PRESS DIGEST - Pakistani Newspapers - Oct 26
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These are the leading stories in Pakistan's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy:
DAWN
-- Baluchistan's education minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan was shot dead outside his house in the provincial capital, Quetta.
-- 23 terrorists were killed as troops advanced deeper into the Taliban-controlled territory in South Waziristan and captured Gherlama, an important position north of Kotkai, hometown of Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
THE NEWS
-- Pakistan and Turkey decided to upgrade their strategic partnership and intensify political, economic and trade cooperation and also renew their commitment to jointly counter terrorism.
-- Six militants and three soldiers were killed in a clash in the tribal region of Bajaur on the border with Afghanistan.
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