ISLAMABAD: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif, on Monday assured that Pakistan would extend all-out support to peaceful Afghan presidential election. The News, Dawn
MINGORA: Security forces on Monday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in a village in Swat district on Monday, official sources said. The sources said the security forces recovered explosive material weighing five kilograms in a field in Segram Killay in Kabal Tehsil and defused it. The News
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) deputy Chief Maulana Attaur Rehman said here Monday the talks between the government and the Taliban had almost failed as the former was insincere and was looking for an excuse to launch military operation in the tribal areas. The News
PESHAWAR: Minister for Finance Sirajul Haq has expressed concern over delay in the payment of Rs132 billion net hydel profit including the principal amount, mark-up and arrears by the federal government and stated that not only the National Finance Commission would be approached in this connection but also the political and national leaders would be called to a platform to raise collective voice against this step-motherly treatment to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The News
PESHAWAR: A ticketing officer of the Traffic Police was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Bhanamari locality. The News, Dawn, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq
PESHAWAR: Afghan government officials and tribal elders in Afghanistan’s Khost province said families from Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency (NWA) had migrated to Afghanistan after enforcement of curfew in their villages. The News
MANSEHRA: An estimated 480,000 children up to 10 years of age would be vaccinated during the 12-day anti-measles campaign launched on May 19 in the district. The News, Dawn
ISLAMABAD: The defence ministry has called for an increase in allocation for armed forces in the next budget on the ground that the current share is not enough. Dawn
GHALANAI/LANDI KOTAL: Four bullet-riddled bodies and an injured person were found in Pandyali tehsil of Mohmand Agency. Dawn, The Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq
PESHAWAR: As if the recommendations of previous task forces and reforms commissions were not enough, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan has set up another Fata Reforms Commission (FRC) to frame strategic objectives for the volatile tribal areas for the next 25 years. Dawn, Daily Mashriq
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has complained about denial of the Rs132 billion net hydel profit, including the principal amount, mark-up and arrears, by the federal government and demanded urgent payment of Rs5.8 billion to help it make budgetary allocations. Dawn
PESHAWAR: The World Health Organisation asked the government to get the ban on immunisation in Waziristan lifted and ensure access to children there to stem the tide of poliovirus after three new cases were reported from the tribal region. Dawn, The Frontier Post
MARDAN: The bomb disposal squad defused a five-kilogram improvised explosive device planted at the main gate of the hujra of former provincial minister and PPP leader, Rahim Dad Khan, in Hatyaan locality of Lundkhwar area in the wee hours. Dawn
Peshawar: The government is making efforts for the provision of clean drinking water to tribal communities. A press release issued by FATA Secretariat says that keeping in view the difficulties faced by the communities of Kashai Kuwatai Tannai, Tehsil Wana in fetching water from distant streams, and the Political Administration prioritized the construction of a water supply system. The Frontier Post
