DINA for the issue of August 10, 2014

	10 August, 2014 / Shawwal 13, 1435
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Imran spurns PM’s olive branch? By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Saturday proved quite an eventful day in the capital as observers scrambled to keep up with fast-changing political developments.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Govt, army urged to make long-term strategy to curb terrorism By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The political leaders attending a national security conference here on Saturday endorsed Operation Zarb-i-Azb and underscored the need for bringing to logical conclusion efforts to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure in the tribal areas. They asked the government and the military to address extremism and work out a long-term strategy for eliminating militancy and terrorism.
Clashes between PAT workers, police intensify in Punjab By Faisal Ali Ghumman LAHORE: Clashes between Pakistan Awami Tehrik chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri’s supporters and the Punjab police intensified on Saturday, leaving a constable dead and a number of people, including PAT protesters, injured across the province. Meanwhile, one of the policemen injured in a Lahore clash two days ago died at Lahore General Hospital.
AJK villager’s body handed over by India By Tariq Naqash MUZAFFARABAD: A day after Pakistan returned an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier as a goodwill gesture, authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir received the body of a villager killed by Indian troops along the Line of Control. Kala Khan, 42, had gone missing on Wednesday while cutting grass for his animals near the unmarked dividing line outside his Darra Sher Khan village. He was later reported to have been captured by an Indian army patrol.
RESIDENCY REBUILT By Saher Baloch THE peace and quiet surrounding the Ziarat residence of the founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was wrecked last year by an explosion set off by militants inside its premises. But on Friday morning, there is an air of urgency and quick activity around the residency as labourers hammer away, putting the finishing touches to the newly constructed edifice before it is inaugurated on Aug 12. The colour of the residency is now parrot-green, which the officers at the site insist “will camouflage it easily among the juniper trees surrounding it”.
Obama vows to stop IS from setting up ‘caliphate’ By Masood Haider NEW YORK: President Barack Obama has said he may support a sustained effort to drive Sunni militants out of Iraq, provided Iraqi leaders form a more “inclusive government”. In an interview with Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times, he said his administration would not allow the Islamic State (IS) militants to set up a “caliphate” in the Middle East.
IHC asks lower judiciary to ensure perception of fair trial By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has emphasised upon lower judiciary the need to maintain independence at all cost by ensuring an environment and perception of fair dispensation of justice. The observation by the high court came when it granted bail to Mohammad Shafique and Mohammad Nasir, who were denied the same by a trial court.
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