Security
Miranshah: One child lost her life and three others were injured in a landmine blast in North Waziristan tribal district. Local sources said the incident happened near Dabray Pull in Patikhel village in Hamzoni. The sources said children belonging to same family were playing outside their home when one of them stepped over a landmine. A little girl lost her life in the incident, while three others were injured. TNN
Nowshera: Two cops were martyred and four others, including a house station officer, sustained injuries when they were attacked by a group of terrorists near the mountainous Qamar Maila area in Nizampur. The officals said that a policy party was on a routine patrol in Qamar Maila when the terrorists ambushed it. Two cops were martyred and four others, including Station House Officer (SHO) of Nizampur Police Station Masood Khan sustained injuries in the attack. The News, Dawn
Quetta: Levies personnel foiled a terrorist attack by seizing a cache of arms and ammunitions dumped in a hideout in Kohlu district. Dawn
Socioeconomic
Kabul: The United States and Afghanistan denounced a Taliban warning that Afghan media will be targeted unless they stop broadcasting what the group called “anti-Taliban statements.” The News
Peshawar: Members National Assembly Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar were once again presented before Anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Bannu in tight security arrangement. The counter-terrorism police department has pleaded the court that both the MNAs should be handed over to them on physical remand, however, the judge refused to accept the plea and sent Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar into judicial custody to Peshawar central jail. TNN, Dawn, The News
