PESHAWAR: A key commander of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militant group was killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak in a police operation late in the afternoon, sources said. Sunrise.
Sources said that acting on an intelligence tip-off, police raided a hideout in Ambari village in Karak district. An exchange of fire ensued resulting in the death of Nisar Hakim, a key IS-K commander.
In the shootout, which lasted about four hours, four police officers were also injured.
According to sources, Hakim was believed to be the mastermind of a failed suicide attack on JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
Karak has long been under the radar of ISKP’s security and intelligence apparatus for networking and recruiting.
Published in Dawn, November 6, 2025
