DINA for the issue of May 26, 2014

	May 26, 2014 | Rajab 26, 1435
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Glittering ceremony in Delhi today Agencies NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi will be sworn in on Monday as prime minister at a glittering ceremony that will be as much a show of his determination to be a key player on the global stage as a celebration of his stunning election victory.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Complaints commission for electronic media likely By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The proposed Media Complaints Commission (MCC) — an initiative of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif aimed at removing ambiguities from the code of conduct for media houses — seems like it may become an electronic media-centric body. According to official records available with Dawn, representatives of the print media, who were invited to the first meeting convened to discuss the modalities of the proposed commission, have now been excluded.
Do Sharif, Modi have a fish to fry? By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI: Mediaeval rulers freed slaves to mark auspicious events. Pakistan is releasing 151 Indian fishermen to observe Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Delhi as a key guest at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in on Monday. Other Saarc leaders have been invited, but the Delhi media has focused exclusively on Mr Sharif.
MQM criticises UK for freezing Altaf’s accounts By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI: A senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement disclosed here on Sunday that bank accounts of the party’s chief Altaf Hussain in London were being frozen and asked MQM’s wor­kers and supporters at a large meeting here to continue their ‘peaceful struggle’ agai­nst the British government. “Today’s rally is against white Englishmen,” MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar said in his speech at the rally held to demonstrate solidarity with Mr Hussain. “Altaf Hussain is cooperating with [UK] police but why they are harassing him. The British measures against him are a political problem.”
8 Levies men killed in attack on checkpost Saleem Shahid & Abdul Wahid Shahwani QUETTA/KHUZDAR: Gunmen attacked a checkpost near Wadh area, about 70km south of Khuzdar town, on Sunday morning, killing eight Levies personnel and injuring four others. The gunmen cordoned off the area before firing indiscriminately with automatic weapons at the Johar checkpost on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway. They also hurled hand-grenades at the post and a vehicle parked there.
Pope prays at separation barrier, calls for Mideast peace Reuters BETHLEHEM: Pope Francis made a surprise stop on Sunday at the wall Palestinians abhor as a symbol of Israeli oppression, and later invited presidents from both sides of the divide to the Vatican to pray for peace. In an image likely to become one of the most emblematic of his trip to the holy land, Francis rested his forehead against the concrete structure that separates Bethlehem from Jerusalem, and prayed silently as a child holding a Palestinian flag looked on.
Yemeni embassy official escapes kidnapping bid Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Four persons who introduced themselves as police officials tried to kidnap the Yemeni embassy’s deputy head of mission Dr Abdul Rab Abubakar Bingabr from his residence here on Sunday, but fled following resistance put up by the diplomat and his family. According to sources, the men rang the doorbell of Dr Bingabr’s house in sector G-10 at about 2am and introduced themselves as policemen, but could not tell the reason of their visit.
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