On August 26, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab claimed to have arrested eight suspected terrorists allegedly belonging to banned organisations from Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, and Multan, reports ARY News. According to a CTD spokesperson, the arrested terrorists include two ‘commanders’ of the banned Al-Qaeda. Explosive material, grenades, and cash were also recovered from those arrested terrorists.