DINA for the issue of January 22, 2014

	January 22, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 20, 1435
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Court door ajar for PCO-regime judges By Wajih Ahmad Sheikh LAHORE: At least two of the nominees for post of judge of the Islamabad High Court belong to the group of judges shown the door by Supreme Court on July 31, 2009, for being appointed by the ‘de facto’ chief justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar, Dawn has learnt.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 103.75 Points: KARACHI, January 21: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 27104.70, up 103.75 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, January 07: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
40 killed in North Waziristan air strikes By Pazir Gul and Abdul Salam MIRAMSHAH/BANNU: At least 40 people were killed and 15 wounded in air strikes in North Waziristan late on Monday night and Tuesday, security officials said. The strikes appeared to be a tit-for-tat response to the militant bombings in Bannu and Rawalpindi. But security officials said the strikes were carried out on the basis of intelligence reports.
Karachi killing halts polio vaccination By Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: Three more anti-polio workers — a young man and two women — were killed in Karachi on Tuesday in an armed attack that came as a grim reminder of a brutal trend which had claimed four lives in December 2012. The consistent terror and government’s failure to provide adequate security to the health campaigners triggered anger among volunteers across the country and left the authorities with no option but to suspend polio vaccination in the metropolis.
Bloodbath as another pilgrims’ bus attacked in Balochistan By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: At least 24 people, women among them, were killed and over 41 were injured when a coach carrying pilgrims from Iran was hit by a suicide bomber in Mastung area, about 55km off here, on Tuesday. It appears that an explosives-laden car driven by the bomber rammed into the bus but police did not confirm it and said investigation was under way.
36 foreign fighters among dead By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: Security agencies claimed on Tuesday that 36 foreign fighters and senior Taliban commanders, including head of TTP suicide squad and the militant group’s former interim chief, were killed in the overnight air strikes on terrorist sanctuaries in North Waziristan. Military sources told Dawn that among those killed were 33 Uzbek fighters and three Germans who were involved in militancy in the region.
Special court to study probe report By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: A special court trying former military ruler Pervez Musharraf sought on Tuesday the investigation report of the high treason case to examine allegations that the retired army chief was being victimised while all others were let off. Gen Musharraf’s counsel had alleged a day earlier before the court, headed by Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court (SHC), that the Federal Investigation Agency had singled him out among many who could be held responsible for imposing emergency on Nov 3, 2007.
Power tariff for Karachi cut by 7 paisa By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority reduced on Tuesday tariff for customers of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (now renamed as K-Electric) by seven paisa per unit under monthly fuel adjustment. According to a notification, the fuel cost was slashed by 3 paisa per unit for July last year when the company sold about 1.42 billion units. Fuel cost was reduced by 43 paisa per unit for August when the company sold 1.4bn units and increased by 39 paisa for September when 1.39bn units were sold. The total impact of fuel cost for three months resulted in reduction of average tariff by 7 paisa per unit.
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