The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday issued a list of female terrorists who had been involved in different natures of unlawful activities in the province since 2014.
According to the list, 30 females were involved in incidents of terrorism, 13 in kidnapping, two in extortion and three each in targeted killing and terror financing.
CTD DIG Imran Shahid said that the intelligence agency and the law enforcement agencies were facing difficulties in arresting these female terrorists due to cultural and traditional values and also because there was almost no source linked to the female criminals or terrorists.
He said that cases were registered in different police stations against these female terrorists and some cases were in process in different courts.
The document revealed that cases of terrorism were registered against 18 females in different police stations of Peshawar, adding that nine females were acquitted in the cases while the cases of others were in the court.
