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Saturday, July 7, 2012

DINA for the issue of July 07, 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 07, 2012 Saturday Sha'aban 16, 1433
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Allies agree to support four new bills
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Parties in the ruling coalition vowed on Friday to ensure smooth passage from parliament of four important bills apparently aimed at protecting the government from Supreme Court's action.

The pledge was made by PPP's allies at a meeting jointly presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/allies-agree-to-support-four-new-bills/


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Precious Gandhara relics seized
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By S. Raza Hassan and Bhagwandas
KARACHI, July 6: Police seized a large number of artifacts and relics dating from the Gandhara civilisation during search of a trailer-mounted container in Landhi early on Friday morning and caught two people.

Some of the heavier stone artifacts were damaged due to defective packaging, transportation and careless unloading from the container at the police station...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/precious-gandhara-relics-seized/


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A timely deal rescues fraught ties — for now
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By Cyril Almeida
THE dramatic, synchronised announcement of a breakthrough in stalled ties with the US last Tuesday took most officials, diplomats and observers in Islamabad by surprise.

That a deal would eventually be worked out was accepted in many quarters — stubbornness notwithstanding, neither the US nor Pakistan had indicated that it wanted ties to break down entirely — but the timing was unexpected...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/a-timely-deal-rescues-fraught-ties-for-now/


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18 gunned down in Turbat restaurant
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, July 6: Gunmen killed 18 people having lunch in a roadside eatery in Horr Shorly area of Turbat on Friday. Two other men were seriously injured.

No organisation claimed responsibility till late Friday night for the attack by six gunmen...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/18-gunned-down-in-turbat-restaurant/


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Twenty die in double drone attack
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By Our Correspondent
MIRAMSHAH, July 6: Twenty people were killed and four others injured when missiles fired by US drones slammed into a residential compound in North Waziristan on Friday night, three days after Pakistan reopened Nato supply routes to Afghanistan.

According to sources, six missiles hit the fortress-like residence of tribesman Muhammad in Zoi Nari locality of tehsil Dattakhel at around 8:45pm...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/twenty-die-in-double-drone-attack/


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Nato accord may soon be replaced by new pact
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, July 6: An agreement on Nato ground transit routes reopened earlier this week after a seven-month blockade, may soon be replaced by a new bilateral logistics pact between the United States and Pakistan.

The routes were reopened under the agreement that existed at the time of closure of supplies on Nov 26 in response to a US attack on the Salala border chekpost which left 24 soldiers dead...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/nato-accord-may-soon-be-replaced-by-new-pact/


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Pakistan to scan all Containers
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KARACHI: All containers passing through Pakistan to supply Nato troops in Afghanistan are to be scanned to ensure they do not contain ammunition and weapons, customs officials said on Friday.

Islamabad reopened overland routes to Nato convoys earlier this week after closing them in protest at a US air raid that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at a border post in November...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/pakistan-to-scan-all-containers/


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US wants to rebuild ties in all sectors
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 6: The United States wants to rebuild its relations with Pakistan in all sectors, from Afghanistan to increasing bilateral trade and investment, says the US State Department.

A senior State Department official Patrick Ventrell noted at a briefing in Washington that the United States had already started using the Pakistan route for supplying its troops in Afghanistan...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/us-wants-to-rebuild-ties-in-all-sectors/


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LHC asks doctors to resume emergency services
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By Wajih Ahmad Sheikh
LAHORE, July 6: The Lahore High Court directed the striking young doctors on Friday to resume work in emergency wards of public sector hospitals by Saturday morning. The court also directed the Punjab government not to unduly harass the striking doctors and allow them to return to emergency wards.

Justice Ijazul Ahsan issued the directives while hearing petitions against the strike and for cancellation of young doctors' licences for allegedly committing professional misconduct...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/lhc-asks-doctors-to-resume-emergency-services/


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YDA ready to comply with court order
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association Punjab announced on Friday night that it had ended strike in 'emergency wards' of state-run hospitals.

The doctors had refused to work in emergency wards after police recently raided the Services Hospital and arrested a number of their colleagues...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/yda-ready-to-comply-with-court-order/


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Asma in UN team to probe Israeli settlements
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GENEVA, July 6: The United Nations named French judge Christine Chanet on Friday as the leader of a team of three experts who will investigate whether Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories violate human rights law.

The other team members are Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir and Botswana judge Unity Dow...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/asma-in-un-team-to-probe-israeli-settlements/


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Ayub Qazi new principal secretary to premier
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ISLAMABAD, July 6: It has taken Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf nearly two weeks to appoint his full-time principal secretary. On Friday, he transferred eight federal secretaries and appointed a new managing director of the Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supplies Corporation (Passco).

At the time of Mr Ashraf's election as prime minister on June 22, Khushnood Lashari was holding the charge of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, but was abroad on leave reportedly for medical reasons...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/ayub-qazi-new-principal-secretary-to-premier/


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Computers face internet shutdown
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WASHINGTON, July 6: Tens of thousands of computer users around the world infected with malware last year may lose their internet access on Monday with the expiration of a fix by US authorities, security experts say.

The problem stems from malware known as DNS Changer, which was created by cyber-criminals to redirect internet traffic by hijacking the domain name systems of web browsers...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/07/computers-face-internet-shutdown/


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