DINA for the issue of January 18, 2014

	January 18, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1435
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‘Civilian doctors should see Musharraf’ By A Reporter ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Akram Sheikh, head of the prosecution team in treason trial of retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, objected on Friday to the composition of a medical board ordered to be set up by the special court and suggested that instead of military doctors, eminent civilian cardiologists should have been asked to assess the condition of the former president.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 103.51 Points: KARACHI, January 16: The KSE-100 index was at 26865.29, up 103.51 points.
Ex-PM indicted in RPP case By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad indicted on Friday former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and nine others in a case relating to the rental power project scam. The court, however, cleared businessmen Iqbal Z. Ahmed and M.N. Baig. Judge Mohammad Bashir read out charges against Mr Ashraf and other accused who pleaded not guilty and said they intended to challenge the allegations.
Blast hits train near Rajanpur; 3 killed Dawn Report DERA GHAZI KHAN / LAHORE: Three passengers, a child among them, were killed and 20 others were injured when a bomb placed under rail tracks hit the Karachi-bound Khushhal Khan Khattak Express near Kotla Hassan Shah in Rajanpur district, on Friday morning. The condition of seven of the injured was stated to be critical.
Three workers of TV channel killed By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI: Three employees of a news channel were shot dead in North Nazimabad on Friday evening in an attack claimed by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The three were among at least 10 people, including a senior leader of the JUI-Sami, who lost their lives in violence and targeted-attacks in the city amid an ongoing ‘targeted-operation’. Even before the claim from a senior TTP man was aired in a live talk show of the Express News, which had been attacked at least thrice in recent months, officials believed that the attack on the digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) vehicle was connected with the earlier attacks on its head office near Qayyumabad roundabout allegedly by militant groups.
Syedna Burhanuddin is no more MUMBAI: The spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, died here on Friday of a cardiac arrest, an official said. According to Times on India, Dr Burhanuddin passed away at his Saifee Mahal residence in Malabar Hill in south Mumbai. As soon as the news spread, thousands of his followers gathered at the Saifee Mahal.
Peshawar poliovirus reservoir: WHO By Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: Peshawar has emerged as the largest endemic poliovirus ‘reservoir’ in the world and more than 90 per cent of the current cases in the country are genetically linked to the city, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced here on Friday. According to the latest genomic sequencing results of the Regional Reference Laboratory for Poliovirus, 83 out of 91 polio cases in the country during the past year are genetically linked to the virus circulating in Peshawar.
Brigadier-level talks held to stop LoC violations By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Military officials from Pakistan and India on Friday stressed on Friday the need for improving communication between field commanders to prevent ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC). “Brigadier-level meeting of military officials of Pakistan and Indian Army took place today to discuss ways to strengthen ceasefire along the LoC,” a military spokesman said.
Indian ‘wife’ deported to Sharjah By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: A young Indian woman who arrived here from the United Arab Emirates to meet her Pakistani ‘husband’ was deported for travelling on fake documents. The immigration staff at the Lahore airport detained the woman who flew in from Sharjah on Thursday for using the passport of someone named Nimra. In her early 20s, the woman during interrogation confessed to having ‘stolen identity’.
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