If the temperature outside isn't a sign that summer has arrived in the northern hemisphere, the pace of attacks (actual and thwarted) should clue you in.
Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik told local television channel, Geo TV, that three suicide bombers were among those arrested and three vehicles full of explosives had been seized by police in Rawalpindi, near the capital.
He said a 'red alert' had been declared in both Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
The arrests came only four days after a car bomb attack outside the Danish Embassy killed six people and injured several others.
The 11 suspected terrorists who were arrested by the police in a security operation are believed to have wanted to import arms from Belgium to hit tourist attractions and institutional targets in Morocco.
The information about the terrorists was allegedly gathered after the authorities interrogated Habib Bin Ali, the suspected leader of the group. It is believed that he is a young man born in 1981 in Nador, who emigrated to Belgium together with this family.
"They were planning new attacks against petrol plants and targeting the country's other institutions." [See previous post]
UPDATE: Spain
The nine Pakistani and two Indian nationals face charges of belonging to a terrorist group and possession of explosives after police raided an unauthorised prayer hall in the city on 19 January following a tip-off from an informant.
Ten of the indicted suspects are among 14 people arrested in the raids - the other four were freed without charge - while one of them is currently subject to an international arrest warrant.
Investigators found a small quantity of nitrocellulose, a highly flammable compound inside the mosque in Barcelona's Raval district, as well as an array of electrical and mechanical devices, leading Judge Ismael Moreno to conclude that the group were engaged in bomb-making in preparation for attacks that were to have been carried out the same weekend the raid took place.
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