Daesh suspects held in Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistani police on Monday arrested two suspected militants for allegedly putting up pro-Daesh (the self-styled Islamic State) posters in the country’s second largest city of Lahore.

They were caught on camera, identified through an official database and then arrested, police said.

Earlier, a special team had been constituted to check any activity to promote Daesh in Lahore, capital of Punjab, the most populous province of the country.

Earlier this month, the National Counter Terrorism Agency wrote to a dozen government agencies warning them to be on guard against the Daesh group, according to media reports.

Recently pamphlets were reportedly distributed in parts of the northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar in support of Daesh, the militant group which has declared a self-styled caliphate over swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.

Daesh graffiti had also reportedly appeared on walls in northern Gilgit-Baltistan region and also in Quetta, capital of southwestern Balochistan province.