DINA for the issue of August 6, 2014

DAWN INTERNET NEWS ALERT	August 6, 2014 | Shawwal 9, 1435
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PM acts to shore up political support Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was, on Tuesday, clearly looking for support from likeminded political parties to counter the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s long march, which is expected to roll into town on Independence Day.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://www.dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Sharif’s resignation, early polls main objectives: Imran The Newspaper's Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf formally announced on Tuesday that its demand for early elections was the bare minimum the party would settle for on August 14. However, addressing a crowded press conference, PTI Chairman Imran Khan said he would unveil the complete blueprint of how to have free and fair elections on the day of long march, which the party has named the ‘Azadi March’.
UK minister Warsi quits over govt’s Gaza policy AFP LONDON: A minister who was the first Muslim to sit in the British cabinet resigned on Tuesday over the government’s “morally indefensible” policy on Gaza. The decision by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a minister at the Foreign Office and for faith and communities, heaped fresh pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron to take a tougher line against Israel over its actions in Gaza.
Govt refuses to budge on using troops in Islamabad Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan seemed the same old hawk he was before an estrangement with his party leadership as he rejected opposition calls in the National Assembly on Tuesday against using troops in Islamabad without judicial oversight. But he and a couple of his cabinet colleagues repeatedly assured the house that a notification issued last month under the Constitution’s Article 245 – and provinces advised to replicate it, if needed – was meant only to use troops in aid of civil power only to combat terrorism, not to stifle any political event like a protest march on Islamabad planned by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for Aug 14.
Democracy should not be derailed: Zardari Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari continued his consultations with political forces for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. He called PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq from London and told them that democracy should not be derailed by movements. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also telephoned Mr Zardari and, according to sources in the PML-N and PPP, the two renewed their pledge to save democracy and the constitution.
Afghan guns down US general at Kabul military academy AFP KABUL: An Afghan soldier shot dead a US general on Tuesday at an army training centre in Kabul — the highest-ranking American officer to be killed since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The shooting, which left more than a dozen other soldiers including a senior German officer wounded, rocked the US-led project to train the Afghan army as Nato combat forces withdraw after 13 years of fighting the Taliban.
Zardari stops PPP members from attending PAT event Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari stopped on Tuesday members of his party from attending Pakistan Awami Tehreek’s ‘martyrs day’ gathering to be held in Lahore on Aug 10. Earlier, PPP Secretary-General Sardar Latif Khosa had announced that the party’s members would attend the gathering to be organised by PAT to pay tribute to the victims of the Model Town incident.
Palestinian Authority seeks ICC war crimes case against Israel Agencies THE HAGUE: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki said there was clear evidence of war crimes by Israel during its offensive in Gaza as he met International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors on Tuesday to push for an investigation. Mr Malki visited The Hague shortly after Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement that dominates Gaza entered a 72-hour truce mediated by Egypt in an effort to secure an extended ceasefire.
Saudis told not to marry women from Pakistan, 3 other states Syed Rashid Husain RIYADH: Saudi men have been prohibited from marrying women from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar, says a report in Makkah daily quoting Makkah Police Director Maj Gen Assaf Al-Qurashi. According to unofficial figures, there are about 500,000 women from these four countries currently residing in the kingdom.
Isaf commander lauds offensive in Waziristan Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: The Pakistani military offensive in North Waziristan is a step in the right direction and there’s need for continuing such actions, says the new commander of the US and Nato forces in Afghanistan. Speaking at a media roundtable at the Pentagon, US Army’s Vice Chief of Staff General John F. Campbell also underlined the need for continued cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan to defeat the militants.
RAF jets escort airliner to Manchester airport AP LONDON: British police arrested a man on Tuesday on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat aboard a Qatar Airways plane bound for Britain, following a warning to the pilot of a possible explosive device on the aircraft. Royal Air Force fighter jets escorted Qatar Airways Flight 23, carrying 269 passengers and 13 crewmembers on a flight from Doha, Qatar, to a safe landing at Manchester Airport, the flight’s original destination.
Saudi beheaded for torturing his two-year-old baby to death AFP RIYADH: A Saudi man was beheaded on Tuesday for torturing and beating his two-year-old boy to death, the interior ministry said. Maqbul bin Madi al-Sharari hit his son Mohammed “repeatedly with a cane on the back of his head and the rest of his body”, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
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