DINA for the issue of August 27, 2014

	27 August, 2014 / Shawwal 30, 1435
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Army wants immediate political settlement By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The army warned on Tuesday against protracted protest by agitating political parties and called upon the government to urgently reach a political settlement.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 275.75 points: KARACHI, August 26 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 28243.59,down 275.75 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, August 26: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 102.00 the US Dollar in the open market.
PM, aides discuss Lahore FIR issue By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif went into a huddle at his office here on Tuesday evening after the Lahore High Court’s decision and leakage of a joint investigation team (JIT) report on the killing of 14 Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers. Dawn has learnt that the meeting which was also attended by top legal advisers of the government discussed the pros and cons in case an FIR has to be registered as ordered by a Lahore additional sessions judge on the 17 June Model Town incident.
TTP suffers new fissure Bureau Report PESHAWAR: The battered Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has suffered another blow with the emergence of a new group of militants within it, leaving the TTP leader, Maulana Fazlullah, high and dry. The announcement to form the group, named Jamaatul Ahrar, was made in a 90-minute video released by its media production house. The video shows TTP’s Mohmand chief Khalid Khurasani, Ahrarul Hind leader Maulana Qasim Khurasani, Maulana Haider Mansoor from Orakzai and Maulana Abdullah from Bajaur.
PTI, PAT refuse to leave sit-in venue, SC told By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Paying no heed to the Supreme Court’s orders, both the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) have refused to budge from their current roost on Constitution Avenue — the seat of the government and the location of most essential state institutions. A four-page report, submitted in court by the Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt on Tuesday, stated that neither PTI nor PAT was willing to leave the areas where their demonstrators had camped out and had rejected the possibility of relocating to another spot.
Administration, army review security measures By Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Officials of the capital’s administration and police held a meeting with 111 Brigade on Tuesday to work out a contingency plan for coping with any eventuality after completion of the 48-hour deadline given by the Pakistan Awami Tehreek for acceptance of its demands. The deadline is due to expire at 6pm on Wednesday.
LHC dismisses writs against court’s order on Model Town FIRs By Wajih Ahmad Sheikh LAHORE: The Lahore High Court dismissed on Tuesday petitions of four federal ministers against a sessions court’s order directing Lahore police to register a murder case on an application of the Minhajul Quran Secretariat against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and 19 other people, including federal and provincial ministers and government personnel. In a short order, Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa observed that the petitioners had failed to establish their case. However, the judge ruled that registration of an FIR did not envisage straightaway arrest of the suspect(s).
Model Town probe report says police acted on govt orders By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The judicial commission investigating the June 17 Model Town incident has held the government responsible for it and said police acted on government orders which led to the bloodshed. The report has said the affidavits of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and former law minister Rana Sanaullah contained contradictions regarding the orders they reportedly issued to police to disengage, and declared that what happened on the ground did not match such claims.
Long-term ceasefire goes into effect in Gaza GAZA CITY: Celebrations erupted in Gaza on Tuesday as a long-term ceasefire agreed by Israel and the Palestinians went into effect, ending 50 days of the deadliest violence in a decade. The agreement, which came into effect at 1600 GMT, involves an immediate halt to the violence in Gaza, which began on July 8 and has claimed the lives of 2,143 Palestinians and 69 on the Israeli side.
NA speaker received resignation of 31 PTI legislators By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The mystery surrounding the resignations of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf members of parliament was resolved on Tuesday after the National Assembly Secretariat revealed that out of a total of 34 MNAs, 31 had submitted their resignations. The media wing of the NA Secretariat said that of the 31 resignations, 26 were valid, while five contained minor errors and had to be resubmitted after corrections. Three lawmakers, Gulzar Khan, Nasir Khan Khattak and Mussarat Ahmadzeb, had yet to hand in their notices.
Pakistan, India to end border hostilities By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have agreed on de-escalation along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary that have lately witnessed frequent violations of the ceasefire accord. The decision on ending hostilities was taken on Tuesday during a conversation between the heads of military operations directorates of the armies of the two countries.
India agrees to re-examine objections to Kishanganga dam design By Khalid Hasnain LAHORE: India has agreed to re-examine Pakistan’s objections over designs of Kishanganga dam and four other hydroelectric power projects on Jhelum and Chenab rivers. During the third and concluding day of talks held here on Tuesday, a 10-member Indian team headed by the Commissioner of Indus Water Commission pledged to resume talks after two months by submitting detailed reply/justification to the objections raised by the Pakistani Commissioner on Indus Water Commission (IWC).
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