SECURITY
DPO among three killed in Chaman suicide blast
QUETTA: The District Police Officer (DPO) of Qilla Abdullah, his security guard and driver were killed and over 10 other people, including five police personnel, injured in a suicide blast in the border town of Chaman. The banned Tehreek-iTaliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. Dawn , Radio TNN , Akhbar-e-Khyber , The Express Tribune
MUZAFFARABAD: According to army’s media affairs wing, the Pakistan army destroyed two Indian posts across the Line of Control (LoC) killing at least four Indian soldiers. The army`s action was in response to India`s unprovoked firing and shelling on unarmed civilian populations in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a day earlier. Dawn
Policeman shot dead in Tank
TANK: A constable was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists on Station Road in Tank city. The constable was going on the road when the masked men travelling on a motorcycle opened fire on him. He died instantly. The attackers escaped the area after the incident. Dawn
Displaced families return from Khost
North Waziristan Agency: Eighty-nine families reached North Waziristan Agency via the Ghulam Khan border crossing as return of the refugees from Afghanistan resumed. A total of 445 individuals who belonged to Haderkhel Wazir tribe arrived from Afghanistan’s Khost province. Dawn , Radio TNN , The Express Tribune
Two Soldiers Killed in IED Blast in Kurram
KURRAM AGENCY: Three soldiers were killed and five others wounded as security forces’ convoy was targeted with three consecutive blasts in Lower Kurram Agency’s Lakha Theega area. Radio TNN , Akhbar-e-Khyber , The Express Tribune
POLITICAL
Hussain and Hassan Nawaz were used as proxies to build family assets; Says JIT Report
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), constituted by the Supreme Court to probe money laundering allegations against the Sharif family, set in motion a political upheaval by reporting that the prime minister and his children had accumulated wealth beyond their known sources of income. The JI T`s damning report, submitted to the Supreme Court and spread over ten volumes, declared that both Hussain and Hassan Nawaz were used as proxies to build family assets. Dawn , Radio TNN , Akhbar-e- Khyber , The Express Tribune, The News
PML-N vows to contest JIT report
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to confront the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) with full force on `legal and political fronts`, after a seemingly worried Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed his legal team to prepare their response, which will be filed before the Supreme Court. Dawn , Akhbar-e-Khyber , The News
Delay in Fata reforms: MNA puts off protest
LANDI KOTAL: MNA Haji Shahji Gul has postponed his protest campaign against delay in Fata reforms and said that a new date would be announced in the light of the decision of Supreme Court in Panama Papers case. Dawn
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
LDA approves Rs57.96bn budget
LAHORE: The governing body of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) during a budget meeting approved its budget worth Rs57.96bn which also includes allocations for its subordinate agencies, Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (Tepa). Total resources of the LDA (Urban Development Wing) during the fiscal year 2017-18 have been estimated as Rs38.6bn and this amount will include develop-ment expenditure of Rs28.58bn. Dawn , The News
Senator Taj Muhammad Lays Foundation Of Two Projects Worth Millions In Khyber
Khyber Agency: Senator Taj Muhammad Afridi laid the foundation of two projects worth Rs 40 million in Landikotal and Loishalman tehsils of Khyber Agency. The senator laid the foundation of the new feeder in Landikotal. The project would be completed in three months at the cost of Rs 20 million. Radio TNN
