Overview
- Security forces engaged attackers after an explosive-laden vehicle struck the college’s main gate, killing two assailants and trapping three inside the administrative block, according to ISPR.
- Authorities reported multiple injuries from the gate blast, with some outlets citing two security personnel killed, while officials said students and staff remained safe.
- The military said the assailants sought an APS-style mass-casualty attack and described them as members of the government-labeled Fitna al-Khwarij.
- ISPR asserted the attackers were in contact with handlers in Afghanistan and stated that Pakistan reserves the right to respond against terrorist leaders based there.
- Separately, two weekend intelligence-based raids in Shawal and Dara Adam Khel killed 20 militants, with sanitisation operations ongoing under the nationwide counterterrorism drive.