DINA for the issue of October 06, 2013

	October 6, 2013 | Ziqa`ad 29, 1434
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2,000 blue passports to be cancelled By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The government has finally decided to cancel over 2,000 blue passports allegedly issued to unauthorised persons in violation of rules during the five years of the PPP-led government.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Balochistan proof shared with India By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistan has shared proof of foreign involvement in Balochistan with the country concerned, the foreign secretary disclosed on Saturday. “We have shared the information with the relevant people,” Jalil Abbas Jilani told reporters after a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Diversion of gas supply opposed By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The national economy is likely to face a loss of Rs19.6 billion for every 100 mmcfd (million cubic feet per day) if the entire supply of natural gas is diverted from fertiliser units to power plants, a senior lawyer told the Supreme Court on Friday. Reacting to suggestions put forth by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) requesting the court to order the government to divert 100 per cent supply of natural gas to electricity generation units, Advocate Khalid Anwar cautioned that any such decision would adversely affect not only fertiliser companies and the government but also end users – the farming community.
Two held in Nanga Parbat attack case By Our Correspondent GILGIT, Oct 5: Security forces claimed to have caught two alleged high-profile terrorists who, according to police, have links with the attack on foreign mountaineers near Nanga Parbat. The suspects were caught in the remote northern town of Chilas. A police officer told Dawn that the arrests were made during a massive search operation in the town after security forces received a tip-off about the presence of the two alleged terrorists.
Five shot dead in Karachi By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Oct 5: Five people were killed in suspected sectarian and targeted attacks in the city on Saturday, police said. Shabbir Hussain, 40, and Shahid Raza, 37, were attacked by armed men on the Nazimabad bridge near Rizvia Society when they were going home on a motorbike.
US won’t default, Obama assures world By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 5: US President Barack Obama assured a jittery world on Saturday that America would not default on its foreign obligations despite almost a weeklong government shutdown. The US Department of Treasury warned earlier this week that America could default if Congress did not raise the country’s debt ceiling by Oct 17.
PM’s style of governance irks party members By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Some in the ruling party openly, and some discreetly, have begun expressing concerns over concentration of powers in the Prime Minister Office. Sources in the PML-N have told Dawn that there’s considerable resentment in the party against what they call the prime minister’s over-reliance on bureaucracy.
Haj on 14th DUBAI, Oct 5: Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the first day of Islamic month of Zilhaj would fall on Sunday (today) as the crescent had been sighted, according to the website of Khaleej Times newspaper. The website quoted the Saudi authorities as saying the Day of Arafat would fall on Oct 14 and the first day of Eidul Azha on Oct 15.
Zardari urges govt to review offences carrying death penalty By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has urged the government to thoroughly review the offences in which death penalty is awarded in the light of religious obligations and conditions prevailing in the country. “The proponents of death penalty often argue that Islam ordains it. According to a large number of eminent religious scholars, Islam provides for death punishment only for murder and fasad fil arz (mischief on Earth) but in Pakistan over two dozen offences carry death penalty.
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