Three volunteers of a peace committee were killed and one went missing when they clashed with members of banned Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on the night between Friday and Saturday.Officials said that gun battle took place in Meelwat area of Akkakhel when LI carried out a midnight attack on a base of Akkakhel Peace Committee. They said that in the two-hour of intense shootout, three volunteers of the peace committee lost their lives while one was abducted by LI. It was also learnt that LI also torched the compound where the peace volunteers were based. LI spokesman in the area claimed to have killed peace volunteers whose bodies were in their possession. In Jamrud, a truck driver was critically injured when an improvised explosive device, planted along roadside near Takhta Beg checkpost, went off on Saturday morning. Dawn, The News, The Frontier Post, Daily Times.
Around 40 traders were arrested in Khar tehsil on Saturday over profiteering. Bajaur Levies personnel accompanied the local administration’s officials during the crackdown.“At least 40 shopkeepers, butchers and ice sellers Khar, Inayat Kili and Sadiqabad trade centres have been arrested for not following official price list,” an official said. Dawn.
A close friend of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Dost Muhmmad Khan Mehsud, Saturday asserted that the anti-drone caravan to South Waziristan would go ahead next month even if militant groups warned or cautioned them against doing so. Speaking to The News on Saturday, Mehsud — who hails from Waziristan — said, “I am from Waziristan and I can say in categorical terms that the Taliban are happy over PTI’s planned rally, to be started from Bannu on September 23 and concluded at Essha beyond Mir Ali, a tehsil of North Waziristan after Imran’s historic speech.” The News.
Pakistan does not support the Haqqani Network for their operations inside Afghanistan, authoritative sources in the federal capital have asserted. Elaborating on Pakistan’s position on the Haqqani Network on Saturday, the sources said that Pakistan had informed the US several times that it did not support the Haqqani Network by any means for their operations inside Afghanistan. “We have told the US on several occasions that the Haqqanis are not our proxy warriors against the US-led Nato forces,” said the officials. The News.
Three shops were partially damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) fastened around the back of a donkey by unknown militants went off in the Jalka Mela bazaar in lower Orakzai Agency on Saturday, official sources said. Assistant Political Agent Fazal Qadir said the donkey was brought to Jalka Mela in the Ferozkhel area of lower Orakzai and the explosives were triggered when he reached the bazaar. The News.
A driver and his helper sustained injuries when a blast ripped through a vehicle carrying supplies for the Afghanistan-based Nato troops in Takhta Baig area in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Saturday, official and tribal sources said. The News.
A driver injured while his truck was partially damaged when a bomb planted in Jamrud at Pak-Afghan Road went off here on Saturday, sources said.Unknown miscreants planted a bomb at roadside in Takhta Baig area and later detonated with a remote control device. The Frontier Post.
A Mohmand Agency tribesman was killed by unidentified miscreants on Saturday morning, leaving another injured, police said. The police said that two bikers fired at Malik Haji Torai, owner of a hotel in Bakhshu Pul area on Charsadda Road, and Shah Fahim, a resident of Mohmand Agency. Resultantly, Fahim died on the spot while Toraj sustained injuries. The funeral of the deceased was held at Bakhshu. Daily Times.
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