DINA FOR THE ISSUE OF OCTOBER 3RD 2013

	October 3, 2013 | Ziqa`ad 26, 1434
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Govt ready for rethink on power tariff, SC told By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The anguish of people over the steep rise in electricity tariff finally reached the corridors of power. Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif turned up in the Supreme Court on his own on Wednesday to inform it that the government would review the Sept 30 notification of increasing the power rate for domestic consumers.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 209.25 Points: KARACHI, October 02: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22189.67, up 209.25 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, October 02: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 107.15 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Two troops die in Mashkay attack By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Oct 2: Two soldiers were killed and three others injured in a bomb attack on an army unit in the earthquake-affected area of Mashkay in Awaran district on Wednesday. According to official sources, four other incidents of firing and rocket attacks were reported in the same area.
Bomb blast at Chaman border leaves 6 dead By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Oct 2: A bomb blast near the Friendship Gate on the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman left six people dead and 13 injured on Wednesday. The dead included one Pakistani and five Afghan nationals, two of them security personnel. There were seven Frontier Corps personnel among the injured.
Court scraps land deal between DHA, ETPB By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Supreme Court scrapped on Wednesday a dubious land deal between the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Lahore and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) which caused an estimated loss of Rs1.934 billion to the latter. The DHA had approached the ETPB in 2007 to acquire three pieces of its land. Under the deal, the ETPB was supposed to get 642 of the 973 developed residential plots measuring one kanal each to be carved out as per DHA standard. At that time the value of 642 developed plots was estimated at Rs6.42 billion.
Six Taliban killed in ‘encounters’ By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Oct 2: Six suspected militants were killed in alleged encounters with Rangers and police here on Wednesday. A Rangers spokesman said that paramilitary personnel acting on a tip raided a hideout of a splinter group of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in Manghopir area on Wednesday morning.
ECC approves 500,000-ton urea import By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet approved a proposal on Wednesday to import 500,000 tons of urea fertiliser for the Rabi season from the open international market. A meeting of the ECC, presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, directed the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to ensure shipment of 300,000 tons of urea in November and 200,000 tons in December.
Musharraf writing his second book ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: At the end of a quiet lane snaking through the well-heeled Islamabad suburb of Chak Shahzad, a terracotta-coloured house modelled on a Moroccan courtyard home stands amid spreading orchards and wheat fields. It would be a restful, bucolic scene, were it not for the army of 300 policemen, paramilitary personnel, soldiers, snipers and anti-terrorist officers on hand to guard the owner — former president Gen Pervez Musharraf.
Missing lawyer in ISI custody, reveals phone data By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Supreme Court was shocked on Wednesday when it came to know that mobile phone data record of a missing lawyer leads to a safe house of the country’s premier intelligence agency. Citing a report prepared by the City Police Officer (CPO) of Rawalpindi, Additional Advocate General of Punjab Mustafa Ramday told the court that the cellular data recovery (CDR) analysis of phone calls made by Advocate Zaheer Ahmed Gondal had led them to the safe house of the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI).
SC asks judge to submit reply in contempt case By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Supreme Court ordered a judge of Peshawar’s Special CNS (Control of Narcotics Substance) Court on Wednesday to submit a written reply in a contempt of court case. The judge has been accused of having made derogatory and scandalous remarks against members of the Judicial Commission (JC) and summoned its secretary who is also registrar of the apex court.
Speculations over Gen Wynne’s successor By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been playing his cards close to his chest as he ponders over whom to appoint as successor to Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne retiring this week as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC). The appointment of chairman of the committee, a largely ceremonial position in the armed forces hierarchy described in the leaked Abbottabad Commission draft report as a post office, has never been so keenly watched before.
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