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The Faisalabad education board has announced the Intermediate Part-II Annual Examination 2026 position holders, with Hafiza Ghanoa Amber taking first place after scoring 1,165 marks. Four students shared second position with 1,156 marks, while three candidates jointly secured third place with 1,155 marks.
Two police officers guarding a polio vaccination team were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire in Killi Jamalabad, Noshki district, Balochistan. Authorities launched a search for the attackers as the nationwide anti-polio campaign, targeting around 31 million children, continues through September 27.
The deputy commissioner of Kharan and three people travelling with him remain missing after disappearing on the route from Quetta to Kharan, with police suspecting a possible abduction. Authorities are continuing search efforts while separate kidnapping cases involving two cricketers remain unresolved and three abducted policemen in Mastung have been safely released.
Security forces killed four militants during an operation in the Aphan-e-Koh and Prom areas of Panjgur, according to security sources, who also reported recovering sophisticated weapons and ammunition. The operation comes amid intensified counterterrorism activity across Balochistan following a series of recent militant incidents. ([geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/682954-four-india-backed-terrorists-killed-in-balochistans-panjgur-district-security-sources?utm_source=chatgpt.com))
Several government schools in Islamabad are being closed as authorities intensify security preparations ahead of expected protests and sit-ins. Police are being accommodated at some educational facilities while the Red Zone is sealed and additional barriers are prepared on major routes.
Two separate shootings in Karachi left an 18-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man dead, while a 17-year-old was injured. Police are searching for suspects and investigating a suspected honour-related killing in Orangi Town and a possible personal dispute behind the Gulistan-e-Jauhar attack.
Eight militants were killed while six security personnel, including two young army officers, were martyred during an exchange of fire in Hangu district. Security forces have launched a sanitisation operation in the area as the wider counterterrorism campaign continues.
Security forces killed five suspected terrorists and recovered 23 abducted people after militants allegedly established an illegal checkpoint near Kalat on the N-25 Karachi-Chaman highway. Six trucks, three buses, two cars, weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered as clearance operations continued in the area.
Security forces completed an overnight operation at Kohat Police Lines after a deadly assault, killing eight militants and clearing key sections of the compound. Officials said the attack's death toll had risen to 23, with more than 100 others injured, as authorities begin examining how the attackers penetrated the sensitive facility.
Security forces killed 11 militants in separate operations in Panjgur and Chagai districts of Balochistan, according to security sources, with weapons and ammunition also reported recovered. The operations come as Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continue to account for the overwhelming majority of Pakistan's violence-related fatalities.
At least 16 people, including five police personnel and 11 civilians, were killed and around 50 others injured in an attack near the Old Police Lines in Kohat. Security forces launched a clearance operation while hospitals remained on emergency footing and authorities began investigating how the attackers reached the sensitive compound.
Six soldiers were martyred after an IED struck a security convoy during counterterrorism activity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while 10 militants were killed in separate engagements in North Waziristan and Hangu. Clearance operations are continuing as authorities pursue remaining militant threats in the affected areas.
