KARACHI: An alleged Daesh activist was arrested in a raid conducted by Federal Investigative Agency at Cannt area on Thursday.

The FIA's counter-terrorism department claims that the arrested alleged activist, Khalilur Rehman, was involved in recruiting people for the terror group through social media, adding, Rehman was running more than 50 facebook pages in which hate material was uploaded.

As many as two mobile phones, Daesh flags were recovered from the suspect. The phones have been sent for forensic examination. FIA authorities said that a case has been registered against the suspect in counter-terrorism wing station at Islamabad.

Meanwhile, the suspect was presented before a magistrate at city court. FIA requested for his 14 days physical remand. The court approved his physical remand for seven days.