.
The CTD named the three arrested men but gave no details of how they were connected to Daesh.
Two senior security officials told Reuters that Daesh and LeJ leader Ishaq had been in contact with each other since 2014 and were seeking to establish a foothold for Daesh operations in Pakistan.
“(Ishaq) was serious about establishing a working relationship with Daesh,” said one senior police official in Lahore.
The officials said the nascent cooperation was cut short when Pakistani authorities killed Ishaq in July 2015 along with his two sons and deputy.
Pakistani officials have generally denied that Daesh has gained a foothold in the country, though there are occasional reports of arrests or killing of people affiliated with the group.

Source: Arab News