PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for mainstreaming the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) by either merging it into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or declaring it a separate province. The News, Dawn
PESHAWAR: Muhammad Aslam Kamboh, a grade-20 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) assumed charge of the office of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) Secretariat, in place of Muhammad Azam Khan who was made an officer on special duty (OSD). The News
MARDAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said that it was the need of the hour to train the police force to enable it to overcome terrorism. The News
BAHAWALPUR: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif said stability was returning to the country due to the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan and surrounding areas. The News, The Express Tribune
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron revealed that Britain was helping Pakistan in certain aspects of operation Zarb-e-Azb. The News
DI KHAN / PESHAWAR: A security official was killed and two others injured in Dera Ismail Khan when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle as they were on their way to Kulachi. The Express Tribune, The Frontier Post
LANDI KOTAL: Security forces took control of the entire Sipah and Akkakhel areas in Tirah valley after flushing out Lashkar-i-Islam activists from these areas. Dawn
PESHAWAR: Under the National Action Plan the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have been rounded up 520 suspects and huge cache of arms and ammunitions recovered in the ongoing search and strike operation being conducted throughout the province. The Frontier Post
