Overview
- ISPR said an intelligence-based raid in Khar, Bajaur killed five militants it described as Fitna al Khawarij, and Major Adeel Zaman, 36, was martyred while leading the operation.
- Weapons and ammunition were recovered in the Bajaur raid, and security forces launched sanitisation to hunt any remaining militants in the area, according to the military.
- Peshawar police reported killing five suspected contract killers linked to more than 30 targeted murders, saying the network had operated across multiple districts.
- Police and officials reported three separate attacks that killed ASI Mumtaz Ali in Lakki Marwat, Constable Sajjad Hussain in Tank, and Constable Hammad Ali in Swat, with searches underway to trace the perpetrators.
- A police operation on the Kohat–Karak border killed at least eight TTP-linked militants and destroyed hideouts, the regional police chief said, while national leaders attended Major Zaman’s funeral and voiced support for continued operations.