DINA for the issue of July 25, 2011
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July 25, 2011 Monday Sha'aban 22, 1432
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July 25, 2011 Monday Sha'aban 22, 1432
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Pakistan not to accept hegemony in region, says Hina
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LAHORE, July 24: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan is a sovereign state and it will not accept hegemony of any country in the region.
Talking to reporters at the Lahore Airport on her return from Indonesia on Sunday after attending a ministerial meeting of the Asean regional forum, she said Pakistan's role in the region was by no means less than that of India...
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Abbottabad commission meets today
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, July 24: The judicial commission investigating the May 2 raid by US Commandos in Abbottabad will meet here on Monday.
Although the commission appears to have made little headway in the probe so far it is expected that in its second or subsequent meetings it will hear from intelligence agencies whether they were aware of the presence of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad and about the US raid...
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18 killed as violence spreads in Karachi
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Dawn Report
KARACHI, July 24: Interior Minister Rehman Malik ruled out any 'operation' in Karachi on Sunday, but talking to newsmen after a renewed wave of target killings left at least 18 people dead and several others wounded said that police and Rangers would work together to restore order.
The daylong violence caused the authorities to once again impose a ban on pillion riding that Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan had lifted about a fortnight ago...
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Chidambaram and Malik meet in Bhutan
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NEW DELHI, July 24: Interior Minister Rehman Malik and his Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram have met and warned that terrorism posed the most significant "challenge" to security in South Asia.
Mr Chidambaram and Mr Malik met on the sidelines of a meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) in Bhutanese capital Thimphu, the Press Trust of India said...
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Auditors detect tax evasion of Rs209bn
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Auditors have unearthed tax evasion and irregularities of more than Rs209.797 billion in 50,000 cases over the past few years.
Experts say the dodging of such a huge amount is not possible without official connivance...
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Pakistan likely to seek new IMF programme
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, July 24: With their inability to meet thrice-revised revenue target, the economic managers are uncertain about the remaining part of $11.3 billion programme of the International Monetary Fund. And they are likely to request for a fresh programme which, if approved, will be with even more stringent conditions.
Background discussions with officials here suggest that a fragile strategy to convince the IMF authorities about a sound economic performance during the last financial year was torpedoed even before its launch when then governor of State Bank of Pakistan Shahid H. Kardar declined to have anything to do with it...
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S. Waziristan suicide attempt foiled
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PESHAWAR, July 24: A security man was killed on Sunday as troops foiled an attempt by a suicide bomber to attack a military checkpoint in South Waziristan near the Afghan border.
According to a local official, Saifur Rehman, the attacker was shot outside the Chag Malai post...
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Girl dies in mine blast
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QUETTA, July 24: A minor girl was killed in a landmine explosion in Kohlu, while the residence of a former member of Balochistan Assembly was blown up in Dera Allahyar on Sunday.
Sources said the landmine planted by the roadside in Killi King area exploded when Bakht Bibi, 6, stepped on it. The girl was blown to pieces while a man identified as Tareen Ahmed injured...
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