SECURITY
Provinces Job to take action against banned outfits, says Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal told the Senate that it was the responsibility of the provincial governments to keep an eye out for and take action against banned outfits in the country, including those organisations that were resurfacing under new names after being outlawed. Dawn , The News , The Express Tribune , Akhbar-e-Khyber
Bullet-riddled body of currency dealer found in Jamrud
LANDI KOTAL: Unidentified gunmen killed a young currency dealer in Jamrud tehsil on the night between Wednesday and Thursday. Khasadar officials said that bullet-riddled body of Adnan Shinwari was found at a deserted place in Shah Kas area of Jamrud early. Dawn, The News , The Express Tribune , Akhbar-e-Khyber
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
Balochistan will become country`s richest province: PM
QUETTA: The time is not far away when Balochistan will become the most prosperous province of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi said while inaugurating the 300km Kachhi canal project in the Sui area of Dera Bugd on Thursday. The Kachhi canal project, built at a cost of Rs80 billion, in QUETTA. Dawn , The News , Akhbar-e-Khyber
ISLAMABAD: The multiparty conference held to demand the swift merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa not only exposed the lack of coherence among stakeholders, but also saw some of the key players announcing their intention to block the mainstreaming of the tribal areas. Dawn , The News
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Tripartite meeting in Kabul to eliminate IS from region
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States at a tripartite meeting vowed to eliminate the militant Islamic State group also known by its Arabic acronym Daesh from the region. The meeting held in Kabul identified `information sharing, com-plementary efforts and enhanced cooperation` as the areas in which the three can cooperate for countering the IS in the region. Dawn, The News , The Express Tribune, Akhbar-e-Khyber
FO warns India against misadventure
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office warned India against any misadventure as ceasefire violations by Indian troops so far this year surpassed the figure of 700 nearly double the violations reported last year. Violations by Indian forces have been rising over the past few years, more specifically after Narendra Modi became India`s prime minister, but the increase this year has been unprecedented, going up from 382 in 2016 to over 700 so f ar this year. Dawn
