Overview
- ISPR said a vehicle-borne explosive hit a security convoy in Bannu, killing Lt. Col. Shehzada Gulfraz and Sepoy Karamat Shah as forces killed five attackers.
- Military officials said Taliban authorities failed to prevent Afghan territory from being used for attacks and pledged action regardless of militants’ location.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s CTD arrested a suspected female suicide bomber near Dera Ismail Khan, seizing a pistol and devices with links to a proscribed group.
- Sindh police reported 13 outlaws, including wanted bandit Sanaullah (Thano Sher), surrendered in riverine ‘kacha’ areas under Operation Nijat Mehran.
- In Balochistan’s Barkhan, gunmen raided a crush plant, abducted three workers, and stripped weapons from a nearby police post, with police, Levies and FC conducting searches.