Seven arrested in Pakistan in relation to air terror plot

ntelligence agents in Pakistan arrested at least seven people, including two British nationals of Pakistani origin, who provided information on the terror plot aimed at blowing up US-bound passenger jets from Britain, a senior government official said today.

Fri, 11 Aug, 2006 - 11:22

Intelligence agents in Pakistan arrested at least seven people, including two British nationals of Pakistani origin, who provided information on the terror plot aimed at blowing up US-bound passenger jets from Britain, a senior government official said today.

The arrests were made in the eastern city of Lahore and in Karachi, Pakistan’s main port on the Arabian Sea, the official said in Islamabad. Two were Britons arrested a week ago.