DINA for the issue of January 15, 2013

	Tuesday 15th January 2013 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 2, 1434
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PML-N for poll schedule before caretaker set-up By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE, Jan 14: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has called upon the government to announce election schedule before the formation of a caretaker set-up, and termed it a constitutional requirement...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 1.53 Points: KARACHI, Jan 14: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16,633.18, down 1.53 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Jan 14: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
•Capital quiet, but uneasy •Tehrik workers take up security duty •Kaira rejects demands Qadri ‘revolution’ march paralyses Islamabad By Our Special Correspondent Leading a section of the march, Dr Qadri arrived at the Jinnah Avenue at around 2:15am and addressed his supporters. In a defiant tone he asked his supporters gathered there to take their belongings and start moving towards the Parliament House five minutes after completion of his speech. He said the mandate of the government had ended. He said the mandate of the president, prime minister and the government had ended and a formal announcement to that effect would be made by the ‘people’s parliament’ on Tuesday. The president and governors, he said, should dissolve the National and provincial assemblies. ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The doctor lived up to his threats of marching on Islamabad. Close to midnight on Monday, he had finally entered the capital at Faizabad and was making his way to the Blue Area location where he was to address the crowds.
Magsi takes over as chief executive By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Jan 14: Balochistan Governor Zulfiqar Ali Magsi took over as chief executive on Monday after a proclamation for imposition of governor’s rule in the province was issued by the Cabinet Division in Islamabad. As chief executive, Mr Magsi will use all administrative and constitutional powers of the government...
Victims of Quetta bomb blasts laid to rest, finally By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Jan 14: After the acceptance of their demand for imposition of governor’s rule in Balochistan, the Hazara Shia community ended their four-day protest on Monday and buried amid tears and sobs the bodies of their 86 loved ones killed in the twin bomb blasts. Hundreds of thousands of people, including women and children, attended funerals of the victims. They were laid to rest in the Marriabad graveyard, called Baheshat-i-Zainab...
Pak-India flag meeting ends with accusations By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Pakistan army lodged on Monday a strong protest with the Indian military authorities over “continuous ceasefire violations” along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir and denied killing any Indian soldier. The protest was delivered at a brigadier-level flag meeting at Chakan Da Bagh in Poonch sector...
Nationalism, religion a deadly mix in Balochistan By Syed Shoaib Hasan THE attack on the Hazara Shia community hall in Quetta has finally shocked the Pakistan state into taking action against the slaughter of that community in Balochistan. Haji Abdul Qayyum Changezi, a senior community leader, described it best on Sunday...
Governor’s rule notified after Zardari’s signature By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The ‘proclamation’ regarding the imposition of governor’s rule in Balochistan was issued by the Cabinet Division early on Monday morning after it was signed by President Asif Ali Zardari who has been staying in Karachi for the last one month. The decision to impose governor’s rule and dismiss the provincial government was announced by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at a gathering of representatives of the Hazara community in Quetta late on Sunday night after daylong, hectic consultations within the ruling coalition and with other political parties...
AJK condemns ceasefire violations: Another civilian wounded in Indian firing By Tariq Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 14: Firing by Indian troops injured another civilian in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday as the region condemned ceasefire violations from across the Line of Control (LoC) through rallies and demonstrations, officials and witnesses said. Abrar Ahmed, 28, was hit by a bullet fired from across the LoC in Darra Sher Khan village of Batal sector, deputy commissioner of Poonch district Sohail Azam told Dawn by telephone...
Shahzeb case suspect surrenders in Dubai By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Jan 14: Shahrukh Jatoi, the main accused in the Shahzeb murder case, surrendered himself to the Pakistani consulate general in Dubai on Monday. It is not clear why did the accused choose to surrender after a lapse of so many days, but his arrest or surrender was imminent since SP Niaz Khosa had left for Dubai on Sunday...
Calls for revenge get louder in India By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, Jan 14: India’s leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, considered to be a moderate in her otherwise rightwing Hindu party, pressed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday to retrieve the head of a decapitated Indian soldier or to get 10 Pakistani skulls instead. Congress spokesman Rashid Alvi, echoing the shrill demand, warned Pakistan of consequences for alleged killing of two Indian soldiers after crossing the Line of Control. India would “not like to see a war anywhere in the world” but “will not tolerate any humiliation to its soldiers... No eventuality can cow us down”...
Causing US to default absurd, says Obama By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan 14: In the last news conference of his first term, US President Barack Obama on Monday rejected Republican threats to let his government default on its loans. “We’ve got to pay our bills,” he said. “To even entertain the idea of this happening, of the United States of America not paying its bills, is irresponsible. It’s absurd.”...
3 paramilitary troops beheaded By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Jan 14: Three paramilitary troops captured by militants during a gunfight in Bara on Monday were beheaded, official sources said. At least seven khasadar personnel were injured during clashes, they said...
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