Quetta, Pakistan security forces in the southwestern Pakistan arrested a lecturer at the university who was accused of planning a thwarted suicide attack, which would have shared the celebrations for the independence day of the independent day in the province of Belutschistan in the Belutschistan in Beluchistan in the stress of Belutschisters last week Officials on Monday.
The suspect, USMAN QAZI, is supposed to connect to the forbidden Majeed Brigade, the Sosmurcase Command of the Belutschistan Liberation Army, according to the Prime Minister of the province, Sarfraz Bugti.
During a press conference in the city of Quetta, Bugti showed video material, with Qazi admitted in recent years to plan the thwarted attack and promote militant. It was unclear whether Qazi made these comments under compulsion.
Bugti did not clarify when the arrest was made and only said that the man was still questioned.
The arrest takes place one week after the US State Department BLA and the Majeed Brigade described as a foreign terrorist organization. The group is already prohibited at home.
Bugti said it was the first time that security forces who acted on secret services had conquered a high -ranking member of the Majeed Brigade. He said that Qazi confessed to being involved in previous attacks, including the station's bombings last year in Quetta, in which 32 people were killed.
There was no immediate comment from the BLA about the arrest.
Belutschistan has long blamed violence against separatist groups, including the BLA. The province is rich in natural resources and is home to projects associated with the billion-dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor, in which Chinese citizens and Pakistani security forces were also targeted by insurgents.