Motorway police official martyred in suicide attack, Islamabad

Islamabad, Pakistan:- A Motorway Police (MP) official was martyred in a suicide attack near Lillah Motorway Interchange while the MP arrested a terrorist.

According to the officials a suicide attacker in a Suzuki Alto blew himself up when the MP stopped him for checking. The car used in blast had appeared on Motorway at 7:12pm from Peshawar Interchange yesterday. Interior Minister Rehman Malik has strongly condemned the incident. The official who was martyred in the attack is named Shah Iran. The accused arrested is aged some 25 years. The officials said they had intelligence information about the car, adding that it was to be used for carrying out terrorism activity in Lahore. Federal Minister for Transportation announced compensation of Rs 2 million while IG Motorway of Rs 0.6 million for the relatives of martyred official. IG Waseem Ahmad told that two terrorists were riding in the car and one of them blew him up while the other was arrested. RPO Rawalpindi Aslam Tareen maintained that there was only one terrorist who had been arrested and was being interrogated.