SECURITY
Two Facilitators of Terrorists Held in Lakki
Lakki Marwat: Police claimed to have arrested two facilitators of terrorists during a search and strike operation carried out on a tip-off in Bargai village bordering the Frontier Region of Lakki. An official said that the operation was initiated on the orders of district police officer Syed Khalid Hamdani wherein commandos of Elite Force and Anti-Terror Squad also participated. Dawn
Search Operation in Jumrud
Khyber Agency: Security forces conducted search operation in Jamrud, Khyber Agency. During the operation four suspected persons were arrested by security officials. Akhbar-e-Khyber
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
Sharif Approves LNG-based Power Plant for Punjab
Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved a much-anticipated project for setting up of a Liquefied Natural Gas-fired power plant in Punjab under timelines to be decided later. While presiding over a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCE), the Prime Minister deferred two agenda items relating to circular debt and load management plan, but took interest in a presentation by officials from Punjab for setting up of a major power plant on what they called the `Bhikki model`. Dawn
PTI Government to Present Fifth Budget in KP Today
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will present its fifth and final budget for financial year 2017-18 today with the development outlay of Rs208 billion envisaging a loan of Rs52.55 billion to meet the pressing financial obligations. The annual budget having total outlay of over Rs600 billion is likely to be a “cut-and-paste” of the previous budgets as the provincial government is hardly bringing about any groundbreaking projects in its final budgetary plan. The News
Government Institutions Failed to Solve the Problems of People
Conflict inflicted people of Bajaur Agency are facing multiple problems in the post-conflict period. Various government institutions failed to solve those problems. Instead of solving them, they indulged in corruption. There are lacking basic health facilities in hospitals and the department of agriculture failed to facilitate and guide farmers in the area. Akhbar-e-Khyber
NADRA Office Opened in Shawal
NADRA office has been opened in Shawal by MNA Muhammad Nazir, North Waziristan Agency, in the post-Zarb-e-Azab operation scenario for the first time. It will facilitate the people of Shawal’s Spinwam in registering themselves with NADRA. NADRA offices will be opened in Razmak and Datakhel as well. Akhbar-e-Khyber
POLITICAL
Dream of FATA Development to be realized after Merger with KP: Amir Muqam
Prime Minister’s Adviser Amir Muqam said that development of FATA was Nawaz Sharif’s dream and tribal areas would be merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to realize this dream. He further said that the development budget for FATA had been increased by Rs6 billion and the total development outlay had reached Rs26 billion. Further, Rs90 billion had been allocated separately for rehabilitation of temporarily displaced persons (TDPs). Radio TNN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Pakistan more a Threat than an Ally: US Think Tank
Washington: Pakistan is still a sanctuary for the Taliban and the Haqqani network and more of a threat than an ally, a top US think tank has said, while asserting that the Trump administration should make it clear to Islamabad that it would face sanctions if it continued to support them. The News
