DINA for the issue of May 14, 2012

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May 14, 2012 Monday Jumadi-us-Sani 22, 1433
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Pakistan, Afghan army chiefs, Isaf commander meet in Rawalpindi: Talks on preventing Salala recurrence
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
RAWALPINDI, May 13: Top military commanders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) met here on Sunday and shared ideas on establishing a credible communication and coordination mechanism to obviate recurrence of Salala-like incidents that seriously affected Pakistan-US relations and also strained Islamabad's ties with Kabul.

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Afghan military chief General Sher Mohammad Karimi and Isaf Commander General John Allen led their sides at a meeting of the Tripartite Commission...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/pakistan-afghan-army-chiefs-isaf-commander-meet-in-rawalpindi-talks-on-preventing-salala-recurrence/


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NA speaker consulting constitutional experts
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, May 13: The Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza, is consulting constitutional experts, to seek their opinion about her role after the Supreme Court (SC) judgment against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

After hearing a detailed briefing on the court ruling from Law Minister Senator Farooq H. Naek, Dr Mirza met veteran constitutional expert and politician, former Chairman of the Senate, Wasim Sajjad, on Sunday...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/sc-judgment-against-gilani-na-speaker-consulting-constitutional-experts/


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Lightning Strikes security installation
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By Mohammad Asghar
RAWALPINDI, May 13: A substantial part of a section of a sensitive government installation in Kahuta was heavily damaged when its building was struck by lightning on Saturday night, Dawn learnt on Sunday through a security source.

The source said that during a thunderstorm at around 10.30pm on Saturday, the lightning struck the technical department of the installation, about 60km from Islamabad, and triggered a blaze...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/lightning-strikes-security-installation/


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Foreign policy flawed, says Fazl
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By Khalid Hasnain
LAHORE, May 13: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the absence of a well-formulated foreign policy over the past 10 years has paved the way for the United States to dictate terms and threaten Pakistan.

"We have had no clear foreign policy in Pakistan for the past 10 years. That is why the US is dictating and threatening us," he said while speaking at a seminar on 'Internal and external challenges to Pakistan' arranged by the JUI-F here on Sunday...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/foreign-policy-flawed-says-fazl/


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Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul
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KABUL, May 13: A senior Afghan peace negotiator and close ally of President Hamid Karzai was shot dead on Sunday, dealing a major blow to Kabul's efforts to broker peace with Taliban militants.
Arsala Rahmani, a former minister in the Taliban regime, was a "key negotiator" in the High Peace Council (HPC) established by Mr Karzai to hold talks with the militants...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/afghan-peace-negotiator-shot-dead-in-kabul/


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Pak to work against terror
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned the assassination of Arsala Rahmani, who was gunned down in Kabul on Sunday.

In a statement, the Foreign Office said: "Our two countries face the common threat of terrorism, and Pakistan is committed to work closely with Afghanistan to eliminate this scourge...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/pak-to-work-against-terror/


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Review of Gwadar port feasibility report urged
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By Saleem Shahid
GWADAR, May 13: The Planning Commission has assured the Balochistan government of its full support for making the Gwadar port fully functional and completing the road network to link it with other parts of the country.

However, the commission's deputy chairman Dr Nadeemul Haq has asked the provincial government to review the port's feasibility report, keeping in view its economic viability...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/review-of-gwadar-port-feasibility-report-urged/


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Indian soldiers revolted against officers: report
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By Jawed Naqvi
NEW DELHI, May 13: For two days Indian reports were describing it as a scuffle or an incident between lowly enlisted men and upper-crust army officers in Ladakh, but on Sunday The Hindu suggested it might have been a revolt, which had got the army brass worried.

"Forty-eight hours after troops of the Ladakh-based 226 Field Regiment staged a revolt against officers they said were responsible for the brutal beating of an enlisted man, the army is facing hard questions whether its colonial-era institutions are generating a crisis within its ranks," The Hindu report said...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/indian-soldiers-revolted-against-officers-report/


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American Senator accuses Pakistan of inaction on 'Taliban havens'
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WASHINGTON, May 13: The Taliban can be defeated militarily in Afghanistan but the job remains to be finished, according to a key US Senator.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, told "Fox News Sunday" that Pakistan was key to defeating the Taliban in both countries and expressed frustration that Pakistan had failed to deprive them of a safe haven in the rugged mountain areas along its Afghan border...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/american-senator-accuses-pakistan-of-inaction-on-taliban-havens/


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JKLF not against Pak-India trade, says Yasin Malik
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By Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD, May 13: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik said on Sunday that his party was not opposed to bilateral trade between India and Pakistan, but urged the two countries to find a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.

"We are not averse to trade between India and Pakistan. Nor are we opposed to resumption of relations between them. Rather we want their relations to remain normal at all times. But how can there be peace when four generations of a nation have suffered during their struggle for a lasting solution to the (Kashmir) issue," he said at a public meeting here...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/jklf-not-against-pak-india-trade-says-yasin-malik/


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Two security men injured in Waziristan convoy attack
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By Pazir Gul
MIRAMSHAH, May 13: Two security personnel were injured when a bomb ripped through a convoy in North Waziristan on Sunday, official sources said.

The convoy was going to Razmak when one of the vehicles hit the bomb near the Tall checkpost as two gunship helicopters hovered over it. The injured personnel were taken to hospital...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/two-security-men-injured-in-waziristan-convoy-attack/


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Pakistan faces risk of missing all Nato events
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, May 13: Pakistan may have to miss future Nato consultations as well if it failed to attend the organisation's May 20-21 summit in Chicago, US and Nato officials said.

In a statement issued by the summit headquarters in Chicago on Sunday, Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen noted that 2014 would mark the end of Nato's combat role, but not the end of its engagement with Afghanistan...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/14/pakistan-faces-risk-of-missing-all-nato-events/


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