DINA for the issue of 1st January, 2013

	Tuesday 1st January 2013 | Safar 18, 1434
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KSE welcomes 2013 with new peak By Dilawar Hussain KARACHI: At the last trading session of the year 2012 on Monday, the Karachi Stock Exchange Index of 100 shares crossed the incredible 17,000-point barrier for a brief moment, raising a chorus of cheers from brokers, traders and investors...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 37.86 Points: KARACHI, Dec 31: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16905.33, down 37.86 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Dec 31: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 97.9 to the US Dollar in the open market.
First option for ANP is talks, not operation Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Dec 31: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has advised the federal government to hold ‘meaningful’ talks with Taliban insurgents to restore peace in the country and use force if the talks fail to produce desired results. The menace of militancy has eaten into the fabric of the society and, therefore, the federal government should take steps to eradicate terrorism...
Gas tariff increased by 6.14pc By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The federal government increased the natural gas tariff on Monday by 6.14 per cent for all consumers with immediate effect. The average increase works out at Rs28.28 per unit. A formal notification about the increase was issued by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on the advice of the federal government. This will yield an additional revenue of about Rs11.5 billion to two gas companies — Rs9.5 billion to SNGPL and Rs2 billion to SSGCL...
Staggered polls likely By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Polls on different dates for the national and provincial assemblies are likely unless the Punjab government agrees to dissolve the assembly in March along with the National Assembly. The difference of 22 days in the term of the National and Punjab Assemblies is the reason for this peculiar situation...
PML-Q backs Qadri’s demands LAHORE, Dec 31: After MQM, another ally of PPP — PML-Q — has announced its support for Dr Tahirul Qadri’s demands for an independent and honest caretaker set-up and electoral reforms. “We will support Dr Tahirul Qadri’s mission whether we remain in government or not,” declared PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain after meeting the patron-in-chief of Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran. He was accompanied by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Syed Mushahid Hussain...
Eight more Taliban leaders freed By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The government has set another eight senior Taliban leaders free in two batches over the past few days, signalling its continued support for the Afghan reconciliation process. Those released are Mullah Noorudin Turabi, Mullah Allah Dad Akhund, Mullah Abdul Bari Akhund, Mullah Ghulam Mohammad, Mullah Daud Jan, Mir Ahmed Gul and relatively unknown Taliban figures Mullah Azam and Mullah Khair Mohammad.
9 insurgents found dead in N. Waziristan By Pazeer Gul MIRAMSHAH, Dec 31: Nine bullet-riddled bodies were found dumped in a deserted locality in Peer Kali of North Waziristan area on Monday. Local people said the bodies carried bullet marks and were found along the main Miramshah-Mirali road...
Health minister suspends officials: Measles toll rises to 53 in Sindh Dawn Report SUKKUR, Dec 31: The death toll from measles outbreak in Sindh rose to 53 after 16 more children lost their lives in different areas on Monday. According to reports, five children died in Ghotki district, four in taluka Thull, three in Kandhkot city, two in taluka Tangwani and one each in Sukkur and Jacobabad districts...
Fuel supply in Islamabad hit by fog ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The ministry of petroleum and natural resources announced on Monday there was no shortage of fuel in the country and only the federal capital was facing some shortage because of transportation problem triggered by heavy fog. According to a government press release, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf took notice of media reports and asked the Secretary of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Dr Waqar Masood Khan, to submit a report on the matter...
Interim appointments to top positions in PIA irk SC By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Supreme Court was surprised on Monday when it was informed that affairs of the Pakistan International Airlines were being run by the people who had been appointed to top positions on a temporary basis. The incumbent chairman and managing director of PIA are overseeing the affairs of the airline on a provisional basis. Defence Secretary Lt-Gen (retd) Malik Asif Yasin is chairman of PIA as well as ex-officio director general of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)...
14 killed in Tirah bombing By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Dec 31: Fourteen people, women and children among them, were killed and four others injured when fighter planes bombed two houses in Tirah valley on Monday, sources said. Talking to Dawn, Ezatullah Humkhayal, a spokesman for a Tirah-based unspecified religious group, said that two planes bombed houses of Hunar Shah Malikdin Khel and Shah Pur Shalobar in Sarhokha area near Bagh Markaz at around 4am...
Strike observed in Kashmir SRINAGAR, Dec 31: Shops and businesses remained shut in Indian-held Kashmir on Monday in response to a strike called by pro-independence parties in protest against firing by Indian forces in which seven people were injured. On Friday, Indian troops fired on people in Pulwama town as they carried two men injured in fighting with armed men in a neighboring village. Seven civilians were wounded in the shooting, leading to massive anti-India protests.—AP
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