Pakistan arrests 3500 terrorists, says Interior Ministry
As we highlighted a week ago, Pakistan is in the midst of an unprecedented crackdown against terrorists: the only problem is just who the Government label as being terrorists.  Yesterday the Interior Minister informed the Cabinet that 3500 terrorists had been arrested since the crackdown began last December, and that "now no militant network can operate in Pakistan".  Pakistan has executed 211 'convicted terrorists' so far this year. However there are reports that the police have embarked on a campaign of extra-judicial killing of criminals, with one senior officer talking of 1000 such deaths year to date.
According to ARY News, the interior minister was briefing the federal cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Chaudhry Nisar in his briefing on the National Action Plan and internal security, informed the meeting that 124 bank accounts have been closed, which were being used for funding of terrorism.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his satisfaction over the implementation of the national action plan and urged for further accelerating it.