DINA for the issue of May 23, 2012

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May 23, 2012 Wednesday Rajab 01, 1433
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Erdogan calls for peaceful co-existence
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Addressing a press conference along with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a piece of advice to his hosts.

"If the rulers keep fighting with each other at the top, their people will get nothing but suffering," Mr Erdogan said when asked to comment on the standoff between the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/erdogan-calls-for-peaceful-co-existence/


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Karachi again slides into chaos; 11 lives lost
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By S. Raza Hassan
KARACHI, May 22: It was a mayhem that has few parallels in an otherwise strife-torn metropolis. Even though target killings and gunbattles between rival militant groups are almost a routine affair in Karachi, rarely a political rally has been fired upon the way it happened on Tuesday evening. And the results of such indiscriminate shooting in the old part of the city were devastating.

Within minutes after unidentified gunmen opened fire from automatic guns on a rally brought out by a Sindhi nationalist party, Awami Tehrik, against the so-called movement for the division of Sindh and creation of a 'Muhajir province', all hell broke loose. Eleven people were dead and over 30 injured. Many of the victims were innocent passers-by and bystanders, including a woman from PIA's ground staff and a 12-year-old girl....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/karachi-again-slides-into-chaos-11-lives-lost/


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Steps to tide over power crisis discussed
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, May 22: A four-member ministerial committee on power crisis concluded on Tuesday that about 2300MW of additional electricity could be produced by providing funding and natural gas and taking appropriate administrative measures to reduce the power shortfall which has gone up to 7000MW.

The committee, led by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and comprising Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, Kashmir Affairs Minister Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo and Water and Power Minister Naveed Qamar, would submit the plan to the federal cabinet during its meeting on Wednesday....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/steps-to-tide-over-power-crisis-discussed/


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Recovery of missing persons key to resolving issue: SC
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, May 22: Expressing dismay over non-appearance of the secretaries of defence and interior and principal secretary to the prime minister before it on Tuesday, the Supreme Court observed that it appeared the government, police and law enforcement agencies had no interest in recovering the missing persons.

The court had on Monday summoned these officials, along with principal secretaries to the governor and the chief minister of Balochistan, to explain why the court's orders had not been complied with so far....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/recovery-of-missing-persons-key-to-resolving-issue-sc/


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KSE-100 index crosses 14,000 points
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By Dilawar Hussain
KARACHI, May 22: Bulls staged a grand rally at the Karachi stock market on Tuesday, which propelled the KSE-100 index by 266 points, or nearly two per cent, to cross the 14,000-point barrier. The index settled at 14,142 points.

The paper value of corporate Pakistan rose by Rs68 billion in a day, represented by the market capitalisation that shot up to Rs3.612 trillion, from Rs3.544 trillion the previous day....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/kse-100-index-crosses-14000-points/


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Missing JSMM leader's body found
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By M. Hussain Khan
HYDERABAD, May 22: The body of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) Secretary General Muzaffar Bhutto, who has been missing for about three months, was found on Tuesday in Chalgari area.

Mr Bhutto had allegedly been picked up by intelligence agencies. His body had two bullet wounds. Police were informed by some villagers about the body lying on a road....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/missing-jsmm-leaders-body-found/


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Pakistan has to be part of Afghan solution: Obama
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By Anwar Iqbal
CHICAGO, May 22: Pakistan has to be part of the solution in Afghanistan, said US President Barack Obama after his two brief meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Nato summit.

Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said his organisation invited Pakistan to the two-day summit because it was seeking "positive engagement with Pakistan". He appreciated Pakistan's commitment to Afghan peace and said he was hopeful about Pakistan reopening the Nato supply lines....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/pakistan-has-to-be-part-of-afghan-solution-obama/


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US envoy to Kabul to quit post early
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KABUL, May 22: The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, would leave his post early, the embassy confirmed on Tuesday, a day after Nato leaders charted a path out of the Afghan war at a summit in Chicago.

The veteran diplomat, who was appointed to Kabul 10 months ago for a two-year term, previously served as the US envoy to Iraq, Pakistan and Syria....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/us-envoy-to-kabul-to-quit-post-early/


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Accord with Iran soon, says IAEA
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VIENNA, May 22: The International Atomic Energy Agency would soon sign an accord with Iran aimed at trying to resolve disputes over its nuclear drive, the UN watchdog's chief Yukiya Amano said on Tuesday.

He made the announcement on his return to Vienna from a visit to Iran, and on the eve of talks between Tehran and world powers in Baghdad on the long-running crisis over the Islamic republic's atomic activities....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/accord-with-iran-soon-says-iaea/


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Bilawal urges Obama to apologise to Pakistan
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By Masood Haider
NEW YORK. May 22: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of Pakistan People's Party, has called on US President Barack Obama to show "some courage" and apologise to Pakistan for the Nato air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at Salala and bring US-Pakistan relations back on track.

"Pakistan deserves an apology," he said....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/bilawal-urges-obama-to-apologise-to-pakistan/


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Who will drones target? Who in US will decide?
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WASHINGTON, May 22: White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be targeted for drone attacks or raids, establishing a new procedure to vet both military and CIA targets. The move concentrates power over the use of lethal US force outside war zones at the White House.

The process, which is about a month old, means Mr Brennan's staff consults the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies as to who should go on the list, making a previous military-run review process in place since 2009 less relevant, according to two current and three former US officials aware of the evolution in how the government targets terrorists....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/23/who-will-drones-target-who-in-us-will-decide/


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