DINA for the issue of July 27, 2014

	27 July, 2014 / Ramazan 28, 1435
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Govt challenges PHC order to parliament over Fata jurisdiction By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The federal government has challenged in the Supreme Court the April 7 decision of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to instruct the parliament to amend Article 247(7) of the Constitution in order to extend jurisdiction of superior courts to people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Time for talks with govt over, says PTI By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf made it clear on Saturday that time for talks with the government to find a common ground on its demands for electoral reforms and audit of election results was over. The party said it would go ahead with its march slated for Aug 14 with “full force”. At the same time the PTI core committee also warned the government against invoking Article 245, arguing that using the army for political purposes was dangerous and if the decision was not reversed, the party reserved the right to challenge it in the Supreme Court.
Majid Nizami laid to rest By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: Majid Nizami, a veteran journalist and editor-in-chief of the Nawai Waqt Group, died here at a hospital in the small hours of Saturday. He was 86. Majid Nizami was under treatment for severe chest infection for the past three weeks. He had earlier undergone three heart bypass surgeries.
Pakistani team conquers K2 By Farman Baltistani SKARDU: A team of Pakistani mountaineers scaled K2, the second highest peak in the world, on Saturday. Sources in the Everest K2 Central National Research (Ev-K2-CNR) told Dawn that it had organised the expedition to climb the 8,611-metre peak a month ago.
Gaza toll tops 1,000 as truce throws up more bodies GAZA CITY: Israel on Saturday approved a four-hour extension of a temporary truce in Gaza, Israeli television said, after the Palestinian death toll topped 1,000 with the retrieval of more than 130 bodies. Channel 10 said the Israeli security cabinet had agreed to prolong a 12-hour truce that went into effect on Saturday morning by four hours, extending it until midnight local time.
ZARJAN’S UNHEARD PROTEST By Mina Sohail RAIN from earlier in the day had provided some respite from the intense heat. The air smells of damp grass. The turf outside the National Press Club in the capital is expansive and a camp easy to spot. Three women inside, with no fan or water, fully veiled, seem unperturbed by the heat. One of them fidgets with her chador but looks intently into the camera, speaking confidently though her voice is inaudible to me. She is Zarjan, wife of Zahid Baloch, the chairman of the Baloch Students’ Organisation (Azad), who was kidnapped on March 18 this year from Satellite Town in Quetta. Posters and banners show close-ups of Zahid’s face. His wife says he’s 27 years old. But his grim, solemn face makes him seem years older.
PIA gets Airbus A-320 By Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has acquired another fuel-efficient Airbus A-320 on lease from Ireland for six years as part of its plan to lease six aircraft to improve its performance. Secretary Aviation Mohammad Ali Gardezi said this while talking to media personnel on the occasion of inducting the Airbus A-320 into the PIA’s fleet here at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Saturday.
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