SECURITY
Operation Khyber-IV: Army purges terrorists from two strongholds in Khyber Agency
Khyber Agency: According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces as a part of Operation Khyber IV made further advances into the tough and hostile terrain of Rajgal Valley and surrounding areas near Afghan border after seizing control of three strategically located heights (Speenkai top, Saparay top and Sattar Kalay). Dawn , The Express Tribune , The News
Militant Killed Frontier Corps Man in Bara
Khyber Agency: Frontier Corps man was killed and another injured in a blast in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. Officials said that the explosive device planted near a security post in the Speen Qabar area of Akkakhel went off early in the morning. The attack was claimed by Laskar-e-Islam. Dawn, Akhbar-e-Khyber
Two Frontiers Corps Personal Injured in IED Blast
Khyber Agency: Unidentified people had fixed an explosive device to a water tanker of the FC in Malakdin Khel area which injured two men of the paramilitary force. Dawn, Akhbar-e-Khyber
Two Killed in Target Killing Incidents in Ziarat
QUET TA: Unidentified men shot dead two people in Ziarat area of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Dawn
Peace in Kurram Agency army’s top priority: GOC
Kurram Agency: General Officer Commanding (GOC) Maj-Gen Hassan Hayat while addressing a Jirga in Doger area has said all available resources would be utilised for establishment of durable peace in Kurram Agency. Dawn
Malakdinkhels pledge to support security forces
Khyber Agency: During a Jirga, the elders of Malakdinkhel tribe of Bara have pledged to extend full support to security forces and expel all suspected people from their area. Dawn
K-P to crack down on banned outfit fund collection
Peshawar: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has decided to give teeth to a law barring banned outfits from collecting funds. The provincial government has directed all the relevant departments to take stern legal action against those individuals and organisations who are involved in collecting illegal donations from the general public. The Express Tribune
POLITICAL
With govt fixated on Panamagate, state business suffers
ISLAMABAD: While the country waits with a bated breath for the Supreme Court judgment on the Panamagate case, the ongoing political turmoil has virtually halted the ‘business of the state’ on key foreign policy and national security issues, according to officials and observers. The Express Tribune
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
FCR biggest hurdle to evolution in Fata
| ISLAMABAD: A report by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has described the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR), which was enacted by the British in the tribal areas in 1901, as the biggest hurdle to evolution in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The report said that although the FCR should have been repealed during the Afghan war, there is now another opportunity to repeal it and continue to benefit from Operation Zarb-i-Azb. Dawn |
South Waziristan Displaced Families Who Do Not Return Will Not Be Considered As TDPs: FDMA
PESHAWAR: FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) has made it clear that the displaced families of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) who do not return in the final phase, would not be considered as TDPs and would not be entitled to receive any relief. Radio TNN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Young Pakistan Army officers oppose terrorism, says expert
WASHINGTON: The new generation of Pakistani military officers is more sensitive to terrorism than its predecessors, says Robin Raphel, former assistant secretary of state for South Asia, rejecting a claim by the Afghan ambassador that those officers are more likely to back terrorism than current Pakistani commanders. At a weekend seminar on Afghanistan at the Aspen Institute, California, America`s most prestigious forum on security issues, Ms Raphel said a lack of clarity in Washington`s policies was preventing Pakistan from breaking its links with the Haqqani network. Dawn
