DINA for the issue of January 16, 2014

	January 15, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 13, 1435
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Trade issues discussed with India By Our Correspondent NEW DELHI: Indian and Pakistani commerce secretaries met here on Wednesday to iron out trade-related issues ahead of a meeting of their commerce ministers.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
17 schoolchildren killed in accident By Zulfiqar Memon NAWABSHAH: At least 17 schoolchildren and three other people were killed and 14 seriously injured when a school van and a dumper truck collided on the Nawabshah-Qazi Ahmad link road on Wednesday. The accident took place when the truck suddenly appeared onto the road at a place about 15km from here.
SC summons missing persons activist By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has asked Nasrullah Baloch, chairman of the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons, to appear on Jan 30 and assist it in cases relating to enforced disappearances. Nasrullah Baloch, along with Mama Qadeer Baloch, had led a march from Quetta to Karachi on Oct 27 to press for the recovery of missing Baloch political workers.
PM approves cantonment in Swat By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday approved in principle the establishment of a ‘brigade-level’ cantonment for Swat and Malakand areas. He gave the approval after a briefing given to him during a visit to Swat and Malakand.
ECC may discuss PSM restructuring By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: With its employees not getting salary for four months and suffering cumulative losses and liabilities of around Rs200 billion, Pakistan Steel Mills is again on the agenda of the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet for possible restructuring. A meeting of the ECC to be held on Thursday will also take up a revised gas pricing formula for a Dharki-based 335MW Liberty Power Project that was shut down about a year ago for having suffered huge losses.
End to interference in Afghanistan urged By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz, called on Wednesday for ending external interference in Afghanistan and said that Taliban needed to be treated as stakeholders and not terrorists. “Games big or small will have to be relegated to the single objective of peace and stability in Afghanistan,” Mr Aziz said.
NSA taps even offline computers WASHINGTON: The US National Security Agency has developed a secret technology to spy on computers via radio signals, gathering information even when the devices are offline, a report said on Wednesday. The New York Times reported that the NSA has implanted software on 100,000 computers around the world to be able to conduct surveillance, and which gives the spy agency “a digital highway” for launching cyberattacks.
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