Pak detains 6 women involved in arranging wives, funds for IS

December 24, 2015 18:36

Counter-terrorism police in Pakistan's Sindh province have detained six women within a week who are believed to be part of an influential network of women arranging wives and funds for the ISIS militants.

Senior Superintendent of Police Umar Khatab today said the suspicious activities of the network came to light when they detained the wives of two wealthy men who facilitated the killing of 45 Ismaili Shia Muslims in a passenger bus in May.

The same group of terrorists carried out the target killing of human rights activist Sabeen Mehmud here this year. "The information we have recovered from laptops, hard disks, documents and USB sticks seized from these women alarmed us," Khatab said.

"We have uncovered a well organised web of some well educated/wealthy professors and students in a few educational institutions and their wives who are all working for the ISIS," Khatab told PTI.

The police got to know about this network when they interrogated the wives of professor Khalid Yousuf and Adil Masood Butt. Both were arrested this month. The four suspects -- Adil Masood Butt, Khalid Yusuf Bari, Saleem Ahmed and Mohammad Suleman Saeed '" were arrested for providing financial support to the attackers.

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