DINA for the issue of March 15, 2014

	March 15, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1435
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Suicide attack, bomb blast dash peace hopes From the Newspaper AS people hoped for peace in the wake of a ceasefire announced by Taliban, a suicide attack on an armoured personnel carrier of police in a market near Peshawar and a powerful explosion near a college in Quetta left at least 19 people dead and 60 others injured on Friday. The attacks dealt a fresh blow to the process initiated by the government for talks with the militants. The TTP distanced itself from the terrorist attacks but an increasingly active Taliban splinter group, Ahrarul Hind, claimed responsibility for both the dastardly incidents. The attacks took place on the day a negotiating team nominated by the Taliban reported that TTP leaders had agreed to meet the government’s representatives to present their demands.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 67.75 Points: KARACHI, March 14 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 27150.87 ,up 67.75 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, March 14: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 101.25 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Rape victim who set herself on fire dies By Our Correspondent MUZAFFARGARH: A first-year student, who had set herself ablaze in Bet Mir Hazar area in protest against a police report which helped the man who had allegedly raped her to obtain bail, succumbed to her wounds in a hospital in Multan on Friday. She was buried amid tight security in her native town after autopsy. Police arrested investigation officer Sub-Inspector Rana Zulfiqar Ahmad on the charge of carrying out a faulty probe into the case.
Court orders Musharraf to appear or face arrest By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The Special Court seized with treason trial of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf directed the government on Friday to arrest and produce him if he refused to appear before it on March 31 on his own. The three-judge court headed by Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court was to indict the former army chief on Friday for imposing emergency in 2007, but his lawyers said he could not appear because of threats to his life.
Nine killed, 25 hurt in Peshawar By Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR: At least nine people were killed and 25 injured, five women among them, when a bomber blew himself up near a police APC at a filling station in a busy market in the Battathal area. Several vehicles, pushcarts and the fuel station’s building and equipment were destroyed and human flesh was splattered at the place.
10 dead, 35 injured in Quetta By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: At least 10 people, a policeman, a woman and a child among them, were killed and 35 others injured in a powerful bomb explosion near the Government Science College here. A spokesman for Ahrarul Hind, a militant group, called a foreign news agency to claim responsibility for the attack.
Karachi operation to continue: Sharif From the Newspaper KARACHI: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that targeted operations against terrorists and criminals would continue in Karachi till the restoration of peace and security. Addressing members of the business community at an exports trophy awards ceremony of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), he said maintaining law and order, especially in Karachi, was key to prosperity and development.
Pakistan reiterates stance on UNSC reforms Masood Haider UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan reiterated on Thursday its opposition to increase in permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council, saying that years of debate had shown that individual permanent membership was not a realistic option and that this demand was hampering the reform process. Ambassador Masood Khan, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said in his statement at the 10th round of inter-governmental negotiations that “we should not entrench the outdated dispensation of 1945, but work out a modern, democratic and flexible system which is attuned to the present day realities and responsive to a dynamic future”. He said the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) was opposed, in principle, to addition of new individual permanent members to the council.
Afghan council says it hasn’t met Taliban released in Pakistan From the Newspaper KABUL: Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, set up to oversee peace talks with the Taliban, has had no formal meetings with any of the 46 militants released in Pakistan, an official alleged on Friday, despite pleas to be present when they are freed. Pakistan began releasing small batches of Afghan Taliban prisoners in 2012 at the request of Kabul which wants to use the men as interlocutors to pursue peace talks with the militants, who are ramping up attacks as Nato troops withdraw and the country prepares for April 5 elections.
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