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Major cities in Pakistan 's Punjab province could be targeted by terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), police officials have said. According to sources, the security agencies have received intelligence inputs that eight well-trained 'young' terrorists could strike major cities like Rawalpindi , Lahore , Faisalabad and Multan in the near future. "These terrorists can target government buildings, police offices and media offices in the province," The Daily Times quoted the sources, as saying. Earlier, Pakistani intelligence agencies had warned about a terror attack on the Farooqabad Police Training School following which security was been beefed up in and around the installation. The Punjab Home Department had sent a circular to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other senior officials, indicating that terrorists are planning to attack police training schools across the province, The Daily Times reports. According to sources, Manawan police training school and the Elite training school are also on the terror hit list. Armed gunmen had attacked the Manawan police training school, situated on the outskirts of Lahore , in March 2009. The building was wrested by the Pakistani security forces after an intense six hour-long gun-battle with the militants.