DINA for the issue of January 30, 2014

	January 30, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 28, 1435
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PM gives Taliban another chance By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Contrary to what he called “bitter experiences” of the past and a dominant national sentiment for getting tough with Taliban militants, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday gave them “another chance” for peace talks that each side has alternately offered the other.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 58.10 Points: KARACHI, January 29: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 26595.63, down 58.10 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, January 29 The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.20 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Deadly attack on Rangers in Karachi By Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: Around the time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was preparing to unveil on Wednesday his yet another offer for talks with the outlawed Taliban militant outfit, a residential area of Karachi was rocked by three blasts, killing three paramilitary soldiers and a civilian. One of the three attacks, which took place in a matter of two hours, was a suicide blast at the Rangers’ headquarters in North Nazimabad, preceded by two others in the same locality. Besides the four deaths, nine people — including six Rangers’ personnel and a policeman — were injured in the blasts.
Selection of negotiators raises questions By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s latest decision to form a committee to address the scourge of militancy appears to have been made in haste and without much homework. Turning up in the parliament after two days of speculation and leaked reports that he was going to appear in the National Assembly that he had avoided for months, the prime minister finally appeared to announce that he had formed a four-member committee to respond to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s latest talks offer.
Sharif ‘talks’ again By Ismail Khan Another false start and another abrupt end. Just when we were told that the military was raring to go into North Waziristan — an operation that ideally should have begun at the onset of winter and was already late by at least two months — and simply needed two weeks to start rolling, the government suddenly announced that it was sticking to the talk-talk and no action plan. Talks with a myriad of Pakistani militants, we are told, will be given another chance. Despite the fact that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the nation was tired of picking up and burying bodies.
Musharraf’s counsel strive to prove bias By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court made it clear on Wednesday that it had a duty to interfere in the domain of others if any institution or organisation became dysfunctional. “Each organisation and institution has its own function to perform, but if it becomes dysfunctional, it is the duty of the Supreme Court to interfere,” Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani said while heading a 14-judge full court hearing a review petition filed by former president Pervez Musharraf against the landmark July 31, 2009, verdict denouncing the Nov 3, 2007, proclamation of emergency.
Rs1.09 power tariff hike notified By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) notified on Wednesday a Rs1.09 per unit increase in electricity rates for distribution companies of Wapda. The revised tariff to be recovered from consumers during the billing month of February would not apply to consumers of distribution companies using less than 50 units per month and to the Karachi Electric Supply Company, now renamed as K-Electric.
Unesco wants 20pc of budget spent on education By Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: With the global learning crisis costing $129 billion annually, the ‘Education for All Global Monitoring Report’ published by Unesco on Wednesday set targets for governments and donors to commit to spend at least 20pc of their budgets on education. Asked whether Unesco’s recommendations would be implemented, Minister of State for Education, Training and Higher Education Balighur Rehman, who launched the report here, said it all depended on the collection of revenues and added that efforts were being made to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio.
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