The authorities on Monday arrested two persons involved in the hacking of the Prime Minister Office’s phones, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

Government sources have also confirmed the news of the arrest of hackers. 

Sources have divulged that an intelligence agency has apprehended these two hackers. One hacker belongs to Rawalpindi where he is associated with an educational institution. The other hacker hails from a city in central Punjab.

Both the hackers have been handed over to a national security institution where investigations are underway. 

Sources say that the agency is grilling them about their handlers.

They were in contact with the staff deployed on the PMO security. 

It is expected that people deployed on the PMO security would also be arrested shortly. 

Reporter Farzana Siddique