DINA for the issue of 19th January, 2013

	Saturday 19th January 2013 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1434
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Govt used Nawaz as scarecrow to tame Qadri By Khawar Ghumman & Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Negotiations with Dr Tahirul Qadri were long and tedious but those who conducted them were firm on what they would concede and where they would adopt a tough stance...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 310.68 Points: KARACHI, Jan 18: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16,601.77, up 310.68 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Jan 18: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Zardari says policy of conciliation vindicated By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Jan 18: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that no-one will be allowed to derail general elections on any pretext and reiterated his resolve about holding the polls on time, without delay of even one day. Referring to Dr Tahirul Qadri’s long march, he said the amicable resolution of the issue was a triumph of democracy and vindicated his party’s reconciliation policy...
Sindh interim set-up: Nawaz, Pagara vow to stop ‘fishy deal’ By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE, Jan 18: The PML-N has pledged not to allow a ‘compromise’ on the caretaker set-up in Sindh. PML-N President Nawaz Sharif during a meeting with PML-F President Pir Pagara made it clear on Friday that any ‘deal’ on interim set-up in Sindh would be unacceptable to his party...
Pakistan says it will free all Afghan Taliban ABU DHABI, Jan 18: Pakistan planned to release all Afghan Taliban prisoners still in its detention, including the group’s former second-in-command, an official said on Friday, in the clearest signal yet that it backed reconciliation efforts. Pakistan is seen as critical to the success of the US and Afghan efforts to bring stability to Afghanistan, a task gaining urgency as the end of the US combat mission in 2014 draws closer...
NAB officer investigating RPP scam found dead By Syed Irfan Raza and Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The high-profile rental power projects (RPP) case took a bizarre turn on Friday when an officer of the National Accountability Bureau investigating the scam was found dead in his room under mysterious circumstances. It is yet to be ascertained whether it was a suicide or murder. Kamran Faisal, 35, who was investigating the scam along with another officer Asghar Khan, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his official residence at Federal Lodges...
Gandhi for ‘civilised’ dialogue: Khurshid says process not to be derailed By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, Jan 18: India’s Congress party president Sonia Gandhi offered hopes for a revitalised peace process with Pakistan on Friday but told her colleagues at a two-day brainstorming session in Jaipur that any future dialogue must be based on civilised behaviour. In comments that matched with the party’s position, likely to be reflected in a Jaipur resolution on a gamut of national issues expected to be released on Saturday, Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid told a TV channel that the government would respond positively to Pakistan’s appeal to keep the dialogue on...
Pakistan asks India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Pakistan urged India on Thursday to tone down the “Pakistan bashing” over a spate of military clashes in Kashmir, and again offered foreign minister-level talks to try to cool tensions. “I think it is important not to let this cycle escalate into something which becomes even more ugly than it is today,” Pakistani High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir said in an interview with Reuters. “Let’s try to see if we can cool down and resume normal business.”...
Raisani’s allies plan protests against governor’s rule By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Jan 18: Parties which were in coalition government of Nawab Aslam Raisani announced on Friday a plan for a protest movement against the imposition of governor’s rule in Balochistan. The announcement was made by JUI-F’s provincial chief Senator Maulana Mohammad Khan Shirani at a press conference after a meeting of the coalition parties. It was attended by Balochistan National Party-Awami (BNP-A) leaders Syed Ehsan Shah and Asad Baloch, Pakistan People’s Party’s Ali Madad Jattak, JUI-Ideological group’s leader Dr Abdul Razzaque and independent group’s leader in the Balochistan Assembly Mir Shahnawaz Marri...
US will hate to see Indo-Pak ties jeopardised By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Jan 18: The United States would hate to see the recent dispute over the Line of Control jeopardising the progress India and Pakistan have made in improving bilateral ties, a State Department official said on Friday. “We have been saying all week, the best way for India and Pakistan to resolve this issue is to talk directly,” said the department’s spokesperson Victoria Nuland...
Ajmal Pahari freed KARACHI, Jan 18: Ajmal alias Pahari said to be involved in a number of cases was released from the Karachi prison on Friday. DIG Prisons Nusrat Mangan confirmed his release and said he had been detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO)...
Mengal decries discrimination against Baloch people QUETTA, Jan 18: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal said on Thursday that the Baloch would have avoided going through the agony of receiving mutilated bodies of their loved ones had they too been provided the same support which was ensured to Dr Tahirul Qadri during his sit-in in Islamabad. Talking to journalists by telephone from Dubai, Mr Mengal complained that Baloch people had always been given coffins of their loved ones whether there was a military regime or a civil government in the country...
Lt Gen Rashad new chief of general staff By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Lt Gen Rashad Mehmood was named on Friday the army’s new Chief of General Staff (CJS). Lt Gen Mehmood, currently Corps Commander of Lahore, will replace Lt Gen Waheed Arshad, who is retiring on Sunday (Jan 20). Gen Arshad was once tipped to succeed Gen Kayani...
Eight gunned down in Karachi By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Jan 18: Eight people were gunned down within an hour in different areas of the city on Friday evening. Two brothers, said to be supporters of Sipah-i-Sahaba, were killed on Lasbela Bridge, DIG Javed Odho told Dawn...
IMF insists on reforms and policy changes By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Estimating current year’s fiscal deficit at 7.5 per cent and external financing needs of ‘billions of dollars’, the International Monetary Fund linked the future funding for Pakistan on Friday to “broadest and deepest” political support for upfront economic reforms and policy changes to prove the government’s seriousness. At the conclusion of negotiations with Pakistan, the IMF adviser for Middle East and Central Asia and IMF mission chief to Pakistan Jeffrey R. Franks said Pakistan had not formally requested so far for a new programme, but if it requested, the disbursements would follow prior policy actions for macroeconomic stabilisation...
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