- Operations conducted in KP’s Shawwal, Chitral and Balochistan’s Kech and Loralai districts: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Four soldiers were martyred and 12 terrorists linked to “Indian proxy groups” were killed in fire exchange with the security forces in separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, according to the military’s media wing.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “On Thursday night, seven terrorists were killed in operations in the North Waziristan and Chitral districts.”
In North Waziristan, “Indian-sponsored khawarij attempted to attack a security forces’ check post in the general area of Shawal,” the ISPR said, using the state-designated term for terrorists. “ The attempt was effectively thwarted by our own troops, and in the ensuing fire exchange, six Indian-sponsored Khawarij were sent to hell.
“However, during intense fire exchange, Lieutenant Daniyal Ismail (age: 24 years, resident of District Mardan), a brave young officer who was leading his troops from the front, fought gallantly and embraced shahadat (martyrdom) along with his three men,” the statement said.
The three other soldiers martyred in the operation were 42-year-old Naib Subedar Kashif Raza from Chakwal district, 35-year-old Lance Naik Fiaqat Ali from Haripur district, and 26-year-old Sepoy Muhammad Hameed from Abbottabad district, it added.
In the second engagement in Chitral District, security forces neutralised one “Indian-sponsored kharji.”
Earlier, security forces killed five terrorists linked to “Indian proxy Fitna al-Hindustan” in two separate operations in Balochistan, the military’s media wing said.
According to a statement issued by ISPR this evening, one of the two engagements was an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Loralai district.
“During the … operation, our own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, and after an intense fire exchange, four Indian-sponsored terrorists were successfully neutralised,” the ISPR said, adding that weapons, ammunition, and explosives were recovered.
According to the ISPR, the dead terrorists were involved in numerous terrorist activities, including attacks on the N-70 highway near Rarasham on August 26, 2024, and February 18, 2025, that resulted in the deaths of 30 people.
“The killed Indian-sponsored terrorists were highly wanted by law enforcement agencies and were relentlessly pursued by the security forces,” the statement added.
In the second engagement in Kech District, one more terrorist was “sent to hell.”
“The security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country and reaffirm the nation’s unwavering resolve to bring the perpetrators of terrorism and their facilitators to justice,” the ISPR statement concluded.
President Asif Ali Zardari paid tribute to security forces for the two operations, reiterating his resolve to eradicate Fitna al-Hindustan.
In a statement issued from his office, the president stated, “Security forces are taking action to eradicate the menace of terrorism and the nation stands united.”
He reiterated the resolve that operations against Fitna al-Hindustan will continue until terrorism is completely eradicated.”
Last month, ISPR Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry accused India of activating its “assets” to intensify terrorist attacks in Pakistan, presenting “irrefutable evidence” of Indian state-sponsored terrorism, directed by the Indian military personnel.
“Post-Pahalgam, because of the designs of terrorism that they have, they tasked all their assets, the terrorists operating in Balochistan, and we have credible intelligence for that, the Fitna al-Khawarij and the independent terrorist cells … to increase their activity,” he had said, using the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan has been grappling with a surge in terror attacks, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after the TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
A significant improvement was seen in Pakistan’s internal security landscape in April 2025, “as both militant attacks and resultant casualties dropped sharply compared to March”, according to data released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
Pakistan ranked second in the Global Terrorism Index 2025, with the number of deaths in terrorist attacks rising by 45 percent over the past year to 1,081.
