Counter-Terrorism Department

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Bannu police killed five suspected terrorists during a joint operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district. The operation, based on credible intelligence, resulted in a 40-minute firefight, with weapons and ammunition seized. Legal action against facilitators and further investigations are ongoing.

The Sindh government will cover medical expenses for severely injured individuals after a car crashed into a tent at an imambargah in Karachi, resulting in one death and multiple injuries. A terrorism case has been registered against the driver and his companions, with police investigating the incident as a deliberate attack.

Police in Karachi registered a terrorism case against a van driver who crashed into a mourners' tent at an imambargah in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), killing a 14-year-old girl and injuring 19 others. The FIR alleges the incident was a 'pre-planned scheme' involving the driver and three companions, who were hospitalized and later taken into custody. The case has been transferred to the Counter-Terrorism Department for investigation.

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested a suspect in Karachi for allegedly supplying drone technology and electronic equipment to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The suspect, brother of an active TTP member in Afghanistan, admitted to procuring components for improvised explosive devices and drone-based attacks, with explosives and a drone recovered during the operation.

Eight policemen were injured when terrorists ambushed a joint police and Counter-Terrorism Department team in Lakki Marwat's Darga Saheedan area. The attack, involving sophisticated weapons from a hilltop, also damaged a police vehicle. A sanitization operation is ongoing, and security has been tightened in the district following previous attacks last month.