DINA for the issue of July 06, 2012

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July 06, 2012 Friday Sha'aban 15, 1433
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Draft of new contempt law: Move to kill two birds with one stone
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The government has tried to kill two birds with one stone with its proposed amendment to the contempt law.

The Contempt of Court Act 2012 which the government intends to get passed in the upcoming session of the two houses of parliament provides blanket immunity to top government functionaries for their executive actions. It can also be used for initiating disciplinary proceedings against a judge, without fearing that the move may come under the ambit of contempt....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/draft-of-new-contempt-law-move-to-kill-two-birds-with-one-stone/


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Krishna to visit Pakistan in September: Foreign secretaries seek end to hostile propaganda
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By Jawed Naqvi
NEW DELHI, July 5: The incorrigible naysayers were isolated and the maligned idealists were rewarded by India and Pakistan whose foreign secretaries set the stage on Thursday for a political engagement between the two countries — despite the never ending hiccups — to consolidate the gains of their revived dialogue.

Among important decisions arrived at between India's Ranjan Mathai and Pakistan's Jalil Abbas Jilani after a comprehensive review of the entire gamut of relations over two days of delegation-level talks is a proposed September visit to Islamabad by Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/krishna-to-visit-pakistan-in-september-foreign-secretaries-seek-end-to-hostile-propaganda/


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Time for protective legislation in parliament
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, July 5: An urgent session of the National Assembly beginning on Friday and one of the Senate from Monday are likely to take up some rare protective legislation the government wants to bring in the face of an unrelenting judicial offensive.

Besides the planned bills, including one seeking to protect elected government functionaries from contempt of court proceedings, the first regular session of the National Assembly after Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf replaced his Supreme Court-disqualified predecessor, Yousuf Raza Gilani, last month will also be watched for its conduct: whether a better sense prevails after rowdyism of the past two months....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/time-for-protective-legislation-in-parliament/


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Wapda supply to KESC to be suspended: Plan to 're-rent' 185MW from RPPs
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 5: With power sector's payables touching a record Rs477 billion, the government is expecting to bring into use about 1,745MW of power generation capacity before Ramazan by suspending 650MW supply to the Karachi Electric Supply Company and re-renting 185MW from defunct rental power plants (RPP).

An emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy headed by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh held on the directives of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf discussed various measures to ensure continuous power supply between Iftar and Taraweeh....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/wapda-supply-to-kesc-to-be-suspended-plan-to-re-rent-185mw-from-rpps/


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Two Nato containers cross into Afghanistan
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, July 5: Two containers carrying goods for Nato forces crossed the Chaman border into Afghanistan on Thursday.

"Two big containers loaded with Nato supplies were allowed to cross into Spin-Boldak district of Afghanistan after orders to that effect were received from the authorities in Islamabad," said Imran Razaq, Deputy Collector of Customs in Chaman....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/two-nato-containers-cross-into-afghanistan/


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Broader talks with US on key issues needed: Sherry
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ISLAMABAD, July 5: Pakistan and the United States are set to resume broader talks on security cooperation, militant threats, aid and other issues in the wake of an agreement to reopen supply routes into Afghanistan, Pakistan's envoy to Washington said on Thursday.

But bridging underlying differences that strained US-Pakistani ties close to the breaking point will be daunting as the allies remain at odds over how to handle the twin threats of the Taliban in Afghanistan and militants in Pakistani tribal areas....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/broader-talks-with-us-on-key-issues-needed-sherry/


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People's Representation Act redefined: Poll law violators to face contempt proceedings: EC
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The Election Commission has barred holders of public offices from misusing their official position to influence the outcome of an election in any manner whatsoever and has warned those found to have done so would have to face contempt proceedings entailing disqualification.

According to a notification issued by the commission on Thursday, the prime minister, chief ministers, federal ministers, ministers of state, advisers to the president and the prime minister, provincial ministers and advisers to the chief ministers or any person on their behalf will not visit the constituency and a polling station after an election schedule has been issued, till the completion of polls....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/peoples-representation-act-redefined-poll-law-violators-to-face-contempt-proceedings-ec/


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Where is premier's PS Khushnood Lashari?
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By Imran Ali Teepu
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The Prime Minister's Office is reported to be in a fix because few civil servants are keen to be elevated to the key bureaucratic position of principal secretary to the PM.

"The general elections are to be held in March next year and since these eight months will add no additional value to the resume of a bureaucrat who will prefer to serve for a longer period in the next government," a senior official told Dawn....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/where-is-premiers-ps-khushnood-lashari/


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FO justifies 'sorry' by Khar as expression of regret
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 5: When Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said 'sorry' for losses incurred by the US in the war on terror it was a mere expression of regret for the loss of American lives in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, the Foreign Office explained on Thursday.

"I think loss of lives is always regrettable and of course you feel sorry for that," Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan said at his weekly media briefing....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/fo-justifies-sorry-by-khar-as-expression-of-regret/


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Shahbaz's security chief hurt in blast
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LAHORE, July 5: Major (retd) Moaz, the chief security officer of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, was injured when an explosive device went off in his Iqbal Town residence on Thursday.

He was admitted to Sheikh Zayed Hospital with multiple injuries and his condition was stated to be stable....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/shahbazs-security-chief-hurt-in-blast/


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Awan tells SC he is being discriminated against
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Former law minister Babar Awan bemoaned on Thursday before the Supreme Court hearing contempt charges against him that he was being discriminated against and this created an impression that standards of dispensing justice were different for different people.

"Justice will be seen to be done only if people are treated with parity," he argued....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/awan-tells-sc-he-is-being-discriminated-against/


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Six terror suspects held in London
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LONDON, July 5: Five men and a woman suspected of preparing terrorist attacks were arrested during early morning police raids across London on Thursday, police said.

They said the operation was not linked to the Olympics, which start in London on July 27, but was part of a planned intelligence-led operation....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/six-terror-suspects-held-in-london/


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WikiLeaks begins publishing Syria emails
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LONDON, July 5: WikiLeaks said on Thursday it was publishing over two million emails from Syrian political figures dating back to 2006 but also covering the period of the crackdown on dissent by Syria's regime.

"Just now... WikiLeaks began publishing the Syria files, more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies dating from August 2006 to March 2012," said Sarah Harrison, spokeswoman for the anti-secrecy website....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/wikileaks-begins-publishing-syria-emails/


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Sherry, Donilon played key role in breaking the deadlock
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By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, July 5: US officials have said that National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and Ambassador Sherry Rehman played a key role in breaking the deadlock between Pakistan and United States by arguing for a compromise settlement acceptable to both sides.
In an article on the process, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday that a signal was conveyed when Mr Donilon appeared at a backyard barbecue hosted by Ambassador Sherry Rehman at her residence.....

http://dawn.com/2012/07/06/sherry-donilon-played-key-role-in-breaking-the-deadlock/


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