Islamabad: A retired Pakistani Army major suspected to have been linked to al-Qaeda has been arrested along with six of his associates from Lahore in connection with an attack on an Air Force bus in November last year that killed eight people.
Ahsanul Haq, a retired army major, was arrested in Lahore last month over the November 1 attack in Sargodha on the Air Force bus, reports reaching here said.
Six of his associates have also been arrested on the information provided by him, the reports said.
An Air Force spokesman said that an investigation is going on into the matter.
