HANGU/PESHAWAR: Undeterred by strong protests over drone strikes, the CIA-operated spy planes on Thursday extended missile strikes to the settled areas of the country and hit a seminary in Thall tehsil of Hangu district, killing nine people, including a senior commander of the Haqqani network. The News, The Frontier Post.
QUETTA: Sixteen people, including cops and women, were killed and several others sustained injuries in a series of blasts and firing incidents in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata on Thursday. The News.
MARDAN: The provincial Minister for Higher Education Atif Khan on Thursday said that the provincial government was utilising all the resources to implement uniform education system in the province. The News.
PESHAWAR: The members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Paramedics Association continued the hunger strike at the districts and teaching hospitals of the province for the third consecutive day on Thursday. The News.
ISLAMABAD: The first ever US drone attack in the settled area of the country was actually targeting Hameedullah Haqqani, a close confidant of Jalaluddin Haqqani, and an important commander of Haqqani network operating inside Afghanistan, sources within security establishment told The News. The News, Daily Mashriq.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said that the drone attack in Hangu was tantamount to declaring a war and in retaliation the Nato supplies would be blocked on Saturday (tomorrow) for ever. The News, Dawn, Daily Mashriq.
PESHAWAR: A policeman and a security guard of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) were killed while the manager of the bank sustained injuries in a botched robbery attempt in the Bara Gate area here on Thursday, police said. The News, Daily Mashriq.
PESHAWAR: Workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) held meetings across the province to draw thousands of people to a sit-in against drone attacks in Peshawar that would block Nato supplies in the backdrop of the first strike by the unmanned US plane in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The News, Daily Mashriq.
LADI KOTAL: As many as 26 people including a custom superintendent were injured when a suicide bomber detonated himself in trade hall of custom office here in Torkham, Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber agency, official and local sources informed on Thursday. The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq.
PESHAWAR (APP): Provincial Minister for Revenue Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur Thursday said suspension of NATO supply through Pakistan is inevitable for supremacy and dignity of the country. The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq.
