SECURITY
Weapons and Ammunition Recovered during Search Operation
FATA: Security forces conducted search operation in Khyber and South Waziristan Agency in which they recovered huge weapons and ammunitions. During the operation, no one was arrested. Akhbar-e-Khyber
Kidnapped Pakistani Workers of Polish Firm Plead for Help
Peshawar: Six Pakistanis, working for a Polish oil company, who have been in the custody of the Taliban since November 2016, are shown requesting the authorities to make efforts for their release in a video footage released by Khan Said Mahsud faction of TTP. The hostages were working with Polish oil company Geofizyka Krakow. Dawn
Search Operations Held across Punjab
Security forces carried out joint intelligence based operations in Lahore, Attock, Islamabad, Sialkot, Narowal, Sheikhupura, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahimyar Khan, and Rajanpur districts and apprehended several suspects. Arms and ammunition were also confiscated. The News
POLITICAL
FATA Reforms are being implemented: Ameer Muquam
Provincial President of PML-N (KP), Ameer Muquam, said that before the general elections representation to Tribal people in provincial assembly will be given. He further said that FATA Reforms bill will be passed in the National Assembly very soon. Akhbar-e-Khyber
APS Student’s Father Seeks Ehsanullah’s Trial by Army Court
Peshawar: The father of one of many Peshawar Army Public School students killed by militants during a 2014 attack on campus has moved the Peshawar High Court against the government`s alleged plan to give clemency to the former spokesman for the banned outfit, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Ehsanullah Ehsan, who is in the custody of security agencies. Dawn
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
North Waziristan IDPs Protested Suspension of Repatriation Process
Scores of elders of the Dande Darpakhel tribe of North Waziristan Agency (NWA) staged sit-ins in Peshawar and Bannu to protest against the suspension of the rehabilitation process. They alleged that all the displaced families except Dande Darpakhel tribe were repatriated to their respective areas during the repatriation process. They also asked the administration to stop demolishing their houses in the area and looting items, otherwise they would be compelled to stage a sit-in the federal capital. Radio TNN, Dawn
Fourth Survey of Demolished Homes Began
Fourth survey of homes destroyed during the military operation in South Waziristan Agency began today. According to a Political Agent, Zafar Islam Khattak, financial compensation for the reconstruction of their destroyed homes will be provided to them after the completion of survey. Akhbar-e-Khyber
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Tehran’s Warning against Spirit of Pak-Iran Brotherly Relations, FO Tells Envoy
The Foreign Office (FO) cautioned Tehran that a warning issued by the Iranian Army Chief a day earlier was against the “spirit of brotherly relations” between Pakistan and Iran. The FO Summoned Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost to convey Pakistan’s concerns regarding a warning issued by Maj Gen Mohammad Baqeri that Tehran would hit ‘militant safe havens’ inside Pakistan if the government did not confront militants who carried out cross-border attacks last month. Dawn
US-Pakistan Ties Tough but Essential: Condoleeza Rice
Washington: “It’s a relationship you’ve got to have but it is tough,” says former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice while describing the US-Pakistan partnership. “There is no doubt that Pakistan has got internal issues,” said Ms Rice while responding to a question. “But Pakistan is a little bit more stable than it’s been in a number of years. So, maybe there’s something.” Dawn
Survey of Two Border Villages Continues
Qilla Abdullah: Officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan continued the geographical survey of villages located on the two countries` border near Chaman in the presence of military troops from both sides on the second consecutive day. However, there are reports that the Afghan officials, who had earlier agreed in a flag meeting held between military officials of the two countries that they would consider and consult Google maps in the survey of the border villages, have now declined to use these maps. Dawn
India Petitions ICJ for Stay in Jadhav’s Death Sentence
India has moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stay the death sentence handed to self-confessed Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav by a military court in Pakistan. According to a statement issued by ICJ, India filed a petition with the court urging it to suspend Jadhav’s sentence and declare that it was arrived at “in brazen defiance of Vienna Convention rights.” The petition states that Delhi was not informed of Jadhav’s detention until long after his arrest and that Pakistan failed to inform the Indian spy of his rights. The Express Tribune
Passport Rule at Torkham Relaxed
Khyber Agency: Over 100 Pakistanis holding only computerized national identity cards (CNICs) availed of a rare opportunity to cross over to Pakistan from Afghanistan as authorities had relaxed the rule of passport for a day at the Torkham border. Sources said that the authorities had received requests from the relatives of a number of Pakistanis stranded in Afghanistan following imposition of passport condition for the cross-border movement on April 15. Dawn
