Overview
- Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud planned the November 11 attack and commander Daadullah directed operations from Afghanistan.
- The Intelligence Bureau and Counter-Terrorism Department detained four alleged facilitators within 48 hours: Sajidullah alias Sheena, Kamran Khan, Muhammad Zali, and Shah Munir.
- Authorities aired Sajidullah’s confession describing recruitment, delivery of the suicide vest, and encrypted-app coordination after training in Kunar, a 2024 visit to Jalalabad, and August 2025 meetings in Kabul with Daadullah and Abu Hamza.
- Officials identified the bomber as Afghan national Usman Shinwari from Nangarhar, who detonated outside Islamabad’s Judicial Complex in the G-11 sector.
- Tarar said the cell sought higher-value targets in Islamabad or Rawalpindi, but security kept the attacker from entering the courthouse; the blast killed 12 and injured 35.