DINA for the issue of May 05, 2012

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May 05, 2012 Saturday Jumadi-us-Sani 13, 1433
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Taliban claim responsibility: Bajaur market massacre leaves 26 dead
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By Anwarullah Khan
KHAR, May 4: At least 26 people, among them two security officers, were killed and 75 others injured on Friday when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal region. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

"The suicide bomber, stated to be a 15-year-old boy, detonated explosives strapped to his body as he approached a checkpost of the Bajaur Levies force where senior officials had gathered after patrolling the area," Haseeb Khan, an official of the local administration, told Dawn...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/taliban-claim-responsibility-bajaur-market-massacre-leaves-26-dead/


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Zardari approves 'grand operation' in Lyari
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ISLAMABAD, May 4: A few hours after a police crackdown was stopped in Karachi's Lyari area, the government decided to launch a 'grand operation' within 48 hours.

Violent gun-battles between security forces and the local People's Amn Committee (PAC) have rocked Lyari — a stronghold of the Pakistan People's Party — over the past week...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/zardari-approves-grand-operation-in-lyari/


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CJ rebukes govt for inaction on the missing
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, May 4: The Supreme Court, hearing a petition on the law and order situation and human rights violations in Balochistan, observed on Friday that the prime minister, federal ministers for interior and defence and the provincial government appeared to be not serious about resolving the issue of missing persons.

A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad..

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/cj-rebukes-govt-for-inaction-on-the-missing/


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Rights commission law overcomes NA rumpus
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD May 4: A landmark government bill to create a state-funded but independent national human rights commission completed its parliamentary sail on Friday, overcoming an opposition rumpus in the National Assembly at the end of a brief spring session.

The final passage of the National Commission for Human Rights Bill after a shuttle between the two houses of parliament over the past few months came more than three years after the cabinet decided to set up such a body to comply with what the document described as constitutional and international obligations and the government's agenda to protect human rights...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/rights-commission-law-overcomes-na-rumpus/


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Hafeez orders revision of growth data
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABAD, May 4: Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh prevailed upon the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday to revise growth figures.
The PBS had on April 26 projected the economic growth at 3.2 per cent which was below the finance minister's estimate of four per cent.

At the same time, the base year for calculation of national accounts has been changed from 1999-2000 to 2005-06 to depict the actual performance of economy and variables...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/hafeez-orders-revision-of-growth-data/


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ANF again summons Musa Gilani in ephedrine case
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By A Reporter
RAWALPINDI, May 4: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has again summoned Ali Musa Gilani, the youngest son of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on May 12 in connection with the investigation into the ephedrine case, sources told Dawn.

Earlier on April 26, Mr Musa Gilani recorded his statement before an ANF's investigation team and denied allegations levelled against him...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/anf-again-summons-musa-gilani-in-ephedrine-case/


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Accord on Nato routes unlikely before summit
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WASHINGTON, May 4: As the Taliban kick off their spring fighting season in Afghanistan, an agreement with Pakistan that would help Nato supply its troops there could be weeks or months away, forcing military leaders to spend two-and-a-half times as much to ship some supplies through Central Asia.

The Obama administration remains locked in negotiations with Pakistan to reopen the key supply routes into Afghanistan, and officials do not expect talks bogged down over proposed tariffs and US military assistance to reach resolution anytime soon....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/accord-on-nato-routes-unlikely-before-summit/


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Call to hire professional from abroad to run PIA
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, May 4: The PIA board has renewed its call for "hiring a foreigner with vast experience of running an airline" to streamline the affairs of the national carrier just over a month after the appointment of its new managing director, former Air chief Rao Qamar Suleman.

The proposal to hire a foreigner to run the affairs of the national airlines was mooted by one of the directors, Makhdoom Ahmed Mahmood, at a meeting of the board in Islamabad on Monday and was endorsed by majority directors including its chairman, Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, who is also Defence Minister. The proposal will now be debated in the board's next meeting scheduled for May 15...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/call-to-hire-professional-from-abroad-to-run-pia/


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Senior US official may visit soon
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, May 4: Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry or a senior member of the Obama administration may soon travel to Islamabad for talks on reviving bilateral ties, diplomatic sources told Dawn.

Senator Kerry was to visit Pakistan earlier this month but delayed his trip because an official delegation, headed by US Special Envoy Marc Grossman, was already going to Islamabad...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/05/senior-us-official-may-visit-soon/


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Karachi Stocks Up 192.36 Points:
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KARACHI, May 04: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14612.28, up 192.36 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, May 04: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.8 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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