DINA for the issue of January 9, 2014

	January 9, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 7, 1435
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Attorney general quits By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Just after seven months in the job, Attorney General (AG) Muneer A. Malik has decided to quit the office, an informed source close to the AG told Dawn on Wednesday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Attack on army post repulsed in SWA By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The Army repulsed a late evening assault by terrorists on one of its strategic posts in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Wednesday, killing 10 attackers. Three soldiers also lost their lives. “Terrorists attacked Green Ridge Post in South Waziristan at about 2000 hours. Security forces responded valiantly,” a military spokesman said.
Privatisation Commission decides to divest 26pc PIA shares ISLAMABAD: The board of directors of the Privatisation Commission resolved on Wednesday to divest minimum of 26 per cent shares of the Pakistan International Airlines. A meeting of the board of directors, presided over by Chairman of the Privatisation Commission Mohammad Zubair, also approved initiation of the process for selection of the financial adviser for divestment of PIA shares to a strategic investor. It decided that the interests of PIA employees shall be protected.
Missed targets in Punjab pose polio challenge By Asif Chaudhry LAHORE: The polio eradication partners see Punjab as their biggest challenge instead of even Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government, World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef are partners in efforts aimed at polio eradication in Pakistan. The WHO supports the government in operational and financial areas, whereas Unicef provides communication support.
11 die as two buses fall into ravine By Our Correspondent MURREE: At least 11 people were killed and more than 35 others injured on Wednesday when two buses fell into a ravine after a collision near Salgran, on the Rawalpindi-Murree road. “We believe that a few bodies and some of the injured are still stuck in the wreckage,” said Arshad Bhutta, media coordinator for Rescue 1122.
Import of petroleum coke allowed by road from India By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet allowed on Wednesday import of petroleum coke (pet coke) from India for cement industry by road and took a notice of an increase in fertiliser prices. Pet coke is a by-product of the oil refining process. The pet coke import through Wagah-Attari by trucks was allowed on a request by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association.
Zardari in capital for court appearance today By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari landed in the federal capital on Wednesday to appear before an accountability court on Thursday to face, after a decade, five references filed during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s previous government in 1997. “Mr Zardari has arrived in Islamabad and is staying in Zardari House. In pursuance of the court’s directives, he will appear before the court along with his chief defence counsel Farooq Naek,” the former president’s spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar told Dawn.
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