Security
Peshawar: At least eight people were killed and 27 people were wounded, in a blast near the Kabul University in the Police District 3 of the Afghan capital. Local media reports said the blast happened when a number of students were waiting outside the university to attend an exam. TNN, Dawn, The News, Tribune
Wana: Unidentified armed men opened fire on the vehicle of an Awami National Party (ANP) candidate, Taj Wazir, in South Waziristan tribal district, in which he escaped unhurt. TNN, Dawn
Peshawar: As many as 285 policemen had lost lives in different incidents in Khyber Pakhtun-khwa from 1970 till 1999 but the number increased manifold from 2000 to 2019 when 1430 police officers and cops were martyred in suicide attacks, bomb blasts, target killings and ambushes. The News
Socioeconomic
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised all necessary arrangements to hold first ever elections on 16 provincial assembly seats of erstwhile Fata. Sharifullah said that total registered voters in these areas are 2,801,834, out of which 1,671,305 voters are male, while 1,130,529 are female voters. The News, Dawn, Tribune, TNN
Islamabad: The Foreign Office rejected Afghan intelligence agency’s allegation that the attack in Kandahar was plotted in Pakistan. Dawn
