DINA for the issue of November 5, 2013

	November 5, 2013 | Zilhaj 30, 1434
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Nothing to report on Pakistan’s protest: US By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 4: The US State Department said on Monday that it had no “specific communications” to report on a protest note from Pakistan over the killing of TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 271.26 Points: KARACHI, November 4: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22377.83, down 271.26 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, November 4: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 107.35 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Govt firm on negotiations with Taliban By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The government reiterated on Monday that only dialogue with Taliban could bring peace to the country. Presiding over a special meeting of the federal cabinet, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the government would honour the resolution adopted by an all-party conference on Sept 9 and make every possible effort to take the peace process forward, according to a handout issued to the media.
KP assembly sets Nov 20 deadline By Intikhab Amir and Zulfiqar Ali PESHAWAR: The opposition in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly provided a face-saving way out to the ruling coalition on Monday by unanimously adopting a resolution asking the federal government to stop drone attacks and Nato supplies. After more than five hours of intense politicking and closed-door meetings between leaders of the two sides when the assembly session started the treasury and opposition agreed on a draft which set Nov 20 deadline for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to develop national consensus on a line of action.
Senseless use of force won’t help: Sharif By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cautioned the US on Monday against drone strikes and said “senseless use of force” would not bring peace. Speaking after witnessing war games in Khairpur Tameywali, near Bahawalpur, Mr Sharif, in an apparent reference to drone attacks, said violence could not be ended “by unleashing senseless force against our citizens”.
Exercises end with show of firepower By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Military field exercises codenamed Azm-i-Nau-4 (New Resolve-IV) ended on Monday with a display of conventional firepower near Khairpur Tameywali, Bahawalpur. The exercises began on Sept 14 and on Monday was the final phase of validation of newly evolved concepts. The Pakistan Air Force also took part in the exercises.
NA session: Leader of Opposition lets Imran take the lead By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Still furious over a US drone strike that killed the chief of Pakistani Taliban three days ago, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan sought political support in the National Assembly on Monday to keep afloat what he called a sabotaged peace process with the insurgents, but a fire-eating Imran Khan said his party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government would in any case retaliate by blocking Nato supplies to Afghanistan after Nov 20. Chaudhry Nisar, speaking before a planned briefing to a special cabinet meeting, and Imran Khan, chief of the PTI that heads the coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, monopolised a brief sitting of the house on the opening day of its autumn session, which started late by over two hours in an apparent wait for the minister to return after watching an army exercise in Bahawalpur with the prime minister.
Musharraf gets bail in Lal Masjid case By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: A court granted on Monday bail to former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf in the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi. Additional district and sessions judge Wajid Ali accepted the post-arrest bail application of Gen Musharraf on two surety bonds of Rs100,000 each in the fourth case which the former military dictator has been facing after his return to Pakistan in March this year.
Karzai assails timing of TTP chief’s killing ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The Afghan president has criticised the timing of a US drone strike that killed the leader of Pakistani Taliban, Hakeemullah Mehsud, after an angry Islamabad expressed fears the death would undermine planned peace talks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a US Congress delegation visiting Kabul that the drone strike “took place at an unsuitable time”, his office said in a statement released late on Sunday. The statement said Mr Karzai hoped the peace process, still at an embryonic stage, did not suffer as a result.
Delay in LG polls: SC terms ECP excuse dereliction of duty By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The Supreme Court dismissed on Monday excuses offered by the Election Commission of Pakistan for delay in holding local government elections in Punjab and Sindh as “serious dereliction of duty”. “The ECP should be ready (to hold the LG elections) at the drop of a hat,” observed Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, one of the members of a three-judge bench, while referring to the perceived ECP’s reluctance and lack of preparedness to hold the elections. After four days of deliberations, the ECP had on Oct 31 deferred elections in Punjab and Sindh, but announced that polling in Balochistan would be held on Dec 7.
Nato chief urges Pakistan to keep transit lines open BRUSSELS, Nov 4: Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Pakistan on Monday to keep supply lines to Nato forces in Afghanistan open despite anger over a US drone strike that killed leader of Pakistani Taliban Hakeemullah Mehsud. “I feel confident that the Pakistani authorities will maintain open supply routes and transit routes because it is in Pakistan’s own interest to contribute positively to stability and security in the region,” Mr Rasmussen told a news conference.
Kerry says US sensitive to Pakistan’s concerns RIYADH, Nov 4: US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Monday an attack that killed Hakeemullah Mehsud but added Washington was sensitive to Pakistan’s concerns, after Islamabad denounced the raid as a blow to peace talks. Speaking at a news conference on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Mr Kerry said he would not confirm or comment on reports that a US drone had killed the Taliban leader.
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