SECURITY
Hekmatyar’s Relative Shot Dead in Peshawar
Peshawar: A relative of Hizb-i-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Afghan warlord who recently signed a peace deal with the government in Kabul, was gunned down on the outskirts of the provincial capital. The attack took place at around 4am when Mohammad was coming out of a mosque after offering morning prayers. Armed motorcyclists were waiting for him outside the mosque and opened fire as soon as he came out. Dawn, The Express Tribune
DSP Died, SI Injured in Quetta Firing
Quetta: Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Umar Rehman was killed while his nephew, Sub-Inspector (SI) Bilal Shams, was injured when some unidentified armed men opened fire on them in Huda. According to the media reports, the DSP, along with his nephew, was heading for their home when some unknown armed motorcyclists opened fire on them near the Jail Road and fled. The News, Akhbar-e-Khyber
IED Attack in Tirah
Khyber Agency: An Improvised Explosive Device hit a van of Tauheed-e-Islam on a road in Nare Baba area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency. As a result of the attack, two members of Tauheed-e-Islam died while two others were injured. Akhbar-e-Khyber
Huge Cache of Arms, Ammunition Seized in NWA, SWA
North/South Waziristan: Security Forces recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition during intelligence based operations in North Waziristan and South Waziristan Agencies. The raids were conducted in village Punga Kali in South Waziristan and village Idak in North Waziristan as a part the Operation Radd-ul-Fasad. Radio TNN, Khyber News, Akhbar-E-Khyber
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
FIA Asks UK to send back Human Smuggling Suspects
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has asked British authorities to cancel visas issued to two suspected human smugglers, who managed to fly out of Benazir Bhutto International Airport. According to a senior FIA official, the agency had written to UK authorities and asked them to revoke the travel authorization issued to the two suspects, who managed to travel to London via PK-785, even as three Afghan women travelling on forged UK documents were taken into custody. Dawn
Pak-India must resolve all Issues to Maintain Peace in the Region: Nisar
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that Pak-India cordial relations were cornerstone for development and prosperity of people of both countries. He was talking to Pakistani High Commissioner designate to India Sohail Mahmood, who called on him in Islamabad. The Interior Minister said that sincere bilateral efforts were core component to resolve all facing problems and to maintain peace in the region. Khyber News
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
Khattak Okays 293 Schemes for next ADP
Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak approved 293 new and ongoing schemes for inclusion in the Annual Development Programme 2017-18. The approval came during a consultative meeting called at the CM’s House to finalize the ADP formulation which was attended by relevant ministers, administrative secretaries and other officials. Dawn
Survey of Damaged Houses Re-Launched in Bazghara, Bara
The survey of houses damaged during militancy and military operation in Bazghara area Kamarkhel in Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency was re-launched. The survey committee headed by Political Tehsildar Khalid Khan launched the survey in presence of local elders and collected information about the damaged houses. The committee included Mehsud Scouts officers, local school teachers, Construction and Works Department engineers and four members from local committee (Sharishta). Radio TNN
Around 49,000 IDPs Families waiting for their Return
Over 97 percent Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) have gone back to their homes in South Waziristan Agency and North Waziristan Agency while around 49,000 families are waiting for their return. The government was taking steps to return all the IDPs to their home villages in both agencies. On the other hand, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) handed over 4,000 tents, 8,000 plastic sheets and 4,000 core relief item kits to FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) to support the government’s efforts. Khyber News
POLITICAL
Prove Trail of Money, SC Tells Imran
Islamabad: The Supreme Court directed the PTI Chairman Imran Khan to furnish with it, within a week, detailed information about his offshore company and prove the trail of money used for the purchase of his Banigala property. The News
JIT Questions PM’s Son for Six Hours
Islamabad: Hussain Nawaz, son of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, provided the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) with attested and duly certified documents related to his properties and companies while the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmad also recorded his statement in reply to various questions raised by the JIT members. “All documents, copies and letters presented by Hussain Nawaz before the JIT were attested and certified and related to sixteen areas of interest.” The News, The Express Tribune
Provincial Government Committed to Ensure FATA-KP Merger: Minister
Shah Farman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Public Health Engineering, said that the provincial government would take every step for merger of FATA with the province. He further said that contacts with all the parliamentary parties and lawmakers had been made to ensure merger of FATA with KP according to the wishes of tribal people. Radio TNN
We will Support Tribal People on the Future Status of FATA: Akram Durrani
Akram Durrani, Federal Minister for Housing and Construction and senior member of JUI-F, said that we would support conflict inflicted people from FATA on the future status of FATA. He said that majority people in FATA were against the merger of FATA with KP and wanted their own separate province in the post-conflict period. Akhbar-e-Khyber
