PESHAWAR: The Tehreek Nifaz-e-Fiqa Jafria (TNFJ) aid that no headway could be made in the murder case of its former provincial president Sardar Ali AsgharQizilbash despite the lapse of 40 days. The News.
MARDAN: The police claimed to have arrested five Afghan nationals. The News.
JAMRUD: The personnel of the Khassadar Force seized a huge quantity of heroin and arrested an alleged drug-peddler in Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency. The News.
PESHAWAR: Tribesmen formed a committee to facilitate the renting of houses in Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda and Mardan districts for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the troubled tribal agencies. The News, The Frontier Post.
KABUL: Taliban insurgents attacked the Independent Election Commission headquarters in Kabul, staff and police said, in the third big assault on the capital this week aimed at derailing the April 5 presidential election. The News, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq.
PESHAWAR: Members of the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and Peshawar Press Club protested attack on noted columnist and TV anchor Raza Rumi in Lahore in which his driver was killed. The News.
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday deliberated over the demands of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and decided to carry on talks with the Taliban. The News, Dawn, Daily Mashriq.
PESHAWAR: The next meeting between the government negotiations committee and the Shura members of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has not yet been scheduled, a government negotiator said. The News.
LAKKI MARWAT: A jirga of Ahmadzai tribe has assured the police of launching concerted efforts to stop infiltration of miscreants into the district from the adjoining tribal region. Dawn.
