Overview
- The army said an intelligence‑based operation in Dera Ismail Khan on October 24 killed six militants and left two soldiers dead, with weapons and ammunition recovered from the scene.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif rejected requests to stop the National Accountability Bureau probe into an alleged 12 billion‑rupee Starra Group fraud and formed a three‑member fact‑finding committee to review the case.
- Pakistan Tehreek‑e‑Insaf leaders publicly denied reports that all party powers were moved to the parliamentary party and signaled a parliamentary party meeting scheduled for October 27 to decide next steps.
- The federal NCCIA announced arrests in an overseas child‑pornography network case after seizing digital evidence, and police and narcotics units reported multiple recent arrests tied to an international drugs route.
- The government launched distribution of 500,000 Chromebooks and internet access for meritorious students from schools and madrasas, a flagship social policy rollout intended to expand digital access for disadvantaged youth.