DINA for issue of September 07 , 2013

	September 7, 2013 | Shawwal 30, 1434
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Govt gets leaders’ support for APC By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: After receiving confirmation from leaders of all political parties about their participation, the federal government gave final touches on Friday to its preparations for the All-Party Conference on National Security Policy to make it a result-oriented huddle. The APC will be held on 9th.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 293.65 Points: KARACHI, September 06: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22745.11, up 293.65 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, September 06: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 105.15 to the US Dollar in the open market.
No army operation in Balochistan: Kayani By Saleem Shahid SUI, Sept 6: Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has categorically stated that no military operation is taking place in Balochistan. Speaking at a function to mark the Defence Day at the Sui Military College in this town of Dera Bugti district on Friday, Gen Kayani said the army was extending all types of cooperation to Balochistan government in its efforts for maintaining peace, fighting terrorism, carrying out activities for socio-economic development and promoting education in the province.
Zardari to take charge of PPP By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE, Sept 6: President Asif Ali Zardari, who had to quit the chairmanship of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on court orders over five months ago, is getting back the post after completion of his five-year tenure on Sunday. Bilawal Bhutto would, informed sources said, continue to be the patron-in-chief of the PPP.
Gunmen kill nine near Peshawar PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Gunmen attacked a mini-bus and two other vehicles near Peshawar late on Friday, killing nine people, police said. The incident happened in the Mattani area on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Haqqani network leader killed in drone strike By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH, Sept 6: Sangin Zadran, the senior-most commander of the Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, was among six militants killed in Thursday night’s US drone attack in North Waziristan, security and local sources said. Other militants included two Jordanians, an Egyptian and two locals. They were identified as Zubir al Muzi (Egyptian), Mohammad Abu Bilal al-Khurasani and Abu Daghana (Jordanians) and locals Abdul Majeed and Arshad Dawar.
Pakistan condemns attack By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: “The Government of Pakistan strongly condemns the US drone strike that took place in Ghulam Khan tehsil of North Waziristan on the early morning of 6th September 2013. “These unilateral strikes are a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” a ritual statement issued by the Foreign Office after the drone strikes said.
Talks with Taliban: empty claims by Sami and Fazl By Umer Farooq ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The provincial and federal governments are looking for clerics who may have influence with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as they no longer believe that the usual suspects such as Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Maulana Samiul Haq can prove to be of use. In fact, the PML-N government at the centre and the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have not spoken to these two leaders about the proposed talks with the TTP since the second week of July.
MFN status will be given to India, IMF assured By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan has assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to grant ‘most favoured nation’ (MFN) status to India and move towards eliminating the negative list on trade with the neighbour as part of its overall trade policy. “We are moving forward with eliminating the negative list on trade with India and extending India most favoured nation status, and shifting to ‘sensitive list’ under SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Arrangement) regime to facilitate increased regional trade,” Finance Minister Ishaq Dar assured the IMF in writing during negotiations for recently approved $6.64 billion economic bailout package.
Differences among judges over issue of colleagues’ pension By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Serious differences have emerged among members of a seven-judge Supreme Court bench over whether a short order on a matter should reign supreme or the subsequent detailed verdict. The April 11 short order by a five-judge bench about 69 retired judges of high courts required them to return the benefits they received as pension (amounting to Rs1.64 billion) even though they did not complete the mandatory five-year service period. However, in the detailed verdict three judges differed with the other judges on the issue of pension.
Six injured in blast at police station By Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Four policemen and two civilians were injured when a bomb exploded on the premises of the Hashtnagri Police Station here on Friday evening. SP City Circle Ismail Kharak told journalists that the bomb planted in a motorcycle was detonated by remote control. He said four policemen and two civilians were injured.
4.7m SIMs to be blocked By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Telecommunication companies will block some 4.7 million unauthorised SIMs (subscriber identity modules) to stop their use in terrorist activities. Sources in the Ministry of Interior told Dawn that the decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held here with Interior Secretary Chaudhry Qamar Zaman in the chair.
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