DINA for the issue of February 2, 2014

	February 2, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Saani 1, 1435
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100 people return to Dera Bugti after nine years By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: A convoy of 100 Bugti tribesmen returned to Dera Bugti on Saturday night after being displaced from their homes about nine years ago.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
No room in law for talks with terrorists By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The government faces a moral dilemma as it gets ready for talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, one of the 60 outfits officially banned and declared as terrorist organisations. The government keeps on saying that negotiations with the TTP would be held within the framework of the Constitution, but experts believe that there is no room in the Constitution to enter into a dialogue with terrorist groups.
Mound of the Dead comes alive with sounds and lights galore MOENJODARO: Folk dancers and singers wearing traditional multi-coloured dresses took the stage on Saturday at Moenjodaro for a festival that organisers say aspires to promote peace in the country. The festival aims to publicise the cultural heritage of the country’s south. But it drew controversy when some archaeologists said the event posed a threat to the site’s unbaked brick ruins dating to the third millennium BC.
Four anti-Taliban volunteers killed By Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR: Four volunteers of an anti-Taliban peace body were killed in a clash with militants in Mahokhel, a suburb of the city, on Saturday. One of the militants was also killed. It was the first attack by militants in Peshawar since the formation of a committee by the government to hold negotiations with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Land routes to be opened for transit trade By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a major policy shift, Pakistan has decided to open its land routes for transit trade under an international agreement. Signed in December in the Indonesian city of Bali under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the agreement calls for all countries to provide such transit for promoting regional trade.
CJ takes notice of mass graves in Balochistan By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Human rights activist Nasrullah Baloch’s appeal for a judicial inquiry into the shocking discovery of mass graves in Khuzdar, Balochistan, has finally come to the notice of Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, who has summoned detailed reports on the matter from the provincial government. Taking suo motu notice of the issue on Saturday, the chief justice described the unearthing of 13 decomposed bodies from the mass graves as a serious violation of fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution and fixed the case for hearing on Tuesday.
DELHI’S MUFFLER POLITICO By Bahzad Alam Khan in New Delhi PROVINCIAL Pakistani bureaucrats occupy bigger and more lavish offices than the one out of which operates Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. No golden nameplate adorns the door of his third-floor office in the Delhi secretariat. A functional, almost nondescript, number plate (‘A-301’) is affixed to the top of the door. Though the room is well-insulated and receives no draught of the icy Delhi wind, Kejriwal’s head is swathed in his trademark blue muffler, covering his ears and most of his hair except for the widow’s peak.
TTP names Imran, Maulana Aziz in its 5-man team By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH: The central Shura of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has proposed a five-member team, comprising among others Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and Maulana Samiul Haq, head of Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, for holding talks with the government. Other members of the TTP’s committee are Maulana Abdul Aziz, chief Khateeb of Red Mosque in Islamabad; Prof Mohammad Ibrahim, chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and Mufti Kifayatullah, a former MPA of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl.
Imran distances himself from Taliban Dawn Report ISLAMABAD: Commenting on reports that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has nominated him for negotiations, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said the militant group should select its own representatives for the peace talks. He said in a statement issued on Saturday that the PTI had full faith in the four-member committee formed by the government for the talks.
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