Pakistan Holds Four More Officers in Probe of Militants’ Army Role
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Pakistan’s army says it has detained four majors as well as a brigadier in an investigation of how widely an Islamic militant group may have placed supporters within the country’s nuclear-armed military.
The army is holding the majors in its probe of the Hizb ut-Tahrir, army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said in an exchange of text messages. The news came a day after the army confirmed the arrest of Brigadier Ali Khan for alleged links to Hizb ut-Tahrir, a group that seeks to overthrow governments of Muslim states and that is banned in Pakistan.