DINA for the issue of April 11, 2014

	April 11, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Saani 10, 1435
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S. Arabia has no hidden agenda, says ambassador By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Ali Saeed Asseri, who remained Saudi Arabia’s envoy to Pakistan for nine years, is returning to Islamabad for a second stint.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 309.53 Points: KARACHI, April 10: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 29250.54, up 309.53 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, April 10: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 98.25 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Power shortage leads to 12-18 hours of loadshedding By Ahmad Fraz Khan LAHORE: With mercury inching towards 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of the country and water discharge from two major dams reduced because of low irrigation requirements, electricity shortage shot to 6,000MW on Thursday, forcing authorities to resort to 12 to 18 hours of loadshedding. According to officials of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco), all the determinants turned nasty for the sector’s managers in the last two days.
Investigators collecting information to verify UBA claim By Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Investigators are collecting details to verify the United Baloch Army’s claim that it carried out Wednesday’s explosion in Islamabad’s fruit and vegetable market in which 24 people were killed and 122 injured. The interior ministry has already rejected the outlawed UBA’s claim.
PM underlines need for regional connectivity BOAO (China): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for a collective approach for addressing common challenges and laid stress on “enhanced connectivity for success”. Speaking on Thursday at the annual Boao Forum for Asia on ‘Asia’s new future: identifying new growth drivers’, Mr Sharif said that trans-national roads, railways, oil and gas pipelines and institutions of higher learning would prove to be real drivers of growth for Asia in the coming years.
Retired official speaks his mind against KP govt By Ismail Khan PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf may pride itself on achieving the seemingly unthinkable – bringing good governance to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and putting an end to political interference. But a letter addressed to Chief Minister Pervez Khattak by his now former chief secretary presents what an officer described as a damning indictment and charge-sheet of his rule.
IT’S THURSDAY MOURNING IN PAKISTAN By Mehreen Zahra-Malik THERE are eulogies. There are hymns. There are loud duas. There are pictures. There are ofrendas. A wife’s favourite bottle of perfume is placed in the coffin. Ashes are scattered in a river. A body is snugly cocooned in a white shroud. But how do you mark a death — or a life — without bodies? Hundreds queued up on Thursday to attend the funeral in absentia of the 24 who died in Wednesday’s bomb explosion at the Sabzi Mandi on the edge of Islamabad.
Mehtab to take oath as KP governor on 14th Bureau Report PESHAWAR: Seasoned politician and PML-N leader Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan will be sworn in as governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on April 14 (Monday). A notification issued by the Cabinet Division about his appointment has been received by the provincial government.
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