{"id":102416,"date":"2026-02-27T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=102416"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:10:02","slug":"govt-imposes-ban-on-flying-drowns-amid-security-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-imposes-ban-on-flying-drowns-amid-security-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt imposes ban on flying drowns amid security threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The government has established a nationwide prohibition that prevents all drone operations from taking place because of the increasing security threats and the government&#8217;s current counterterrorism operations, which protect vital areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Ministry has issued a directive that prohibits all <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/security-forces-neutralize-drones-in-abbottabad-swabi-nowshera\/\">unmanned aerial vehicle<\/a> (UAV) operations that include commercial, recreational, and agricultural, and privately operated drone activities.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have issued an order to provincial governments and police departments that requires them to maintain complete adherence to the established rules until they receive new instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Officials warned that any violation of the ban would result in legal action under relevant aviation and anti-terror laws. The authorities consider full control over low-altitude airspace as a main national security element, which has become more important since border threats emerged.<\/p>\n<p>The government has made it necessary for citizens to work together with public authorities so that effective enforcement can take place. All drone operations have received a complete ban, which followed multiple drone incursions at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa security checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Security sources reported that militants attempted drone attacks in Abbottabad, Swabi, and Nowshera, escalating tensions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar stated that Pakistan&#8217;s anti-drone defense systems successfully destroyed all incoming aerial threats.<\/p>\n<p>The Fitna al Khawarij terrorists have tried to operate small drones from their bases in Abbottabad, Swabi, and Nowshera. The Anti-Drone Systems have successfully brought down all aerial threats.<\/p>\n<p>The operations resulted in zero human casualties. The incidents have exposed direct linkages between the Afghan Taliban Regime and Terrorism in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The government has established a nationwide prohibition that prevents all drone operations from taking place because of the increasing security threats and the government&#8217;s current counterterrorism operations, which protect vital areas. The Interior Ministry has issued a directive that prohibits all unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations that include commercial, recreational, and agricultural, and privately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":40542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[36674],"class_list":["post-102416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-govt-imposes-ban-on-drones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102417,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102416\/revisions\/102417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}