Security
Miranshah: A soldier was martyred and five others, including a Lt-Col, were injured in two separate blasts in Mir Ali and Dattakhel tehsils in North Waziristan. Official sources said that the bomb disposal squad in Dattakhel tehsil was attacked with a remote control bomb. Meanwhile, unknown miscreants fired a rocket on Golden Aero Public School in Mir Ali sub-division. Official sources said no life loss happened in the rocket attack as the rocket landed in open ground. The News, TNN, Dawn
Socioeconomic
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Adviser to Chief Minister on Education, Zia Ullah Bangash has said that government has allocated Rs36 billion, in the current fiscal year, for the provision of best education facilities in tribal districts of the province. TNN
Khar: Officials of the ECP and district administration in a meeting asked all the candidates to follow the electoral code of conduct for holding the first-ever provincial assembly elections in a free and peaceful environment in Bajaur tribal district. Dawn
