ISLAMABAD, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Police in Pakistan's east Punjab province foiled a major terror plot by killing at least five terrorists of a proscribed organization, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said in a statement on Friday.

According to the CTD officials, the operation was carried out on an intelligence tip-off regarding presence of suspected militants in a building in Arabi Tibba of Rajanpur district of Punjab province.

Police came under fire from terrorists to which the CTD personnel responded with effective retaliatory fire and killed all five terrorists, said the CTD officials, adding that the militants were planning to conduct terrorist activities in the province.

Police recovered arms, ammunition and maps of sensitive buildings of the province from the militants' compound. The officials also seized a 10-15 kg bomb which has been defused by bomb disposal squad of police.

Earlier in June, four militants were gunned down during a CTD operation on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Enditem

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