ISLAMABAD: A series of arrests and the seizure of truckloads of explosive material in Pakistan this week averted a major terrorist attack, possibly as serious as an explosive-laden aircraft slamming into the US Consulate in Karachi, the interior minister said yesterday.
“The details of the terrorist attacks being planned are still being pieced together,'' Faisal Saleh Hayyat said in an interview. “What I can say is that we have averted high-profile terrorist attacks in Pakistan.''
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