DINA for the issue of October 2, 2013

	October 2, 2013 | Ziqa`ad 25, 1434
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SC hints at order against tariff hike By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The sharp increase in electricity tariff became a subject of discussion in suo motu proceedings on loadshedding in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 147.74 Points: KARACHI, October 01: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 21980.42, up 147.74 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, October 01: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.90 to the US Dollar in the open market.
$25m flows out of country daily, says SBP governor By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The State Bank of Pakistan made a startling disclosure before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that $25 million in foreign currency was illegally flowing out of the country each day from airports and that was perhaps one major reason for the recent battering of the rupee. “About $25 million foreign exchange goes out every day from Quetta, Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi airports and we are signing an MOU with the Federal Investigation Agency to check suitcases to control this and plug holes,” SBP Governor Dr Yasin Anwar told the Senate Standing Committee on Finance.
MQM man held for lawyer’s murder: police chief By Imtiaz Ali KARACHI, Oct 1: In a surprising development, police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement for his alleged involvement in the murder of a senior lawyer in the city last week. According to Additional Inspector General of Karachi Police Shahid Hayat, the detained suspect, Kazim Abbas Rizvi, had killed Advocate Naimat Ali Randhawa for pursuing the case of TV reporter Wali Khan Babar who had been killed in 2011.
Muttahida alleges conspiracy By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Oct 1: Alleging a plot to implicate a party worker in the murder case of Advocate Naimat Randhawa, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has called upon the prime minister and interior minister to immediately set up a committee to monitor arrests being made during the ongoing operation in Karachi. In a statement, the MQM coordination committee condemned allegations levelled by Karachi police chief Shahid Hayat regarding the involvement of the MQM worker in the case.
Balochistan seeks help from international community By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Oct 1: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has appealed to the United Nations, international community and donor agencies for financial assistance for reconstruction work and rehabilitation of people in earthquake-stricken areas of Awaran and Kech districts. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday on his return from Awaran after supervising rescue and relief work, he said rebuilding of over 25,000 houses and rehabilitation of over 100,000 affected people would be a difficult task without cooperation of the world community.
US federal government shuts down By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 1: US President Barack Obama declared on Tuesday that his signature health-care law was “here to stay”, although Republican lawmakers forced the US federal government to shut down. As the day began, thousands of government workers arrived at their offices in Washington only to be told that their services were no more required. They were also asked to clean off their desks, set out-of-office emails and to prepare for a possible long unemployment.
Govt submits reply to Supreme Court By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The federal government has raised a number of questions before the Supreme Court bench hearing a murder appeal and asked if it could make a law about compromise rules on a case-to-case basis when authoritative SC precedents on the issue already exist. In a reply submitted to the court by Attorney General Muneer A. Malik, the government asked whether the Supreme Court could issue a comprehensive and authoritative judgment on the issue of waiver of Qisas (retaliation) and ‘compoundability’ of murder offences.
Indian PM seeks action against Mumbai attackers INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said things have changed for the better in relations with Pakistan and the way forward to full normalisation of bilateral ties will depend on the progress made on two issues in the coming weeks — maintaining ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) and punishing the culprits of Mumbai attacks by Pakistan. Reminded of a statement he had made soon after the beheading of an Indian solider on the LoC in January that it could not be business as usual with Pakistan, Mr Singh said his meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif indicated a forward movement in normalising bilateral relations.
School, library damaged in bomb blasts By Muqaddam Khan SWABI, Oct 1: Three people were injured when bombs planted outside a girls’ school and a library went off on Tuesday. DPO Sajjad Khan told Dawn that one bomb exploded near the Haqqani Library and the second near a government-run primary school for girls.
Disarmament team launches mission in Syria DAMASCUS, Oct 1: A disarmament team arrived here on Tuesday to begin the daunting task of cataloguing Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons ahead of its destruction. The inspectors from The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons travelled by road from Lebanon a day after UN experts departed after probing a series of alleged chemical attacks.
Opposition sharply reacts to power tariff hike By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The government’s decision to make a steep increase in electricity tariff has evoked strong reaction from the opposition. Three major opposition parties — the PPP, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) — have announced that they will hold protests against the increase in and outside parliament.
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