The Police on April 20 arrested one Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militant during a raid on his hideout in Saeedabad area near Northern Bypass of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports Dawn. In a statement, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said that a key BLA cadre, Asif Brohi alias Don, was arrested along with an AK-47 assault rifle. “Asif Brohi alias Abdullah is not only the facilitator of several terrorist attacks but also a key man of the BLA,” said the CTD statement. “Investigators were closely monitoring the suspect and finally found his connection with several terrorist activities. Between 2011 and 2019, he killed six people in different Balochistan districts. He executed these jobs on the directives of BLA commander Shafiq ur Rehman Mengal. Apart from killing different individuals, he was actively involved in collecting extortion to raise funds for the banned outfit.” The statement carried details of the suspect’s activities since 2012 saying he collected extortion amounting to PKR 56.7 million from different businessmen and traders of Balochistan and in couple of instances he had even kidnapped his targets to get the ransom.