DINA for the issue of April 2, 2014

	April 2, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Saani 1, 1435
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PML-N in a fix over concession for Musharraf By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: An overwhelming majority within the PML-N is reported to be against allowing former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf to travel to the UAE to see his ailing mother and get treatment for his own heart ailment.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 405.59 Points: KARACHI, April 1 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 27565.50 ,up 405.59 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, April 1 : The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 100.20 to the US Dollar in the open market.
IB updates list of most wanted criminals By Faisal Ali Ghumman LAHORE: The Intelligence Bureau, which has recently got Rs1.4 billion from the federal government for acquiring manpower, gadgetry and other resources to rebuild the organisation from scratch, has updated its first-ever list of most wanted criminals belonging to a Karachi-based political party and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan who have been responsible for the unrest in the port city. Although officials claim some high-profile arrests from a list of over 400 people involved in targeted killings and other acts of terrorism, extortion and cases of kidnapping for ransom since the start of Karachi operation in September last year, more than 100 have fled abroad.
Balochistan peace talks under way, says general By A Correspondent GWADAR: The Commander of the Southern Command, Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua, has said that the process to resolve the Balochistan issue through talks is under way. Addressing local elders and officials here on Tuesday, he said the army had been cooperating with the provincial government in its efforts to restore peace in the province.
Pakistan out of T20 tournament MIRPUR: Holders West Indies sailed into the World Twenty20 semi-finals after Dwayne Bravo’s power-hitting and Samuel Badree’s lethal spin bowling fashioned their comprehensive 84-run victory over 2009 champions Pakistan on Tuesday. It was the first time Pakistan, finalists in the inaugural World T20 in 2007, failed to reach the knock-out rounds.
NA says yes to madressah reform, dithers on YouTube By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly threw on Tuesday its weight behind the government’s plans to reform madressahs, adopting an opposition resolution calling for improving and regulating studies at religious seminaries. But, thanks to a ministerial dithering, a similar vote against a 1-1/2-year-old ban on YouTube video-sharing social website was put off. However, on a day of strident attacks against dubious moves advanced in the name of Islam, most criticism across party lines, in an opposition-initiated debate, focussed on militants obstructing polio vaccination in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and was marked by demands that the government make protection for polio vaccinators as condition of peace talks with Taliban rebels.
US spy who leaked details of Pakistan’s N-programme may be released By Masood Haider NEW YORK: Jonathan Pollard, the former US intelligence agent who was convicted of spying for Israel, by compromising Pakistan’s nuclear secrets, could be released before the Jewish holiday of Passover as part of efforts to save Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, an Israeli official involved in the talks reportedly told CNN. Reports of Pollard’s possible release came as US Secretary of State John Kerry travelled to Israel on Monday to try to mediate a dispute between Israel and the Palestinians over the release of Palestinian prisoners.
Drug smugglers use hostages to ensure payments: report Dawn Report KARACHI: Drug smugglers operating from Pakistan are using human hostages to ensure payments from their East African clients in return for drug consignments, investigations carried out by the Herald have revealed. In many cases, these hostages spend months in inhuman conditions in places such as Gwadar and Turbat before being able to return home. The presence of the hostages — who effectively serve as human promissory notes in smuggling deals — first came to official knowledge when two of them, one from Tanzania and the other from Zambia, escaped from the custody of their captors in Gwadar in December 2013.
CIA misled public about interrogation methods: Post WASHINGTON: The CIA misled the government and the public about parts of its interrogation programme for years, the Washington Post said on Tuesday, quoting a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Specifically, the US agency hid details about the severity of its methods, overstated the significance of plots and prisoners and took credit for critical pieces of intelligence that detainees had in fact provided before they were subjected to harsh techniques, the Post said, quoting officials who saw the 6,300-page repo
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