Overview
- Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Sindh arrested five suspected militants in Karachi during raids at two locations, with the agency saying three were linked to the Baloch Liberation Army and two to Fitna al-Khawarij; pistols, ammunition and phones were recovered.
- Punjab CTD carried out an intelligence-based operation in the Mankoor border area near Attock on Tuesday that killed five suspected militants after an exchange of fire and yielded a suicide jacket, submachine guns, hand grenades and ammunition; identification of the dead is under way.
- Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa CTD conducted a separate intelligence-based raid in the Mardan/Shabqadar area on Wednesday that killed three militants, recovered three Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades, and identified two of the slain as suspects wanted in past targeted killings.
- Authorities report ongoing search and identification operations across border regions, have tightened checkpoints to limit militant movement, and received public praise from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the Attock operation.
- Officials say the cases point to multi-group networks with reported training links in Afghanistan and note investigators will focus next on tracing facilitators, accomplices and the route used to move weapons and personnel across provincial borders.