DINA for the issue of July 28, 2014

DAWN INTERNET NEWS ALERT	July 28, 2014 | Ramazan 29, 1435
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Life of key politicians under threat: Nisar Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that major political leaders, including Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, are facing threats to their lives.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://www.dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Many TTP strongholds cleared Bureau Report PESHAWAR: The Inter Services Public Relations, the media wing of the armed forces, has claimed to have achieved major success in the operation against militants in North Waziristan. It said in a statement on Sunday that a large part of the tribal agency has been cleared of insurgents, including the areas considered to be strongholds of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and other militant organisations.
Sindh PPP protests over water, power shortages Dawn Report KARACHI: The PPP launched a protest campaign in Sindh on Sunday against severe shortage of water and power. The PML-N was accused of having done little to ease people’s hardships. In Karachi, the PPP took out a procession against unannounced loadshedding being carried out by the K-Electric and warned of a countrywide protest if the supply situation was not improved.
Fighting subsides in Gaza, but truce hopes fragile Reuters GAZA CITY: Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce, but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end their conflict with Israel. Hamas said it had endorsed a call by the United Nations for a pause in the fighting in view of the upcoming holiday of Eidul Fitr.
Moon sighted in most Arab states Agencies JEDDAH: The festival of Eidul Fitr will begin on Monday (today) in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring states. The religious authorities in the kingdom announced on Sunday they had received reports of sightings of the new moon, marking the end of Ramazan.
Parts of KP, Fata celebrate Eid today Dawn Report KARACHI: As the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee meets on Monday to decide on the sighting or otherwise of the Shawwal crescent, a clutch of unofficial groups declared late on Sunday that the moon had been sighted and Eidul Fitr would be celebrated in several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal areas on Monday. According to APP, the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Com­mittee headed by its chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman will meet after Asr prayers in the main office of the Meteorological Depart­ment in Karachi.
13 wounded in Quetta market bomb blast Saleem Shahid QUETTA: At least 13 people, including a child, were injured when a bomb went off in the crowded Kandhari Bazaar on Sunday afternoon, forcing shopkeepers to pull their shutters down. The injured included vendors and people who were shopping for Eid.
Boko Haram kidnaps wife of Cameroon’s deputy PM Reuters YAOUNDE: The wife of Cameroon’s vice prime minister was kidnapped and at least three people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in the northern town of Kolofata on Sunday, Cameroon officials said. A local religious leader (or lamido) called Seini Boukar Lamine, who is also the town’s mayor, was kidnapped as well, in a separate attack on his home.
50 killed in Benghazi, Tripoli clashes Reuters TRIPOLI: At least 36 people were killed in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, many of them civilians, in clashes between Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants on Saturday night and Sunday morning, medical and security sources said. Another 23 people, all Egyptian workers, were killed in the capital Tripoli when a rocket hit their home on Saturday during clashes between rival militias battling over the city’s main airport, the Egyptian state news agency reported.
PC violating rules of appointment Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: The Plan­ning Commission is reported to be violating the eligibility criteria set by the cabinet division for the appointment of its chief economist, a post which has been lying vacant since the PML-N came to power, according to reliable sources. According to the criteria, the person to be selected for the post should be a professional of eminent stature preferably with a doctorate in economics and having at least 25 years of relevant experience. It has been the stated policy of the commission to adhere to the criteria.
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