DINA for the issue of March 4, 2014

	March 4, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Saani 30, 1435
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SPOILERS IN THE GAME Ismail Khan REMEMBER the attack on the Peshawar district courts on March 18, 2013? Two suicide bombers had entered the district courts, from the back, firing indiscriminately and lobbing hand-grenades. Fast forward to March 3, 2014. A couple of suicide bombers entered the district courts in Islamabad, police say, from the back of the premises, shooting and throwing hand-grenades.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 233.62 Points: KARACHI, March 3 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 26016.90, up 233.62 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, march 03 : The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 105.75 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Judge, 10 others slain in Islamabad court attack By Munawwar Azeem and Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: Within hours of the ceasefire announced by the federal government, the capital city faced the onslaught of what appears to be a terrorist attack. The early morning gun and bomb attack on the district courts in the heart of Islamabad left 11 people, including a district and sessions judge, dead and 29 injured.
Sharif meets military officials, security aides By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif again met Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and top national security aides and military officials on Monday to discuss the future of the dialogue process with Taliban which appears to be running into fresh troubles with the new phase of violence. The meeting was attended by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Inter-Services Intelligence Director General Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam and Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad.
Slave, Gravity share Academy Awards glory LOS ANGELES: Harrowing historical drama “12 Years a Slave” won the coveted best picture Oscar on Sunday, while 3D space thriller “Gravity” was the top prize winner at a politically tinged Academy Awards with seven. True-life AIDS activist drama “Dallas Buyers Club” won three Oscars, including best actor for Matthew McConaughey, while Australia’s Cate Blanchett won best actress for Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine”.
Nisar makes only guesses on capital bloodbath By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan made guesses in an outraged National Assembly on Monday about who could have carried out the day’s bloodbath in Islamabad district courts and had a surprise news that the government had even asked the Taliban rebels to help identify the culprits. His statement after blistering opposition attacks against the government in both houses of parliament for a security failure revealed that the authorities had contacted the Taliban peace negotiators after Monday morning’s gunfire and suicide attack in central Islamabad’s court premises left 11 people dead, including an additional district and sessions judge and three lawyers, and 29 injured.
Two soldiers killed in Khyber blast By Our Correspondent LANDI KOTAL: Two FC personnel were killed and seven others injured in a roadside blast near Sadokhel area of Khyber tribal region on Monday. Officials said the FC men were going from Landi Kotal to Jamrud in a vehicle when the blast occurred on the under-construction Peshawar-Torkham highway at around 7.30am.
AMAN LASHKARS: HUNG OUT TO DRY By Intikhab Amir Sitting on his haunches outside a small confectionery store on a bright February morning, young Saboor Khan stood up jerkily when I requested his attention. The bearded Khan, in his late 20s and with a mobile phone in hand, bent and gently replied in the negative when my associate asked him about the presence of Maqbali Khan. In 2009, the latter was a leading spirit behind the Aman Lashkar (peace force) of Badhbair Baalu Khel, a dusty village in Peshawar’s outskirts boasting brick houses and narrow roads with open drains.
Two policemen killed near Srinagar SRINAGAR: Suspected militants killed two policemen outside a court in India-held Kashmir on Monday, hours after another officer was stabbed in a separate incident in the restive region, police said. “Two policemen died in the shooting by militants on a truck outside the court complex,” police superintendent Tejinder Singh said.
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