The men, who had been imprisoned for the past three years in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur Jail, were allegedly involved in a plot to target army convoys and to abduct military officers and their family members, BBC Urdu reported.
The men were taken into custody by a civilian intelligence agency and moved to an undisclosed location for investigation.
They were suspected of having links with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and the Ghazi Force, which was formed by militants linked to the Lal Masjid in Islamabad after a military operation against the mosque in 2007.
The men were allegedly issuing directions to their contacts to coordinate attacks on the military and paramilitary forces.
Last year, a brazen attack by the Taliban on the central jail in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa had resulted in the escape of nearly 400 prisoners.
The freed prisoners included Adnan Rasheed, a high-profile militant and the main suspect in attempts to assassinate former President Pervez Musharraf.
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