ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that anti-negotiation elements were on the hit-list of the government and action will be taken against them if they did not mend their ways. The News, Dawn, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq.
LAHORE: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said that Taliban had accepted the responsibility to trace the militant groups and an extremist organisation, Ahrarul Hind, who were involved in the recent terrorist attacks in the country. He was talking to reporters here on Friday after a function. The News.
MULTAN: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday said armed forces must be kept on board about the government-Taliban peace talks and Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was not the sole representative body of militant groups. The News.
KABUL: Nine people including foreigners were killed in a Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan’s interior ministry said, the latest violence to hit the country just weeks before the presidential election. The News, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq.
KHAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shaukat Ullah Khan has said that the government will bring meaningful reforms in the tribal system and local government (LG) system would be soon introduced in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). Dawn.
KOHAT: Kohat divisional commissioner Syed Jamal uddin has said a crackdown would be launched against power thieves in Kohat, Hangu and Karak districts to minimize load shedding time. Dawn.
PESHAWAR: After successful talks with the high ups of Pakistan Army, ban on supply of petroleum to North Waziristan was lifted on. The Frontier Post.
KHYBER AGENCY: Officials of political administration claimed to have arrested four alleged suicide bombers in operation after severe exchange of firing in Marbal Chowk of Mullagori area, a sub-tehsil of Jamrud Khyber Agency. The Frontier Post.
