Overview
- Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar publicly appealed for international intelligence‑sharing and warned the Afghan Taliban to stop militants using Afghan territory, a call issued on Monday as Islamabad sought concrete cross‑border action.
- Security forces carried out intelligence‑based operations in Bannu that officials said killed an ‘external’ militant, and a separate shooting in Quetta killed a police constable and wounded others.
- Governor’s rule was imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials reported streets and offices in Peshawar reopening and an administrative secretariat set up to oversee 12 sensitive districts.
- A Houthi‑claimed strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport killed one Pakistani and injured 11, and Saudi authorities extended the airport closure and flight suspensions through October 17.
- The federal government ordered automated production‑monitoring systems to be installed in factories by year‑end to curb sales‑tax evasion, Punjab launched mobile health units and an e‑bike scheme, and Sindh police opened a forensic probe after five bodies were found in a sealed Karachi flat.