SECURITY
FC deployment in sensitive areas demanded
PESHAWAR: The Tehreek Nifaz Figah-i-Jafria demanded the deployment of the Frontier Corps at most sensitive areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Muharram to ensure peace and protection of mourning processions. TNFJ leader and Muharram committee provincial convener Allama Malik Ajlal Haider Al-Haideri told reporters at thePeshawar Press Club that the government should meet his panel`s 17-point charter of demands on Muharram security and act accordingly. Dawn
Those working against country and army from abroad to face law soon: COAS
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that hostile agencies which are trying to destabilise Pakistan from abroad and elements which are criticising the army would be in the grip of law soon, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The News , The Express Tribune
Three traders injured in Karak grenade attack
KARAK: Three traders were injured when a shopping centre was attacked with hand grenade in Karak city in broad daylight. Police sources and local shopkeepers said that two identified motorcyclists lobbed a hand grenade at the shopping centre of Haji Tahir Ayub, the former president of the local traders association, in the main Karak bazaar. They said that Haji Tahir Ayub, his nephew Tehseenullah and Mir Sadat Khan sustained critical injuries in the grenade attack. Dawn
Kharlachi Border Closed As Part Of Muharram Security Plan
PARACHINAR: Authorities have decided to keep the Pak-Afghan border at Kharlachi point in Kurram Agency closed during Muharram ul Haram to avoid any unhappy incident. Radio TNN
POLITICAL
Sharif to appear before NAB court today
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who returned to the country, is set to appear before a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court today (Tuesday)in connection with three corruption references. The court had also summoned Mr Sharif`s sons Hussain and Hassan but they will not be appearing today as they are still in London tending to their mother, who is undergoing cancer treatment. Dawn , The Express Tribune , Akhbar-e-Khyber
SOCIOECONOMIC
Fata Reforms To Replace The ‘Black Law’ In Tribal Areas, Says Governor Iqbal Jhagra
NOWSHERA: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that Frontier Crimes Regulation was a black law that would soon be abolished after the National Assembly pass Fata Reforms Bill. He said that Fata Reforms would remove sense of deprivation of tribal people and usher in an era of development and prosperity. Radio TNN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DRUZBA 2017: Pakistan, Russia hold anti-terror exercise
A two-week long joint exercise named ‘DRUZBA (Friendship) 2017’ between the special forces of Pakistan and Russian armies kicked off in Minralney Vody, Russia, according to an official handout issued by the Pakistan Army. The Express Tribune
