The head of al-Qaeda's Karachi network Abdul Ahad and his accomplice have been shot dead in a shootout with law enforcement personnel and intelligence agencies in Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood in Pakistan, said officials.
According to the Dawn, an intelligence officer has also been killed in the shootout.
The authorities claimed the killing of the two operatives as a major success.
They said that they were present in Karachi for a "major activity" that could either be an attack on one of the "sensitive installations" or assassination of "key security officials".
