DINA for the issue of June 26, 2013

	Wednesday 26th June 2013 | Sha"ban 16, 1434
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Interest rate cut displeases lender: IMF finds revenue targets unrealistic By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, June 25: Talks with the International Monetary Fund on a new loan programme have not been as reassuring as the new economic team had expected and calculated.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Karzai is ready for Taliban talks: US By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, June 25: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins said here on Tuesday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was ready for engaging with the Taliban leadership and it was for the group to decide whether it wanted to hold talks. “President Karzai is ready to move forward and both of us (Afghan government and the US) are on the same page on this issue.
Benazir murder case: ATC wants Musharraf produced on July 2 By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, June 25: The trial of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case formally commenced on Tuesday after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted the seventh and final challan in the anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi. The FIA mentioned Gen Musharraf as an accused on bail. In 2010, he had been nominated as an accused in the case. The FIA later nominated him as a proclaimed offender while he was abroad. The status was changed after he obtained bail from the ATC in May.
PM discusses treason case with attorney general By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, June 25: After announcing on Monday that his government had decided to try former president retired General Pervez Musharraf on treason charges, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif discussed the future course of action on the case with Attorney General Muneer A. Malik on Tuesday. On a directive of the Supreme Court, the government will apprise it on Wednesday about the steps required under the law to put an individual on trial under Article 6 of the constitution, which carries capital punishment or life imprisonment.
Long, tough road to Dr Malik’s peace dialogue By Nasir Jamal QUETTA, June 25: The government of Dr Abdul Malik Baloch plans to open talks with separatist groups to bring peace to the restive province which is facing a full-blown insurgency and growing sectarian terrorism across the province. But when? Dr Malik does not yet give a timeframe.
Govt planning to bring NAB under PM Office By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, June 25: The PML-N government is considering bringing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) under the Prime Minister’s Office from the law ministry, inside sources told Dawn on Tuesday. A special cell has been formed in the PM Office headed by Joint Secretary Saleh Farooqui, who has recently been transferred from Punjab to the centre.
Altaf says plots being hatched to demoralise workers KARACHI, June 25: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Tuesday that conspiratorial moves were being made at national and international levels to unnerve him and demoralize workers of his party. Addressing a joint meeting of the MQM coordination committee in London and Karachi, he said such tactics would not diminish his resolve and determination of his workers to foil all conspiracies against the MQM.
Two suspected killers of MPA arrested By Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD, June 25: The capital police announced the arrest on Tuesday of two Taliban militants accused of killing a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly early this month. MPA Farid Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf was killed in Hangu in an ambush.
Call for steps to counter US surveillance By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, June 25: Latest disclosures about surveillance of electronic communications worldwide by the US secret agencies demand that Pakistan should take counter measures to check the online espionage, said Mushahid Hussain Syed, chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence. Talking to Dawn after his meeting with a delegation of the Pakistan Information Security Association (Pisa) headed by Ammar Jafri on Tuesday, Mr Syed said he was preparing the draft of a private member’s bill to be presented in parliament after consultation with all stakeholders suggesting measures to check online espionage.
Asma wants agencies to work within parameters By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, June 25: Supreme Court Bar Association’s former president and human rights activist Asma Jehangir has said that restoration of peace in Balochistan is linked to functioning of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies within their stipulated parameters. Speaking to human rights activists and journalists here on Tuesday, she said: “Targeted killings, the issue of missing persons and violation of fundamental human rights have badly damaged peace of Balochistan and made it difficult for the people to live here peacefully.”
TIP terms appointment of Sethi as PCB chief illegal Dawn Report LAHORE/KARACHI, June 25: The Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has termed the appointment of caretaker chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam Sethi unconstitutional and demanded his immediate removal. It also demanded appointment as the PCB chairman of a person who met the criteria prescribed in the PCB constitution.
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