DINA for the issue of September 2, 2013

	September 2, 2013 | Shawwal 25, 1434
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Formal dialogue with Taliban yet to be initiated By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government announced on Sunday that it would consult all parties in parliament before initiating formal talks with the Taliban.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Roadside bomb kills 9 troops near Miramshah By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH, Sept 1: Nine security personnel were killed and 10 others injured in a bomb attack near Miramshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan tribal region, on Sunday, officials said. A military convoy was heading to Miramshah from Datakhel when one of the vehicles was hit by the remote-controlled bomb on the Boya Road.
Sarin used in Syrian attack, claims Kerry By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 1: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that samples collected from the sites of the Aug 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria have tested positive for Sarin gas. In a series of interviews to various US television channels, Secretary Kerry claimed that medical volunteers, who were among the first to arrive at an attack site in East Damascus, had collected the samples.
Govt unwilling to bail out PSM, but to pay workers’ salary By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government appears to be in no mood to revive or privatise the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) as a going concern in the short-term but has decided to clear three months’ outstanding salary of its more than 16,000 employees. A senior government official told Dawn on Sunday that in line with a decision of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar following a recent meeting with a delegation of the PSM Workers’ Union, the government would “ensure sustenance of workers” for the time being.
ASF official shot dead By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Sept 1: An official of the Airport Security Force (ASF) was gunned down in Dalbandin area of Chaghai district on Sunday, police said. They said that Bashir Bhatti, a head constable in the ASF posted on the Dalbandin airport, was going home on the airport premises from Dalbandin bazaar when gunmen fired on him.
CM vows to act against extortion at checkposts By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Sept 1: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has warned that he would not allow security checkposts to be used for collecting extortion money in the province. Speaking at a meeting in Gwadar on Sunday where he was informed about difficulties faced by police in training on modern lines, he said there were reports that checkposts set up by police and other security forces in Makran and other areas of the province had been forcing people travelling by bus or private vehicles on national highways and other roads to pay money.
India to provide recordings of Quaid’s speeches ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: India has agreed to hand over to Pakistan recordings of two important speeches of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) had sought the recordings of the famous speech delivered by the founder of Pakistan to the Constituent Assembly in Karachi on Aug 11, 1947.
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