DINA for the issue of December 31, 2013

	December 31, 2013 | Safar 27, 1435
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KP sets conditions for Pesco takeover By Intikhab Amir PESHAWAR: In a quick response to the prime minister’s decision to ask the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to take over control of the electricity distribution system in the province, the PTI-led provincial government came up on Monday with proposals to take over the ‘integrated power management system’.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 25.91 Points: KARACHI, December 30: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 25283.96, up 25.91 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, December 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 105.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
FIA reluctant to focus on main accused in hawala scam By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency is alleged to have made three low-ranking employees of a foreign exchange company scapegoat in a hawala (transfer of money through illegal channel) scam while letting influential beneficiaries go scot-free. According to documents available with Dawn, the company — Malik Exchange (Pvt) Limited — is owned by Abdul Raziq, a federal minister in the PPP government.
Record cold wave grips parts of country By Kalbe Ali & Saleem Shahid ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Almost the entire country was in the grip of a cold wave on Monday, with a number of cities and towns struck by temperatures ranging between -17C and -21C. The federal capital went through its most uncomfortable day in 46 years as the mercury plunged to three below Celsius. And even Karachi, known for its mild winters, was not far behind, recording a minimum temperature of six degrees Celsius. The city is likely to face more cold on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sharif wants effective anti-terror laws By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for expediting work on anti-terror laws and said there should be no space for an enemy that had been attacking law-enforcement personnel and civilians persistently. “They (terrorists) must be prosecuted effectively,” the prime minister said while presiding over a meeting on anti-terror legislation on Monday. It was attended by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif, Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Ashfaq Nadeem, ISI Director General Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam and other senior officials.
South Waziristan development funds go to waste By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: On paper South Waziristan Agency (SWA) has received Rs4 billion development funds over the last five years, but on ground there is little to be seen where such a huge amount was spent in the tribal area. The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Safron) headed by retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch has initiated an exercise to determine if the funds had been used for any development activity.
THE DEEPEST SCARS The whirr of the sewing machine comes to a halt as Mohammad Ali looks up. The clean, square-shaped face looks younger than the 28 years he quotes as his age. He was injured in Kurram in April 2012. After six months at a military hospital in Kohat, he was sent to the Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM) Rawalpindi, where he continues to be treated.
Prices of petrol, diesel may rise ISLAMABAD: Prices of major petroleum products like petrol and diesel are expected to increase by up to 2.6 per cent on Tuesday night. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) sent a working paper to the government on Monday after calculations that the petrol price would have to be increased by Rs2.91 per litre and that of diesel by Rs2.63 per litre.
Sindh delimitation exercise illegal: SHC By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has declared as illegal the entire delimitation exercise carried out for local government elections in Sindh and directed the provincial government to hold the elections as per schedule “on the position as existing prior to delimitation process”. In a 78-page judgement on Monday, a two-judge bench, headed by Justice Mohammed Ali Mazhar, said the provincial government might request the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of Pakistan for an extension in the date of elections if it thought that delimitation was necessary before the polls.
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