Two tribal elders were shot dead by unidentified armed men in Lower South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The incident is under investigation.

Tribal elders in Lower South Waziristan have expressed distress over the severely deteriorated condition of the Wana-Gomal Zam Road, a crucial trade and communication route that is now on the verge of collapse.

The body of an Afghan national, which had been at Zero Point on the Torkham border for several days, was finally handed over to Afghan authorities by local tribal elders on Thursday.