Overview
- Counterterrorism raids in Peshawar and Nowshera led to four arrests, including an alleged coordinator, and a police officer was killed in the operations.
- Authorities maintained a toll of at least 31 dead and about 169 injured from the blast during Friday prayers at the Khadija Tul Kubra Imambargah on Islamabad’s outskirts.
- The attacker fired on gate guards and detonated at an inner entrance, according to the Islamic State in Pakistan claim and witness accounts.
- Officials said several of the bomber’s relatives were detained, while investigators reported the attacker had recently traveled to Afghanistan.
- Government figures floated claims of Indian or Afghan facilitation without presenting evidence, which New Delhi and Kabul publicly rejected, as the capital tightened security during mass funerals.