MIRANSHAH: Seven people of a family died when their mud-built house collapsed due to torrential rain at Dattakhel Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency. The News
BISHAM: The district administration has unearthed 17 ghost schools in Shangla district that had been closed for the last 24 years. The News
JAMRUD: Unidentified armed attackers shot dead the member of the Khassadar force and kidnapped his teenage son in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency. The News
CHARSADDA: A man, who had gone missing a few days back, was found dead in Sardheri area in the limits of Sardheri Police Station. The News
KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday called on the nation to reject the elements bent upon destabilising the government. The News
KARACHI: Taliban negotiator committee, Saturday, informed the government that Taliban Shura is ready to hold direct talks with the government. The Frontier Post
KARACHI: To what it calls decisions in line with the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif few days back, the Sindh Government Saturday decided to establish a separate Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), provide latest training to the corps of Rapid Response Force (RRF) and do legislation to clean up the Sindh Police from its blacksheep. The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: At least nine of a family including four minors, three women and two men died when a flood wave flushed out a home in Rone Tangi area of Datta Khel Tehsil Saturday evening. The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided in principle to set up new police lines in Mardan, Karak, Haripur and Torghar districts to further strengthen security measures in these areas. The Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) called on the government to break the deadlock in the talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (T TP), saying that there had been a respite in terrorist attacks since initiation of the dialogue. Dawn
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief and senior minister in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government Sirajul Haq demanded the immediate lifting of curfew in Buner district of Malakand division. Dawn
LAKKI MARWAT: The district elementary and secondary education department has issued show causes notices to over two dozen employees of public sector schools, including teachers, over dereliction of duty. Dawn
KHAR: The education department has not provided free textbooks to government schools in Bajaur Agency and the students have been attending schools without books since start of the new academic session in April. Dawn
MINGORA: Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel said that judicial officers` strength in Malakand division would be increased while a labour court would also be set up to provide speedy justice to the inhabitants of the region. Dawn
PESHAWAR: Police defused an improvised explosive device planted along a house, while armed men kidnapped a property dealer here the other day. Dawn
