Taliban planning 'mass extinctions' by poisoning Karachi's water supply - India News and Travel Times Provides India-centric and other News and Features

Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is planning to poison Karachi's main water supply by adding cyanide to the distribution lines. According to sources, intelligence agencies have warned that extremists are planning to wreck havoc in Karachi by adding cyanide to the city's main water supply lines for which they are arranging 200 kilograms of the highly poisonous chemical. Following the intelligence report, all the concerned departments have been directed to secure all the big and small pumping stations in Karachi. The authorities have also been asked to increase vigilance in and around the pumping stations and supply lines, The Daily Times reports. Meanwhile, Punjab Home Department has issued a warning that the TTP has dispatched two terrorists to Lahore to target the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building, Liberty Market and government offices in Model Town. In a circular issued by Home Secretary, Nadeem Hassan Asif, senior police officials have been asked to maintain strict vigil at all the exit and entry points of the city and enhance cooperation between the officials of intelligence and law-enforcement agencies.