DINA for the issue of October 5th , 2013

	October 5, 2013 | Ziqa`ad 28, 1434
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Tariff hike decision scrapped By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Succumbing to the countrywide protests against the multi-fold increase in electricity tariff, the government has decided to make what is being described as a strategic retreat.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 47.93 Points: KARACHI, October 04: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22085.96, down 47.93 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, October 04: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 107.10 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Pakistan not in arms race with any country, says Sharif By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: During a visit to the National Command Centre (NCC) on Friday Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif renewed his government’s commitment to maintain credible minimum deterrence. The prime minister, who recently spoke at a high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, made a rare visit to an unnamed “technical site” and a “weapons storage site”.
Infant dies in shelling by Indian troops By Tariq Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 4: Indian troops shelled from across the Line of Control on Friday, leaving an infant dead and five other civilians wounded in Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. A Pakistan Army official told Dawn that Indian troops started shelling at around 11am “without any provocation,” during which they used mortar guns.
Additional 2pc GST at factory level By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) imposed on Friday two per cent additional sales tax at the level of the manufacturer on several items, to be worked out on the basis of actual value-addition. The existing GST rate on these products is 17pc.
Relief work by army, FC continues despite attacks By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Oct 4: The Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps in collaboration with federal and provincial governments have distributed 1,100 tons of foodstuff and 30,000 tents among earthquake-affected people of Awaran and Kech districts. Official sources said that though militants had been attacking teams of the army and FC participating in relief work, they had not left the area and had been distributing relief among the quake survivors.
Malala tops list of likely peace Nobel winners STOCKHOLM, Oct 4: This year’s Nobel prize season opens on Monday with rumours swirling that the peace prize could go to Malala Yousufzai, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege or rights activists from Russia or Belarus. The first Nobel to be announced will be the medicine prize on Monday, when the jury in Stockholm will reveal the winner or winners at about 11.30am. But like every year, most of the speculation is about who will take home the prestigious peace and literature prizes.
US to keep making CSF payments By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The United States will continue to reimburse the cost incurred by Pakistan in support of the war on terror, through the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) for keeping the vacillating bilateral relationship on a “solid footing”. Commander of the United States Central Command (US Centcom) Gen Lloyd Austin met Secretary of Defence retired Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik on Friday at the defence ministry headquarters in Rawalpindi to discuss defence relations and the pullout of coalition forces from Afghanistan.
Punjab MPAs assure full support to the quake-hit By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Oct 4: A 14-member delegation of Punjab assembly having representation from different parties arrived here on Friday to express solidarity with victims of the recent earthquakes. Talking to media personnel at the airport soon after arrival here, the leader of the delegation and Punjab’s minister for environment, Shuja Khanzada, said the legislators were visiting Balochistan to express solidarity with the Baloch brothers and sisters who had suffered losses because of the earthquakes that devastated Awaran and Kech districts.
President asks NAB investigators to work honestly By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: President Mamnoon Hussain urged on Friday newly trained investigators of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to help ensure rule of law in the country and not to get influenced by any other consideration. He said NAB was mandated to carry out accountability and its officers were expected to discharge their duty with honesty and integrity.
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