DINA for the issue of January 21, 2014

	January 21, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 19, 1435
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SC warns govt of contempt proceedings By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Taking serious notice of non-compliance of its orders in a missing person case, the Supreme Court warned on Monday of initiating contempt proceedings against the government for what it called not paying heed to its directives.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
While politicians squabble, the TTP gears up By Hasan Abdullah in Afghanistan KUNAR: While Pakistan’s politicians show only indecisiveness over a strategy for dealing with militants, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has quietly been making the most of the situation and is gearing up for what it conceives of as the “long war ahead”. Some of Pakistan’s politicians appear to believe that the country’s militancy issues would be resolved once the US and its allies exit Afghanistan. But commanders of the officially banned TTP and even the Afghan Taliban are convinced otherwise.
Blast near GHQ kills 14 By Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: A suicide bomber killed 14 people and injured 34 others close to the army headquarters on Monday morning, a day after another terrorist attack claimed the lives of 20 soldiers. Such attacks are taking place despite the government’s efforts to hold talks with the Taliban.
Approval of security policy deferred By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: An early morning suicide attack close to the army’s general headquarters overshadowed the sitting of federal cabinet held later in the day to discuss an internal security policy for the country. The special meeting was convened on Monday to take up the much talked-about national internal security policy but its approval was deferred because of the suicide attack.
JSMM’S NOSTALGIA AND MILITANCY By Saher Baloch SAKRAND appears to be little more than a small roadside cafe, a decrepit road leading towards Nawabshah and two colleges. Outside the Government Degree College for Boys, the road is eerily silent one minute and full of honking rickshaws and cars the next. Patiently waiting for a Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz activist to show up, we failed to notice that a group of four young men across the road were watching us with equal patience.
FO protests linking of US aid to Afridi case By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office protested on Monday the US legislation linking American assistance to the release of Dr Shakil Afridi, the physician who helped CIA hunt Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. “We are disappointed that the bill proposes to withhold $33 million from assistance on account of Dr Shakil Afridi’s detention,” the Foreign Office said in a statement after the opposition in Senate derided the government for remaining silent over the US legislation.
Telecom licence target unrealistic By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: The government’s ambitious plan to generate $2 billion from the auction of much-awaited next generation frequency spectrum (3G/4G) licences is unlikely to materialise because cellular companies are not interested in offering such high bids. The government has announced that the auction will be held in March.
FBR yet to investigate Rs80bn duty evasion By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a major scam, more than Rs80 billion excise duty has been evaded over the past seven years by the owners providing franchise services, but the country’s top tax machinery has put the matter on the back burner. The amount is a tip of the iceberg because the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is not willing to investigate the scam for reasons known to them.
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