DINA for the issue of February 5, 2014

	February 5, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Saani 4, 1435
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COAS to discuss ‘entire gamut of ties’ in S. Arabia By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif on Tuesday left for Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit — his first overseas trip since assuming command in November — for pushing plans for a “new era in strategic partnership” between the two countries.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 194.66 Points: KARACHI, February 4 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 26751.45, down 194.66 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, February 3: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.20 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Suicide bomber kills 9 in Peshawar By Muhammad Ashfaq PESHAWAR: As people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hoped for some respite from terrorist attacks in the wake of moves for peace talks between the government and militants, a suicide blast ripped through a restaurant near an Imambargah in a congested city locality of Kocha Risaldar on Tuesday evening, leaving nine people dead and around 50 injured. Till late night there was no claim of responsibility for the dastardly act.
Three coaches overturn, four derail as blast hits train track By Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: More than half a dozen coaches of Lahore-bound Shalimar Express overturned and derailed on Tuesday night when a bomb planted along railway tracks about 20km east of Karachi went off, leaving a minor girl dead and at least 23 passengers injured, officials and witnesses said. The blast forced the authorities to announce closure of the tracks and suspension of railway traffic. The departure of at least two trains scheduled to leave Karachi’s Cantonment Station with hundreds of passengers had to be cancelled.
Achakzai stirs controversy as NA backs Kashmiris By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: A government ally stirred a controversy over what self-determination should mean for Kashmiris as the National Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday demanding their association in the future dialogue between Pakistan and India to settle the longstanding dispute. The house unanimously passed a comprehensive resolution moved by the chairman of its special committee on Kashmir, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, reiterating Pakistan’s traditional stand for a solution of the Kashmir dispute through a UN-mandated plebiscite, ahead of a day of solidarity with the Kashmiri people’s struggle to be marked in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on Wednesday as a national holiday.
Peace talks hampered by exchange of accusations By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Clouds of doubts surrounding the proposed peace talks between the government and the outlawed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) further thickened on Tuesday, with each side accusing the other of not doing enough to make the process sustainable and result-oriented and raising questions over each other’s seriousness. While the government side sought certain clarifications from TTP’s negotiating team, the latter appeared to be in doubt if the government really wanted to hold talks or was looking for an excuse to go ahead with a military operation in North Waziristan Agency.
Khuzdar DC confirms mass graves By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the Balochistan government had appointed a single-judge tribunal to ascertain facts and circumstances leading to the discovery of mass graves in Khuzdar. Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai of the Balochistan High Court will complete his findings and recommendations in a month, Home Secretary Asad Rehman Gilani told a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani. The court had taken suo motu notice on an appeal by Nasrullah Baloch, chairman of the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons, of the unearthing of 13 decomposed bodies from the mass graves.
Widespread rain, snowfall to continue in country’s upper parts By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: While widespread rain and snowfall in upper parts of the country are likely to continue till the weekend, another westerly system is reaching Pakistan on Wednesday before the departure of the current one which has yielded enough water for crops over the past three days. The Met department said on Tuesday that the fresh westerly system would likely reach northern Balochistan on Wednesday and cause more rain and snowfall over the hills in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper Punjab, Islamabad, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday and Friday.
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