Deputy Inspector General (DIG) CTD, Balochistan, Ayetzaz Ahmed Goraya (PSP)

[citation needed] In Karachi, CTD teams have gathered intelligence to take action against organized crime, and, alongside the FIA and the IB, have infiltrated terrorist cells to track down TTP, Islamic State, al-Qaeda and other terror and separatist groups' operatives.

[7][8] Other CTD sub-bureaus are located in Larkana, Sukkar, Hyderabad, and Mirpur, and are each led by a superintendent of police (SP).

[7][8] In Karachi, the CTD bureaus work on crime scene investigations, interrogations of suspects, antiterrorism, and intelligence in the city.

Additionally, new vehicles worth Rs800 million will be purchased for the officers and staff in order to extend the CTD throughout Sindh.

[10] Since 2010, Karachi CTD personnel have engaged in police encounters, shoot-outs, murder cases, and high speed chases involving the al-Qaeda and TTP terrorists.

In 2015, CTD teams gunned down four al-Qaeda operatives after a high speed chase took place in Qayyumabad in Karachi.

[15] In 2013, the bureau was restructured and the Elite Force and Counter Terrorism Directorate (CTD), which work with the special agents of the FIA to carry out counter-terrorism operations, were added.

In case of any extraordinary situation, the Frontier Constabulary would be called to assist the police in maintaining law and order.

CTD KP has undertaken dozens of Intelliegence Based Operations along with the other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in which scores of militants have been gunned down.

As of now, the CTD KP is highly active against the militant groups operating in the districts adjacent to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

In the wake of the Peshawar Police Lines attack, an appex committee meeting was convened in Peshawar under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif that was also attended by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir in which upgradation plan for the CTD KPK was approved.

It was decided that the CTD KP would be armed with modern equipment, a new Headquarters along with a forensic laboratory would be constructed in order to foster the investigation capabilities of the department.

[19] In order to strengthen security apparatus of Islamabad Capital Territory in line with the National Action Plan and to prevent and control terrorist activities, Federal Government decided to raise Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Islamabad Police of its own for the prompt response to any eventuality.

[22] A suspected terrorist of a proscribed organization supported by the Research and Analysis Wing of India involved in two dozen blasts was arrested by the CTD Sindh in Jamshoro.

[23] 2 terrorists belonging to Pakistani Taliban were arrested by the CTD Punjab in Dera Ghazi Khan.