The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on July 7, arrested three Islamic State (IS) militants in an operation at Ranjhai village of Daska tehsil (revenue unit) in Sialkot District of Punjab, reports Dawn. According to CTD officials, it was an information-based operation. They said that the suspect terrorists were planning their subversive activities in Daska, Sambrial and Sialkot. The officials identified the militants as Ahmed Idrees, Azam Ali and Mazhar Mukhtar. They were stated to be the active members of IS and its facilitators as they were giving financial aid to the banned militant organisation and collecting funds for it. The CTD also collected evidence of their facilitation, financial help and funds collection for the IS and other related materials. Explosive devices were also seized from the militants.