DINA for the issue of May 21, 2012

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May 21, 2012 Monday Jumadi-us-Sani 29, 1433
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Zardari meets Clinton, Karzai on Nato summit's sidelines: Quest for compromise in Chicago
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By Anwar Iqbal
CHICAGO, May 20: President Asif Ali Zardari held two key meetings on Sunday — with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — as the United States and its Nato allies began their two-day summit conference in this north-western American city.

The first meeting continued for 25 minutes but the second went on for almost an hour as the United States and Pakistan tried to resolve a dispute that has strained relations between the two countries for more than six months now...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/zardari-meets-clinton-karzai-on-nato-summits-sidelines-quest-for-compromise-in-chicago/


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Access to Twitter blocked for 8 hours
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By Ikram Junaidi
ISLAMABAD, May 20: Following strong criticism within the country, the government restored on Sunday the social networking website Twitter after keeping it blocked for more than eight hours.

The announcement regarding the unblocking of the website interestingly came directly from Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Twitter. "As committed, Twitter has been unblocked but I request (the management) to stop anti-Islam material on Twitter which hurts Muslim Ummah," Mr Malik tweeted...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/access-to-twitter-blocked-for-8-hours/


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Apology needed: Sherry
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CHICAGO: Islamabad has taken the first step towards reopening the Nato supply routes and Washington should now apologise over the border air strikes last year which claimed the lives of 24 Pakistani troops and stop drone attacks inside Pakistani territory, says Pakistan's ambassador to the US.

In an article published in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, Ambassador Sherry Rehman said normality in relations between Pakistan and the US would promote peace and security in the region...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/apology-needed-sherry/


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'Muhajir Suba' movement shrouded in mystery
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By Idrees Bakhtiar
KARACHI, May 20: The mysterious but rapidly spreading movement — at least in the form of graffiti, billboards and demonstrations — for the creation of a separate province for 'Muhajirs' by dividing Sindh has created a huge dilemma for the Urdu-speakers' biggest representative party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).

Officially the MQM remains committed to the unity of Sindh, but many of its senior members have started to admit that the top leadership is coming under immense pressure from the lower cadre and other sections of the 'muhajir' community on the issue. The growing pressure is either for solving their problems, or for agreeing with the idea of a separate province to be carved out of Sindh. The last few months have seen an unexplained, albeit mysterious, political development in Karachi, and partly in Hyderabad, where a hitherto unknown organisation has started a campaign for the creation of a separate province. It began with some wall chalking (graffiti) on the main thoroughfares for a 'muhajir suba'. Except for some Sindhi nationalists, most people in Karachi ignored such graffiti. The theory that the Muttahida may have been behind the campaign subsided when the issue was raised in the Sindh assembly and the MQM openly supported a resolution against the division of Sindh and supported the call for the unity of the province. However, most Sindhi nationalists remained suspicious of this silent movement, and a few even described it as a well-planned move...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/muhajir-suba-movement-shrouded-in-mystery/


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New Khyber Pakhtunkhwa strategy to eradicate militancy
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By Ismail Khan
PESHAWAR, May 20: Moving beyond the vague and clichéd 3-D strategy, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has come up with a plan which officials and cabinet ministers say could well serve as the first comprehensive state response to overcome militancy.

The 24-page presentation "Continuing Militancy, Challenge & Response", unveiled at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti early this month envisages a full state response in terms of governance, deliverance and coordination to overcome the challenges from non-state actors...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/new-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-strategy-to-eradicate-militancy/


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Sales tax, FED issues remain unresolved
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, May 20: With the Seventh National Finance Commission Award about to complete its second year, the issue of collection and distribution of general sales tax on services and federal excise duty continues to create rifts between the provinces and the centre.

According to sources, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa complained at a meeting held recently to review the implementation of the award that Sindh was collecting general sales tax on services like customs agents and ports but they were not getting their shares...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/sales-tax-fed-issues-remain-unresolved/


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Turkey urged to release surgeon
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, May 20: The president of the Transplantation Society of Pakistan and head of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi, has appealed to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is on a three-day visit to Pakistan, to allow the release of Prof Mehmet Haberal, who is in prison since 2009.

In a statement on Sunday, Dr Rizvi said Prof Haberal's trial was completed in 2010 and his "continuing incarceration without charges has become a violation of human rights"...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/turkey-urged-to-release-surgeon/


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2 Pakistanis beheaded in Makkah
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RIYADH, May 20: Saudi authorities on Sunday beheaded two Pakistanis in Makkah after finding them guilty of two murders, the interior ministry said.

Bashir Afridi and Rahmulwahab Abdullah murdered and robbed Mohammed Haji, a fellow Pakistani, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/2-pakistanis-beheaded-in-makkah/

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Unusual venue for state banquet
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, May 20: It will be a state dinner for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday evening but it will be held at Sarena hotel, instead of at the Prime Minister's House, apparently for the comfort of PML-N leaders.

A senior member of the ruling party told Dawn that the banquet was being deliberately held in a hotel for the sake of PML-N leaders...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/unusual-venue-for-state-banquet/


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Erdogan arrives
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ISLAMABAD, May 20: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accorded a warm welcome when he arrived here on Sunday on a three-day visit to Pakistan at the invitation of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

He was received at the Chaklala Airbase by Minister for Capital Administration and Development Nazar Mohammad Gondal...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/21/erdogan-arrives/


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