DINA for the issue of June 28, 2013

	Friday 28th June 2013 | Sha"ban 18, 1434
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GB govt plans to raid hideouts of tourists’ killers By Our Correspondent GILGIT, June 27: The district administration of Diamer has requisitioned troops for raiding hideouts of suspected terrorists who are believed to have killed 11 foreign climbers on June 22.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Gas price increase withheld till Eid By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, June 27: Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif put on hold on Thursday an average increase of Rs8.72 per unit in gas prices until Eidul Fitr and asked the petroleum ministry to seek a fresh clearance from the foreign affairs ministry before issuing a sovereign guarantee for construction of the Iran-Pakistan pipeline. He was presiding over a meeting held to discuss the gas shortfall in the country. The meeting was apprised of the progress of work on the Iran-Pakistan and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) pipeline projects.
June 13-22 collections validated: NA approves budget with higher GST By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, June 27: Amid heated rows over the new government’s seemingly diversionary moves to try former president Pervez Musharraf for treason and renew focus on money-laundering charges against President Asif Ali Zardari, the National Assembly passed the new federal budget on Thursday with the much-lamented higher general sales tax (GST) and its backdated collection. The main opposition PPP accused the ruling PML-N of apparently returning to old days of political battles in the 1990s and a former minister in the Musharraf government warned against any hasty trial of the former army chief for treason on the ground of his Nov 3, 2007 suspension of the constitution.
IPPs to get Rs326bn after signing MoU By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, June 27: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet approved on Thursday payment of Rs326 billion to independent power producers (IPPs), a Rs24bn restructuring plan for the Nandipur project and a Rs2bn Ramazan Relief Package and also decided to terminate bidding for import of 800mmcfd of liquefied natural gas (LNG). A meeting presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar decided to make the payment to IPPs to clear a major part of the Rs506bn circular debt with four major conditions for which a fresh memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed on Friday morning, followed by immediate disbursements, finance ministry spokesman Rana Assad Amin told Dawn.
Govt gives no date for treason probe completion By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, June 27: The government shied away on Thursday from giving a specific date about completion of an investigation by a special FIA team against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf for imposing the state of emergency on Nov 3, 2007. “Giving a specific time will be speculation,” Attorney General Muneer A. Malik said before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court hearing a set of petitions seeking prosecution of the former military ruler for proclaiming the emergency.
‘Negotiators talking to militia leadership’: Pakistan is engaged with Taliban to get talks back on track By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, June 27: Pakistan remains engaged with the Taliban to put the Doha process back on track after the controversial opening of the insurgent group’s Doha office that deadlocked efforts for peace in Afghanistan. A Pakistani official told Dawn on Thursday that negotiators were talking to the Taliban leadership to persuade them to get on with the talks with the Americans and the Afghan government.
Riaz Pirzada sworn in as federal minister By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, June 27: President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath of office to Riaz Hussain Pirzada, an MNA from Bahawalpur, as a federal minister on Thursday. Mr Pirzada joined the PML-N only a few months before general elections. With his induction, the size of the federal cabinet has gone up to 28 — 17 ministers, eight ministers of state, two advisers and one special assistant to prime minister.
Above normal rainfall forecast for September By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, June 27: Sindh and Punjab are likely to receive more than normal monsoon rainfall in September, according to the Meteorological Department. The department’s chairman, Arif Mehmood, said here on Thursday that less than normal rainfall was expected in July and slightly above normal during August.
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