DINA for the issue of January 30, 2013

	Wednesday 30th January 2013 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 17, 1434
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No room for retired generals, judges in interim govt: PPP By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: As part of its broad election strategy, the ruling Pakistan People’s Party has decided in principle to have non-political personalities inducted as caretaker prime minister and provincial chief ministers, to dissolve all assemblies by mid-February and hold elections for national and provincial assemblies on the same date in the middle of May...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 156.40 Points: KARACHI, Jan 29: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 17161.39, up 156.40 points Forex Update : KARACHI, Jan 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
CNG pushed to bottom of list: Homes, factories to get gas on priority By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Despite the procurement regulator’s ruling allowing contracts on a single bid basis, the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet scrapped tenders on Tuesday for import of 400 million cubic feet of liquefied natural gas and ordered a ministerial probe into mismanagement of the bidding process. The ECC meeting, presided over by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, also demoted the CNG sector to the bottom of the priority list for the supply of gas and upgraded the power sector, industrial and fertiliser consumers and cement one notch up. That means the CNG sector would get gas supply after fulfilling requirements of domestic, commercial, power plants, industrial, captive power, fertiliser and cement in that order. Earlier, the CNG was third on the priority list...
Former chief of Ogra arrested in Abu Dhabi By Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Tauqir Sadiq, the fugitive former chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), was arrested in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday on the orders of a court. Mr Sadiq is suspected of causing a loss of Rs83 billion to the national exchequer. He fled abroad after the Supreme Court declared his appointment illegal on Nov 25, 2011, and ordered the National Accountability Bureau to start investigation against him...
Amid sword-crossing, NA does rapid lawmaking By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Amid fiery sword-crossing over a proposed new province in Punjab, the National Assembly did some rapid lawmaking on Tuesday, amending its rules to give an important role to its committees in budget-making and passing three private bills to set up as many new universities. After arguments for and against the new province were marked by warning of dire consequences of either course, lawmakers on both sides of aisle were at peace in making an amendment to the rules of procedure to provide for, for the first time in Pakistan’s parliamentary history, a mandatory scrutiny of budgetary proposals of ministries in respect of the public sector development programme (PSDP) by the concerned standing committees of the house...
Allies discuss probable names for caretaker PM, poll dates By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The ruling coalition partners for the first time on Tuesday formally discussed the probable names for a caretaker prime minister and possible dates for dissolution of the National Assembly and holding of the general election. Briefing the media after a meeting of the coalition parties, jointly presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at the Presidency, the president’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar confirmed that the participants had “discussed probable names for the caretaker prime minister”...
Premier, CMs barred from election campaign By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The code of conduct for general elections prepared by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and unveiled on Tuesday strictly prohibits the prime minister, governors and chief ministers and all other holders of public office from taking part in the poll campaign and announcing development schemes or doing anything which may influence the election result in any constituency. The code prohibits use of official mass media for partisan coverage of political events and releasing advertisements highlighting achievements of the federal and provincial governments at the cost of public exchequer...
Formation of caretaker govt: Balochistan may face serious crisis, SC told By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: A counsel representing Balochistan indicated before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that a crisis was bound to hit the province at the time of installing a caretaker government. Balochistan is currently under governor’s rule after President Asif Ali Zardari had on Jan 14 suspended the provincial government for two months by invoking Article 234 of the Constitution...
24 militants killed in Tirah valley bombing By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Jan 29: At least 24 militants were killed when military planes bombed militant positions in Tirah valley on Tuesday. Officials said the planes attacked targets in Dwa Thoe, Bara Gatt, Wocha Wona and Nakai areas where Tehrik-i-Taliban and Lashkar-i-Islam have their bases or hideouts. They said that stores of food and arms were destroyed...
Policeman killed in attack on polio team By Muqaddam Khan SWABI, Jan 29: Gunmen attacked an anti-polio vaccination team here on Tuesday, killing a policeman who was escorting two women vaccinators who escaped unhurt. Officials said the workers were administering anti-polio vaccine to children in Gil Wand area of Kala village when men on a motorcycle opened fire, killing constable Munsif Khan on the spot. The women workers ran for safety and were not hurt...
Committee confirms Kerry for top post By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Jan 29: The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unanimously confirmed Senator John F. Kerry on Tuesday as the country’s next secretary of state while the full Senate started the process for a floor vote late in the afternoon. Senator Kerry, who expressed a strong desire for rebuilding America’s relations with Pakistan at his confirmation hearing last week, is slated to replace the outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week...
BB murder case: ATC summons old inquiry record By Malik Asad RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: The Benazir Bhutto murder case took a new turn on Tuesday when an anti-terrorism court summoned the record of an old inquiry conducted by a team headed by the then Punjab law secretary about the washing of the crime scene. ATC judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman summoned statements of witnesses Dr Abdul Rehman and Ghulam Mohammad Naz of Rescue 1122 recorded before the inquiry team headed by then Punjab law secretary Farooq Ahmed Sheikh in February 2008...
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