DINA for the issue of July 2, 2014
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Operation will target all terroristsAgenciesISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said its ongoing military offensive to eliminate insurgents’ hideouts in North Waziristan will target all militants, including the Haqqanis. The Haqqani network has been blamed for some of the deadliest and most sophisticated attacks on Nato and Afghan troops across the border in Afghanistan. | ||||||||||||||
SC upset by lack of food subsidies in BalochistanNasir IqbalISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench was flabbergasted on Tuesday when it was told that no subsidy on food items has ever been extended to the neediest segments of Balochistan since the year 2009. This is not all. Not a single fair price shop exists outside Quetta city to ensure the delivery of wheat flour or foodgrains at affordable prices to the poorest people of the province. | ||||||||||||||
Argentina beat SwitzerlandUmaid Wasim in Sao PauloANGEL Di Maria scored two minutes from the end of extra-time as Argentina edged past Switzerland 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Tuesday. After a dour 90 minutes at the Arena Corinthians in which Argentina failed to find a breakthrough past an obdurate Swiss side, Di Maria’s goal came with the match seemingly heading for a shootout. | ||||||||||||||
CNG prices raisedKhaleeq KianiISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) increased on Tuesday the prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) by up to eight per cent due to imposition of higher rates for Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) through finance bill for 2014-15. The rate for sale of CNG to consumers has been raised by Rs2.1 per kg (2.83 per cent), to Rs76.35 for region I (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and the Potohar zone including Rawalpindi and Islamabad). Previously, the CNG price for the region was Rs74.25 a kg. | ||||||||||||||
Deportees with forged papers to be arrestedZulqernain TahirLAHORE: Not all the deported persons will enjoy the status of ‘victim’ under a new classification of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The people deported for forged documents (DFD) will face seven-year imprisonment, fine or both. | ||||||||||||||
First session of new Iraqi parliament ends in chaosAFPBAGHDAD: First session of Iraq’s new parliament broke up in chaos on Tuesday, with lawmakers walking out or making threats despite calls for the urgent formation of a government to combat a Sunni militant onslaught. After a break called to calm soaring tempers, so many Sunni and Kurdish deputies stayed away that the quorum was lost, so a speaker could not be elected and the session ended in disarray. | ||||||||||||||
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