Before the arrests, media men were driven out from the city.

Lala Ali Afzal Jadoon, a former minister and a resident of Abbottabad told Arab News, security personnel combed madrasas, schools, hospitals and even markets and arrested hundreds of people.

PMA Kakul Road was closed completely for traffic.

A former lawmaker Zar Gull from Kala Dhaka told Arab News, “IDs of every resident was checked.”