DINA for the issue of December 14, 2013

	December 14, 2013 | Safar 10, 1435
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Move for longer preventive detention period By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: A new law to deal with the emotive issue of enforced disappearances is on the anvil and is likely to reach the Prime Minister’s office in a week or two.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 62.32 Points: KARACHI, December 12: The KSE-100 index was at 25035.22 , up 62.32 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, December 12: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 107.85 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Staggering increase in foreign debt due to rupee decline By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: A continuous decline in the value of the rupee since June has caused a staggering increase of Rs403 billion in foreign debt of the country. “The public and publicly guaranteed foreign debt, including IMF, has increased by Rs403,064 million as a result of depreciation of the rupee during the present government,” Finance Minister Ishaq Dar informed the National Assembly on Friday through a written reply to a question by Dr Nafisa Shah of the PPP.
GDP growth has increased to 5.1pc, says Sharif ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the country’s economic growth had increased to 5.1 per cent from last year’s 2.9pc. “We want to take the GDP growth rate to 7pc over the next four years,” the prime minister told a delegation of parliamentarians from Sahiwal and Multan divisions which had called on him here on Friday.
Polio worker, 2 cops shot dead By Muqaddam Khan SWABI, Dec 13: Two policemen assigned to escort an anti-polio team and a vaccinator were killed in separate attacks in Swabi district and the Khyber tribal region on Friday. Policemen Ijaz Ali and Iftihkar Ali were going to Topi tehsil in Swabi district on a motorcycle when unidentified people on a motorbike opened fire on them near Ghaziabad.
Gilani insists he will not appear at NAB By Shakeel Ahmad MULTAN, Dec 13: Former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he will not appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the National Assurance Company Limited (NACP) scam, come what may. Talking to reporters here on Friday, he said he was being pressurised to keep the PPP out of local government elections in Punjab.
Mollah’s execution most painful: Nisar By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: While the government appeared hesitant in the National Assembly on Friday to condemn the execution of an opposition leader in Bangladesh for helping Pakistan Army in the 1971 war there, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan issued a strong statement of his own later denouncing the act as “most regrettable and painful”. The Thursday night’s hanging of Abdul Quader Mollah of Bangladesh Jamaat-i-Islami following a conviction for disputed war crimes echoed in the National Assembly when the parliamentary leader of Pakistani Jamaat-i-Islami, Sahibzada Tariqullah, demanded the house pass a condemnatory resolution and adjourn for the day in memory of the executed politician.
Altaf says UK police have made his life miserable By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, Dec 13: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Friday that British police had made his life miserable, but he would never bow before any ‘international establishment’. Addressing by phone from London a gathering held here in connection with the launch of his book “Falsafa-i-Muhabbat”, he said since he never bowed before Pakistan’s establishment and its agency — ISI — how could he bow before the British police.
Musharraf wants case against Talal By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: After the retirement of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as chief justice of the Supreme Court, former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf appears to be in a mood to hit back at his opponents by instituting cases against them. He has lodged a complaint against Jamhoori Watan Party president Talal Bugti for announcing a bounty on his head. Talal Bugti, son of late nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, had two months ago announced the bounty of Rs1 billion and 100 acres of farmland.
ANP challenges KP’s local govt law Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Dec 13: The Awami National Party challenged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2013 in the Peshawar High Court on Friday. ANP’s parliamentary party leader in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Sardar Hussain Babak told Dawn that they had reservations on different sections of the new law.
Nepra to issue show-cause notice to KESC By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday decided to issue a show-cause notice to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) for not fully utilising its power generation capacity and instead drawing 650MW of cheaper electricity from the national grid. The decision was taken at a meeting convened to consider the KESC’s request for a 45-paisa per unit increase in its tariff for all consumers under the monthly fuel adjustment formula for October. The meeting, presided over by Nepra’s acting chairman Khwaja Mohammad Naeem, rejected the KESC’s plea for increase in tariff.
Sharif and army chief discuss fight against terrorism By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif met on Friday for what a source described as “thorough discussions” on the fight against terrorism and Nato supplies. “Security related matters and issues relating to national importance came under discussion,” a brief statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said.
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