DINA for the issue of January 07, 2013

	Monday 7th January 2013 | Safar 24, 1434
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‘Tarbela desilting to be costlier than new dam’ By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: An independent consultant hired by the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is of the opinion that desilting of Tarbela dam is not a viable option, either economically or technically, and may damage the country’s largest power house and reservoir...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Sikandar Jatoi among suspects in Shahzeb case By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Jan 6: Siraj Talpur and three other suspects in the Shahzeb murder case, arrested during raids in different towns in Sindh, would be produced in a court on Monday and police are likely to seek their remand. Talking to Dawn on Sunday night, DIG Shahid Hayat said: “Sikandar Jatoi, father of Shahrukh Jatoi, the main accused in the case, is also among suspects and police are looking for him and carrying out raids for his arrest.”...
India manage to deprive Pakistan of clean sweep NEW DELHI, Jan 6: A disciplined Indian attack on Sunday defended a modest 167 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium to win a thrilling third ODI by 10 runs, denying Pakistan a clean sweep. Lanky pacer Ishant Sharma finished with 3/36 to bundle out Pakistan for 157...
Drone kills TTP’s suicide wing chief By Sailab Mahsud LADDAH, Jan 6: A cousin of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s chief Hakimullah Mehsud was among nine suspected militants killed when US drones attacked compounds in the Bobar area of South Waziristan on Sunday. According to sources, the drones fired 10 missiles, destroying three compounds in the area close to the Frontier Regions of Tank and Lakki Marwat...
Indians cross LoC, kill soldier at post ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: A Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir on Sunday, an incident that could heighten tensions between the neighbours. The Pakistani military said Indian troops had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and raided their Sawan Patra checkpost in Kashmir...
10 militants die in Orakzai shelling By Syed Hasan Mahmood KALAYA, Jan 6: Ten militants died and several others were injured when fighter planes shelled their positions in the Upper Orakzai Agency on Sunday, security officials said. The jets targeted the hideouts in the militants’ stronghold of Arghanjoo in Mamozai area, they said, adding that four hideouts were destroyed and 10 militants were killed...
Rape victim’s father wants her named NEW DELHI, Jan 6: The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked a global outcry said he wanted her name made public so she could be an inspiration to victims of sexual assault, in comments that might pressure authorities to allow her identity to be revealed. The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died on Dec 28 in a Singapore hospital, two weeks after a gang rape on a moving bus in New Delhi that ignited protests across India and neighbouring countries, and prompted government promises for tougher punishments for offenders. “We want the world to know her real name,” the woman’s father told Britain’s Sunday People newspaper...
Bilateral relations: No real progress if Mumbai ‘wishlist’ ignored: India By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, Jan 6: Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid has cautioned Pakistan that no substantive progress can be made in bilateral relations if New Delhi's expectations from Islamabad are ignored in bringing the Mumbai terror suspects to justice, Press Trust of India reported on Sunday. It said Pakistan’s response to India's `wishlist’ with regard to those behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks is `critical’ to substantive movement in the bilateral dialogue....
India to deploy more helicopters near border JODHPUR (India): Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne will inaugurate a complex for the new squadron of its latest Mi-17 V5 helicopters at Phalodi airbase near the Indo-Pak border here on Monday. The helicopters were capable of undertaking all-weather operations round the clock in any kind of terrain, defence spokesman Col S.D. Goswami said...
Karzai, Obama to announce US troop levels for Afghanistan By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Jan 6: US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai are expected to announce new US troop levels in Afghanistan after their meeting at the White House later this week, official sources said. President Karzai is arriving in Washington on Monday for talks aimed at redefining Afghanistan’s relations with the US after 2014, when Washington plans to transfer all security responsibilities to Kabul...
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