DINA for the issue of December 17, 2013

	December 17, 2013 | Safar 13, 1435
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Earn your bread, Nisar tells legislators By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan gave a dressing down to PML-N lawmakers on Monday for their lack of interest in proceedings of National Assembly.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Loan for the youth is here, no guarantor By Nasir Jamal LAHORE: The Prime Minister Youth Business Loan Scheme appears to have hit a major snag over the condition that makes it mandatory for loan-seekers to have a resourceful guarantor ready to accept responsibility to repay the loan in case of default. “The government is in a fix on how to secure the loans it plans to disburse without reducing the access of ‘eligible’ loan-seekers to the subsidised credit just because they can’t find a guarantor,” a senior official told Dawn on Monday.
Bomb disposal experts die in blast By Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR: Four personnel of the Bomb Disposal Unit of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police were killed in a roadside explosion in Badhber village, near the provincial capital, on Monday. According to a police official, the BDU personnel were going to Suleman Khel village where suspected militants had exploded a bomb outside a motorcycle spare parts shop early in the morning when their vehicle was blown up by a remote-controlled bomb.
NA divided over BD hanging By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly blew hot and cold on Monday over an opposition leader’s execution in Bangladesh for aiding the Pakistan Army in the 1971 war, ending up with just an expression of “concern” by a divided house at what Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said was “judicial murder”. The government and its allies as well as the opposition PTI tried hard for a show of parliamentary consensus on the 42nd anniversary of “fall of Dhaka” as they supported a resolution proposed by the opposition Jamaat-i-Islami seeking to condemn the execution of Abdul Quader Molla of the Bangladesh Jamaat-i-Islami.
Provinces refuse to finance local bodies’ elections By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: Provinces have refused to meet the entire cost of local bodies’ elections and declined to clear outstanding electricity bills of hundreds of billions of rupees without ascertaining their credibility. The two issues were discussed at the biannual (January-June 2013) meeting of the National Finance Commission presided over by Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar. The commission finalised half-yearly report for submission to parliament.
SC seeks ECP report on thumbprint verification By Nasir Iqbal IISLAMABAD: Without going into the merits, the Supreme Court heeded on Monday a passionate appeal of PTI chief Imran Khan seeking verification of thumb impressions of voters in at least four constituencies of Punjab. The court ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to summon reports from two election tribunals on non-compliance of the commission’s directive to complete the findings in time.
US asks India to include civilians in DGMO talks By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: The US has asked India to accept Pakistan’s suggestion for including civilian diplomats in the proposed DGMOs’ dialogue, US and Indian media reported on Monday. Under a mechanism agreed between Indian and Pakistani prime ministers in New York, the two countries agreed that their Director Generals Military Operations would hold regular talks for reducing tensions along the Line of Control (LoC). But the process is yet to take off.
Senate puts off vote on judges’ nationality By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Nayyar Bokhari put off on Monday voting on a resolution calling upon the government to publish the names of judges with dual nationality, after Information Minister Pervez Rashid sought time from the house to make a fresh effort to seek the details from the Supreme Court registrar. Seemingly as a result of a behind-the-scenes understanding between the treasury and opposition members, the chairman readily granted time to the minister to make an effort to obtain the names.
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