Security
Peshawar: North Waziristan district administration has imposed section 144 in wake of the existing law and order situation in the tribal district. Under the order, there will be a complete ban on sit-ins, protests, public gathering of five or more people for a period of thirty days in the best interests of the public. TNN, Dawn, Tribune, The News
Socioeconomic
Bannu: The candidates for provincial assembly seats from North Waziristan and leaders of Youth of Waziristan, announced to start protest movement if the elections were delayed. The News, Dawn
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi called for making bilateral ties framework with Afghanistan effective. He was talking to Afghan deputy foreign minister Idrees Zaman, who was visiting Pakistan for the first review session of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS), the bilateral ties’ framework agreed by the two countries last year. Dawn, The News, Tribune
Washington: Mr Khalilzad, a US diplomat of Afghan origin, after a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, said that the talks focused on improving relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan for ending the Afghan war. Dawn, Tribune
