DINA for the issue of May 12, 2012

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May 12, 2012 Saturday Jumadi-us-Sani 20, 1433
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Door to Nato summit not shut yet: US
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, May 11: The US State Department indicated on Friday that Pakistan might still attend a Nato summit in Chicago next week.

"I think the question of who is going to be invited is still something that we're working on," said State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland when asked if Pakistan was invited to the summit. "The guest list is still something that we're working on, particularly in the context of the Isaf meeting, which will have a larger participation...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/door-to-nato-summit-not-shut-yet-us/


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Absence of FC chief irks SC
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Displeased by the absence of inspector general of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan, and non-production of three missing persons, the Supreme Court warned the FC official on Friday that he would be taken to task if he did not show up on Monday.

"No institution is bigger than the Supreme Court," Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed. He regretted that no-one was appearing before the court in an important case...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/absence-of-fc-chief-irks-sc/


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Talks continuing with US: Gilani
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By Khaleeq Kiani
LONDON, May 11: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that Pakistan and the United States were holding negotiations over the reopening of routes for Nato supplies to Afghanistan following a unanimous resolution adopted by parliament on the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security.

In the light of these recommendations and resolution, Pakistan's discussions with the US were currently in progress; therefore a decision whether or not to attend the Nato summit in Chicago has yet not been taken...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/talks-continuing-with-us-gilani/


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'Invitation linked to supply route reopening'
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BRUSSELS: Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen suggested on Friday that Pakistan could miss out on important talks on the future of Afghanistan if it failed to reopen supply routes in time to secure a place at a Nato summit in Chicago on May 20-21.

Speaking at a news conference, Mr Rasmussen made no explicit reference to Pakistan, which closed transit routes to Afghanistan after 24 of its soldiers were killed in a Nato cross-border air attack last November...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/invitation-linked-to-supply-route-reopening/


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Inspector shot dead in Quetta
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, May 11: A police officer, who survived a bomb attack on Thursday, was gunned down in Shalkot area here on Friday night, officials said.

DIG (operations) Qazi Abdul Wahid said Inspector Jalal Shah was going home when gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on him."Shah received multiple bullet wounds and died while being shifted to hospital," he said...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/inspector-shot-dead-in-quetta/


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FIA chief changed again
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, May 11: In a surprising move, the government removed Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Javed Iqbal on Friday and appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Narcotics Control Zafar Abbas Lak to the post.

Javed Iqbal was the 6th FIA chief removed by the present regime ostensibly for not toeing the line of Interior Minister Rehman Malik. The post was earlier held by Tariq Pervaz, Tariq Khosa, Zafarullah Khan, Waseem Ahmed and Malik Iqbal...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/fia-chief-changed-again/


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Rs23bn released to end unscheduled loadshedding
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By Iftikhar A Khan
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Strong protests in parliament and on the street against frequent and prolonged power outages forced the government on Friday to release Rs23 billion to clear a part of circular debt to end at least the unscheduled loadshedding.

Minister of State for Water and Power Tasneem Qureshi informed the Senate that about Rs23 billion was being released on Friday to substantially reduce the duration of loadshedding. The money will be paid directly to independent power producers (IPPs) and Wapda's generation companies (Gencos) for onward payment to the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) for the purchase of fuel...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/rs23bn-released-to-end-unscheduled-loadshedding/


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President reviews steps for ending power crisis
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, May 11: President Asif Ali Zardari held another meeting on Friday to monitor the energy crisis and called back Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is with the Prime Minister in the United Kingdom, to control violent protests in different parts of the country against power shortage.

"President Zardari convened a meeting of relevant federal ministers and officials and monitored the situation," said President's spokesman Farhatullah Babar...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/president-reviews-steps-for-ending-power-crisis/


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SC hears petition on delay in power plant installation: Intervention by president shows gravity of crisis
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, May 11: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry noted on Friday that the power crisis had worsened to an extent that President Asif Zardari had to intervene to resolve it.

"The power crisis has deteriorated so much that even the president has to call the meeting," the chief justice observed while heading a two-judge Supreme Court bench. He said the fact the president had to call the meeting reflected an administrative breakdown...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/sc-hears-petition-on-delay-in-power-plant-installation-intervention-by-president-shows-gravity-of-crisis/


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Two leopards spotted in Takato mountain range
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, May 11: Two leopards were spotted in the Takato mountain range, north of Quetta valley, during the recent snowfall.

"Villagers found footprints of leopards going up to the peak of a mountain," an official of an NGO working for preservation of wildlife told newsmen during a trip to the mountain range...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/two-leopards-spotted-in-takato-mountain-range/


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Red-tapism may hit zero-hunger programme
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, May 11: The plan to implement the prime minister's zero-hunger programme in 45 extremely food insecure districts of the country seems to have fallen victim to red-tapism.

On March 21, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that the government would provide 0.5 million tons of wheat for conversion by the World Food Programme as ready-to-use food for distribution in the needy districts, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/red-tapism-may-hit-zero-hunger-programme/


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Fighter jet crashes, pilot ejects
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KARACHI, May 11: A Pakistani fighter jet crashed in the south of the country on Friday while on routine training flight, an air force official said, but the pilot ejected safely and there were no casualties on the ground.

The Mirage-V plane took off from the Pakistan Air Force's Masroor Base in Karachi and crashed near the town of Sonmiani in southwestern Balochistan, PAF spokesman Squadron Leader Mohammad Nadeem said...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/fighter-jet-crashes-pilot-ejects/


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Circular debt stands at Rs80bn, NA body told
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABAD, May 11: The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Finance has proposed a range of taxation measures to document the economy.

A meeting of the committee presided over by Fouzia Wahab on Friday discussed the main features of the 2012-13 budget and the medium-term budgetary framework...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/circular-debt-stands-at-rs80bn-na-body-told/


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'Stray' mortar kills four Khyber children
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PESHAWAR, May 11: Four young children were killed on Friday when a mortar slammed into their family's vehicle as they attempted to escape an offensive by security forces, officials said.

The children's aunt and mother were wounded in the incident in the tribal district of Khyber, where security forces are fighting against local warlord Mangal Bagh and his Lashkar-i-Islam faction...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/stray-mortar-kills-four-khyber-children/


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Karachi Stocks Down 189.70 Points:
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KARACHI, May 11: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14230.49, down 189.70 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, May 11: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.8 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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