FATA
LANDI KOTAL: The Frontier Corps along with the Khasadar and Levies personnel have taken effective control of almost all checkposts and hilltops in the Khyber Agency`s remote Bazaar Zakhakhel area along the border with Afghanistan. Dawn
BARA: At least two persons were killed and five others, including a former Assistant Political Agent injured in a hand grenade attack in Bara. The Nation
LANDI KOTAL: Unidentified men hurled grenades over a house in Akakhel Aziz area in Bara, killing two civilians and injuring eight others. The Daily Mashriq
Afghanistan
GWADAR: Two bullet-riddled bodies were found in the Sharak area of Kech district. Levies officials said that the people of Sharak, a town some 40km away from Turbat, informed the local administration about the presence of the bodies. Dawn, The News, The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: A traffic warden was among six people injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast within the jurisdiction of the Faqirabad police station. Police said the incident took place in front of the Charsadda bus stand on Charsadda Road in the northeast part of the city. Dawn, The Nation, The News, The Daily Aaj, The Daily Mashriq, The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: Two Kalash shepherds were killed in a predawn cross-border attack in a remote summer pasture of the Bumboret valley in the northern Chitral district. Police and local people told Dawn from Chitral that the incident took place early when a group of attackers who had crossed over from the Afghan side opened fire on a band of four Kalash shepherds. Dawn, The News, The frontier Post, The Daily Aaj, The Nation, The Daily Mashriq, The Express Tribune
KOHAT: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two members of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from the Sheen Dhand Road here, official sources said. The News
KARACHI: New Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah signed a summary to extend special policing powers of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh. According to the Home Department, a notification has been issued in this regard. The Rangers powers have been extended for 90 days. The Nation
