SECURITY
Militant Arrested in Matta Tehsil
Swat: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Swat police claimed to have arrested a key militant from Chuprial Bazaar in Matta tehsil here. According to police, a high profile militant identified as Javed was arrested following a tip-off regarding his presence in the locality. He was allegedly wanted by law enforcement agencies in several anti-state and terrorist activities during the Swat insurgency. Dawn
Pakistan Denies Afghan Allegations Regarding Kabul Attack
Islamabad: Pakistan rejected the allegations from Afghanistan pertaining to Pakistan’s involvement in the June 1 Kabul attack that resulted in the killing of 90 people and made it clear that any aggression would be responded effectively. The News
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
KP Government Presents Budget which Focuses on Education and Transport
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government presented its Rs603 billion election-year budget, promising a Rapid Bus Transit corridor for the provincial capital at a cost of Rs53bn. Finance Minister Muzafar Said presented the budget in the provincial assembly, which he termed `tax-free and balanced`. The Rs603bn budget is 19.41 per cent higher than Rs505bn for the current year, which in the revised estimates has been fixed at Rs516bn, indicating 2.3pc increase over budgetary estimates. Dawn
Welfare Organization Distributes Food Items, Clothes among Orphans in Central Kurram
Millat Sahara Foundation, a welfare organization, has distributed goods and clothes for Ramazan and Eid among 100 poor and orphan children in Ali Shaerzai area of Central Kurram Agency. Abdul Khaliq, the organization head, distributed shoes, clothes, cooking oil, sugar, dates, and other edibles. He further said that we have placed boxes at shops in different villages where philanthropists submit their donations for the organization to be spent on the welfare of poor and orphan children. Radio TNN
Work on Developmental Projects Continued in South Waziristan
Assistant Political Agent, Muhammad Shohaib Khan (South Waziristan Agency), said that work on developmental projects worth billions of rupees has been continued in South Waziristan in the post-conflict period. He further said that with the help of armed forces of Pakistan schemes of communications, health, education, and water will soon be completed. Akhbar-e-Khyber
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Prime Minister to Attend the SCO Summit in Kazakhstan
Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to attend the 17th meeting of the Heads of State Council (HoSC) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at Astana in Kazakhstan on Thursday (today). The HoSC is the highest decision-making body of the SCO which meets every year. During the two-day summit, Pakistan will be given full membership of the SCO. Dawn
POLITICAL
The US should Play a Role in Removing under Development in FATA: AmeerMuqam
Ameer Muqam, President of PML-N KP, said that the US should play a role in implementing a paradigm of development and removing under development in FATA in the post-conflict period. Without development militancy and religious extremism cannot be defeated. He further said that implanting FATA Reforms will have positive impacts not only internally but externally as well. Akhbar-e-Khyber
FATA Reforms should be implemented: Haji GulAfridi
Member of National Assembly from FATA, Shahji Gul Afridi, said that FATA Reforms should be implemented before the end of Ramadan. He warned that if reforms were not implemented they would stage a sit-in inside Islamabad. He further said that all those parties which supported FATA Reforms will join the sit-in. Akhbar-e-Khyber
Rift Surfaces among Tribal Lawmakers
Four out of six independent Tribal MNAs have approached the speaker of National Assembly for appointment of their new parliamentary leader. According to Shahji Gul, four of his colleagues from Bajaur, Mohmand, Orakzai, and Khyber Agency submitted an application with speaker Ayaz Sadiq to replace him with Nasir Khan Afridi. Dawn
