Overview
- ISPR reports more than 200 Taliban and affiliated fighters killed in retaliatory strikes after overnight attacks along the Pakistan–Afghanistan frontier, with 23 Pakistani soldiers dead and 29 wounded.
- The army says it fired on camps and posts across the border and temporarily took control of 21 enemy positions, describing the operations as self‑defense and warning it will continue to neutralize threats.
- A separate assault on a police training school in Dera Ismail Khan was repelled, with six police personnel killed and at least 13 people injured including one civilian; five attackers were killed according to the military.
- Punjab police report violent TLP demonstrations with 112 officers injured, several personnel missing, road closures in multiple districts, and arrests under serious charges after clashes.
- KP’s governor confirms receipt of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation and says a decision is due Monday as the provincial assembly holds a vote to choose a successor, with PTI’s Suhail Afridi among four cleared candidates and PTI seeking support from PPP and other parties; government accusations against PTI over militancy are denied by the party.