DINA for the issue of July 1, 2012

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July 01, 2012 Sunday Sha'aban 10, 1433
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ANF gets search warrant for Musa Gilani
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By Malik Asad
RAWALPINDI, June 30: The Anti-Narcotics Force has obtained search warrant for arrest of Ali Musa Gilani, son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, for his alleged involvement in the ephedrine case, sources said.

They said the warrant was issued on Saturday by judge Shafqatullah Khan of the ANF court, completing legal requirements for raids on places where Mr Musa Gilani could be residing...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/anf-gets-search-warrant-for-musa-gilani

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Raja's first 'Lahore Darbar': Old questions meet with standard answers
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By Our Special Correspondent
LAHORE, June 30: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf debuted as the new chief government defender before the Lahore media corps on Saturday, pressed into minding many posts simultaneously — the government's relationship with the judiciary and the opposition parties, its inability to overcome the energy crisis, terrorism, and last but not the least, he promptly repulsed the advance when a questioner remarked the government was wasting the army in some 'bay-tukay' (unwanted) works.

"I am sure you don't mean it that way. The army is never involved in any bay-tuka work. (It is not) unless when it takes power from the elected governments," the prime minister said on the second day of his first official visit to Lahore. The venue was the Governor's House. It is so to speak, the last bastion where all the PPP's politics has remained concentrated over the last many years. Freshly done tri-colours now hung around, accompanied not by evidence of a resolve to reinvent but out of a sheer necessity that has entailed the replacement of the name Yousuf Raza Gilani with Raja Pervez Ashraf...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/rajas-first-lahore-darbar-old-questions-meet-with-standard-answers

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Gas prices for domestic consumers cut by 18 to 51pc
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The government on Saturday announced a reduction in gas prices for domestic consumers ranging between 18 per cent and 52 per cent and cut the number of slabs from five to three in order to provide relief to more people.

The new rates will remain in force from July 1 to Dec 31...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/gas-prices-for-domestic-consumers-cut-by-18-to-51pc

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Nab chief's discussion with Kayani on NLC scam: Ex-generals likely to face court martial
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The Army will actively pursue the multi-billion rupees National Logistics Cell (NLC) scam and three ex-generals are likely to face court martial, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bukhari said at a press briefing on Saturday.

The Nab chief said he had recently discussed the case with Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who did not object to any action against the accused. "I think the top army officers will also have to face court martial," Admiral Bukhari said...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/nab-chiefs-discussion-with-kayani-on-nlc-scam-ex-generals-likely-to-face-court-martial

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24-hour ultimatum for young doctors to end strike
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By Asif Chaudhry
LAHORE, June 30: With 150 army doctors on call to attend outdoor patients in major hospitals across Punjab, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday gave a 24-hour ultimatum to principals of public sector teaching hospitals and senior teaching faculty to persuade young doctors to end their strike `unconditionally'.

"Bring the disobedient striking doctors to their duties or tell them to face the music," a senior health official quoted Mr Sharif as having told the heads of medical institutions and teaching staff...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/24-hour-ultimatum-for-young-doctors-to-end-strike

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US drops charges against Kuwaiti at Guantanamo
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MIAMI, June 30: The Pentagon dropped war crimes charges against a Kuwaiti prisoner at Guantanamo on Friday and a US official said the United States and Kuwait were in talks about the possibility of repatriating the last two Kuwaitis held there.

Kuwait is a US ally and the Gulf state's parliament has condemned the continued detention of its citizens, Faiz al Kandari and Fawazi al Odah, at the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba, where both have been held for more than a decade...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/us-drops-charges-against-kuwaiti-at-guantanamo

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Syria crisis talks leave Assad's fate open
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GENEVA, June 30: International powers agreed on Saturday that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the bloodshed there but left open the question of what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process.

Peace envoy Kofi Annan said after talks in Geneva that the government should include members of Assad's administration and the Syrian opposition to pave the way for free elections...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/syria-crisis-talks-leave-assads-fate-open

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Morsi is now Egypt's first civilian president
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CAIRO, June 30: Mohamed Morsi promised a 'new Egypt' and unwavering support to the powerful military as he took the oath of office on Saturday to become the country's first freely elected, civilian president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

In a solemn inauguration ceremony before the Supreme Constitutional Court, Morsi also became the Arab world's first freely elected Islamist president and Egypt's fifth head of state since the overthrow of the monarchy some 60 years ago...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/morsi-is-now-egypts-first-civilian-president

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Arsalan's lawyer accused of using threatening language: Politicians' cases not to be opened, for now: Bukhari
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The agencies investigating white collar crimes are passing the buck on the issue of putting Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's name on the exit control list in the rental power projects (RPPs) case.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has apparently taken a step towards protecting the premier, by dividing the case into two parts. It first plans to investigate owners of the RPPs and then lay hands on the people on the government side (including the prime minister)...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/arsalans-lawyer-accused-of-using-threatening-language-politicians-cases-not-to-be-opened-for-now-bukhari

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Kenyan army scours Somalia border in hunt for kidnappers
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NAIROBI, June 30: Kenyan security forces on Saturday scoured border regions with war-torn Somalia in the hunt for armed kidnappers who seized four foreign aid workers from Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp.

The two men and two women, who work with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), come from Canada, Norway, Pakistan and the Philippines. A Kenyan driver was killed and two others were wounded during Friday's attack...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/kenyan-army-scours-somalia-border-in-hunt-for-kidnappers

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Three ancient shrines destroyed in Timbuktu
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BAMAKO, June 30: Al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Mali went on the rampage in Timbuktu on Saturday, destroying ancient tombs of saints just after Unesco listed the fabled city as an endangered world heritage site.

The onslaught by armed militants from the Ansar Dine group was launched amid the unrest in Mali's vast desert in the north that erupted in the chaotic aftermath of a March 22 coup in Bamako...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/three-ancient-shrines-destroyed-in-timbuktu

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Unesco pleads for end to attacks
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SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia): The UN cultural body Unesco watched in horror on Saturday as Mali extremists ravaged shrines in the fabled city of Timbuktu which it had listed as endangered sites just days earlier.

The main watchdog for protecting some of history's greatest treasures interrupted its annual meeting being held in Russia's cultural capital to draw global attention to news filtering in from the ancient African town...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/01/unesco-pleads-for-end-to-attacks


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