Overview
- A joint CTD and police investigative team said Thursday that it has traced the network behind the Kohat police-lines attack, carried out house raids, recovered vehicle data and made multiple arrests while searches continue for remaining suspects.
- CTD carried out an intelligence-based operation near Peshawar on Versk Road that killed one attacker, wounded three officers and left one CTD officer dead as security forces widened search-and-clear operations.
- Authorities in Rawalpindi detained a gang accused of selling sensitive data on senior officials abroad, a case the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency says is under active probe.
- The Senate IT committee instructed regulators to tighten social-media oversight and start work on a dedicated secure messaging 'super app' for government officials, and provincial governments have asked cyber units to help counter fake news.
- Political unrest is a complicating factor as PTI presses ahead with a planned long march to Islamabad and local police ordered closures and movement restrictions in Faizabad to protect public order and security operations.