Police officers examine damaged vehicles after a suicide blast outside the Islamabad District Court on November 11, 2025. Photo: AFP
Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday disclosed that the names of the four suspects accused of involvement in the November 11 G-11 Katcheri suicide attack have been arrested. He went on to shed light on alleged links between the suspects and Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan.
At a press conference in Islamabad, the minister said the attacker had not reached a high-security area, but instead struck a location on the outskirts of the city. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested four suspects immediately after the attack.
In a joint operation on November 16, the IB and 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.
“Within 48 hours, the agencies had apprehended Sajidullah, also known as Sheena, Kamran Khan, Muhammad Dhali and Shah Munir.” “Sajidullah,” he said, “acted as the handler who brought the suicide bomber and the explosive jacket”.
The minister has stated that Sajidullah joined Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan in 2015 and underwent training in several camps in Afghanistan. In 2023, he allegedly met a person named Dadullah.
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Tarar added that the attack was planned by Fitna-ul-Khawarij and TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud through their commander, Dadullah, who is currently in Afghanistan. Sajidullah traveled to Afghanistan in August 2025 to meet Dadullah as part of the operation’s coordination.
Government officials had previously 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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G-11 suicide attack
On November 11, 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. Naqvi said the bomber had tried to enter the courthouse on foot but, unable to find a way in, detonated the device outside close to a police vehicle.
Pakistani government ministers have accused neighboring Afghanistan of complicity in the bloodshed – a charge Kabul denied – and vowed retaliation if Afghan authorities failed to rein in the militants Islamabad says were responsible.
The suicide bombing outside a court in Islamabad injured 27 people in addition to at least 12 killed, Interior Minister Naqvi said. The court bomber blew himself up near the entrance around lunchtime.
