DINA for the issue of April 4, 2014

	April 4, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Saani 3, 1435
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19 Taliban freed as ‘goodwill gesture’ By Iftikhar A Khan & Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Thursday that it had released 19 non-combatant Taliban as a goodwill gesture for bolstering the peace process with the outlawed TTP.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
All abducted guards alive, says Iran DUBAI: Iran has said five border guards kidnapped by Sunni militants are in good health, disputing a report that one of them had been killed. The guards were seized while patrolling the frontier with Pakistan in early February. Jaish al-Adl, an Iranian Sunni rebel group in Sistan-Baluchestan province, later claimed responsibility.
Court orders internee’s meeting with family By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the government on Thursday to either arrange a meeting, in complete privacy, of internee Tasif Ali with his wife and father-in-law within a week and warned that if it was not done the court would issue a summon for his production before it. “Unless you comply with our orders, we will ask for the production of the detained person before the court. We may also summon in charge of the internment centre,” cautioned Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, who heads a two-judge bench which had taken up an application of Abida Malik seeking early production of her husband Tasif alias Danish.
PPP asks govt to take political parties into confidence over TTP talks By M.B. Kalhoro NAUDERO: The Pakistan Peoples Party has asked the government to take political parties and parliament into confidence over the talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. A meeting of the PPP central executive committee, presided over jointly by the party’s Patron-in-Chief, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, and Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, paid tribute to the leadership of Z.A. Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto for their struggle against dictators and for the restoration of democracy, rights of the downtrodden, labourers and haris.
Boy killed in Afghan refugee camp explosion By Our Correspondent MANSEHRA: A minor boy was killed and four others were injured when an explosive device went off at the Khaki Afghan refugee camp on Thursday. Police told the media that boys were playing at the camp when the device exploded, killing a boy and injuring four others. The deceased was identified as Najeebullah, 3. His brother Muhabullah, 10, and Sajjad Ali, Naimatullah, 12, and Mohammad Ali, 9, were taken to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital for treatment.
TENUOUS ‘TRUCE’ IN LYARI By Saher Baloch KARACHI: After weeks of staying at home as grenades and bullets flew overhead, Rafiq Memon reopened his paan shop in Karachi’s Kalakot recently, almost two weeks after a truce was brokered by Qaumi Awami Tehreek president Ayaz Latif Palijo in the wake of a bloodbath that killed scores of people. Almost six months ago, gang member Noor Mohammad, aka Baba Ladla, of the now defunct Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) accused another senior member, Zafar Baloch, of siding with paramilitary forces in its ongoing operation, as a result of which his men were being targeted, a PAC member said. A few days later, Zafar Baloch was killed near Bizenjo Chowk by armed men on motorbikes.
Pakistan seals border for Afghan elections By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that it had sealed most of its border with Afghanistan, except for certain mutually agreed crossing points, for elections in the neighbouring country. “Extra security measures would remain in place till the conclusion of the electoral exercise in Afghanistan,” military spokesman Maj Gen Asim Bajwa told Dawn.
Police report blames govt officials for Thar disaster By Faiza Ilyas KARACHI: A police report has blamed Sindh government officials for the humanitarian crisis in Thar. It says delays in submission of files and summaries coupled with frequent transfers of officials and failure of the district administration and the health department to take notice of the growing child mortalities led to the crisis. The report prepared by DIG Hyderabad Range Dr Sanaullah Abbasi, SSP Badin and member of the inquiry committee Sarfraz Nawaz and ASP Qazi Ahmed area and member Asif Amin Awan will be submitted to the Karachi Registry of the Supreme Court which had taken notice of the death of children in Thar because of malnutrition. The report was prepared on the directives of the apex court. The report was provided to Dawn by Faisal Siddiqi, a Karachi-based lawyer.
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