Lahore

Pakistan’s security forces on Saturday claimed to have foiled a “major” terror attack on minority Christians ahead of Easter here after they killed a militant in Punjab Housing Society and arrested his two aides, including the woman. Six personnel had suffered injuries in the shootout, the Inter-Services Public Relations, a media wing of Pakistan army, said. During investigation, the woman has been identified as Naureen Leghari, a second-year student of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences in Jamshoro, Sindh province. Naureen spent two months in Syria and returned to Lahore almost six days back, Dunya news reported. Naureen, resident of Hyderabad, had disappeared from the varsity in early February to join the ISIS. “After reaching Lahore on Feb 10, Naureen had messaged her brother through a friend’s Facebook profile that she has reached the land of Khilafah,” an official said.