Dina for the issue of 15 July 2012

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July 15, 2012 Sunday Sha'aban 24, 1433
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Elections on schedule: Raja proposes talks to resolve crisis
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By Our Correspondent
BESHAM, July 14: The country is in the midst of a crisis and the situation demands that major political leaders put their heads together, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said during inauguration ceremony of a hydroelectricity project in Besham, Shangla district, on Saturday.

"I once again invite all political parties to come and sit together to reach a consensus on national issues and to find a workable solution to the persisting crisis," he said, adding that there was no danger of confrontation between parliament and the judiciary....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/elections-on-schedule-raja-proposes-talks-to-resolve-crisis/


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Democraticsystem can collapse if PM ousted, warns Fazl
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Bureau Report
PESHAWAR, July 14: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman came out with a grim warning on Saturday: removal of another prime minister could derail democracy. He sounded a note of caution for the judiciary, too: please stay `neutral' and do not become `a part of conspiracies'.

"If the prime minister goes, the system can collapse," he said in reply to a question about the July 25 deadline given by the Supreme Court to Raja Pervez Ashraf in the NRO implementation case....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/democraticsystem-can-collapse-if-pm-ousted-warns-fazl/


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Afghan MP among 23 dead in blast
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KABUL, July 14: A suicide bomber blew himself up on Saturday in a wedding hall in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 23 people including a prominent warlord-turned-politician and three security officials, Afghan authorities said, in an attack that dealt a setback to efforts to unify the nation's ethnic factions.

Ahmad Khan Samangani, an ethnic Uzbek who commanded forces fighting the Soviets in the 1980s and later became a member of parliament, was welcoming guests to his daughter's wedding when the blast ripped through the building in Aybak, the capital of Samangan province....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/afghan-mp-among-23-dead-in-blast/


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Nato goods worth millions of dollars rotting
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By Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana
KARACHI, July 14: Perishable goods worth millions of dollars that have been stuck at the country's ports since the closure of Nato supply routes would have to be destroyed because they have crossed their expiry dates, official sources said on Saturday.

Although the Federal Board of Revenue has finalised rules and procedures for clearance and handling of the stranded cargo, the supplies would not be restored for another couple of weeks, the sources said....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/nato-goods-worth-millions-of-dollars-rotting/


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DPC marches on Chaman against supplies
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QUETTA, July 14: About 5,000 Islamists who oppose the anti-terrorism alliance with Washington began a march to the border on Saturday in protest over the reopening of Nato supply routes into Afghanistan.

The protesters joined a convoy of buses, trucks and cars with many carrying the black-and-white striped flags of Difa-i-Pakistan Council....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/dpc-marches-on-chaman-against-supplies/


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Key meeting on supplies tomorrow
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 14: US and Pakistani officials are meeting again on Monday to finalise a memorandum of understanding to regulate Nato supplies to Afghanistan, official sources told Dawn.

According to these sources, both sides have formed MoU committees to expedite an agreement....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/key-meeting-on-supplies-tomorrow/


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Strike observed against Kuchlak attack
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QUETTA, July 14: A strike was observed in the provincial capital and northern parts of Balochistan on Saturday in protest against the bomb attack on the ANP public meeting in Kuchlak.

At least six people were killed and several others injured when the cycle-bomb exploded near the rally on Friday....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/strike-observed-against-kuchlak-attack/


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Mistrust has made US-Pakistan ties neurotic: WP
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By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 14: US President Barack Obama met Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the White House two years ago and offered to work with Pakistan to build trust between the two countries, says a Washington Post report.

During the Oct 20, 2010 meeting, President Obama told Gen Kayani that "trust does not happen overnight, but it has to happen. Otherwise we will be on a collision course," the Post reported....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/mistrust-has-made-us-pakistan-ties-neurotic-wp/


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Lobbyists fail to boost Pakistan's image in US
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 14: The Pakistan government spends over $1 million annually for influence peddling in the power corridors of the United States, but has apparently been failing to counter the negative image of the country in America.

The public owned dollars paid to the lobbyists, sources say, are taken out of the $2 million per annum secret service expenditures put at the disposal of country's ambassador to Washington....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/lobbyists-fail-to-boost-pakistans-image-in-us/


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Clinton meets Morsi, pledges support for transition
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CAIRO, July 14: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday reaffirmed Washington's "strong" support for Egypt's democratic transition, after talks with newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi.

"I have come to Cairo to reaffirm the strong support of the United States for the Egyptian people and their democratic transition," Ms Clinton said at a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/clinton-meets-morsi-pledges-support-for-transition/


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ANP not to waver in war against terror, says minister
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 14: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the Awami National Party is determined to continue its war against terror despite attacks on its leaders and workers.

Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he condemned the bomb blast at an ANP rally near Quetta on Friday and termed it a conspiracy against peace and stability in the country....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/anp-not-to-waver-in-war-against-terror-says-minister/


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Khanewal man held for burying newborn girl
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By Shakeel Ahmad
MULTAN, July 14: A labourer who had buried his two-day-old daughter because she was physically deformed was arrested by Khanewal police on Saturday.

According to police, Chand Khan of Chak 19/9-R, father of three boys and a girl, had come from Karachi where he worked as a construction labourer to his village because his wife was going to give birth to a baby.."..

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/khanewal-man-held-for-burying-newborn-girl/


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400,000 asked to leave homes after rains in Japan
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TOKYO, July 14: About 400,000 people were ordered or advised to leave their homes in southwest Japan on Saturday as heavy rain pounded the area for a third day leaving 29 dead or missing, officials and media said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of more landslides and floods on the main southern island of Kyushu as rainfall of up to 11 centimetres per hour was recorded on Saturday....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/400000-asked-to-leave-homes-after-rains-in-japan/


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Musa Gilani applies for bail in ephedrine case
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By Malik Asad
RAWALPINDI, July 14: Ali Musa Gilani, a son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, filed on Saturday an application in the Rawalpindi bench of Lahore High Court for a pre-arrest bail in the ephedrine case.

His counsel Dr Khalid Ranjha and Faisal Hussain Chaudhry cited the Anti-Narcotics Force as respondent in the bail application.....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/musa-gilani-applies-for-bail-in-ephedrine-case/


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Nawaz assails PPP, allies
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LONDON, July 14: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has accused the Pakistan People's Party and its coalition partners of pursuing 'politics of personal interests' and said they are ruining the country.

Apparently referring to Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan, the former prime minister told a press conference on Saturday that the leader who backed out of his promises to give certain evidence to Scotland Yard was not capable of running the country......

http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/nawaz-assails-ppp-allies/


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