KARACHI: Six men were found slaughtered inside a shrine in Gulshan-e-Maymar on Tuesday in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban as a ‘punishment’ for paying homage to saints.The victims were found trussed up and gagged at the Ayub Shah Bukhari shrine near Khuda Ki Basti. The News, Dawn, Frontier Post.
PESHAWAR: A distant relative of ex-chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti and his former adviser were arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday in a famous weapons procurement scam for which former provincial police officer Malik Naveed Khan is already in custody for receiving kickbacks The News, Dawn, Frontier Post, Express Tribune.
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Naib Nazim of Union Council (UC) Shahdara in Mingora City of Swat district on Tuesday, police said. According to Swat Police, a former UC Nazim, Shah Zaman, was sitting in his shop at village Shahdara when unidentified gunmen sprayed him with a volley of bullets. The News, Dawn.
SADDA: Five persons including a child sustained injuries in a bomb blast in Sadda town in Kurram Agency on Tuesday, official and tribal sources said. The sources said that unidentified miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device at the Sabzi Mandi (vegetable market) in Sadda. Five persons were injured when the device went off. The News, Dawn.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A retired executive engineer of the Public Health Engineering Department was burnt to death at his house due to abrupt eruption of fire in the Islamia Colony on Tuesday. Sources said Shabbir Ahmed Qureshi had been living all alone at his home at the Islamia Colony while his children were studying abroad. The News.
HANGU: The house of an official of the Orakzai Levies was damaged in the blast at a shop near the house in Bahadur Banda here on Tuesday, official sources said. The sources said that unidentified persons had placed explosives at a shop near the house of Wrekhmin of the Orakzai Levies in Bahadur Banda which went off, destroying the shop.The house was also damaged in the blast. However, no loss of life was reported in the blast. The News.
PESHAWAR/NOWSHERA: Unknown armed persons shot dead manager of a bank in Asamai Gate area here on Tuesday evening. Waqar-ul-Hasan, manager of a local bank branch at Chowk Yadgar, was riding a car when he was fired upon by two armed persons on a motorcycle. Dawn, Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq.
SWABI: The local leaders of ruling parties have failed to resolve differences, prevalent among them over the chairmanship of district Zakat committee, according to sources. They said that local leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Jamaat-i-Islami and Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan, the coalition partners in provincial government, held several meetings but failed to resolve the issue. Dawn.
PARACHINAR: Tribal elders and traders have demanded of the government to declare Thall-Parachinar Road as transit route between Pakistan and Afghanistan to explore commercial and employment opportunities in the under-developed region. Dawn.
ISLAMABAD: Dedicated to those who were killed and became physically challenged in the line of duty and their families or those who were caught up as ordinary citizens in the war on terror, the book: `Biting the Silver Bullet`: Role of Pakistani State Institutions in War on Terror was launched on Tuesday. Dawn.
PESHAWAR: The Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak has said that PTI government has enabled the opposition to participate in proceedings more enthusiastically. The previous government were successful to some extent but the present government has categorically banned every type of commission or corruption. This is the reason why people are pointing fingures on the PTI government. Daily Mashriq.
