DINA for the issue of June 22, 2014

	22 June, 2014 | Sha'baan 23, 1435
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Nisar asks police to bolster capital’s security By Kalbe Ali and Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan asked police on Saturday to upgrade security measures for the capital as the country was in a “war-like situation” because of the military operation in North Waziristan.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Ground assault delayed By Zulfiqar Ali PESHAWAR: An extension in curfew delayed a ground operation in North Waziristan, which was expected to be launched on Saturday.The human dimension continued to aggravate as the number of registered displaced people swelled to over 300,000. According to the ISPR, air strikes against militants have been extended to Khyber Agency.
Argentina beat Iran BELO HORIZONTE: Lionel Messi finally found a way through Iran’s defensive wall with a superb goal in stoppage time to give Argentina a 1-0 victory on Saturday and a place in the World Cup knockout stages. Iran had defended solidly throughout the game and also took the match to Argentina in the second half, creating several chances to win the Group F match and cause a tournament sensation.—AP
PTA told to block Afghan Sims By Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: In an effort to block anti-state and criminal activities of terrorists in Pakistan using foreign Sims, the government has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to disable roaming facility on Afghan Sims. A statement issued by the Prime Minister House on Saturday said the directive was given on a request by law-enforcement agencies. The premier said the task should be completed in the next few days, the statement said.
NA passes budget, eulogises Benazir By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: The government pushed its second budget through the National Assembly with ease on Saturday amid some gestures to PPP ahead of threatened anti-government protests. The final vote on the Finance Bill, 2014, which will give effect to the new budget unveiled on June 3 and taxation proposals for the next fiscal year, came in presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after a weeklong general debate and a laborious adoption, also by voice vote, of demands for grants for federal ministries.
ROAD TO NOWHERE By Aurangzaib Khan HOW does one tell of a calamity without turning it into a cliché, suffering into spectacle? We are immune, now, to the images, numb to the voices. Since 2005, there has been a debilitating run of natural disasters — of those man-made, we have lost count. Our compassion has long since turned into fatigue. The 2005 earthquake, we heard, was a national tragedy. What is this tragedy unfolding in North Waziristan? Is it Ours or Theirs, the innocents caught up in a war in a region that is so dangerous and so isolated you can’t even go there for disaster tourism? If the army allows you through, that is.
FO disowns refugees ‘detained’ in Sri Lanka By Kashif Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has distanced itself from the reported arrests of registered Pakistani refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka, but aid workers from the island nation have confirmed that Pakistani refugees are being rounded up by the authorities. Sri Lankan daily Ceylon Today reported last week that nearly 1,500 Pakistanis, many of whom are registered with the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, have been picked up by the Sri Lankan Department of Immigration and Emigration and the Criminal Investigation Department. According to the newspaper, these people were to be deported because of their alleged involvement in ‘anti-state activities’ in India and Pakistan.
Australia offers asylum seekers money to return home: paper SYDNEY: Australia is offering asylum seekers in its Pacific immigration camps up to $10,000 (US$9,400) if they voluntarily return to their home country, a newspaper report said on Saturday. Fairfax Media reported that those returning to Lebanon from detention centres on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island and the tiny Pacific state of Nauru were offered the highest amount of $10,000.
Abdullah’s supporters mount protest over ‘poll fraud’ KABUL: Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah marched through Kabul on Saturday in protest against alleged fraud in last week’s election, escalating tensions in a political stalemate threatening the country’s first democratic transfer of power. More than 1,000 protesters gathered in the city for the largely peaceful demonstration but the United Nations warned that any street violence “could lead to a spiral of instability”.
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