DINA for the issue of October 12, 2013

	October 12, 2013 | Zilhaj 6, 1434
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Electricity tariff hike from Nov By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The Ministry of Water and Power has issued a notification announcing the revised tariff of electricity to be effective from November.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 100.41 Points: KARACHI, October 11: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 21775.39, up 100.41 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, October 11: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.60 to the US Dollar in the open market.
New NAB chief takes charge; court reopens Zardari cases By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), retired Major Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, assumed charge of his office on Friday, and coincidentally, an accountability court reopened six cases against former president Asif Zardari. The cases had remained dormant because of immunity enjoyed by Mr Zardari during his presidential tenure.
COAS assails Indian statements about LoC violations By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has dismissed as provocative, unfounded and unfortunate the recent statements by the Indian military leadership, particularly its army chief, accusing the Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence of supporting terrorism. “Rather than hurling such baseless accusations, India would be well advised to respond positively to Pakistan’s suggestion for holding joint or impartial investigation into the LoC incidents, preferably by the United Nations,” he said on Friday.
Chemical arms monitor gets Nobel Peace prize OSLO, Oct 11: The watchdog now overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to rid the world of the devastating weapons. In a surprise choice, the Nobel committee honoured the UN-backed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for “its extensive efforts” in banishing the scourge of chemical arms.
Malala asks world to make education top priority By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct 11: Malala Yousufzai urged governments and international financial institutions on Friday to make education their top priority. The education activist, who earlier in the day failed to win Nobel Peace Prize, shared the stage with World Bank president Jim Young Kim in a one-to-one presentation at the bank’s headquarters.
Money and reserves By Khurram Husain in Washington Speaking at an event in Washington DC, both the finance minister and the State Bank governor went to extraordinary lengths to deny that the programme with the IMF contains any preconditions related to the value of the currency, or the future direction of interest rates. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar described himself as “allergic” to talk of forced devaluations. “The market determines the value of the currency,” he insisted and emphasised repeatedly that he would never negotiate over the value of the rupee.
SC issues contempt notice to defence secretary By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Defence Secretary retired Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik has landed himself in trouble by attracting a contempt of court notice for not honouring his undertaking of holding the local government elections in all 43 cantonment boards. “Prima facie the undertaking and the commitment earlier made has been disobeyed as a result whereof civil contempt within the definition of section 2 clause-a (ii) of the Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2003, read with Article 204 (3) of the constitution has been committed. Therefore, notice of contempt of court be issued to Asif Yasin Malik, the incumbent secretary defence, to proceed against him according to the procedure,” an order dictated by a three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, said on Friday.
Pak Taliban ‘commander’ captured in Afghanistan KABUL, Oct 11: US troops are holding a senior Tehreek-i- Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commander’ they captured in Afghanistan a week ago, an Afghan official said on Friday. The capture could be a significant blow to the Pakistani Taliban, who have waged a decade-long insurgency against Islamabad from sanctuaries along the Afghan border. They have also helped the Afghan Taliban in their war against US-led Nato troops in Afghanistan.
Committee set up to monitor restoration of Quaid residency By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Oct 11: A three-member committee headed by a former chief secretary, Mirza Qamar Baig, has been constituted to oversee the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Quaid-i-Azam Residency in Ziarat, an official told media personnel on Friday. Sibi division’s Commissioner Shaharyar Sultan and Abdul Jabbar Kasi, technical focal person of the provincial communications department, are the other two members of the committee.
Boy dies in Indian shelling along LoC By Tariq Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 11: A boy was killed and at least four others, including two women, were injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in unprovoked shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday, officials said. A Pakistan Army officer told Dawn that Indian troops shelled villages in Nakial and Tatta Pani sectors in Kotli district. “They started shelling at about 11am without any provocation but their guns fell silent in the afternoon after we responded to them befittingly,” he added.
College girl abducted, assaulted in Karachi By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Oct 11: A college girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in the city on Friday, according to police and hospital officials. The 15-year-old student had left for her college in the morning by a rickshaw in the limits of Taimuria police of District Central. However, she was allegedly intoxicated and taken away by the rickshaw driver.
Suicide attack near Wana kills two soldiers By Our Correspondent WANA, Oct 11: Two soldiers were killed and another two injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a military truck near Wana in South Waziristan Agency on Friday. An official in the political administration said that a military convoy was going from Tank to Wana when the suicide bomber’s vehicle coming from opposite direction hit one of the trucks.
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