DINA for the issue of Febuary 1st , 2014

	February 1, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 30, 1435
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Uproar in NA over resignation of SBP chief By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: The government came under opposition fire in the National Assembly on Friday over the allegedly forced resignation of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor, Yaseen Anwar, but had no immediate response to charges that the act was forced by the finance ministry and undermined the autonomy of the country’s central bank.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 12.01 Points: KARACHI, January 31: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 26643.49, up 35.85 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, January 31 The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.20 to the US Dollar in the open market.
What the dictator now faces By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: Now that the special court has made public its opinion of retired General Pervez Musharraf’s purported illness and ordered his arrest warrants to be issued, legal experts believe that the military dictator’s indictment is imminent. An indictment means that once Musharraf is presented in court on Feb 7, the next date of hearing, the charges against him would be read out and the trial under Article 6 of the Constitution will formally begin.
Musharraf’s warrants issued By A Reporter ISLAMABAD: The special court issued on Friday arrest warrants for former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case. The court also dismissed his application seeking cardiac treatment in the United States. Perhaps the defence lawyers were expecting such an order and that was why they changed the strategy. Instead of senior counsel Sharifuddin Pirzada, the arguments were advanced by Anwar Mansoor Khan.
TTP asked to name its negotiators By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: A four-member committee constituted by the government formally invited the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday for peace talks and urged the outlawed militant organisation to immediately nominate its interlocutors and convey its demands for starting the dialogue process. Irfan Siddiqui, special assistant to the prime minister on national affairs and the only member of the committee representing the government, announced at a press conference that the government had given the committee an “open-ended mandate” with no strings attached to hold talks with the Taliban.
Sharif, Zardari jointly launch Thar coal project By Prem Shivani MITHI: In a demonstration of political will to work together for the cause of national development, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari jointly performed the ground-breaking of a coal project in Islamkot, near Thar Coal Block-II on Friday. An important part of the project is a 660MW coal-based power plant which is expected to be completed in 2017 at a cost of $1.60 billion.
Four FC troops die in Awaran IED blast By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: At least four personnel of the Frontier Corps were killed and three others seriously injured in a bomb attack in Jhal-Jhao area of earthquake-stricken Awaran district on Friday. Official sources said that an FC vehicle carrying soldiers was attacked with an improvised explosive device (IED). It was triggered by remote control in Jhal-Jhao area. The FC personnel were escorting a team of aid workers busy in the relief operation in the area.
Talks with US yield little concrete steps By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States see the restart of Strategic Dialogue between them after a break of over three years as an important step towards re-engagement on key issues, though being modest in outcome. A Pakistani delegation led by Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz travelled earlier this week to Washington to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry and his team for the first ministerial meeting since 2010.
Plea challenging PCB chief’s reinstatement withdrawn By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The federal government withdrew on Friday its petition challenging the reinstatement by a high court of Mohammad Zaka Ashraf as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Asma Jahangir, representing the inter-provincial coordination ministry, withdrew the appeal after a two-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Saqib Nisar asked why the apex court should interfere in such matters when the executive had the authority to decide about the future of the PCB chairman under the law without prejudice to the Jan 14 verdict of the Islamabad High Court. “The high court order cannot obstruct the federal government from using powers in any matter,” it observed.
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