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After targeting tehsil Miranshah, Mir Ali and other areas of North Waziristan, PAF jet fighters flattened the militant’s bastions in Khyber Agency. The officials of National Database Registration Authorities (NADRA) remained busy in the process of registration of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The total of 23,816 displaced families have been registered until yesterday noon, 1215 hours.
Casualties
Another 30 militants were killed today in early morning targeted strikes of PAF jet fighters in the areas of Khyber Agency and North Waziristan.
According to ISPR, at 2:00 am yesterday, Jet fighters of Pakistan Air Force pounded two militant hideouts near Pak-Afghan border in Khyber Agency and killed at least 10 terrorists.
The second attack was made at 5:00 am in which three militant hideouts were destroyed and at least 15 militants were killed in the Hassu Khel area of North Waziristan.
Once again, ISPR clarified that there was no civil population in the areas that have been targeted in air sorties.
Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)
The three day relaxation in curfew was extended for two more day; the deadline for the evacuation of civilians in North Waziristan now extended till Sunday to ensure that all the stranded civilians could migrate towards safer areas.
The officials of FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) claimed that until yesterday, the total number of families registered by the authorities numbered 23,816. The breakup of figures suggests that 74,312 males, 91,195 females, 127,758 children were classified as family. Other than the families, 293,265 individuals were also registered in IDP camps.
After completion of the NADRA verification procedures every IDP family was given allowances of Rs.12000 for food assistance.
Other Developments
On the recommendations forwarded by the intelligence agencies, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif instructed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend the roaming service for all Afghan telecommunication networks in Pakistan.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar said that the sensitivity of the situation demands extra ordinary security measures and instructed police/security agencies to review the overall security of the federal capital.
Contributing Reporter: Atiq Durrani
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