DINA for the issue of November 30, 2013

	November 30, 2013 | Muharram 25, 1435
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19 FC men told to appear before police By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI, Nov 29: Nineteen personnel of a law-enforcement agency who had allegedly taken away 35 detainees were directed by the Supreme Court on Friday to appear before the Balochistan police authorities investigating their disappearance.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 108.83 Points: KARACHI, November 29: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 24289.32, up 108.83 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, November 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 109.55 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Justice Nasir ECP’s new acting chief By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Chief Justice-designate Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has quit the office of acting chief election commissioner and will be replaced by Justice Nasirul Mulk, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court after him. It will probably be for the first time in the history of the country that an acting chief election commissioner will be replaced by another acting CEC.
Kayani hands over baton to Gen Raheel By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Gen Raheel Sharif took over on Friday as the 15th Chief of Army Staff, succeeding Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, whose six-year tenure was marked by fight against terrorism and first transition from a democratically-elected government to another. Gen Sharif, 57, an infantry officer, will have a term of three years. He was handed over the baton at a ceremony at the Army Hockey Stadium next to General Headquarters by Gen Kayani.Though the more senior general Gen Rashad Mehmood was made the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee during the transition in the military, the real power lies in the influential office of chief of army staff.
Three Punjabi Taliban killed in drone attack By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH, Nov 29: Three people were killed and another was wounded in the US drone attack [briefly reported on Friday] on a residential compound near Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency after midnight on Thursday, sources said. They said the persons killed were affiliated with the Miramshah-based Baddar Mansoor (BM) group, an offshoot of Punjabi Taliban. They hailed from Karachi.
Investment limit withdrawn from new package By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The government has made a significant change in the incentive package for the business community within 24 hours after it had been announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, by doing away with the investment limit requirement. “No limit has been fixed for investment in the green field industrial and expansion projects that also include captive power plants, low-cost housing construction, livestock and mining and quarrying in Thar coal project, mining projects in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other expansion projects provided these are set up on or after Jan 1 next year,” said a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat on Friday.
Tendulkar verdict reversed after Taliban replay By Our Staff Reporter PESHAWAR, Nov 29: As in cricket, in other things in life, the longer version emerges to be the correct version. On Friday, a feature issued by a news agency and appearing in national press had a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman invoking patriotism to denounce Indian star Sachin Tendulkar in comparison with Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq. That turned out to be spin imparted by some who hastily quoted the TTP spokesman out of context to perpetuate the stereotype.
PM rejects summary for oil price hike By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rejected on Friday a summary suggesting an increase in prices of petroleum products, a senior finance ministry official told Dawn. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) had earlier this week recommended the increase despite a decline in international oil prices. Depreciation in the value of the rupee against the dollar was given as the reason for increasing the prices of petrol, high speed diesel, kerosene and high octane blending component (HOBC). The US dollar was Rs105 on Nov 1 but now it had reached Rs109.50, an increase of about 9 per cent, Ogra said.
Imran slams ‘drone attack deal’ By Mansoor Malik LAHORE, Nov 29: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Friday launched a fresh tirade against the PML-N government and termed it a “stooge” of the United States. “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government has been installed to promote the international agenda of the US that has allowed it to issue statements to condemn drone attacks but do nothing in this regard,” he alleged.
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