PESHAWAR: PTI Chairman Imran Khan urged the government on Wednesday to allow Taliban to open an office for the peace dialogue to be held in accordance of a decision of the recently held all-party conference. `If the government is serious about pursuing the dialogue process with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan it should allow them to have their own office like the one opened by the Afghan Taliban in Qatar, Imran Khan told reporters outside the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. `If the Americans can allow the opening of office in Qatar to facilitate talks with the Afghan Taliban, why can`t we do in our own country,` he said. Mr Khan visited the hospital for the second time since Sunday`s twin suicideattacks on the All Saints Church and met the injured in different wards. Dawn, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq, The News, The Nation.
ISLAMABAD: Top religious scholars of the country have demanded an immediate ceasefire by the government and TTP to save the country from further bloodshed and to ensure that the dialogue process reaches its logical conclusion. The News.
PESHAWAR: Tanzeem Astiza Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has rejected the PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s decision to introduce English medium in the government-run schools and termed it a violation of the Constitution. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Tanzeem Asatiza Provincial President Professor Dr Zahir Shah said that introducing and implementing aliens language in educational institutions is tantamount to kick off national language from the country. Rejecting the decision of the provincial government, he asked the government to avoid such anti-nation policies The Nation.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday lodged a strong protest with the Afghan Charged’ Affaires over the unprovoked mortar shelling in North Waziristan by the Afghan Border Police on September 24. According to Foreign Office spokesman’s statement the Afghan Charged’ Affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office on the evening of September 24 and the protest was lodged over the cross-border shelling which killed two civilians and injured another in the Bangi Dar area near the Afghan border. The firing resulted in the shahadat of 2 civilians and injury to another. While conveying serious concern of the Government of Pakistan at this cross-border fire violation, the Afghan authorities were asked to prevent the recurrence of such incidents The Frontier Post, The Express Tribune, The Nation.
GHALANAI: Around a dozen armed militants late Tuesday night targeted a vehicle of the Dam contractor near Ghallani headquarters of Mohmand agency, killing three workers of the Dam, and injuring six others while fleeing they also kidnapped two others, security sources told media. According to Security sources, the militants exploded an improvised explosive device (IED) near the vehicle of Dam’s contractor when he was coming back from the construction site. As result of the IED blast, three civilians were reportedly killed while three six sustained injuries. About 10 to 12 militants during midnight also set fire to excavators and other equipment being used in the dam construction and abducted two workers from the site, the Security sources added. Spokesman for Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Chapter Umer Khalid Khurasani in a statement from unknown location claimed to have killed three persons including two engineers and the contractor and abducted two other persons from Mohmand Agency’s headquarters Ghalanai. After the incident, officials of political administration carried out search operation and started search and clearance operation in the area. Administration arrested 11 tribesmen in collective territorial responsibility till the filing of the news story. The Frontier Post, Dawn, The Nation.
BANNU INP : At least five militants were killed as security forces repulsed an attack on a check-post in Bannu district while one soldier was also injured in the attack that took place early on Wednesday.
According to details, the militants launched a rocket attack on a checkpost in Jani Khel area early Wednesday morning. The attack was repulsed by the security forces who were fully alert during which five militants were killed.One security personnel was also injured in the incident The Nation.
RAWALPINDI: Maulana Samiul Haq, the chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-S) and believed to be mentor of Afghan Taliban, has advised the government not to abandon the process of dialogue `if it wants to restore peace in the country`. He criticised Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for his statement about reviewing plans for talks after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif`s return from New York `The agenda of the federal government is unclear. Neither the talks have started nor the government has presented its conditions,` the Maulana said at a press conference here on Wednesday. Dawn.
ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah on Wednesday urged the federal government not to waste even a single day and take a decision on talks with Taliban as the APC had given the mandate to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Nation.
ISLAMABAD: Syed Farukh Shah Faryabi Jenab, who is heading an Afghan parliamentary delegation, said on We dnesday that the release of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar would be meaningless if he was unable to play a role in the peace process.`We are not seeking Mullah Baradar`s handing over to Afghanistan, but he should be freed in real terms to make the initiative purposeful,` he said at a press conference at the end of the ninth round of Pakistan-Afghanistan parliamentary dialogue in Islamabad. Dawn.
LAHORE:The government and the Taliban are interested in holding talks to bring an end to the killings and there is no difference between them on this issue, says Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid. The Nation.
PESHAWAR: New plan devised by authorities to combat terrorism in the region. After the sorrowful attack on church the provincial Interior ministry has decided to work on the security issues for the public safety. Daily Mashriq.
BAJAUR AGENCY: Government Post Graduate College Khar students peacefully protested against not fulfillment of their demands on Wednesday. The students appealed to government to take notice of the issue, otherwise the students would continue to protest. The protesters took out rally from Khar College to Khar Bazaar. The protesters were holding banners and placards as well as chanting slogans against education department and Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Frontier Post.
