A jacket packed with explosives was delivered to Islamabad from Peshawar’s Akhun Baba cemetery, driver tells police
Police officers examine damaged vehicles after a suicide blast outside the Islamabad District Court on November 11, 2025. Photo: AFP
Investigations into the G-11 Katcheri suicide attack have revealed that the terrorist had earlier tried to target security personnel at Chungi Number 26 in Islamabad but failed, it emerged on Sunday.
Earlier this week, a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the G-11 District Judicial Complex, killing 12 people, including lawyer Zubair Aslam Ghuman, and injuring over 36 others.
In a joint operation on Friday, the Intelligence Bureau and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Islamabad arrested four terrorists with Afghan links who were involved in the attack.
This is what police sources say Express Pakinomist that after the failure of the first attempt, the attackers allegedly changed their plan. They hid in a rented house in Dhok Paracha to prepare for their operation.
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Security forces with the help of surveillance cameras tracked the suspects from Golra to Chungi number 26. A systematic search and comb operation was conducted at the Dhok Paracha property.
Government officials have confirmed that the network was led by the group’s top command in Afghanistan. The cell included a now-arrested commander and three other members. The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests and disclosures are expected.
During interrogation, Sajidullah, alias Sheena, the leader of the suicide bomber, confessed that the group’s commander, Saeed-ur-Rehman, alias Daadullah – based in Afghanistan and serving as the TTP’s intelligence chief for Nawagai, Bajaur – had instructed him via telegram to carry out the attack by the police.
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Daadullah provided photos of the suicide bomber, Usman alias Qari, a resident of Achin, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, from the Shinwari tribe, according to the state.
Sajidullah arranged for Usman’s stay near Islamabad after his entry into Pakistan. On Daadullah’s instructions, he collected a suicide jacket from Akhun Baba graveyard in Peshawar and delivered it to Islamabad. On the day of the explosion in the Judicial Complex, he placed the suicide jacket on Usman.
