Karachi: Militants today opened fire on a police checkpost, killing two personnel on Super Highway. The slained police personnel were named as Jaffar and Ali Raza.

Police said that at least four armed men rode motorcycles to the checkpost. The militants opened indiscriminate fire at the personnel. The law enforcers recovered at least six 9mm shells and three of 30-bore weapon. Militants hauled police weapons as they took off.

Meanwhile Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) raided the area of Nazimabad, Karachi and arrested 2 terrorists, belonging to Al-Qaeda subcontinent. 2 bombs and a klashinkov were also confiscated from the militants.

Acting upon tip off from intelligence agencies, CTD raided a building in Nazimabad and arrested 2 militants. According to SSP CTD, arrested militants have been identified as Nawab Pathan and Nazir Pathan. The terrorists had contact with people in Syria and Afghanistan. He said that a hit list with names of police personnel had been found from the militants. SSP CTD stated that the arrested militants had given the name of their commander and told that their group consists of 12 people.