Pakistan arrests most wanted Sunni militant

Asif Choto, whose Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group is said to have close links with the Al-Qaeda network, was seized over the weekend when agents stopped a car on a motorway between Rawalpindi and Lahore, a senior security official told AFP.

"He was the most wanted sectarian militant in Pakistan," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Several other senior officials also confirmed the arrest.

Choto was accused of planning the May 30 attack on a Shiite mosque in Karachi which left five people dead.