In a surge of terrorist violence across the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region, unidentified terrorists have abducted five employees working on the Safe City Project in Bannu, while two government officials were martyred in two separate attacks in Lakki Marwat district.

In the first incident, five PTCL employees installing surveillance cameras under the Bannu Safe City Project were abducted by terrorists affiliated with a proscribed organisation from Mamsi Khel village, located within the jurisdiction of Cantt Police Station in Bannu. The technicians were present in the area for technical work related to the project when they were taken to an unknown location. Police have launched a search operation for their safe recovery.

In the second wave of violence, two government employees were martyred in Lakki Marwat district. The first attack occurred in Shadi Khel village, subdivision Bettani, where armed assailants shot and martyred FC official Jameel Bettani, who was at his home on leave. The second incident took place near Dhooda, where unidentified individuals abducted Faridullah, a Narcotics Department official from Abdul Khel, and martyred him by firing shots near Dhooda.

Police have confirmed that the bodies of both martyrs have been transferred to the local hospital.