Security
Quetta: Four policemen were martyred and 11 others sustained injuries when a bomb exploded near a police mobile van in Quetta, Balochistan. Police said the incident took place in Mini Market in Satellite Town near a mosque, where the bomb was fixed with a motorcycle. TNN, The News, Dawn, Tribune
Kabul: The UN’s Afghanistan mission said that it was probing allegations of civilian casualties resulting from US air strikes against purported drug-making facilities in western Afghanistan. According to interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi, “150 Taliban terrorists were killed, 40 wounded” in the Farah operations, but the Taliban have denied the facilities were used for drugs and claimed “up to 100” civilians were killed. The News
Socioeconomic
Peshawar: Rs18.40 billion has been released for the reconstruction of militancy-hit houses in five tribal districts, South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Kurram, Orakzai and Khyber tribal districts, announced the spokesperson for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Department of Relief and Rehabilitation. TNN
Islamabad: The National Assembly unanimously approved 26th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing an increase in the number of National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s seats for the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The News, TNN, Tribune, Dawn
