Security
Lahore: Eight people including five policemen were martyred when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside Data Darbar. IG Punjab Police said 25 people were injured in the incident in which an Elite Force vehicle was targeted. The News, Dawn, Tribune
Kabul: The Taliban targeted the police in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province, as a result, four police officers, including a district police chief, were killed. Four other officers were injured in the attack. Dawn
Herat: 45 Afghan civilians and around 18 Taliban fighters were killed in an air strikes on Taliban drug labs. According to Afghan Defense Ministry, there were air strikes at three different locations in the western province of Farah and 68 Taliban drugs labs were destroyed. Tribune
Socioeconomic
Islamabad: The federal cabinet has approved a uniform curriculum for all education institutions in the country, including 30,000 madressahs. Dawn
Washington: US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said that, better economic ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan could propel the entire region forward. Dawn
Islamabad: The government of Pakistan PTI has decided to disburse Rs200b under the Prime Minister Kamyab Jawan program among youth without charging an interest to achieve the target of providing 200 million jobs to SMEs. Tribune
Karachi: Rs. 96 million allocated for child labor survey in Sindh province. The News
