At least three members of Pakistan’s Sindh Rangers paramilitary force lost their lives Saturday following an attack on the force’s headquarters in Karachi, the Dawn newspaper reported.
The assault involved both an explosion and gunfire along a major road in the city, situated near multiple universities and Pakistan’s meteorological department, according to Pakistani media outlets.
Sindh Inspector General Javed Alam Odho confirmed to Dawn that three militants were also killed during the attack on the Sindh Rangers’ local headquarters.
A Reuters journalist who was at the scene reported that the shooting had stopped and the area had returned to calm. Authorities are describing this as the most significant attack in Karachi since an October 2024 explosion that targeted a Chinese convoy and claimed the lives of two Chinese nationals.
While large-scale attacks in Pakistan’s major urban areas have grown increasingly uncommon in recent years, a rise in militant activity along the country’s border with Afghanistan has sparked fears that violence could once again spread into the nation’s cities.
