Five terrorists running Al-Qaeda's media cell nabbed from Gujranwala.

GUJRANWALA -- Five terrorists running Al-Qaeda's media cell have been arrested from Gujranwal in a joint operation conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and an intelligence agency on Friday.

According to CTD officials, intelligence agencies had been keeping a track of the terrorists for several months and collecting information on them.

The arrested men have been identified as Asim Akbar, Abdullah, Umair, Ahmed alias Qasim, Muhammad Yousuf and Muhammad Yaqoob.

CTD officials said the "suspected terrorists were planning to carry out an attack in Gujranwala and that they recovered...

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