4 more al-Qaeda suspects caught in Pakistan

Police arrested two suspects, Muhammad Imran and Qari Muhammad Noor, from the eastern cities of Sargodha and Faisalabad on Friday, a police officer told AFP, requesting anonymity.

Imran was wanted for a July 30 suicide attack on prime minister-designate Shauakat Aziz, he said.

Noor was arrested along with two other unidentified companions in Faisalabad, he said.

Investigators were questioning them about their links with al-Qaeda operatives plotting the assassination of Pakistani leaders, he said.