Overview
- A suicide blast close to the Kabal police station in Swat killed 15 people, including six police officers, and wounded about 10 people, with local police saying the attacker’s remains were recovered at the scene.
- Resistance forces in Badakhshan have escalated operations against the Taliban, claiming recent seizures of a district centre and repeated attacks on checkpoints that analysts say increase pressure on Taliban control in the north.
- Karachi police reported multiple operations that left two suspected criminals dead and seven detained while seizing weapons, cash, motorcycles and a stolen car as part of an intensified urban law‑and‑order drive.
- In Punjab’s Bhasi Katiha area several people died after drinking toxic illicit liquor and police arrested a suspect accused of supplying the poisonous alcohol.
- Cross‑border developments are shifting mobility and rights debates: the UAE has resumed visit visas for Pakistani travellers through registered agents, and a British broadcaster published forensic evidence alleging pellet‑gun injuries among New Delhi protesters.