Security
Miranshah: Three attackers were killed and 10 others were injured, when Pashtoon Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) mounted an armed attack on a security check-post in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. The ISPR said due to firing by the group, five soldiers were injured. The aim of attacking the Kharqamar check-post was to exert pressure in order to get some suspected facilitators of terrorists released. The News, Dawn, Tribune, TNN
Socioeconomic
Peshawar: As many as five huge projects worth Rs4.6 billion have been proposed by the Fisheries Department under the 10 years uplift plan for the tribal districts. The News
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Islamabad: Pakistan and China have signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in various sectors in the presence of visiting Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan who arrived in Pakistan on three-day trip. He said: “CPEC will produce new outcomes and lend new impetus to economic and social development of Pakistan and economic integration of the region,” Dawn, The News, Tribune
