LAHORE: A suspect was arrested from a private airline landing at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.
As soon as the Shaheen Airlines flight from Muscat landed at the airport, a suspected individual present in the aircraft threatened to blow it up. Following which, the pilot taxied to the Hajj terminal and alerted the authorities regarding the presence of a suspected individual in the aircraft.
After securing the aircraft, Airport Security Force (ASF) commandos entered the plane and took the suspect into custody.
The suspect, identified as Saudullah, was said to be 40 years of age.
He was shifted to an undisclosed location for further interrogation.
Last month, a brazen five-hour attack by militants on the international airport in Karachi left 28 people, including 10 attackers dead.
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Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen attacked the Pakistan International Airlines Boeing PK-756 as it came in to land at Peshawar's Bacha Khan airport on June 25, killing a woman and injuring two flight stewards on board.
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