Body of a seventh grade student of a private school was found in the mountainous area of Babikhel village of Haleemzai tehsil in Mohmand Agency. The 14-year-old Iftikhar Khan, son of Niamatullah, was a 7th grade student of Iqra Public School, Chanda. They said that Iftikhar left his home three days ago, saying that he was going to Azad Kashmir for work. They said that his body was found near mountainous area of Petawo in Babikhel village. The Khassadar and Levies personnel shifted the body to the agency headquarters hospital, Ghalanai, where it was handed over to the relatives.

Four suspected gangsters were shot dead in two separate `encounters` in Pak Colony and Lyari areas in the early hours of Thursday during a joint operation by the Rangers and police. They added that one of the gangsters, Naeem Lahoti, was wanted in over two dozen murder and other criminal cases. Two other gangsters, Moula Dad and Inayat, had been involved in the recent kidnapping and murder of three brothers over a `drug money` dispute. Moula Dad and Inayat were killed in an `exchange of fire` with law enforcers after the paramilitary force and police conducted a raid on a hideout of drug peddlers in Lashari Mohalla of Old Golimar. Karachi-West SSP Pir Mohammed Shah said that Moula Dad was nephew of slain Arshad Pappu while Inayat was his right-hand man.