Overview
- ISPR said two intelligence-based operations on November 16–17 killed 11 militants in Bajaur, including ringleader Sajjad alias Abu Zar, and 12 in Bannu.
- Security forces reported ongoing sanitisation in the targeted areas under the broader counter-terrorism campaign.
- Earlier operations in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, and Datta Khel, North Waziristan, left 15 militants dead, including senior commander Alam Mehsud, with caches of explosives and weapons recovered.
- President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif publicly praised the forces and signaled continued pressure on foreign-backed networks.
- Police in Bannu reported a suicide bomber detonated near a station with no other casualties as inquiries proceeded.