DINA for the issue of January 31, 2014

	January 31, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 29, 1435
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Nawaz orders dialogue with angry Baloch By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities to form a committee for initiating a reconciliation process and negotiations with disgruntled Baloch nationalists.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 12.01 Points: KARACHI, January 30: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 26607.64, up 12.01 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, January 30 The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.20 to the US Dollar in the open market.
TTP wants enforcement of Sharia: spokesman By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH: The objective of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is enforcement of Sharia in the country, according to its spokesman Shahidullah Shahid. Talking to Dawn from an unspecified location on Thursday, he said what mattered was enforcement of was enforcement of Sharia, “whether through peace or war”.
Committee for TTP talks meets today By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: The four-member committee constituted by the prime minister to hold talks with the Taliban will hold its first meeting on Friday. Irfan Siddiqui, Special Assistant to the prime minister on national affairs and member of the committee, told Dawn that Nawaz Sharif would preside over the meeting.
Altaf sees conspiracy against him KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that conspiracies were hatched against his mission from the day he launched his movement. In a statement addressed to workers and supporters, he said false allegations had been levelled against him and attempts were made to malign him and his party.
SBP governor bows out ISLAMABAD: The federal government has accepted the resignation of the governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Yaseen Anwar, with effect from Jan 31, Ishaq Dar said in a statement issued by the finance ministry on Thursday.—APP
Panchayat returns, orders ‘gang-rape’ By Malik Tahseen Raza MUZAFFARGARH: The beasts nurtured in the name of prompt justice were seen to be on the loose again after the surfacing on Thursday of an incident in which a panchayat was accused of ordering gang-rape of a 40-year-old woman in revenge for her brother’s alleged affair. Witnesses said the woman, a divorcee, was stripped on the orders of a panchayat in Radiwala, a hamlet of some 30 houses located near Ihsanpur town about 80km from Muzaffargarh.
SC throws out Musharraf’s review plea against ’09 ruling By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court threw out on Thursday a petition of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf seeking review of its July 31, 2009, judgement on the grounds that it contained irrelevant precedence and was also time-barred. “For reasons to be recorded later, we have found the review petition filed by former president Pervez Musharraf debarred by time, that the precedence cited in the case are distinguishable and the questions raised in the petition neither fall under the jurisdiction of review nor are tenable on merit warranting interference of this court,” announced Chief Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jillani while heading a 14-judge bench which had taken up Gen Musharraf’s petition filed after four years and five months.
MQM rejects BBC report on Imran Farooq’s murder By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Thursday it had no links with the two persons identified in a BBC programme as suspects in the murder of Dr Imran Farooq, a senior leader of the party. The party criticised BBC for making a documentary against the MQM and its chief Altaf Hussain and said the purpose of “the media trial” was to “influence the courts as well as the murder investigation in the UK”.
Brothers gunned down in Quetta By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA: Two brothers, Raza Mohammad Kurd and Rehmatullah Kurd, were shot dead in Goharabad area of the provincial capital on Thursday evening. They came under attack by armed motorcyclists while returning home.
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