DINA for the issue of March 2, 2014
 | March 2, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Saani 29, 1435 | |||||
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Taliban declare month-long ceasefireBy Pazir GulMIRAMSHAH: In a dramatic move, the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced on Monday a month-long unilateral ceasefire, hours after two roadside bombings killed 13 people during a polio vaccination campaign in the Khyber tribal region. A TTP spokesman said in a statement released to the media that the ceasefire was being declared with all seriousness and good intentions. | ||||||
Iranian drug smugglers held, foreign hostages freedBy Saleem ShahidQUETTA: The Frontier Corps recovered three foreigners kidnapped by a gang of drug traffickers and arrested eight Iranians who were holding them, after a raid on a house in Turbat on Saturday. “Two Tanzanians and a Yemeni national had been detained by the Iranian nationals in the house in Overseas Colony,” an FC official said. An FC spokesman said the eight persons arrested by FC troops were Iranian nationals and initial investigation had revealed that they belonged to a gang involved in drug trafficking. | ||||||
12 policemen escorting polio workers die in blastsBy Ibrahim ShinwariLANDI KOTAL: Twelve tribal policemen and a school student were killed in two bomb explosions during a polio vaccination campaign in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Saturday. According to officials, a Levies team came under attack in the first explosion when they were escorting health workers in Lashorrha area of Chappari, near Ghundi, a suspected hideout of militants. | ||||||
Govt hints at positive responseISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Maulana Samiul Haq, a key member of the committee nominated by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan for holding talks with the government, discussed on Saturday the month-long ceasefire announced by the banned outfit. According to media reports, Chaudhry Nisar assured Maulana Sami that a positive response would be given to the Taliban’s announcement.—PPI. | ||||||
Report on tax exemptions kept under wrapsBy Mubarak Zeb KhanISLAMABAD: The PML-N government has kept under wraps an official study which contains startling disclosures about tax exemptions in order to protect influential people and sectors enjoying undue benefits at the cost of the exchequer, according to a study. The study, carried out by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), has worked out for the first time the cost of exemptions granted under statutory regulatory orders (SROs). But Finance Minister Ishaq Dar seems to be in no mood to make it public or place it on the floor of the parliament. | ||||||
Bomb kills three FC men in KalatBy Our Staff CorrespondentQUETTA: Three Frontier Corps personnel were killed and 10 others injured in a bomb blast in Surab area of Kalat district, some 230km southeast of here, on Saturday. Officials said an FC convoy was passing through the area when one vehicle was hit by the roadside bomb. | ||||||
Silence on Gorakh HillBy Qasim A. MoiniIF Murree is the Queen of Hills, then Gorakh Hill, Sindh’s highest point, which is often compared to that verdant hill station in the north of Pakistan, is a lonely, majestic king. Located in Dadu district at a height of 5,688 feet in the Khirthar Range, at the border of Sindh and Balochistan, the vistas viewable from the top of the hill are unforgettable. However, getting there is nothing short of an accomplishment. | ||||||
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