DINA for the issue of December 29, 2013

	December 29, 2013 | Safar 25, 1435
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Ex-CJ requested residential plot days before retirement By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry had sought allocation of a pricey residential plot in Islamabad days before his retirement, reversing a decision made to much acclaim in 2009.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Helpless in the face of a determined enemy By Ismail Khan PESHAWAR: Close reading of the inquiry report into the Dera Ismail Khan jailbreak is certain to send chills down the spine, particularly the sketch contained therein showing police and military deployment (at a time when an attack seemed imminent) as opposed to the pickets set up by militants. The ease with which militants effectively demobilised law enforcement agencies from responding to the attack, freed 253 prisoners and then returned to their tribal sanctuaries ought to have set alarm bells ringing at multiple levels. The raid was, in the words of one analyst, akin to briefly having taken over the town.
Five shot dead in Keenjhar lake shrine By Iqbal Khwaja THATTA: Four youths and an old man were found shot dead on Saturday evening at the mausoleum of the legendary ‘Noori’, located on an islet in the middle of Keenjhar Lake. The dead were Malik Mohammed Ali, Adnan Yousufzai, and Sohail Masood of Karachi, Jahangir Akhtar of Gilgit and Bilawal Khan of Rawalpindi.
Still no certainty on missing persons By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The number of persons under detention at internment centres across the country is still shrouded in mystery. On paper they may not be more than 750, but the authorities concerned acknowledge in private that the figure stands at 1,577. There is a need to regularise the detention by accounting for the 827 other persons by openly conceding their captivity instead of holding them secretly, said a highly placed source.
Open Season In Punjab By Salman Rashid TWO species of partridge, grey (Francolinus pondicerianus) and see-see (Ammoperdix griseogularis), are residents of the hill ranges of northern Punjab where their call was once a familiar sound. Poor enforcement of the law took its toll on the numbers of these popular game birds and as recently as 2005 conservationists could only rarely come across them in the wild. The alarming reduction in their numbers was attributable to licensed as well as illegal hunters who exterminated these birds in connivance with corrupt officials of the wildlife department. Recognising the threat to the partridges the Punjab government instituted a ban on their hunting in 2008. The result, as noted by ordinary people who share the same range with the partridges, was a marked increase in their numbers.
Illegal abroad, victims at home By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: Sent home from Greece on board a special flight, Ishtiaq Ahmed was faced with a deportee’s second nightmare: “Will they put me behind bars?” After the flight landed in Lahore, Ahmed felt so weak in the knees that he could barely stand up. He feared being pounced upon by the officers of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and put in jail for eternity.
Actor Farooq Sheikh dies By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI: Indian actor Farooq Sheikh, the plump and unlikely hero of many Bollywood films, has died. He was 65. Press Trust of India reported that Sheikh suffered a heart attack on Friday in Dubai, where he was visiting with his family.
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