Police, on December 14, claimed to have foiled a terrorist attack on Islamabad Stock Exchange, the latest target of the cell said to be responsible for multiple bombings in the garrison city of Rawalpindi city of Punjab, reports The Express Tribune. Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed the arrest of three alleged militants from Adyala-Kharakan Road, involved in four bomb blasts in Rawalpindi, the latest being the bombing in the Pir Wadhai area of the city earlier this month. The CTD, in a statement, said, the law enforcers raided the location and managed to arrest the alleged militants along with explosives, detonators, cell phones and other items in their possession. During the investigation, the militants accepted responsibility for the four bombings in Rawalpindi - in January, March, June and December of 2020 - that killed four civilians and injured more than 30. The statement further added that the militants said they were motivated by the proscribed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ideally, however, now they are working for masterminds based in Afghanistan. They further disclosed, according to the CTD statement, that their group leader was receiving funds from Afghanistan for carrying out these terrorist activities, and revealed that they had planned their next attack, with the Islamabad Stock Exchange chosen as a target.