DINA for the issue of January 5, 2014

	January 5, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 3, 1435
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AFIC dash surprised Musharraf lawyers By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The sudden dash of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) on Thursday caught unawares the legal team defending the former army chief against treason charges.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Altaf against division of Sindh: MQM By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI: A day after he called for a separate province for the Urdu-speaking people, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain and his top lieutenants took pains to explain on Saturday that no demand for the division of Sindh was made at the public meeting in Hyderabad, the previous day, and that the party only wanted equitable distribution of resources. Members of MQM’s coordination committee held a press briefing at the venue of a public meeting to be held on Sunday in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal area at which they said that Mr Hussain did not want the division of Sindh. But, they added, certain elements by distributing provincial resources in an unjust manner were creating a situation that might force the people of the province’s urban areas to demand a separate province.
Govt may seek reopening of Swiss cases By Khaleeq Kiani THE government is contemplating reviving through the Swiss court of appeal graft cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari for the return of $60 million reportedly stashed away in Swiss banks. Informed sources told Dawn that the law ministry was engaged in discussions with a Geneva-based law firm, Python & Peter, and an Islamabad-based firm, Amhurst Brown, to revive cases against the former president that Swiss authorities closed last year due to a time-bar.
PPP spent billions on BISP ads By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Government auditors have raised objections to the billions spent by the previous administration to advertise its flagship pro-poor programme. The media campaign highlighting the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) cost the PPP-led government a staggering Rs3.15 billion.
The ethnic gulf in sindh By Bahzad Alam Khan Thirty-something Jibran Qureshi was not among the large number of people who converged on Bagh-i-Mustafa in Hyderabad to listen to the disembodied voice of Muttahida Qaumi Movement supremo Altaf Hussain on Friday. He was in fact flying a kite from the rooftop of his Latifabad house. However, he could not help overhearing Hussain speak over a public address system from the safety of his London residence or office demanding a separate province for the urban population of Sindh, a rather incorrect code word for Urdu-speaking migrants from India in a multi-ethnic area.
Security pact with Saudi Arabia on the cards By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia would sign a security cooperation agreement later this month, officials said on Saturday. The accord would be signed during the visit of Interior Minister Mohammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Pakistan. The trip is tentatively planned for last week of January.
Nisar muzzles interior ministry By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The already insular interior ministry under Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has become an impenetrable fortress for media after the latest orders from the interior minister barred anyone in the ministry and its 15 departments from speaking to journalists. The interior minister’s directive will affect many organisations that are afflicted by various controversies and are often in the news, including the FIA, Frontier Corps Balochistan, Nadra and Rangers Sindh.
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