Security
Wana: A soldier was martyred and three people, including two security personnel, sustained injuries in two separate incidents in South Waziristan tribal district. Local sources said the first incident happened in Karkanre area of Sra Rogha tehsil in South Waziristan in which two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel sustained injuries. In another incident in Shinkai area of Sra Rogha tehsil, a local person was injured in a rocket attack. TNN, The News,
Peshawar: As the first-ever election for the provincial assembly are underway in tribal districts of the province, unknown terrorists have attacked a security check post in Boya area of North Waziristan in which 6 persons were injured. TNN, Dawn, Tribune,
Dera Murad Jamali: Security forces killed a suspected militant during a search operation in the Chatter area of Sibi District. Dawn
Socioeconomic
Islamabad: Afghan Taliban have agreed on partial presence of American Forces in Afghanistan however, the power sharing formula between the Afghan stakeholders is yet to be decided which is expected to be finalized by January next year, claims Pakistan’s former secretary defence Lt Gen (R) Asif Yasin Malik. The News
Peshawar: Unofficial preliminary results of the landmark election for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in the merged tribal districts became available soon after the counting of votes began. The News, Dawn
Peshawar: Nearly 27.6 percent of the registered voters in seven districts and Frontier Regions (FRs) of erstwhile Fata went to the first-ever elections to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats, marking the completion of their constitutional merger with the province a year after the passage of the 25th Constitutional Amendment. TNN
Yakaghund: Tribals see PA elections as beginning of new life. Dawn
