SECURITY
Suicide Attack Alert Raised for Parachinar
Kurram Agency: The local authorities in Kurram Agency have issued a security alert for Parachinar. According to Tribal elders, a terrorist outfit, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, had planned to carry out a major attack in Parachinar within a week. The officials asked the elders to keep all sensitive places under strict check. Dawn
29 Indian Fishermen Sent to Jail
Karachi: A judicial magistrate remanded 29 Indian fishermen to prison for fishing in Pakistani waters. The Maritime Security Agency detained the fishermen, along with five boats, a couple of days ago for fishing inside Pakistani territorial waters in the Arabian Sea. Later, they were handed over to police for legal action. Dawn, The News, The Express Tribune
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
E-Service Centre to be Set up in FATA: Governor
Governer KP, Zafar Jhagra, said that E-Service Centre will be established in FATA on the pattern of Punjab to provide facilities to the citizens under one roof. The facilities will include driving license, arms license, domicile certificate, vehicle transfer documents, computerized national identity card (CNIC), birth/death certificate and marriage certificate. Radio TNN
Peace Restored in Country due to Operation Zarb-E-Azab: Jhagra
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said that peace has been established in entire Pakistan after the successful Zarb-E-Azab Operation in North Waziristan Agency. He further said that federal government is focusing on the promotion of health and education in post-conflict FATA. According to him sports complex will be established in South, North Waziristan Agency and Tirah as well. Khyber News
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Better US-China Ties Create Opportunities for Pakistan
Washington: A recent improvement in US-China relations can create a `comfort zone` for Pakistan as Washington views Beijing`s growing influence in Afghanistan as a positive development, diplomatic observers say. `While Pakistan has close and tested friendship with China, it also desires strong and mutually beneficial ties with the United States, ` says Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary, Pakistan`s ambassador in Washington. Dawn
CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
Early Completion of CPEC Western Route is Top Priority
Islamabad: National Highway Authority chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar said that early completion of CPEC’s western route was the organization’s top priority as it passed through the less privileged areas of the country. He said work on different sections of the western alignment had already started and hoped to complete the work by the end of 2018. The News
