Overview
- Security forces carried out separate joint operations in Karachi that produced exchanges of fire and the deaths of two militants claimed to be linked to Fitna al‑Khawarij, the state designation for the banned TTP.
- Authorities identified one of the dead as Qari Ziaur Rehman, also known as Qari Saifullah, and said weapons and explosives were recovered at the scene.
- Rangers described Rehman as a long‑time militant from Bajaur who trained in Bajaur and Afghanistan, took part in past attacks on army and Frontier Corps posts, and had recently moved to Karachi to build a network.
- One operation near Jamali Pull involved a federal intelligence agency and the CTD and targeted a militant accused of carrying out targeted killings of police and attacks on Rangers.
- The raids come after the Sindh Assembly extended the Rangers’ deployment and policing powers for another year, a move officials say will help sustain intelligence‑led operations in the province.