ISLAMABAD: The government is determined to keep the Pakistan Protection Ordinance (PPO) enforced and for the purpose it has evolved a strategy which has three tiers. The News, Dawn
LAHORE: As is the case in Pakistan where the sitting Nawaz Sharif regime is talking to the warring Taliban for the sake of peace, the incumbent Colombian government is also holding a dialogue with a violent guerilla organization at war within the territory of this Spanish-speaking South American state since 1964. The News
ISLAMABAD: Even though the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has distanced itself from the Islamabad fruit market bombing, with the United Baloch Army claiming responsibility for the attack, the security agencies investigating the case still suspect the involvement of the Taliban. The News
PESHAWAR: After three days of bloody clashes, two major rival militant factions of the Pakistani Taliban agreed to cease fighting in the remote mountainous Shaktoi area of South Waziristan tribal region. The News
PESHAWAR: Four people, including two children, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a police post at Dir Town on Dalazak Road in Peshawar evening. Dawn, The Express Tribune
MANSEHRA: The doctors and paramedics in the district have threatened to go on strike if district administration fails to register an FIR against those people, who attacked and injured staffers of civil hospital in Garhi Habibullah. Dawn
LAKKI MARWAT: Police arrested three proclaimed offenders, including a runaway prisoner of DI Khan jail, in separate actions. Dawn
MIRANSHAH (INP): Low flight of US pilot-less spy plane created panic among the dwellers of North Waziristan. The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: A man was killed by unidentified armed men in front of his home situated in the jurisdiction of Urmar Police Station. The Frontier Post
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least 13 militants were killed in a bombing and a gunfight in North Waziristan, the latest clashes in almost a week of infighting between rival Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) factions. The Express Tribune
GHALLANAI: Having moved to Islamabad from other parts of the country with dreams of a better life, the victims of Wednesday’s terror attack in a vegetable market had no idea theirs would be cut short so abruptly. The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: The driver of a Nato oil tanker headed to Afghanistan was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Jamrud. The Express Tribune
