Claim: The Government of Sindh has issued a “high-level security alert” for Karachi from 12 to 30 November 2025.
Fact: The notification is fake. The Sindh government’s information department has denied issuing such an alert.
On 12 November 2025, multiple social media posts claimed that the Government of Sindh has issued a “high-level security alert” for Karachi Metropolitan Area from 12 to 30 November 2025, based on credible intelligence reports, which advised citizens to “stay alert, stay safe” (archived here, here, here, and here, respectively).
According to the alert, citizens and institutions are instructed to maintain strict vigilance, especially at shopping malls, public gathering places, transport hubs, and educational institutions across Karachi.
The alert states that high-risk locations include:
- Shopping malls and commercial centres like Millennium Mall, Dolmen Mall (Clifton), Lucky One Mall, Atrium Mall, and all major shopping centres in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, North Nazimabad, Tariq Road, and Saddar.
- Public gathering spaces such as Clifton Beach, Sea View, Empress Market, Frere Hall and surrounding gardens, Quaid-e-Azam’s Mausoleum, Port Grand, and the local jetty.
- Transport hubs like all the terminals of the Jinnah International Airport and all railway stations in the Karachi division, including the Cantt and City railway stations.
- Government and private educational institutions such as University of Karachi, NED University, Dow University, Iqra University, and all schools, colleges, academies, and tuition centres in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Malir, Saddar, Clifton, Defence, North Karachi, and other areas.
It adds that mandatory measures need to be taken; for example, full walkthrough/metal detection, car checks, armed security, round-the-clock CCTV, female searchers, designated parking limits, and off-hours vigilance. The public is advised to avoid crowded areas, keep vehicles attended, and report suspicious objects or behaviour to police or Rangers, it says.
The alert also lists emergency contacts and warns that failure to comply may lead to legal action under a so-called “Sindh Security of Vulnerable Establishment Act 2024” and the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
The claim emerged amid a backdrop of two suicide blasts in Islamabad and a military college in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region on 11 and 10 November 2025, respectively.
The explosion in the federal capital left 12 people dead, with Defence Minister Khawaja Asif saying it forced Pakistan into a “state of war”, according to Reuters. On the other hand, the attack on Cadet College Wana started when “an explosive-laden vehicle rammed its main gate”, Al Jazeera reported, quoting police as saying two of the attackers were killed.
Dawn reported later, citing security sources, that all terrorists involved in the Cadet College attack were killed. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said 550 students were safely evacuated, the publication added.
Following the Islamabad blast, Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar said the provincial police was “placed on high alert ‘until further orders’”, according to Al Jazeera.
The publication also quoted him as saying, “Checking and surveillance should be tightened at the province’s entry and exit points, important highways, roads and side roads, while intelligence measures should be made more effective and coordinated, especially in crime-affected areas and suburbs.”
Additionally, on 12 November, the Sindh government extended the imposition of Section 144 — initially effective since 12 October 2025 — for another month, “continuing the ban on all kinds of protests, demonstrations, sit-ins, rallies, and assemblies of more than five (05) persons throughout the province”.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check observed that the text in the claim bears the name “Syed Kaleem Imam” with the title of Sindh’s “Additional Chief Secretary (Home)”.
However, the current Additional Chief Secretary is Muhammad Iqbal Memon. Imam, on the other hand, is a retired public officer who has held the role of Sindh Police Inspector General and Federal Secretary in the past.
Interestingly, the so-called “Sindh Security of Vulnerable Establishment Act 2024” is factually incorrect as the law was passed in 2015.
We also found that the Sindh government’s information department rebutted the claim, saying it “dismissed reports of a security threat alert”, and clarified that “no official security threat alert has been issued”. The statement was posted on its Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) accounts on 13 November 2025 (archived here and here, respectively).
According to the press release dated 12 November, a copy of which is available with Soch Fact Check, the viral notification is “fabricated”.
“The Home Department categorically refutes the issuance of any such letter, alert, or notification. No official correspondence bearing the aforementioned reference number or title has been released by this Department or by any law enforcement agency operating under its administrative control,” it said.
“It is further, clarified that all genuine security advisories, alerts, and notifications are issued exclusively through official channels of the Home Department or through duly authorised law enforcement agencies. Any document or message circulated outside these channels should be considered unauthentic and misleading,” the press release added, advising people to be wary of unverified information.
The same notification was also shared by crowdsourced real-time information sharing platform ChampAlertsOnTheGo (CAOTG).
Soch Fact Check, therefore, concludes that the viral notification is fake.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found the claim circulating here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Conclusion: The notification is fake. The Sindh government’s information department has denied issuing such an alert.
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