SECURITY
Lieutenant Martyred In Terrorist Attack in Rajgal Valley
TIRAH: A lieutenant martyred in a terrorist attack near border area in Rajgal valley of Khyber Agency, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said. The terrorists attacked a Pakistani post from other side of the border, adding that Lieutenant Arsalam Alam was the commanding officer. The press release added that the post was hit leaving the 22-year lieutenant dead. Radio TNN , Dawn , Akhbar-e-Khyber
Security increased in KP as Muharram starts
PESHAWAR: Security has been put on high alert in the provincial capital and other districts of the province with the advent of Muharramul Haram. Special measures have been taken at Kohati, Chowk Nasir Khan, Koochi Bazaar, Qissa Khwani as well as Saddar Road for peaceful observance of Muharram. The News
Boy killed in landmine blast
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A 12-year-old boy was killed in a landmine blast in the Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti district. The landmine was planted along the road by suspected militants, Levies officials said. It went off af ter the boy stepped on it. Dawn
45 posts set up along Orakzai border for Muharram security
45 posts set up along Orakzai border for Muharram security
The administration has established 45 joint checkposts manned by the police, Frontier Constabulary and volunteers along the porous Orakzai border due to the danger of infiltration of terrorists from Orakzai Agency into Kohat during Muharram. Dawn
POLITICAL
Musharraf should face courts if he is brave: Zardari
KAMALIA: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said General Pervez Musharraf should return to Pakistan and face the courts if he is really a brave person. The News
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
World Bank Approves $114 Million For TDPs In FATA
PESHAWAR: The World Bank has approved $114 million to significantly expand support for families affected by militancy-related violence, improve child healthcare and establish systems for emergency response safety net delivery in the affected areas of FATA. According to statement issued by the WB , the World Bank approved a $75 million credit for the original FATA Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) Emergency Recovery Project in August 2015. Beneficiaries of the project are the families from five FATA agencies, namely North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Orakzai, Kurram and Khyber. The additional financing will help expand the support to 326,000 eligible temporarily displaced families, up from 120,000 under the original project. The Radio TNN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
PESHAWAR: Afghan Counsel General Abdul Wahid Pohan while speaking at an event organised to mark the Afghan International Culture Day in Peshawar said love between people of Pakistan and Afghanistan flourished over the years and urged them to play their role to further improve this relationship. He said that people of both countries have same culture due to which bond between them was stronger and based on brotherhood. Radio TNN
Maiden UN address: Stop fuelling terror in Pakistan, PM tells India
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi asked India to call off its campaign of arming and bankrolling agents of terrorism and chaos in Pakistan as he renewed offer for dialogue with New Delhi on all thorny issues, especially over the core dispute of Kashmir. The Express Tribune , Akhbar-e-Khyber
