DINA for the issue of July 03, 2012

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July 03, 2012 Tuesday Sha'aban 12, 1433
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Stop-gap measures provide some relief to patients
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By Asif Chaudhry
LAHORE, July 2: Normality started returning to government hospitals in Punjab on Monday after temporarily arranged army doctors and other medics took over outpatient and emergency departments.

About 150 army doctors treated patients at the OPDs which had remained closed for 13 days because of a strike by young doctors...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/stop-gap-measures-provide-some-relief-to-patients/


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PM invites Baloch leadership for talks
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By Khawar Ghumman
By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, July 2: It is old wine in new bottle. Presiding over a special meeting on Balochistan on Monday, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said: "I have invited Baloch leadership for dialogue to address all their grievances within the framework of the federation."

In his opening remarks at the meeting, he said: "Let me categorically declare that Balochistan issue is on my priority list and I have invited disgruntled Baloch leaders to start dialogue with the government to resolve the crisis at the earliest."..

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/pm-invites-baloch-leadership-for-talks/


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Decision on Nato routes likely: DCC meeting today on ties with US
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, July 2: The Defence Committee of the Cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss the revised terms of engagement with the United States and a new agreement on Nato transit routes amid expectations of a breakthrough in ties with Washington.

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will chair the highest forum for civil-military coordination on national security for the first time. The meeting is likely to take the controversial decision of reopening of Nato supply routes suspended after an attack on the Salala post last year in which 24 Pakistani troops lost their lives...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/decision-on-nato-routes-likely-dcc-meeting-today-on-ties-with-us/


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President, PM exchange views on major issues
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf met President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday and discussed with him issues relating to Pakistan-US relations and Nato supply routes, sources in the Presidency told Dawn.

However, a press release about the meeting did not mention that the two PPP leaders discussed the issue of Nato supply routes...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/president-pm-exchange-views-on-major-issues/


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Afghan troops intrude into Kurram, kill two villagers
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By Hussain Afzal
PARACHINAR, July 2: Afghan National Army troops intruded into a village in Kurram Agency on Monday and killed two tribesmen and injured another, officials said.

The incident took place in Muqbal village, some 20km south of Parachinar, the agency's administrative headquarters...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/afghan-troops-intrude-into-kurram-kill-two-villagers/


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Aid worker of Pakistan origin rescued in Somalia
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NAIROBI, July 2: Somali and Kenyan troops rescued four foreign aid workers held hostage inside Somalia, three days after they were seized from a refugee camp in neighbouring Kenya, the armies said on Monday.

Looking exhausted, the four flew into the Kenyan capital Nairobi where they exchanged hugs with colleagues after stepping off a military helicopter...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/aid-worker-of-pakistan-origin-rescued-in-somalia/


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Appointment of CEC: PML-N rejects govt request for new names
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan of the PML-N said on Monday that he would stick to the names he had already proposed to a parliamentary committee for appointment of new chief election commissioner (CEC) and described the government's request to add more names to broaden the choice as "far from clear or honest".

Commenting on reports that the PPP had decided to establish "informal contacts" with the opposition PML-N in an effort to seek some new names of the party's nominees for the office of CEC to broaden the choice, Chaudhry Nisar categorically said he would not do it...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/appointment-of-cec-pml-n-rejects-govt-request-for-new-names/


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Transporters carrying pilgrims to Iran denied permission
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, July 2: The local administration has refused to issue no-objection certificates to transporters carrying pilgrims to Iran till foolproof security arrangements are made.

Official sources said that the Quetta deputy commissioner had not issued NOC to any transport company so far after a bomb attack on a bus in the Hazarganji area last week that killed 14 Shia pilgrims and injured over 20 others...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/transporters-carrying-pilgrims-to-iran-denied-permission/


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Foreign secretaries to meet tomorrow: Delhi talks to focus on agreed steps' implementation
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Putting newer measures for building trust on the table may appear attractive, but when foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India meet on Wednesday their chief concern will be implementation of the already agreed steps.

Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani will leave for New Delhi on Tuesday for two days' talks (July 4-5) with his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/foreign-secretaries-to-meet-tomorrow-delhi-talks-to-focus-on-agreed-steps-implementation/


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Babar Awan argues his own case
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 2: Former law minister Babar Awan said on Monday that the Supreme Court Rules, 1980, and the Contempt of the Court Ordinance, 2003, under which he is being prosecuted on contempt charge were remnants of martial laws.

"When the Supreme Court Rules were framed in 1980 the country was without any constitution and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had already been executed through a judicial order in 1979," he told a bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Athar Saeed...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/03/babar-awan-argues-his-own-case/


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Karachi Stocks Up 346.51 Points:
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KARACHI, July02: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14147.92, up 346.51 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, July 02: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.9 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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