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Security

No reliable data on child online abuse, HRCP warns

The commission cites a 2025 Muzaffargarh case involving at least 50 children and calls for coordination between police, prosecutors and platforms.

SecurityBalochistan

Balochistan CM issues final warning to terrorists after attack on children

Neither published report named the attack site, a casualty figure or the victims' ages, and Radio Pakistan did not identify the official who said India is involved.

SecurityPunjab

Punjab bans open-air drone flights for 30 days over security

The home department notification exempts intelligence and law-enforcement agencies and allows written clearance for farm, irrigation and research flights through district committees.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Peshawar Safe City links drone unit and anti-drone radar to command room

Police officials say it is the first Pakistani Safe City project to pair an aerial drone unit with a system that detects hostile drones within five kilometres.

Security

Minister calls for joint push on children's online safety

Shaza Fatima Khawaja tells the Digital Tahaffuz Summit in Islamabad that technology firms, parents and civil society must share the work of protecting young users.

SecurityPunjab

Multan school guard arrested over assault of sixth-grade girl

Police say the accused, posted at the canteen and entrance of the Girls Elementary School in Sadiqabad, was booked under Section 376 after a medical report confirmed the assault.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Peshawar anti-terrorism court issues warrants for Sohail Afridi in Radio Pakistan case

Dunya News reported the warrants in the Radio Pakistan attack case but gave no number for them and named no other accused.

SecurityPunjab

Lahore police arrest bike rider accused of harassing passenger

CCTV footage of the woman jumping from the moving motorcycle in Johar Town spread on social media on Monday night; she was injured in the face and arms.

SecurityGilgit-Baltistan

Islamabad police report 32 percent fall in crime calls

Calls logged by the capital's police dropped from 6,506 to 4,444 between 1 January and 25 October, compared with the same period last year, according to ICT Police.

SecurityBalochistan

Fifteen militants killed in Balochistan and Dera Ismail Khan raids

ISPR says nine were killed in Kachhi and Wadh on 26 October and six in Zarkani two days earlier, where Naik Ghulam Murtaza and Sepoy Tazeer Ahmed were martyred

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Afghan Taliban shelling kills civilian in Lower South Waziristan

Deputy commissioner says mortar rounds hit civilian homes and Angoor Adda Bazaar on the night of 27 October, wounding five and damaging several shops

SecurityPunjab

Gujranwala police arrest bride's friend over wedding-day killing

Aroob, a cousin of prime suspect Sarfraz, is accused of helping plan the shooting that killed Saba as she returned from her reception.

SecuritySindh

Karachi woman, 65, found murdered in Sharifabad government flat

Police say Farida Begum, a mother of five, was struck with stones and her throat cut; the body lay for hours at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for want of a lady MLO.

SecurityPunjab

Lahore judge recuses himself from bail plea in Azeri woman case

Judge Rafaqat Ali Gondal referred the matter to the Lahore High Court after the suspect's lawyer sought an exemption from personal appearance.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Police constable shot dead in North Waziristan bazaar

Asmatullah was killed by unidentified gunmen at Eidak Bazaar in Mirali tehsil around 4pm, police said, adding that an investigation has been opened.

SecurityAzad Kashmir

Protests in Muzaffarabad over killing of 10-year-old Shayan Azhar

News18 reported demonstrations in Azad Kashmir's capital over the boy's death, but no police or government statement has confirmed the circumstances or any arrests.

SecuritySindh

Sindh home minister seeks report on Karachi DHA gunpoint harassment video

Ziaul Hassan Lanjar ordered police to identify the men in the footage and to establish when and where it was filmed; no arrests have been announced.

Security

PTA blocks 15,039 suspicious links in online fraud crackdown

Documents given to a Senate committee show 95.75 per cent of 15,706 flagged links were blocked, along with thousands of mobile numbers and devices.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

One killed, five injured as shelling from Afghanistan hits South Waziristan house

Security sources say Pakistani troops returned fire and destroyed several Afghan checkposts; neither the military's media wing nor the district administration has issued a statement.

Security

Supreme Court acquits life convict in 2016 Faisalabad murder case

Judges found the prosecution account did not match the post-mortem report and questioned why three eyewitnesses did not intervene.

SecurityBalochistan

Son of Khan of Kalat kidnapped with three guards in Balochistan

Neither The Express Tribune nor NDTV named the abducted man or said where in the province the kidnapping took place or who was behind it.

SecuritySindh

Dumper kills girl, 11, in Karachi; Tariq Road crash kills woman

Police impounded the truck in Bhains Colony after a crowd smashed its windscreen, and a pedestrian struck by an unidentified vehicle died in hospital.

SecurityIslamabad

Supreme Court weighs DNA-only conviction in rape case

Bench headed by Justice Shahzad Ahmed Malik asks why no expert was called at trial to understand a mute and deaf woman's statement.

SecurityIslamabad

Islamabad High Court gives police two weeks to find missing girl

The girl was reported missing nine months ago; the agency report did not name her, the police station involved or the bench that issued the order.

Security

Qatar emir, Iran president discuss Hormuz blockade in Moscow

The meeting came a day after Pakistan's army chief, Saudi and Turkish officials held talks with Iran in Tehran to stop the eight-month war reigniting.

SecurityPunjab

Lahore court extends remand in $126m postage fraud case

The NCCIA says Faheem Akram sold more than five million counterfeit US postage labels through LabelsBank.com; a Florida grand jury indicted him in September.

SecurityBalochistan

Gunmen open fire in Nushki girls college, injuring three students

Police say three armed men entered through the main gate, forced their way into the principal's office and fired indiscriminately before fleeing; a search operation is under way.

SecurityPunjab

Twelve injured as mob attacks food safety team in Muzaffargarh

Police say two station house officers were among the wounded and some personnel were briefly held hostage during a crackdown on sellers of unsafe milk.

SecurityIslamabad

Four Islamabad policemen booked over F-12 looting, illegal detention

The FIR at Sumbal police station was registered on Owais Butt's complaint only after the Islamabad High Court ordered police to act.

Security

Cybercrime agency warns fake job offers drain bank accounts

The NCCIA says fraudsters advertise overseas jobs that do not exist to collect advance fees and personal documents from applicants.