DINA for the issue of July 02, 2013

	Tuesday 2nd July 2013 | Sha'ban 22, 1434
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Thousands attend funeral of Quetta blast victims By Saleem Shahid and Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, July 1: Amid a pall of gloom and heavy deployment of security personnel, thousands of mourners laid to rest the victims of Sunday night’s suicide attack in the Hazara Town graveyard on Monday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 357.47 Points: KARACHI, July 01: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 21363.16, up 357.47 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, July 01: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 100.07 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Rs40bn EOBI scam: SC asks FIA to finalise probe in 10 days By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, July 1: The Supreme Court ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday to complete investigations into the Rs40 billion Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) scam in 10 days without taking into consideration ranks, position or political clout of the accused. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken notice on the basis of media reports about investments made by the EOBI in the private sector without approval of its board of trustees.
Govt hopes for $5.4bn from IMF, $5.6bn from others ISLAMABAD, July 1: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are reported to have reached closer to an agreement on a $5.4 billion loan package. The country’s economic team, led by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, held a four-hour-long meeting with the IMF delegation, led by Jeffery Frank, on Monday to sort out details of the programme.
Fazl’s advice to PML-N government: Tackle terrorism to revive economy By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, July 1: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the government needs to take up the issue of terrorism on a priority basis considering it a national emergency if it wants to revive the country’s economy. In a statement issued here on Monday by JUI-F’s spokesman Jan Achakzai, the Maulana urged the PML-N government to prepare a comprehensive “national anti-terrorism strategy” because only the federation could take effective measures to restore peace.
FO defends Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, July 1: After having been accused by Afghanistan of pushing a power-sharing formula involving the Taliban, the Foreign Office on Monday defended Pakistan’s role in the war-torn country and said it always tried to make a positive contribution. "Pakistan wants to see a peaceful, united, prosperous and stable Afghanistan. To that end Pakistan has been making constructive contribution,” FO spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry told Dawn.
Enforced Disappearances: SC disappointed over commission’s performance By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 1: The Supreme Court has expressed disappointment over the working of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (CIED) set up three years ago and over non-implementation of its recommendations by the departments concerned. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja which had taken up a number of cases relating to missing persons also expressed on Monday concern over non-cooperation by intelligence agencies in tracing the missing persons, especially when they had been blamed for their disappearances.
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