Islamabad, November 14, 2025: The government on Friday announced the arrest of four members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) linked to the deadly suicide bombing at Islamabad’s Judicial Complex earlier this week.
In a statement shared on the social media platform X, the government said the arrests were made during a joint operation by the Intelligence Bureau Division and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD). The suspects, described as part of the TTP/Fitna al-Khawarij terrorist cell, are accused of orchestrating the attack that struck the district and sessions court in the G-11 area on Tuesday.
“Fitna al-Khawarij” is a term the state uses for militants affiliated with the TTP.
According to investigators, the handler of the suicide bomber — identified as Sajidullah alias Sheena — confessed during interrogation that TTP commander Saeedur Rehman alias Daadullah contacted him via the encrypted Telegram app and instructed him to carry out a suicide attack in Islamabad “to cause maximum casualties of law enforcement agencies.”
The government said the TTP commander sent Sheena photographs of the bomber, identified as Usman alias Qari, and directed him to receive and prepare the attacker. Under Daadullah’s orders, Sheena allegedly collected a suicide jacket from a graveyard in Peshawar and transported it to the capital.
On the day of the attack, the handler “set the suicide jacket on the bomber,” the statement added.
The government asserted that the entire operation was guided by TTP leadership based in Afghanistan, claiming the group’s high command coordinated each step of the plot. Authorities said the full cell, including its commander and three accomplices, has now been apprehended.
“Investigations are continuing, and more revelations and arrests are expected,” officials said.
At least 12 people were killed and 36 injured when the bomber detonated inside the Judicial Complex. The explosion occurred as Islamabad was hosting high-profile international events, including the Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference and the sixth Margalla Dialogue, prompting heightened security concerns.
Earlier, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry stated that the bomber was “not a Pakistani national,” while Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi linked the blast to militant activity “related to Afghanistan.”
The attack came just days after security forces thwarted an assault on the Cadet College in Wana, raising alarm over a surge in militant activity along the border region.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused Afghanistan and India of involvement in recent terror incidents and vowed a “befitting response” from Pakistan’s security apparatus, signalling rising regional tensions amid renewed militant violence.
