DINA for the issue of April 13, 2014

	April 13, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Saani 12, 1435
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Release of 12 Taliban prisoners likely Bureau Report PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved release of 12 people from detention as part of the so-called confidence-building measures to resume peace talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), credible sources told Dawn.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Court drops attempted murder case against toddler By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: A sessions court threw out on Saturday a case of attempted murder registered against a toddler and issued show-cause notice to a police officer for including the boy’s name in the case which also carried charges of attacking policemen. At the outset of the hearing, investigation officer of the Muslim Town police station submitted a ‘discharge report’ to the court, seeking cancellation of the FIR “to the extent” of nine-month-old Mohammad Musa.
Legislators defaming army can be disqualified, says Shujaat By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: PML-Q chief Senator Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has said that those clamouring about Article 6 of the Constitution should also read Article 63(g), which states that any parliamentarian who tries to defame the armed forces or the judiciary will be disqualified. Referring to some PML-N ministers’ statements, Chaudhry Shujaat said there was resentment in the army over an alleged campaign against it.
Official held for illegal release of inmates By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The disclosure of illegal release of three prisoners from a Karachi prison in 2010 has shaken up the interior ministry and prompted the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to arrest the central character of the scam — an official of the ministry. Informed sources told Dawn that the prisoners had separately been convicted in the United Kingdom — two of them of murder and the third of a drugs-related crime. They were supposed to serve part of their sentences in Pakistan under an agreement with the UK.
Wall being erected around Musharraf’s farmhouse By Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Millions of rupees are being spent on building a security wall around the farmhouse of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf in Chak Shahzad to ensure his safety. According to sources, the interior ministry had sought recommendations from various departments concerned about the security arrangements around the farmhouse.
Retirees’ reappointment goes against SC orders By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: In defiance of the Supreme Court’s instructions regarding restrictions on reappointment of retired government officials, the PML-N government is filling top positions in various institutions by appointing retirees on lucrative salaries, Dawn has learnt. Recently, the government appointed some retired officials on a contract basis or extended the terms of some who had reached superannuation.
TEXT MESSAGE OF DEATH By Mina Sohail THIRTY miles from Faisalabad, in Gojra, a city of Toba Tek Singh district, is a small rundown house, with white paint peeling off. The door has been locked since July 2013. The house belongs to Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar, a Christian couple languishing in jail for nine months now. Their alleged crime? Sending a profane text to a local mosque cleric on his mobile phone. Their punishment? Death. “She can’t read or write. One of her main duties was to take kids to the restroom,” said Kaleem Akhter, principal at St John’s Cathedral Girls High School, where Shagufta worked as a helper, earning Rs3,500 a month.
Army has no concern with Musharraf case: minister By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: Another federal minister has joined the debate about trial of retired General Pervez Musharraf for high treason and declared that the former army chief is a politician now and the army has nothing to do with his case. “Retired Gen Pervez Musharraf is the head of a political party. He is a politician and he is being tried in the treason case as a politician,” Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said to reporters here on Saturday.
Altaf calls for trial of ‘abettors’ By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has criticised trial only of retired General Pervez Musharraf on high treason charges and said all army officers who helped the former army chief topple the-then government should be put in the dock along with their ex-boss. Speaking on Saturday from London by phone at the inauguration ceremony of the Nazeer Hussain University (NHU), he asked why Mr Musharraf was singled out for trial and the ‘aiders and abettors’, as mentioned in Article 6 of the Constitution, were not even touched.
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