DINA for the issue of September 1, 2013

	September 1, 2013 | Shawwal 24, 1434
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POL prices move up By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The government on Saturday raised the prices of petroleum products by up to Rs4.71 per litre, citing the rising trend in the international market.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
US drone kills 3; FO worried about fallout By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH/ ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: A day after the government said it had initiated contacts with the Taliban in an effort to restore peace in the country, an American drone killed at least three suspected militants in a missile strike in North Waziristan. According to a security official and local residents, the drone fired missiles at a building and a parked vehicle in a village near Mirali on Saturday, killing three militants.
Obama firm on Syria action, but awaits Congress approval By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Aug 31: US President Barack Obama announced on Saturday that he would take military action against Syria but would do so only with congressional authorisation. “After careful deliberation I have decided the United States should take military action against Syrian targets,” Mr Obama said. “I’m confident we can hold the Assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons.”
Five dead in attacks on clinics in Karachi By Imran Ayub KARACHI, Aug 31: A homoeopath and four other people were killed when gunmen attacked two clinics in Landhi area of the city on Saturday night. Four people were injured. In the first incident, at least four attackers sprayed a clinic in Shah Latif Town with bullets, killing four people and injuring two men and two women, police said.
Taliban deny talks with govt MIRAMSHAH: A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday denied media reports that the group was holding peace talks with the government. Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said no contacts had been made between the group and any government official.
FC convoy ambushed; 7 militants die in shootout By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Aug 31: At least seven militants were killed and 11 others injured in an encounter with security forces in Mand area, close to the border with Iran, in Kech district on Saturday. “Seven militants have been killed and 11 others injured in a fierce fight which lasted several hours in Mand area,” a spokesman for Frontier Corps, Balochistan, said.
‘Homework’ done for Karachi operation: minister ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Pervez Rashid, has said that homework had been done for launching an operation against miscreants in Karachi. The strategy to restore peace would be finalised with the consensus of all political parties, said the minister while talking to a private news channel.
Pakistani team to visit India next week By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: An eight-member panel of Pakistani prosecution and defence lawyers will visit India next week to cross-examine four Indian witnesses in the Mumbai attack case, a Federal Investigation Agency prosecutor informed an anti-terrorism court here on Saturday. FIA’s special prosecutor Mohammad Azhar Chaudhry told journalists after the court proceedings that the Indian government had issued schedule for recording statements of and cross-examining witnesses — R.V. Sawant Waghule, the person who recorded the confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab; Chief Investigation Officer Ramesh Mahale; and Ganesh Dhunraj and Chintaman Mohite, the doctors who carried out the post-mortem of the terrorists killed during the attack.
MQM leader denies role in disappearance of containers By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Aug 31: Senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and former minister for ports and shipping Babar Ghori has denied involvement in the alleged disappearance of 19,000 containers carrying arms from ports during his tenure as minister. “It’s ridiculous,” he said about the allegation while talking to reporters at the airport on Saturday.
ANP changes stance, hails talks with militants By Faiz Mohammad Khan CHARSADDA, Aug 31: In an apparent change in his party’s stance over peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has welcomed reports about the government’s backchannel talks with the militants. “We want peace at any cost. The ANP held talks with Taliban for peace in Swat,” he said at a news conference at his Wali Bagh residence here on Saturday. “We were the first political party that held dialogue with militants in 2008 and 2009 in Swat,” he recalled.
Audit department reports irregularities in BISP By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Irregularities, mismanagement and corruption have plagued the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) over the past few years, according to two audit reports. These have caused heavy financial losses to national exchequer, a fact that has been recorded in at least two audit documents — the Federal Directorate of Audit Report for 2012-13 and the Auditor General of Pakistan Audit Report for the same period.
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