Authorities from CTD say that around nine thousand names of possible terrorists are currently on the province’s surveillance list.
The list includes the 65 individuals whose names have been reported as having returned from Syria in recent years.
Furthermore, they said that the monitoring of 22 people who were sent home after being freed from Guantanamo Bay had started.
According to CTD statistics, there are currently 2,298 youth in Punjab who received their militant training from Afghanistan; 1,566 individuals who received their training domestically have also been identified.
In a similar vein, the data shows that 540 inmates who were freed from Afghani jails are still under investigation.
Authorities claim that those on the watch list have ties to certain prohibited organizations.
