Overview
- The Interior Ministry ordered an immediate halt to outdoor flights of drones and quadcopters nationwide until further notice, directing strict enforcement and legal action for violations.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa announced a 30-day prohibition on outdoor drone use with exemptions for indoor event coverage and authorized law enforcement operations, following a similar curb earlier in Punjab.
- Federal officials said recent hostile drones targeting Abbottabad, Swabi and Nowshera were intercepted by national defenses without casualties or property damage.
- Pakistan’s military, through ISPR, said it struck targets in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia and Nangarhar under Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq, claiming destruction of dozens of Taliban posts and armored vehicles and the capture of 18 checkposts.
- A quadcopter dropped explosives on a mosque in Bannu at iftar, injuring five worshippers, according to local authorities, with police and the Counter Terrorism Department opening an investigation.