Security
Quetta: At least two people were martyred and 26 were injured in an explosion in a mosque in Quetta’s Pashtunabad area. The blast occurred inside Masjid Rahmania at 1:15pm and that there were approximately 30 to 40 people gathered in the mosque for Friday prayers. The News, Dawn, TNN, Tribune
Kabul: A prominent Afghan religious scholar, Mawlawi Samiullah Raihan, was killed and another 16 people wounded in a blast during Friday prayers at Al-Taqwa mosque in eastern Kabul. Dawn, Tribune, The News
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Islamabad: The government has proposed an allocation of Rs83 billion for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the next budget, which appears insufficient due to inclusion of more schemes in the CPEC portfolio that has now ballooned to Rs1.3 trillion. Tribune
