DINA for the issue of May 18, 2014

	May 18, 2014 | Rajab 18, 1435
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Modi promises inclusive regime By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister-in-waiting Narendra Modi arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to wild jubilation by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters and dedicated his landslide victory to his 1.25 billion compatriots.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Steps listed to fight sectarian strife By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Over 950 people have been killed in sectarian attacks over the past three years, according to a report compiled by the interior ministry. What is more alarming, however, is that the trend is on the rise and the government seems to have failed to control it. According to the report, 197 people were killed because of sectarian strife in 2011, a number which witnessed a sharp spike to 370 in 2012. And the next year brought no relief as the violence claimed 387 lives.
Interest rate kept unchanged By Shahid Iqbal KARACHI: The State Bank has decided to maintain the interest rate at 10 per cent, meaning that no change was made during the entire second half of the current financial year. The bank stressed the need for more sustainability in positive economic indicators. The SBP’s monetary policy for May-June announced here on Saturday threw doubts on the sustainability of positive indicators. “Recent gains in confidence in the economy, backed by improvement in key indicators, need to be nurtured to ensure their sustainability,” it said. The last change in the interest rate was made in November.
Dar suspends order aimed at tax evaders By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: Apparently succumbing to pressure from powerful lobbies, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has suspended the implementation of an order meant for recovery of tax from evaders. Last week, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued SRO 351, granting power of assessment and recovery to officials of the tax intelligence unit of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS), to unearth and recover the evaded tax from fraudsters.
PTI urges govt to resume talks with Taliban By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) called on the government on Saturday to break the deadlock in the talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), saying that there had been a respite in terrorist attacks since initiation of the dialogue. “The PTI reiterates its support for dialogue and wants the government to break the current deadlock,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the party’s vice chairman, said. He termed the resumption of talks as “the only way towards peace”.
Bulbul Hazaar Dastan: valley of dolls By Reema Abbasi The pre-Partition building is an architectural masterstroke — five levels in stretched oval form, cut through the middle like a celebration cake; the sky is visible from each door and a full moon bathes squalid corridors in silver. Bulbul Hazar Dastan has dimmed into a dark alley opposite the iconic Sangeet Mahal; it bursts with waste and women, with an old tailoring shop on one end. The rock stairway is heaped with refuse, rats and cats but the heavy teak railing embedded in its rock wall speaks of good days on Napier Road.
Mengal hints at quitting assembly By Our Correspondent GWADAR: Balochistan Na­tio­nal Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Mengal has said the party will go to the masses to seek their consent whether to stay in assemblies or resign because of “a status quo in the Balochistan situation”. Addressing public meetings in Gwadar and Ormara on Saturday, Mr Mengal said the government had failed to resolve the issues of enforced disappearances of political activists and dumping of bodies.
Hundreds of mud houses collapse as rain hits Balochistan By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: A driver drowned when his truck was swept away by floodwater and hundreds of mud houses collapsed as daylong torrential rain battered different parts of Balochistan on Saturday. Heavy rain lashed Quetta, playing havoc with the drainage system in the provincial capital and leading to collapse of dozens of mud houses in Sariab, Qambrani Road, Hazarganji and Kechi Baig areas.
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