Overview

• Islamabad police said 175 suspects were detained in recent raids, including 63 members of 14 organized gangs, with cash, gold, luxury watches, 12 motorbikes and weapons recovered.
• International outlets citing security officials reported the deadly Tirah explosion was triggered by explosives stored inside a militant compound, not an aerial strike, with militants and civilians among the dead.
• LESCO reported 15,097 power-theft complaints since July 1, 14,956 FIR requests, 9,828 FIRs registered, 219 arrests and more than Rs19.55 crore recovered under a zero‑tolerance drive.
• Al‑Khidmat Foundation said it has spent Rs1.104 billion on flood rescue and relief across 58 districts, moving 38,606 people to safety and providing food, water, medical care and shelter camps.
• Punjab officials distributed multi‑week rations and household supplies in Chiniot and pledged continued support until families are rehoused, as an eight‑judge Supreme Court bench set October 7 for petitions against the 26th Amendment.