DINA for the issue of January 14, 2013

	Monday 14th January 2013 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 1, 1434
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Besieged capital braces itself for onslaught By Our Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: All roads in Islamabad may not lead to Constitution Avenue but the ones that do had been containered up on Sunday night...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Qadri’s march heads towards Islamabad By Khalid Hasnain LAHORE, Jan 13: Led by Dr Tahirul Qadri, the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran’s long march finally left Lahore for Islamabad on Sunday afternoon. The march started from Model Town at 1.50pm, around five hours after the announced schedule. Dr Qadri and thousands of his followers made victory signs and expressed determination to reach the D-Square in front of the Parliament House in Islamabad to achieve their objectives ‘despite all hurdles’. Police and Rangers personnel and TMQ’s own security volunteers escorted the march...
Governor’s rule imposed in Balochistan By Our Special Correspondent QUETTA: The PPP government finally yielded to the protests that had enveloped the entire country over the weekend and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf announced in front of a gathering of representatives of Hazara Shia community late on Sunday night that the provincial government was being dismissed forthwith and governor’s rule was being imposed in the whole of Balochistan. “After holding consultations with all the stakeholders, we have decided to invoke Article 234 of the Constitution. Governor’s rule is being imposed in the province and the provincial government is being dismissed,” Mr Ashraf announced in front of the Hazara representatives...
Bomb kills 14 soldiers in North Waziristan By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH, Jan 13: At least 14 soldiers were killed and 21 injured, most of them critically, when an explosive device hit a military convoy in North Waziristan Agency on Sunday. The deadly attack took place hours after Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s chief Hakimullah Mehsud had ordered his supporters to abide by a peace agreement reached by the government and the Taliban group in the agency headed by Hafiz Gul Bhadur...
Quetta bloodshed: Leaders put pressure on govt for tough action By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: With protests by Shia Hazaras against the killing of members of their community in Quetta on Thursday intensifying on the third day and civil society across the country joining them, political leaders also started travelling to Quetta on Sunday. For the first couple of days after the carnage, political parties issued only customary statements of condemnation. But the civil society holding sit-ins in all major cities and towns of the country and also in some major cities in the West to express solidarity with the mourners and support their demands must have brought political leaders under pressure to decide to rush to Quetta...
Tension along Line of Control: Pak, India military officials meet today ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Pakistani and Indian military officials are due to meet on Monday at the Line of Control after soldiers from both sides were killed in the disputed region, officials said on Sunday. “A brigade level flag meeting is likely to be held at LoC tomorrow between Pakistan and Indian military authorities,” a senior Pakistani military official told AFP...
Man killed in Kurram bomb attack on vehicle By Our Correspondent PARACHINAR, Jan 13: A man was killed and 10 others were injured when a remote-controlled bomb struck a passenger vehicle near Sadda in Kurram Agency on Sunday. The vehicle was going from Parachinar to Peshawar when it was attacked in the Khwar Kali area. Ali Nabi was killed on the spot...
Three security men injured in blast By Our Correspondent CHARSADDA, Jan 13: Three security personnel were injured when their vehicle came under a bomb attack in Shabqadar area on Sunday, sources said. The vehicle was passing the Qala Shah Baig area when a remote-controlled bomb planted on the road hit it. Three security personnel and a passer-by were injured. The security personnel were identified as Asif, Asim and Ashar Mahmood...
Six held in India as new gang-rape case surfaces AMRITSAR, Jan 13: Six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police said on Sunday, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests. The victim had boarded the service to her in-laws’ home in the northern state of Punjab when she was abducted on Friday and driven to a district bordering the city of Amritsar, local police officer Raj Jeet Singh said...
US urged to make stability focus of its policy WASHINGTON, Jan 13: The US should focus on a policy that looks at the long-term stability of the region and Pakistan’s security imperatives, a former American general said on Sunday. Stanley McChrystal, who commanded the US forces in Afghanistan until 2010, said a stable Afghanistan was important to Pakistan...
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