Pakistan 'helped thwart attack' in Britain before elections

Pakistan’s interior minister today said a terror attack was thwarted in Britain before the May general elections – and arrests were made in several countries – because of help from Pakistan’s government.

“Before the general elections in the UK we received reports this sort of situation might arise, and attacks were aborted because of information provided by the government of Pakistan, and arrests were made in various countries and here,” Interior Minster Aftab Khan Sherpao told a news conference in Islamabad.