Yemeni al-Qaeda operative Makki arrested in Pak: Military

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today arrested a senior Yemeni al-Qaeda leader Mohammad Ali alias Shoaib al-Makki in Karachi who has been working directly under the leaders of the terror group along the volatile Af-Pak region.

"According to preliminary investigations, Al Makki is a Yemeni national and has been working directly under Al-Qaeda leaders along Pak-Afghan borders," the Pakistani military's media wing said.

"The arrest (in Karachi) of Al Makki is a major development in unravelling the Al-Qaeda network operating in the region," it said.

After the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Makki is the top leader to have fallen in the net.