DINA for the issue of August 18, 2014

DAWN INTERNET NEWS ALERT	August 18, 2014 | Shawwal 21, 1435
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Imran’s surprising call for civil disobedience Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Addressing a charged crowd that was all set to storm the ‘red zone’ on Sunday night, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan surprised everyone by saying that he would give the government time to comply with his demands.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://www.dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
ANP asks PM to take vote of confidence Faiz Muhammad CHARSADDA: Asfandyar Wali Khan, who was re-elected president of the Awami National Party (ANP) for the third term on Sunday, has advised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. Mr Khan, who was elected at a meeting attended by 573 members of the party’s general council in Wali Bagh, said PTI chief Imran Khan and PAT leader Tahirul Qadri would be responsible if any harm came to democracy.
Imran’s tough stance confuses govt The Newspaper's Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan’s hard stance has not only confused the government with his refusal to hold talks but also created friction within his own party. Though he announced during his speech on Sunday night that the government should not send anyone to talk to him, a PTI insider also told Dawn that the party and the government were not in contact to defuse the prevailing political crisis and end the dharna.
Multi-party panels being set up for negotiations Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to form two committees to hold talks with leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) to avert any threat to national interests. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after reviewing the political situation in the wake of sit-ins in Islamabad.
PTI ministers, MPAs not to pay taxes, utility bills Waseem Ahmad Shah PESHAWAR: With the PTI-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtun­khwa in a fix over Imran Khan’s announcement of a civil disobedience movement, all provincial ministers and MPAs belonging to the party decided on Sunday not pay taxes and utility bills. Information Minister Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani told Dawn that the provincial government was also expected to abide by the decision but said that a formal decision about running day-to-day government affairs would be taken after a meeting to be convened later.
Aided by US jets, Kurds retake key Iraqi dam AFP AL QOSH (Iraq): Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes retook Iraq’s largest dam from Islamic State men on Sunday, as Sunni Arab tribesmen and security forces fought the IS militants west of Baghdad. The recapture of Mosul dam marks the biggest prize clawed back from IS men since they launched their offensive in northern Iraq in early June when they swept Iraqi security forces aside.
Ummah will never accept Israeli occupation of Al Quds: JI emir Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq has declared that Muslim Ummah will never accept Israeli occupation of Al Quds. Speaking to participants of the ‘Gaza Million March’ organised by his party on Sunday, he expressed solidarity with the oppressed Pales­tinians and condemned Israeli air strikes on unarmed people of Gaza.
Six militants, three troops killed in Yemen AFP ADEN: Six suspected Al Qaeda militants and three Yemeni troops died in clashes on Sunday in Hadramawt province, the scene of frequent attacks on the army, a local official said. “At dawn, armed forces bombarded a house where Al Qaeda fighters had barricaded themselves in, killing three of them and wounding others,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Fears of Ebola spread rise as quarantine centre attacked Agencies MONROVIA: Seventeen patients infected with Ebola were unaccounted for on Sunday after they fled an armed raid on a quarantine centre in Monrovia by men who claimed the epidemic was a fiction. “They broke down the door and looted the place. The patients have all gone,” said Rebecca Wesseh, who witnessed the attack on the outskirts of the Liberian capital.
Migrants found in container are Sikhs Reuters LONDON: Police said on Sunday that 35 people discovered in a shipping container at a British port were Afghan Sikhs and that survivors would be questioned about how they came to be there. One man died after a group of suspected migrants, including women and children, was found inside a container at Tilbury docks in southeast England on Saturday morning.
Seven arrested as protesters defy curfew in US town Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: Protesters ignored curfew in a Midwestern US town on Sunday to protest the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. The protests forced the US federal government to order a third autopsy of the teenager, Michael Brown, to determine the cause of his death.
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