Pakistani counter-terror officials have arrested an Al-Qaeda leader, Amin ul Haq, who figures on a U.N.
sanctions list, they said on Friday, describing him as a close associate of the dead Osama Bin Laden.Pakistan's first Al-Qaeda arrest in many years comes as the counter-terrorism department (CTD) in its most populous province of Punjab registered a legal case against Haq, accusing him of planning to sabotage key installations there, Reuters reported.It did not identify his exact plans or the installations.In a significant breakthrough in the fight against terrorism, CTD, in collaboration with intelligence agencies, successfully apprehended Amin ul Haq, a senior leader of Al-Qaeda,& the department's spokesperson said in the statement.His name is included in a U.N.
list of terrorists,& it added.Pakistan's interior ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.On its list dating from Jan 2001, the United Nations& sanctions panel on Daesh and Al-Qaeda identifies the arrested man as Amin Muhammad ul Haq Saam Khan, calling him a security coordinator for bin Laden.He figured on the list for his association with the Al-Qaeda bin Laden, contributing to or supporting activities such as &supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel&, the panel said.Bin Laden was killed in 2011 during a United States raid on his hideout in Pakistan's northern city of Abbottabad.
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