DINA for the issue of July 14, 2013

	Sunday July 14, 2013 | Ramazan 4, 1434
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Elderly won’t get Haj visa By Syed Rashid Husain RIYADH, July 13: Saudi Arabia will not grant Haj visa this year to the elderly and those suffering from chronic diseases.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Commission report not missing, says minister ISLAMABAD, July 13: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervez Rasheed denied on Saturday media reports that the Abbottabad Commission report had gone missing from the Prime Minister’s Office. The original report was in possession of the government and no unauthorised person could have access to the document, he said. “The report has neither disappeared nor got leaked from the PM Office.”
Ephedrine case: Gilanis, Shahab own assets worth Rs1.5m, Rs30m By Malik Asad RAWALPINDI, July 13: The families of former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and former federal minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin declared the sources of their income before the Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) court hearing the ephedrine case. According to the details of the assets, total wealth of the wife of former premier, Fauzia Gilani, and their sons Ali Musa and Abdul Qadir is a paltry Rs1.5 million.
Circular debt, outages: PPP and PML-N trade barbs By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, July 13: The PML-N and the PPP traded barbs over loadshedding and the circular debt affair on Saturday after the latter called upon the government to explain why there had been no let-up in power cuts even after the payment of a staggering Rs300 billion to producers. Syed Naveed Qamar, a PPP MNA, ridiculed the government’s earlier claim that the power situation would improve within days of the payment, saying that it had further deteriorated despite passage of several weeks and pumping in borrowed money into power sector.
Petitioner to take up Musharraf case again By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE, July 13: A lawyer who had earlier withdrawn himself from the judges’ detention case says ‘life threats’ had forced him to take that decision. “I had stopped pursuing the case following life threats to me and members of my family. Although I am still receiving threats, I have decided to appear in the court on July 20 and pursue the judges’ detention case against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf,” Advocate Aslam Ghumman told Dawn on Saturday.
Two killed in drone attack By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH, July 13: Two people were killed when US drones targeted a motorcycle in Moosky village, 35km east of Mirali in the North Waziristan tribal region, late on Saturday night. The drones kept flying over the area after attacking the motorcycle with two missiles, sources said.
Order silent about 12 key officials: Sindh govt revokes promotion of 59 police officers By Imran Ayub KARACHI, July 13: In compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders, the Sindh government withdrew on Saturday shoulder promotion given to 59 police officers over the past decade, but kept positions of 12 key officers intact, without explaining the reason for the favour that defied the court’s directives. In a notification issued by the services, general administration and coordination department, the Sindh government named 59 officers who were demoted to their original rank and grade after the shoulder promotions were withdrawn.
TTP bars men from wearing ‘tight clothes’ WANA, July 13: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan have banned tight or see-through clothing for men, threatening to impose a fine and shutter businesses selling the items, traders from the restive tribal belt said on Saturday. Shopkeepers in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan tribal district along the Afghan border, told AFP the written warning came ahead of Ramazan which began on Thursday in Pakistan.
Dr Mirza’s visit to UK sparks speculation KARACHI, July 13: Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, the former home minister of Sindh and PPP leader, has gone to the United Kingdom along with his family reportedly on summer vacations, which coincides with the visit to Britain of President Asif Zardari. However, some reports suggested that one of the reasons for Mr Mirza’s decision to travel to London could be to provide the Scotland Yard whatever information he claims to have about the MQM and its chief’s alleged unlawful activities.
Preliminary work on Pak-China train link begins BEIJING, July 13: Chinese officials have been asked to carry out research to identify a location for railway connectivity between Pakistan and China, a press report said, adding that people were enthusiastic on plans to build a train link to connect Kashgar in Xinjiang with Gwadar. “We’ve already been asked to carry out research into the location of a station in Kashgar for the China-Pakistan railway, but a detailed plan and timetable have yet to be drafted,” Wang Yongzhi, the deputy commissioner of Kashgar prefecture, was quoted as saying by an English-language newspaper.
Indian girl gets UN award NEW DELHI, July 13: Razia Sultana, a teenager from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, was awarded the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education’s Youth Courage Award on Friday. The award is in recognition of her efforts to help liberate 48 children from child labour bondage and motivate them to go to school. On Friday, the world learnt about Razia’s struggle and courage as she recounted her tale to youth delegates from across the world in New York.
7 peacekeepers shot dead in Darfur KHARTOUM, July 13: Seven peacekeepers were killed on Saturday in an ambush in Sudan’s Darfur region, the African Union-UN Mission said, marking the worst losses in the five-year history of the operation. UNAMID released few initial details of the incident, which adds to worsening violence in Sudan’s far-west region and happened near the peacekeepers’ base at Manawashi, north of the South Darfur state capital Nyala.
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