MIRAMSHAH: Two soldiers were killed and five injured in a roadside bomb explosion near Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency on Sunday while two explosive devices were defused in the same area. Dawn, The Frontier Post, The Express Tribune, The News, The Nation.
LANDI KOTAL: Political administration in Jamrud on Sunday arrested two persons on charges of secretly selling textbooks in the open market. Officials said a raid was conducted on the house of a teacher where he had stocked thousands of textbooks which were meant for free distribution among the students of class 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Dawn.
PARACHINAR: Two students, going from Zungi to Parachinar, were killed when their car was hit by an anti-tank mine that was planted on a dirt road near Zungi village. The students identified as Syed Yaseen Shah and Syed Mohammad Taqi were killed on the spot, residents of the area said. The car was also damaged completely in the blast, they said, adding that both the deceased were studying in grade 8. Dawn, The Frontier Post, The Nation.
PARACHINAR: An explosion took place in Dall village where an anti-personnel mine was planted on a dirt track, officials said. They added that the mine explodedwhen a villager identified as Sarfraz Hussain stepped on it. Wasi Shah, a sixyear-old boy, who was accompanying Sarfraz, suffered injuries in the blast. Sarfraz was killed on the spot while Wasi was shifted to agency headquarters hospital. Dawn, The Frontier Post, The Nation.
PESHAWAR: To protest US drone attacks in the country, the PTI along with its coalition partners has started blocking Nato supplies via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police either watched quietly or looked the other way as activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf which heads the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hauled drivers and forcibly searched Nato supply trucks in different areas of the province on Sunday in protest against US drone strikes. Dawn, The News, The Frontier Post, The Nation, Daily Mashriq, The Express Tribune.
BAJAUR AGENCY: Two Children sustained injuries when the mortar shells fired by militants from Kunar, Afghanistan hit a border village in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur agency on Friday. Locals and officials of the administration said that, at least, two mortar shells fired by unidentified militants from across the border landed in Hasham Charmang, 42 kilometres from Khar. The Frontier Post.
BARA: Eleven private school teachers, who had immunized the children against polio in private school, were kidnapped at gun points by unidentified abductors in Sepah tribe of Bara Khyber Agency, official and local tribesmen said on Saturday. The Frontier Post.
GHALLANAI: An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unidentified militants exploded near a house in Ambar tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Sunday. According to a political administration official, militants planted an IED outside Sultan Khan’s house in Olai Shah village. Panic spread among residents after they heard the blast, the official added. There was no loss of life reported. The Express Tribune.
