Security
ISLAMABAD: A suspected terrorist affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), wanted by the anti-terrorism courts (ATC) in the assassinations of minorities affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti and a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) special prosecutor, may be in the custody of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Dawn
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) police have arrested three suspects in a seven-year-old suicide attack outside an Imambargah in which eight people were killed. Dawn
MULTAN: Two militants were sentenced to 28 years and five years in prison by two anti-terrorism courts in Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan, respectively. Dawn
KARACHI: Fazal-ur-Rahman was gunned down by an unidentified assailant in the Kala Pani area, Lyari, on Wednesday. The 28-year-old man died on the spot. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. In another incident, 35-year-old Shahabudin was killed by two unknown motorcyclists in the Nusrat Bhutto Colony. His body was moved to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for an autopsy. The News
Foreign Affairs
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said that Pakistan and Afghanistan should keep a close eye on negative elements that fuel tension and spread misunderstandings with malicious intent towards achieving ulterior motives. The Frontier Post
CPEC
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench directed the federal government to positively file comments till March 2 in a writ petition filed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, seeking multiple directions from the court to the federal government for development of western route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) along with several other development projects in the province. Dawn
KARACHI: The maritime activity in the north Arabian Sea is going to be increased in the aftermath of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC and Gawadar Port, says Vice Admiral Arifullah Hussaini. The Frontier Post
SECURITY
Kurram Agency: Suspects arrested along with weapons
Political authorities in Kurram Agency foiled a sabotage attempt and picked up four suspects along with a vehicle laden with weapons. Law enforcement personnel were carrying out snap-checking of vehicles in upper parts of the tribal region on a tip-off when a pick-up defied a signal to stop at the Ruzacheck-post and sped away. Security personnel chased the vehicle and found it abandoned. However, the fleeing suspects were also captured. Dawn , Radio TNN , The Frontier Post , Khyber News
Khyber Agency: Militant’s House Demolished in Khyber Agency
A local Jirga on Wednesday demolished the house of a militant alleged of killing two volunteers of a pro-government peace committee a day earlier in Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency. Radio TNN
Khyber Agency: Curfew Imposed In Jamrud, Door-to-door Search Operation Underway
Security forces imposed curfew and launched a massive door-to-door search operation in Shakas area of Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Agency on Wednesday to hunt for the outlaws.According to local people, the Frontier Corps Chitral Scouts has blocked Bara-Shakas road for traffic and arrested eight suspected people during the search operation. Security forces during the door-to-door search operation recovered pistols, Kalashnikovs and other heavy weapons. Radio TNN , The Frontier Post
POLITICAL
Peshawar/FATA: Displaced people at Bakakhel Camp yearn for normal life
The internally displaced persons, living in the military-run Bakakhel Camp since their arrival from Afghanistan back to their country, have been feeling suffocated and desperately want to return to their homes in North Waziristan Agency to restart normal life. The residents of North Waziristan, who had migrated to Afghanistan when military offensive was launched against militants in June 2014, were brought to Bakakhel Camp in Frontier Region Bannu last month. They have been waiting since then to return to their homes. Dawn
Bjaur Agency: Bajaur Elders Oppose FATA-KP Merger, Demands Separate Province For FATA
The Utmankhel and Tharkhani tribe elders of Bajaur Agency opposed the demand for Fata merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and demanded status of a separate province for the tribal areas. The Utmankhel and Tharkhani tribe elders expressed pleasures over government decision for dropping Fata reforms and welcomed the federal government decision of dropping Fata reform from the agenda of the federal cabinet meeting. Radio TNN
Peshawar/Kurram Agency: Release of tribesmen, action against administration sought
The residents of Parachinar area of Kurram Agency on Wednesday asked federal government and Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to instantly release the tribesmen being detained by political administration for raising voice against those who brutally killed several persons in explosion. The Frontier Post
