KARACHI: Three women identified as Tehmeena, Uzma and Seema with links to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) were arrested Sunday from various areas of Karachi. Contact of the women with terrorists and facilitators of the Safoora incident has also been confirmed.
According to reports, the arrested women had links with Al-Qaeda as far back as 1996. The women were running 2 educational institutes in the city. Arrested suspect Seema had provided workers of outlawed organizations with Rs. 5 lac after the Safoora incident.
The arrested females also played a significant part in hiding the operatives of these banned organizations. The female facilitators of terrorists had even setup a network in the city. The female network is being run by wives of the Safoora incident suspects.
The report said the wife of Khalid Yousaf who got arrested early Saturday is running a so called educational institute which does not have any office but she has a network of more than 20 women from wealthy families.
These women brainwash young girls, provide funds for IS and also arrange wives for the terrorists of IS. The wife of Khalid Yousaf also distributes a USB stick containing videos of IS terrorists in order to brainwash the young girls, the report added.
