DINA for the issue of 31st January, 2013

	Thursday 31st January 2013 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 18, 1434
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GDP growth 3.7pc in FY-12 State Bank warns of debt trap By Shahid Iqbal KARACHI, Jan 30: The State Bank of Pakistan has warned that the fiscal deficit of 8.5 per cent last year (FY-12) is not sustainable and could push the country towards a debt trap as the public debt-to-GDP ratio has reached 62.6 per cent...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 33.23 Points: KARACHI, Jan 30: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 17205.27, up 33.23 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Jan 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.2 to the US Dollar in the open market.
NA likely to be dissolved on March 13-14 ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah said on Wednesday the National Assembly could be dissolved by March 13 or 14. Talking to journalists at the parliament house, he said the government would try to reach agreement for dissolving the National Assembly and provincial assemblies on the same day. He said the PPP leadership had not yet finalised name of the caretaker prime minister...
Cabinet ratifies Iran pipeline agreement By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Despite intense US pressure, the federal cabinet approved on Wednesday a $1.5 billion government-to-government deal with Iran for laying the 785km Pakistan segment of a pipeline to deliver 750 million cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMCFD) of Iranian gas by the end of next year. The contract will be signed by Iran’s Tadbir Energy and Pakistan Interstate Gas Company (ISGC) for engineering, procurement, construction and financing of the project. Iran will provide a $500 million financing payable in 20 years and Tadbir Energy will lay the pipeline through its sub-contractors...
Three die in Karachi bomb blast By S. Raza Hassan KARACHI, Jan 30: At least three people were killed and a number of others injured as the Sohrab Goth area continued to witness acts of terrorism for the second day on Wednesday. Three people were killed and two others injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the night...
NAB chief’s letter invites apex court’s wrath By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: A strongly-worded letter critical of the judiciary written by National Accountability Bureau Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari to President Asif Ali Zardari invited the ire of the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The court asked the NAB chief to submit an authentic copy of the letter in which he had accused the superior judiciary of influencing the bureau’s investigation into the rental power projects (RPP) scam. ..
NA: never so late, never so together By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The National Assembly never met so late during nearly five years of its life as on Wednesday after its members attended another singular event when they got together outside the house for a memorial photograph with a convalesced Speaker Fehmida Mirza. There was no immediate explanation about why the house met late by over two hours though most of its members were already around for its first such group photo, which was taken with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan flanking the speaker in the seated front row of leading lawmakers and others standing behind them on rows of steps to the parliament house’s main entrance...
Govt unveils Strategic Trade Policy Framework By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The government unveiled on Wednesday a medium-term (2012-15) Strategic Trade Policy Framework, setting a cumulative export target of $95 billion for three years. The framework, the second announced by the current government, will be implemented with a funding of Rs26.14bn...
Seven bodies found in Quetta, Dera Bugti By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Jan 30: Seven bullet-riddled bodies, among them four Bugti tribesmen, were found in parts of Balochistan on Wednesday. Another two people were shot dead in separate incidents. Three bodies were found in mountains, about 4km away from Quetta near the Eastern Bypass...
Malala to undergo skull surgery LONDON, Jan 30: Malala Yousufzai shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls’ education is to return to a hospital in Britain for surgery to reconstruct her skull. The 15-year-old was discharged from the hospital earlier this month to spend time with her family after her initial treatment phase...
Pakistan hushed up beheadings by Indian troops: report By Our Correspondent NEW DELHI, Jan 30: Pakistan hushed up a pattern of killings over several years in cross-LoC raids by Indian troops, which included beheading of civilians and troops, The Hindu reported on Wednesday quoting confidential UN reports. Pakistan’s complaints to the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (Unmogip), monitoring the ceasefire in Kashmir, were kept from its civilians to avoid a popular backlash, The Hindu said...
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