DINA for the issue of October 13, 2013

	October 13, 2013 | Zilhaj 7, 1434
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Talks not imminent, says Indian FM NEW DELHI, Oct 12: Making it clear that India and Pakistan were not at a stage where they could resume dialogue, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Saturday that recent incidents on the LoC were not conducive to normalisation of ties.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Kayani advises successor to back democracy By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who was hailed by all quarters as a pro-democracy general during his six years as the Chief of Army Staff, on Saturday advised his yet to be named successor to continue supporting the democratic process. “It is important that the military leadership in future also continues to play its unreserved role for strengthening of democratic system in the country,” Gen Kayani said at the passing out parade of military cadets at the country’s premier army training institute — the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul.
Preparation of treason case against Musharraf ordered By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Saturday that he had asked the Federal Investigation Agency to fast- track a high treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf and take it to a logical conclusion within six weeks. The treason case pertains to the imposition of emergency on Nov 3, 2007, and not to the overthrow of the Nawaz Sharif-led government on Oct 12, 1999.
Malala urges Obama to reconsider drone policy By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 12: Malala Yousufzai has urged US President Barack Obama to reconsider his drone policy, telling him that drones are killing innocent people and fuelling terrorism. The schoolgirl from Swat, who is now recognised as the world’s most celebrated teenager, met President Obama at the White House on Friday evening. First Lady Michelle Obama and one of their daughters also attended the meeting at the Oval Office.
Fiscal and structural problems By Khurram Husain IT can be a bit of a chicken and egg type of problem, but it is the one question around which all IMF programmes that Pakistan has signed have been built: what is the source of the country’s macroeconomic malfunction? Some argue that it is the country’s inability to accumulate any reserves which keeps depleting the treasury and sends us back to the IMF with monotonous regularity. But others argue that the fundamental problem is fiscal — an inability to raise revenues that can match expenditures — and persistent deficits are the biggest threat to stability because in the long run they can only be covered by printing money which debases the value of the currency, causing inflation and devaluation.
Baloch group claims Lahore attack QUETTA, Oct 12: The outlawed Baloch Tiger Liberation Army (BTLA) has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion at a food outlet in Lahore’s Anarkali on Thursday which claimed one life. Mehran Baloch, a spokesman for the outfit, telephoned reporters on Saturday to make the claim. “The attack was carried out by us to avenge the military operation in Balochistan.” He warned of more such attacks..
Nobody can topple elected govt, tame judiciary, says CJ By Our Correspondent SIALKOT, Oct 12: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said nobody could dare to topple an elected government now or tame the judiciary. Recalling the Oct 12, 1999, military takeover, he said the lawyers’ movement had closed the doors on such an adventure in future.
Imran advises Taliban to respect constitution ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan urged the government on Saturday to initiate talks with the Taliban without further delay but also made it clear to insurgents that dialogue could only be held under the ambit of the Constitution. “When dialogue will begin, they (Taliban) will have to accept the Constitution. Negotiations cannot be held outside the Constitution. But at least, the government should initiate the process,” he said while talking to reporters after a meeting of the party’s core committee.
Govt showing weakness on Taliban issue: PPP By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, Oct 12: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has said the government is showing weakness in dealing with the Taliban despite having been given a mandate in this regard. Talking to reporters at the residence of PPP leader Ashraf Sohna on Saturday, Mr Shah said: “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been given mandate by the all-party conference to deal with the Taliban issue, but the government is showing weakness.”
Kerry claims progress in talks with Karzai KABUL, Oct 12: US Secretary of State John Kerry said progress had been made during extended talks with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Saturday to hammer out a deal on the future of US forces in Afghanistan. Mr Kerry had been due to fly to Paris in the morning, but all-day negotiations ran into the evening to try to finalise the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), which would allow some US troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014.
500,000 evacuated in India before cyclone BHUBANESWAR (India), Oct 12: A cyclone packing winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour made landfall in India on Saturday after authorities evacuated more than half a million people from along the rain-lashed east coast. Cyclone Phailin barrelled into the impoverished states of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa shortly after 9pm (1530 GMT), the country’s meteorology service said.
Latif’s arrest sparks row By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct 12: The arrest of a senior TTP leader in Afghanistan has become a major dispute between Afghan and American officials, who captured him. The Washington Post quoted Afghan officials as saying that US personnel snatched Latif Mehsud, a senior ‘commander’ of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, from Afghan intelligence officials in Logar province.
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