DINA for the issue of February 14, 2014

	February 14, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Saani 13, 1435
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Four bodies set up to fine-tune Karachi operation By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali said on Thursday that four committees had been set up to suggest corrective steps for improving the ongoing targeted operation against criminals so that it could move swiftly to its third phase without becoming controversial.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 136.01 Points: KARACHI, February 13 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 26541.26, down 136.01 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, February 13 : The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 105.50 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Pledge at summit for regional peace ANKARA: Pakistan, Turkey and Afghanistan reaffirmed on Thursday their resolve to continue collective efforts and enhanced cooperation to ensure sustainable peace and security in the region. Addressing a joint press conference here after the eighth trilateral summit, hosted by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, leaders of the three countries expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the summit held in an environment of fraternity.
Blast leaves 13 police commandos dead, 50 injured By Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: At least 13 police commandos were killed and over 50 injured in a bomb attack on a police van near their training centre on the city’s outskirts on Thursday morning. The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan which is engaged in ‘peace talks’ with the government claimed responsibility for the attack.
TTP claims responsibility for attack PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on a police van in Karachi in which 13 commandos were killed. In a statement on Thursday, TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said his organisation had carried out the attack to avenge the killing of “innocent TTP fighters” by Rangers and police in “fake encounters” in Karachi, Peshawar and Swabi.
Massacre leaves govt negotiators in a quandary By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: A member of the government’s team holding peace talks with representatives of Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) is of the opinion that Thursday’s bomb attack on police in Karachi has dealt a serious blow to the dialogue process and that it will take lots of efforts to put the process back on track. The member who didn’t want to speak on record said: “Despite recent bomb attacks in Peshawar … we were going ahead with the peace process because the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) distanced itself from these acts. Since the TTP has accepted responsibility for the attack on policemen in Karachi, the government side expects lots of clarifications.”
THE COST VICTIMS PAY By Intikhab Amir WEARING a light blue shalwar-kameez with a matching shawl, Khadija, 13, is lying on an adjustable hospital bed at Peshawar’s Paraplegic Centre. Her elder sister Sakeena, in her late teens, stands close to the bed that is placed in the shadow of a tree on a sunny February day in the backyard of the centre’s female ward. Khadija has been under rehab treatment here since June 21, 2013. “She was injured when a mortar shell hit our house at Shandrung Killay, Bara, Khyber Agency,” says a pink-faced Sakeena, adjusting the dupatta covering her head.
Authorities want officers’ trial under Army Act, SC told By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the army authorities wanted to try military officers allegedly involved in the missing Baloch case under the Army Act, 1952. But a two-judge bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk observed that the court was only concerned about the identity of the accused for their role in enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
Two senior officials kidnapped By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Two senior officials of the Balochistan government were kidnapped from the border town of Tump on Thursday evening. Home Secretary Asadur Rehman Gilani told Dawn that Deputy Commissioner of Kech Abdul Hameed Abro and Assistant Commissioner of Tump Mohammad Hussain Baloch had been kidnapped while they were retuning to Turbat after a monthly meeting with Iranian border officials in Tump.
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