DINA for the issue of May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012 Thursday Rajab 02, 1433
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Apex court hearing on Balochistan: CJ speaks of emergency to restore sanity
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, May 23: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the Constitution will take its course if the prime minister fails to take steps, with immediate effect, to resolve the crisis in Balochistan, warning that imposition of emergency could be one of the options to restore sanity to the province.
Justice Chaudhry said he was ready to meet Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to take him into confidence over the apex court's observations on the Balochistan tangle...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/apex-court-hearing-on-balochistan-cj-speaks-of-emergency-to-restore-sanity/
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Dr Afridi jailed for 33 years for helping CIA
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By Ibrahim Shinwari
LANDI KOTAL, May 23: A local doctor accused of helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acquire DNA samples of members of Osama bin Laden's family was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason.
Officials said Dr Shakil Afridi who worked as a government surgeon was also fined Rs 320,000 and in case of default he would have to undergo an additional three years imprisonment...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/dr-afridi-jailed-for-33-years-for-helping-cia/
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PAC wants names of judges who are members of Palm Club
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has decided to get the names of Supreme Court judges who have the membership of Lahore's controversial Royal Palm Club.
The committee suspects that judges might have withheld a judgment for over a year on a case relating to illegal lease of land and construction of the club because they were given the club membership for a token fee...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/pac-wants-names-of-judges-who-are-members-of-palm-club/
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Strike against Karachi rally attack in Sindh
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Dawn Report
KARACHI / HYDERABAD, May 23: A partial strike was observed in Karachi and Hyderabad and complete shutdown in almost all other cities and towns of Sindh on Wednesday on a call given by the Awami Tehrik in protest against Tuesday's attack on its rally in the provincial capital and the murder of the secretary general of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, Muzaffar Bhutto.
Educational boards and universities postponed examinations because of the strike...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/strike-against-karachi-rally-attack-in-sindh/
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US senators say Pakistan on path of confrontation
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, May 23: US lawmakers warned on Wednesday that Pakistan was moving rapidly on a path leading to a direct confrontation with the world's sole superpower as Pakistan convicted and sentenced a man considered a hero in America.
On Tuesday, a US Senate panel voted to cut aid to Pakistan by 58 per cent in fiscal 2013 and threatened to withhold even more cash if Islamabad did not reopen Nato supply routes...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/us-senators-say-pakistan-on-path-of-confrontation/
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Five killed in drone attack
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PESHAWAR, May 23: Five militants were killed in a pre-dawn US drone attack on a house near Miramshah in North Waziristan on Wednesday.
The attack came two days after the Pakistani delegation at the Nato summit in Chicago demanded an end to drone strikes and urged the United States to apologise for the death of Pakistani soldiers in an attack on Salala checkpost...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/five-killed-in-drone-attack-2/
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Balochistan: 'The toxic air of 3 years ago is dissipating'
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By Arifa Noor
QUETTA, May 23: "Welcome to the most afsurda district of Balochistan," says a local political worker of the PPP as he greets the out of towners in a small room of the building in district Mastung.
A primarily Balochi district that falls in the constituency of Chief Minister Raisani, his pessimism is striking...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/balochistan-the-toxic-air-of-3-years-ago-is-dissipating/
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Remarks surprise legal experts
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD: The unexpected remarks made by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday about possible imposition of a state of emergency in Balochistan startled the legal community with some legal experts saying that only the executive had the authority to take such a step.
When contacted for comments on the chief justice's remarks during the hearing about the law and order situation in the province at the Quetta registry, they said the court had no authority to order or direct the federal government to impose emergency in any part of the country and that it was the sole prerogative of the country's chief executive...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/remarks-surprise-legal-experts/
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Cabinet sets up committees on Balochistan, Sindh violence
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By Ayesha Shahid
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The federal cabinet formed two ministerial committees on Wednesday to investigate incidents of violence in Karachi over the controversial issue of the demand for a new Muhajir province and to formulate recommendations to resolve the issue of missing persons in Balochistan.
Briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the cabinet which met under Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the committee on Karachi would be headed by senior PPP member and Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim whereas Law Minister Farooq Naek would head a similar body to look into the law and order situation in Balochistan with particular reference to the missing persons...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/cabinet-sets-up-committees-on-balochistan-sindh-violence/
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Pakistan's rights situation poor: AI
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By Hajrah Mumtaz
KARACHI, May 23: While Amnesty International's 2012 report, the State of the World's Human Rights, notes a few gains for Pakistan in the year gone by, it refers with particular misgiving to the killings of journalists, the repression of dissent and the increasing pressure on minority groups.
Amongst the serious human rights abuses underscored are the assassinations of Punjab Governor, Salman Taseer, and Minister for Minorities (and sole Christian cabinet member) Shahbaz Bhatti, and alleged involvement of the security forces in human rights violations...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/pakistans-rights-situation-poor-ai/
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Copter falls into river: instructor, pilot missing
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GUJRANWALA, May 23: A small helicopter of Army aviation fell into Chenab river near Wazirabad on Wednesday and till late into night rescuers were searching for the trainee pilot and the instructor.
According to eyewitnesses, the helicopter used for training plunged into the river at around 11:30am near Laweriwala village. They said the helicopter was flying very low at the time of crash...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/copter-falls-into-river-instructor-pilot-missing/
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'Sindh in danger of suffering Balochistan-style mayhem'
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, May 23: The murder of nationalist leader Muzaffar Bhutto, one of the prominent victims of enforced disappearance in Sindh, and the brazen attack on a peaceful political rally in Karachi on Tuesday that claimed at least 16 lives appear to be the latest manifestations of violent suppression of political debate and in the absence of effective measures can plunge Sindh into Balochistan-style mayhem, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Wednesday.
A statement issued by the HRCP said: "The body of Muzaffar Bhutto, secretary general of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, who went missing in February 2011, was found near Hyderabad. He was shot in the head and in the upper torso and the body also bore torture marks. He had also been picked up in 2005 but was allowed to return home...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/sindh-in-danger-of-suffering-balochistan-style-mayhem/
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Indian army helicopter crashes in Siachen
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SRINAGAR, May 23: An Indian army helicopter crashed on a glacier battlefield high in the Himalayas, killing the pilot and injuring another person, an official in Indian-held Kashmir said on Wednesday.
Army spokesman Lt-Col J.S. Brar said the Indian Cheetah helicopter crashed on Wednesday in Siachen glacier, at the northern tip of the disputed Kashmir region...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/indian-army-helicopter-crashes-in-siachen/
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'Peace pipeline' accords signed
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AVAZA (Turkmenistan), May 23: Turkmenistan on Wednesday signed agreements with India and Pakistan to deliver gas through a new pipeline that will transit Afghanistan, the first contracts in the ambitious project.
The 1,700km Tapi pipeline aims to transport more than 30 billion cubic metres of gas annually from Turkmenistan to energy-hungry consumers in Pakistan and India as well as relieving shortages in Afghanistan...
http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/peace-pipeline-accords-signed/
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Karachi Stocks Down 109.26 Points:
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KARACHI, May 23: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14,142.08, down 109.26 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, May 23: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 93 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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