ISLAMABAD: In an effort to boost the morale of the beleaguered ISI in the wake of an allegation that some of its men were involved in the murderous attack on senior Geo News anchor Hamid Mir in Karachi, army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif said the premier intelligence agency was a ‘strategic institution’ that had been working to protect the interests of the motherland. The News, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq
CHARSADDA: In yet another attack on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, two persons, including a police constable, were killed when a police van was targeted with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near the Farooq Azam Chowk. The News, The Frontier Post, Dawn, The Express Tribune, Daily Mashriq
PESHAWAR: An attacker was also killed in an exchange of fire between the militants and policemen in Badaber in which five policemen and an ambulance driver were killed. The News
ISLAMABAD: The joint opposition on Tuesday staged a token walkout from the Senate against ‘non-seriousness of the government towards implementation of the national security policy’ and asked why the policy of retaliation on acts of terrorism was not being followed. The News
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said that peace in Afghanistan was a key to peace in the entire region and Pakistan would continue to work closely with new Afghan government for establishing lasting regional peace. The News, The Express Tribune
BARA: Two members of Peace Committee belonging to Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency were killed in two separate incidents. The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan has said that socio-economic uplift of Federally Administered Tribal Areas is the most important not only to resolve the problems and grievances of tribesmen but also to ensure a prosperous future for the common people of FATA on long term basis. The Frontier Post, Dawn
PESHAWAR: Inspector General Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nasir Khan Durrani has said that attacks on police in Charsadda and Peshawar can be a reaction to the targeted operations against miscreants as a result of which many of the anti-state elements have been netted so far. The Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD: Friend and foe alike flayed the government in the Senate on Tuesday for not taking any action against militants, despite continued attacks on security personnel. Dawn
PESHAWAR: The police on Tuesday arrested several injured people from Peshawar hospitals in connection with the killing of their personnel in a militant attack in Badbher area on the outskirts of the provincial capital. Dawn
ISLAMABAD: The government will hold local government elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and introduce an improved system of democracy prior to initiating the local bodies system in other parts of the country, according to Minister for State and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Lt Gen (r) Qadir Baloch. Dawn, The Express Tribune
