Karachi Rangers compound attack kills four as India rejects Pakistan blame claims
Pakistan says militants attacked a Sindh Rangers compound in Karachi on Saturday night, leaving four paramilitary personnel dead. The assault took place at the Bhittai Wing headquarters in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area, a densely populated part of the city. It is being described as Karachi's first major terrorist strike since October 2024.
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According to reports from Islamabad, security forces killed six attackers and captured another alive after foiling the raid. The attack was said to have begun at around 8.30 pm. Pakistani officials also alleged an Indian link to the incident, but provided no evidence in the material supplied.
India has firmly rejected those allegations. Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, said Pakistan's claims were baseless and urged Islamabad to focus on action against what he called terror infrastructure on its own territory. He also said Pakistan should stop relying on terrorism as an instrument of state policy.
The incident matters because it combines a deadly domestic security breach with an immediate diplomatic dispute between two nuclear-armed neighbours. Karachi is Pakistan's largest city and a major economic centre, so an attack on a paramilitary headquarters there carries both security and symbolic weight. The fact that the strike was repelled, but still caused fatalities, is likely to intensify scrutiny of militant activity in the city.
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The attackers were described in the supplied material as belonging to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter faction of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. That detail places the assault within Pakistan's wider struggle against militant groups that have repeatedly targeted security forces. The Sindh Rangers, a paramilitary force, are among the key institutions responsible for internal security in the province.
What remains unclear is the basis for Pakistan's allegation of Indian involvement and whether any further evidence will be made public. It is also not clear what the captured attacker may tell investigators, or whether the claim of responsibility will be formally tested against the evidence. The next developments are likely to centre on the investigation, any official Pakistani briefing, and whether the diplomatic row deepens.
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