According to ISPR that a senior Al Qaeda operative, Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki, has been arrested by the security agencies from Karachi.

According to preliminary investigations; Al Makki is Yemeni national and has been working directly under Al Qaeda leaders along Pak-Afghan borders.

The arrest of Al Makki is a major development in unraveling the Al Qaeda Network operating in the region.