PESHAWAR: After a gap of almost six months, the US drone strikes resumed in Miranshah of North Waziristan Agency (NWA), the latest attack killing six suspected militants. It was the first strike by the CIA-operated spy planes after December 25, 2013 in the North Waziristan tribal region. The News, Dawn, The Express Tribune, The Nation
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain, has demanded of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to support the armed forces in eliminating the terrorists. The News
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had become a ‘strategic partner’ of the Taliban. The News, The Nation
KARACHI: The Airport Police registered an FIR under terrorism charges against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah and its spokesman Shahidullah Shahid for attacking the Karachi international airport and killing ASF personnel as well as civilians on June 8 and 9. The News
RAWALPINDI: The formation commanders meeting at the General Headquarters chaired by the Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif decided to completely destroy the hideouts of terrorists in the tribal areas. The News, Dawn, The Express Tribune, The Nation
BATKHELA: Two Malakand Levies personnel were killed in a pre-dawn attack on their check post in Ghawar Killay in Sakhakot in Malakand Agency, official sources said on Wednesday. The News
KHAR: The little known Al-Qaeda Taliban Tanzim claimed killing 25 Nato soldiers in Afghanistan. The News
PESHAWAR: Two persons were killed in separate incidents in Faqirabad and Chamkani areas of the provincial capital. A government official from Charsadda, Fazal Maula, was killed by unidentified attackers in Wazir Colony in Faqirabad. The News
PESHAWAR: Widespread violence and targeted attacks by suspected Taliban militants across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata left at least 10 people, including security personnel and members of peace committees, dead. Dawn
GILGIT: The boundary dispute between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and GilgitBaltistan remains unresolved as a jirga formed for the purpose has failed to break the impasse despite meeting several times during the last three months. Dawn
PESHAWAR: Waking up from its nine years long slumber, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to rebuild its 760 schools destroyed by the 2005 earthquake in Hazara division. Dawn
MARDAN: Body of a five-year-old girl was found in the fields at Mady Baba locality. Dawn
PESHAWAR: A nongovernmental organization, Child Right Movement (CRM), has asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to enact laws to curb child labor and also conduct a fresh survey to assess the magnitude of the menace in the province. Dawn
KHAR: Gunmen shot dead a pro-government tribal elder and his son in Bajaur tribal region near the Afghan border. The Express Tribune
