KARACHI: An Al Qaeda operative who is on the United Nations sanctions list was arrested in Karachi, police said on Friday.
Pakistan launched a renewed operation against militant groups in 2014, when Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri announced the formation of a new wing in the Indian subcontinent.
Muqadas Haider, a senior police officer, said Abdul Rehman Sindhi was arrested in a joint operation between police and intelligence agencies late on Thursday.
“Abdul Rehman Sindhi is an old veteran of Al Qaeda,” Haider said.
“He had stayed in touch with Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahri and has worked with Harkat-ul Jihad Islami, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Akhtar Trust,” he said.
Sindhi was put on a UN Security Council sanctions list in 2012 for providing “facilitation and financial services to Al Qaeda”.