Cricket
Sri Lanka name squad for Pakistan tri-series as Pindi tightens security
Sri Lanka named a 16-man squad led by Kusal Mendis for the ODI tri-series in Pakistan, as Rawalpindi called in 1,500 extra police and 50 snipers for the matches.
Security
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4 stories on security since 27 September 2026; the latest was published on 4 October 2026.
Key developments
- Sri Lanka name squad for Pakistan tri-series as Pindi tightens securitySri Lanka named a 16-man squad led by Kusal Mendis for the ODI tri-series in Pakistan, as Rawalpindi called in 1,500 extra police and 50 snipers for the matches.
- Darazinda checkpoint attack: CTD registers case against TTP's Sherani faction and Mishal GroupThe CTD booked unidentified militants linked to the banned TTP's Sherani faction and the Mishal Group over the suicide attack that killed 14 in Dera Ismail Khan.
- Railway track blown up in Nasirabad as Jaffar Express approaches; Quetta train service suspendedA grenade attack damaged the main line in Nasirabad as the Jaffar Express approached. No one was hurt, but trains between Quetta and Jaffarabad were suspended.
- Suicide bombing at DI Khan police checkpost kills 12; two rescue workers shot deadAn explosives-laden tractor trolley hit the Aman Mela checkpost in Darazinda, killing 12 civilians and a customs official, before gunmen attacked an ambulance.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Darazinda checkpoint attack: CTD registers case against TTP's Sherani faction and Mishal Group
The CTD booked unidentified militants linked to the banned TTP's Sherani faction and the Mishal Group over the suicide attack that killed 14 in Dera Ismail Khan.
Balochistan
Railway track blown up in Nasirabad as Jaffar Express approaches; Quetta train service suspended
A grenade attack damaged the main line in Nasirabad as the Jaffar Express approached. No one was hurt, but trains between Quetta and Jaffarabad were suspended.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Suicide bombing at DI Khan police checkpost kills 12; two rescue workers shot dead
An explosives-laden tractor trolley hit the Aman Mela checkpost in Darazinda, killing 12 civilians and a customs official, before gunmen attacked an ambulance.