Overview

• Police say a suspected suicide bomber detonated in a parking area after a Balochistan National Party rally in Quetta, killing at least 11 and injuring around 30, with party chief Akhtar Mengal unharmed.
• Hours earlier in Bannu, a suicide car bomb blew open the gate of a Federal Constabulary camp, triggering a prolonged gunfight in which at least five attackers were killed and security forces suffered fatalities.
• AFP and local officials reported six soldiers killed in the Bannu attack, while other outlets cited varying counts and multiple injuries to police and security personnel.
• Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan claimed responsibility for the Bannu assault, while no group has claimed the Quetta blast as police and provincial authorities pursue investigations.
• A separate homemade bomb near the Iran border in Balochistan killed five paramilitary personnel and wounded four, bringing the day’s death toll to at least 22, with some reports putting it at 25.