DINA for the issue of January 26, 2014

	January 26, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 24, 1435
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Ogra case: nine barred from leaving country By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has placed the names of nine people on the exit control list (ECL) on a request by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Six cops gunned down in Karachi KARACHI: Gunmen riding motorcycles killed six policemen in two attacks on patrol vans in Karachi’s Landhi area on Saturday. Three of the slain cops were guarding the residence of Muhajir Qaumi Movement chief Afaq Ahmed.
SC develops guidelines about bail matters By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Taking exception to the way a sitting high court judge entertained a bail application of an accused and describing the same as “colourable exercise” of jurisdiction, the Supreme Court was compelled to develop guidelines to be followed in future by all the high court judges and magistrates dealing with criminal cases. The new principles regarding bail matters so developed have been enunciated by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in a judgement while deciding two review petitions — one filed by litigant Nazir Ahmed and the other by Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore High Court.
MFN status for India on the cards By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government sprung a surprise at the recent trade talks with India by offering New Delhi the most-favoured nation (MFN) status from next month — with a condition. Pakistan sought access for 250-300 of its items at lowered duties. After getting an assurance for market access, MFN status will be granted to India through the issuance of a statutory regulatory order (SRO), a high-ranking official in the ministry of commerce told Dawn. The MFN status means abolishing the negative list of 1,209 items.
Inquiries expose easy escape for prisoners By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: Two inquiries into the recent escape of prisoners in Rawalpindi and Okara point to serious lapses in the movement of dangerous criminals from prisons to courts in Punjab, suggesting measures such as video trials to avoid a recurrence. Giving a controversial proposal, one of these reports suggests the use of fetters at the police’s discretion. Sources in the Punjab government on Friday said the reports had been sent to the home, law and prosecution departments for consideration of the proposals.
Temple under threat By Salman Rashid THE tower stands isolated and lonely just 10 kilometres east of the city of Rahimyar Khan. Once this was in the middle of a sandy wilderness which has since greened into new farmland. Locals have forever called it Pattan Minara — tower on the ford — and believe it was a lighthouse to guide rivercraft approaching a now lost city. Indeed, situated on the abandoned bed of a long-lost river, it does seem to be just that. But anyone versed in the tradition of Hindu temple architecture in Punjab and Kashmir would know that the building is a temple dating back to the 11th century CE.
NAB’s reference in PHA scam ready By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has completed inquiry into a Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) scam and a reference is almost ready, informed sources told Dawn on Saturday. They said that on the basis of a complaint received in November 2012 about illegal appointments in the PHA, an inquiry was authorised in June last year.
Three bodies found in Khuzdar By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA: Three bullet-riddled bodies and some body parts were found in Totak area, in Zehri tehsil of Khuzdar district, on Saturday. Official sources said that local people informed Levies Force that some body parts had been spotted in the area. Personnel of the Levies and the Frontier Corps reached the place and found three half-buried mutilated bodies and some body parts.
National Assembly official kidnapped By Our Staff Correspondent MULTAN: An official of the National Assembly Secretariat was kidnapped from his agricultural farm near Wasti Sandila area on Saturday. Malik Muazzam Ali Kalro, who reached Multan from Islamabad on Friday night, was sitting at his farm on Saturday when four masked men came in a white car and tried to seize him.
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