DINA for the issue of April 15, 2014

	April 15, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Saani 14, 1435
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Trade tops agenda of talks with S. Korean PM By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Trade was high on the agenda when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif played host to his South Korean counterpart Chung Hongwon on Monday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 155.33 Points: KARACHI, April 14: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 29094.12 , down155.33 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, April 14 : The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 98.25 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Senators bind PM to attend session By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The government faced humiliation on the opening day of the Senate’s new parliamentary year on Monday when the house approved amendments to bind the prime minister to attend a session of the upper house at least once a week. Besides, the government received a warning from Senate Chairman Nayyar Bokhari over its failure to present the National Security Policy before the house despite his directive during the last session.
Man held in Bhakkar for cannibalism By Our Correspondent BHAKKAR: A villager was arrested on Monday on suspicion of cannibalism after the heads of two babies were found at his house. His brother managed to escape, prompting police to launch a hunt for him. Mohammad Arif and Farman had been found guilty of the same crime in March 2011 and jailed. They were released in May last year after serving a two-year sentence.
Can people survive on minimum wage, SC asks By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal and provincial governments for data to prove that they were doing enough to ensure that the citizens could survive on the minimum wage and had access to essential food items, as envisioned in Articles 9 and 14 of the Constitution. The directions came after Dr Shakeel Ahmed Khan, wheat commissioner for the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, told the court the government’s standard minimum daily intake requirement was 2,350 calories per adult.
Music cheers Jaswant Singh to fight on By Our Correspondent NEW DELHI: Most people who remember how the Agra summit came tantalisingly close to rare breakthrough between India and Pakistan in July 2001 can hardly forget the odd man out on the occasion. Then foreign minister Jaswant Singh stood alone in the pack of hardliners in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who collectively torpedoed Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s peace initiative with Pakistan’s military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf.
RISING FROM THE ASHES By Aurangzaib Khan SPRING comes reluctantly to Ziarat. In the silence of winter, the valley’s juniper forests stand frozen against a grey sky. But when the warmth does come, it does so with the swagger of an exhibitionist. Trees burst into blossom and life crawls out of hibernation; the shutters go up on tea stalls, schools and offices open and proprietors air out hotel rooms. Tourists, upon arrival, turn right to take the winding path up the hill to see the magnificent building whose image has become synonymous with this tourist town in Balochistan, indeed the province itself.
Watercolourist Najmul Hassan passes away By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: Renowned watercolourist Pirzada Najmul Hassan passed away here on Monday. He was 64. A painter of nature who had his own style when it came to painting trees, clouds and skies, he met an unexpected tragic death.
Police manipulated probe into murder of philanthropist By Abdul Shakoor Khan ISLAMABAD: A judicial inquiry into the investigation of the murder of renowned philanthropist Parveen Rehman appears to have uncovered manipulation by police investigators and has recommended that the whole case be reinvestigated by “efficient, independent and honest police officer(s)”. The report, prepared by a district and sessions judge in Karachi on the orders of the Supreme Court, is expected to be presented in the court of Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk when he hears a constitutional petition filed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
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