Information About Incident 40623-77779-190766 in Bahawalpur Pakistan

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The channel said Police had also arrested 29 suspected terrorists from Bahawalpur.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Bahawalpur
• Matched District: Bahawalpur
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: Police
• Subject: 29 suspected terrorists from Bahawalpur

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Law-enforcement agencies have arrested Qari Ishtiaq, acting chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) unit in Punjab, from Bahawalpur, Daily Times reported. Ishtiaq allegedly masterminded the attack on the Army s General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on October 10-11, a private TV channel reported on October 27. According to the channel, security agencies also seized a heavy cache of explosives and sophisticated arms from him. An intelligence source told the channel that the TTP Punjab chief had provided important information about his three accomplices Sajjad, Qamar and Adnan. The channel said Police had also arrested 29 suspected terrorists from Bahawalpur.

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