DINA for the issue of July 02, 2012

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D A W N I n t e r n e t N e w s A l e r t
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July 02, 2012 Monday Sha'aban 11, 1433
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Pakistan and US near accord on Nato routes
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By Anwar Iqbal and Iftikhar A. Khan
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, July 1: The United States and Pakistan appear to be close to resolving the dispute over the reopening of Nato supply routes to Afghanistan, official sources in both the capitals told Dawn on Sunday.

The sources pointed out that two new developments — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and the presence of a high-level US delegation in Islamabad — had raised hopes that the dispute might soon be resolved...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/american-team-holds-talks-in-islamabad-clinton-calls-raja-pakistan-and-us-near-accord-on-nato-routes/


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PML-N urged to give more names for CEC post
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The positive response from the PML-N to the offer made by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for talks on appointing the new chief election commissioner (CEC) is not without reservations.

PPP sources said the offer was "outside the formal consultations" and that party's chief whip Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah was pursuing the PML-N to add two names to the three it had already given for the new CEC to broaden the choice for the parliamentary committee to reach a consensus...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/pml-n-urged-to-give-more-names-for-cec-post/


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Crackdown on doctors aggravates medical crisis in Punjab
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By Intikhab Hanif, Muhammad Faisal Ali and Asif Chaudhry
LAHORE, July 1: Doctors stopped treating patients even in the emergency and indoor wards of major hospitals in Lahore after police pounced upon leaders of their young colleagues holding a meeting in the Services Hospital late on Sunday night and arrested over 40 doctors.

The police action deepened the crisis Punjab is facing because of the 14-day strike by young doctors when the medical staff in the emergency and other wards of the major hospitals, including the largest, Mayo Hospital, stopped work after hearing about the arrest of their colleagues and left the hospitals...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/crackdown-on-doctors-aggravates-medical-crisis-in-punjab/


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NA session likely to ratify ordinance
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The government is considering an option of convening a session of the National Assembly to approve a presidential ordinance issued on June 24 to provide legal cover to all decisions taken by former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his cabinet between April 26 and June 19.

On June 19, the Supreme Court disqualified Mr Gilani and declared the office of prime minister unoccupied since April 26 when he was convicted in a contempt of court case and handed down a symbolic punishment of about 30 seconds...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/na-session-likely-to-ratify-ordinance/


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Seven militants die in drone attack
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By Pazeer Gul
MIRAMSHAH, July 1: Seven suspected militants were killed when a US drone targeted a house in the Shawal Tehsil of North Waziristan on early Sunday morning.

According to local people, the drone fired two missiles at the house in the Kund Ghar area of Shawal...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/seven-militants-die-in-drone-attack/


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Spain thrash Italy to take Euro 2012
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KIEV, July 1: World champions Spain took their place among the game's greats when they thrashed Italy 4-0 to become the first team to win successive European Championship titles on Sunday.

Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata gave the world champions an easy victory over an Italian team down to 10 men through injury for the last half-hour...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/spain-thrash-italy-to-take-euro-2012/


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World Bank wants Pakistan gas losses reduced to 2pc
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, July 1: After two years of consultations with key energy sector players, the World Bank has concluded that Pakistan should reduce its gas losses from 10 per cent to one-to-two per cent to meet international standards.

The World Bank that has been studying Pakistan's gas system under a $272 million (Rs26 billion) natural gas efficiency project has noted with concern that the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) has reportedly lost $160 million (Rs15 billion) in 2011-12 alone owing to system losses...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/world-bank-wants-pakistan-gas-losses-reduced-to-2pc/


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Rare meeting between Afghan official, Taliban envoy
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CISLAMABAD, July 1: A Taliban emissary sat face-to-face this week with a senior Afghan government official responsible for peace talks in a rare high-level gathering between the bitter adversaries, an official said on Saturday.

The encounter at a peace and reconciliation conference in Kyoto, Japan, was a positive sign in faltering attempts to find a peaceful end to the conflict in Afghanistan. It also provided an unusual opportunity for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government to sit down with its enemies — the Taliban and the Hezb-i-Islami militant group. Siddiq Mansour Ansari, a peace activist who was invited to attend the meeting this week at Kyoto's Doshisha University, said it was the third peace and reconciliation conference organised by the school but the first time the Taliban had sent an emissary...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/rare-meeting-between-afghan-official-taliban-envoy/


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Pakistan-India border guards meet today
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By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI, July 1: Border guards of India and Pakistan will meet in New Delhi for the first time on Monday amid reports that a hotline between their bosses is being proposed to pre-empt reported breaches, including incidents of cross-border firing.

A high-level delegation of Pakistan Rangers and Interior Ministry officials arrived in the Indian capital on Sunday for the five-day talks with the Border Security Force (BSF), Press Trust of India said...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/pakistan-india-border-guards-meet-today/


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Security along Afghan border being beefed up
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TIMERGARA, July 1: Security is being beefed up in Lower and Upper Dir districts to check militant attacks from across the border, senior security officials said on Sunday.

Talking to journalists, the officials said that militants from Afghanistan had been attacking border check-posts for quite some time. Three attacks were repulsed in as many days in which 34 militants were killed and many others injured...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/02/security-along-afghan-border-being-beefed-up/


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