Security
Quetta/Gwadar: Three security guards were killed and four people were injured when 4 gunmen attacked on Pearl Continental Hotel, Gwadar district of Baluchistan. According to AP news agency, the four attackers have also been killed. The terrorists wanted to take the guests at the hotel hostage, but timely action by the security forces foiled their plan. Dawn, The News, Tribune, TNN
Quetta: Two personnel of the Frontier Crop, Baluchistan, were injured in a bomb blast in the Huramzai area of Pishin district. The bomb was planted on the road side and the blast took place when the FC vehicle was heading towards an under-construction dam. Dawn
Kabul: Mena Mangal, a cultural adviser for the lower house of Parliament and a former TV presenter, was killed when she was on her to work around 7:30am, by an unidentified gunmen, in the Capital Kabul. Dawn, Tribune
Peshawar: Five alleged militants were killed in a US drone attack near the Pak-Afghan border. US drone fired two missiles at a house in Laman area in the Afghan territory, killing five terrorists including commander Asadullah alias Sangari belonging to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group. The News
Socioeconomic
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Relief and Rehabilitation department released Rs4.44b uplift funds for the reconstruction of health, education and drinking water facilities in seven tribal districts. TNN, Dawn
