LAHORE: The woman who was arrested in security forces operation near Punjab Housing Society Lahore, has been identified as Noreen Jabbar Laghari – the second year student of MBBS in Liaquat University of Medical Science (LUMS), Jamshoro.
Noreen Jabbar Laghari went missing in February 10, 2017 and was feared to have joined Islamic State militant group. Hyderabad Police had informed the media that the young girl was inspired by the ideology of Daesh and went to join them on her own.
It has been reported that Noreen spent two months in Syria and returned to Lahore almost six days back.
Meanwhile, Noreen’s college card and her father’s ID card and letter were also recovered during the operation.
As per details, the security forces conducted a special intelligence-based operation (IBO) near Punjab Housing Society Lahore.
It was reported that one terrorist identified as Tariq was killed while Noreen and two others were arrested in the operation.
Moreover, suicide jackets and explosives were also recovered during the operation and four soldiers including two officers were injured during the clash.
It has now been revealed that the girl is Noreen Leghari who has joined the militant outfit. She had shared her radical religious views on social media as well. Her brother told media that the family has been informed by the security forces about his sister.
A video obtained by the police, showed the girl left for Lahore alone on the day she had ‘gone missing’ and then contacted her family through social media that she had reached the land of Khilafat.
Noreen Laghari is the daughter of Dr Abdul Jabbar Leghari, Professor at Dr M A Kazi Institute of Chemistry, University of Sindh. Professor Jabbar Laghari had said that his daughter left home for university on February 10 and attended morning classes; afterwards, she was seen nowhere.
Noreen is under investigation for her role in the Easter attack foiled by the forces and there is still no information regarding her relation with the terrorist killed in the encounter.
Earlier on Saturday, the ISPR said it had thwarted a plot to launch a major terror attack in Lahore on Easter Sunday, after an army raid in the city that killed a suspected militant.
Security forces also arrested a woman and seized suicide jackets and explosives, the statement added.
