Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned of major terrorist strikes targeting diplomats, foreigners and clerics on the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet on Sunday.
Intelligence agencies have informed the Interior Ministry that sectarian terrorists would target 26 clerics and other important personalities on the occasion, Daily Times quoting sources reported on Saturday.
Most clerics on the terrorists' hit list belonged to the Sunni and Deobandi sects, sources were quoted as saying.
They said that another intelligence report submitted to the interior ministry stated that extremists were also expected to target senior government officials, foreigners and diplomats on Eid Miladun Nabi.
Airports and other sensitive buildings could also be attacked, they added.
The sources said that following these reports the interior ministry had directed the provincial home secretaries and police chiefs and the chief commissioner and inspector general of police of Islamabad to take necessary precautionary measures.
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