DINA for the issue of July 11, 2012

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July 11, 2012 Wednesday Sha'aban 20, 1433
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Dual nationality issue: Fissures in PPP and coalition over draft bill
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The government introduced in the Senate on Tuesday a bill proposing to allow holders of dual nationality to be elected to parliament, but it annoyed both its friends and foes.

Objections to the 22nd Constitution Amendment Bill were raised by members from both sides of the aisle, with Law Minister Farooq H. Naek being the lone voice in its favour...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/dual-nationality-issue-fissures-in-ppp-and-coalition-over-draft-bill/

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Ebrahim in a fix over dual nationality draft bill
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By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, July 10: In his first interaction with the media after having emerged as the unanimous choice of major political parties for the post of Chief Election Commissioner, Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim expressed reservations on Tuesday over the proposed law on dual nationality tabled in the Senate earlier in the day.

When his opinion was sought on the new law, the veteran jurist told reporters at the Supreme Court premises: "Four Fakhruddin Ebrahims will have to sit together to understand the dual nationality law."..

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/ebrahim-in-a-fix-over-dual-nationality-draft-bill/

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SC wants all missing Baloch produced in a week
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, July 10: Annoyed by non-implementation of the Supreme Court's orders, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry directed the Balochistan home department and law enforcement agencies on Tuesday to recover and produce before the court all missing persons in a week.

A three-judge bench, comprising the chief justice, Justice Jawwad S. Khwaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, is hearing a petition on the law and order situation and human rights violations in the province at the Quetta registry of Supreme Court...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/sc-wants-all-missing-baloch-produced-in-a-week/

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Contempt law: capital on edge over SC's likely reaction
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, July 10: With the National Assembly adopting an overhauled contempt of court law, a new debate is under way on the question whether the Supreme Court will strike it down forthwith or accept parliament's right to legislation.

Apparently, the government intends to protect under the amended law Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf who has been asked to report to the court on Thursday about the NRO judgment's implementation...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/contempt-law-capital-on-edge-over-scs-likely-reaction/

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US violating international law: Sherry
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 10: The United States violates international law when it conducts drone strikes on Pakistani soil, says Ambassador to US Sherry Rehman.

In an interview to CNN, the ambassador identified many issues the US and Pakistan still needed to work on after resolving the dispute over the reopening of Nato supply lines...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/us-violating-international-law-sherry/

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Nothing to cheer about India talks
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, July 10: With this year's round of Pak-India dialogue completed, except for the political review by foreign ministers that is slated for September, there is hardly anything to cheer about.

The status quo on different issues discussed in various segments has led many to believe that the so-called 'Thimphu Spirit' which had helped the two countries to revive the peace process is fading fast...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/nothing-to-cheer-about-india-talks/

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Dual nationality: Malik quits Senate
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ISLAMABAD, July 10: Rehman Malik, the de facto interior minister and close aide to President Asif Ali Zardari, resigned from parliament on Tuesday amid a controversy about his dual nationality.

The Supreme Court suspended Mr Malik's membership of the upper house of parliament on June 4 for allegedly running for office while still holding British citizenship...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/dual-nationality-malik-quits-senate/

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Warlord sentenced over child soldiers
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THE HAGUE, July 10: The International Criminal Court condemned a Congolese warlord to 14 years in prison on Tuesday, the first time the 10-year-old tribunal has sentenced a convicted war criminal and a potential landmark in the struggle to protect children caught up in violent conflicts.

Judges found Thomas Lubanga guilty in March of recruiting and using children in his Union of Congolese Patriots militia — sending them to kill and be killed during fighting in Congo's eastern Ituri region in 2002-2003...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/warlord-sentenced-over-child-soldiers/

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Court freezes presidential decree: Defiant Egypt parliament meets as crisis deepens
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CAIRO, July 10: Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court froze on Tuesday a presidential decree reinstating the Islamist-led parliament, hours after the lower house convened in defiance of the judiciary and military.

The top court's decision is expected to heighten a crisis that has raged since President Mohamed Morsi, a former member of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, issued the decree on Sunday just eight days after taking office...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/court-freezes-presidential-decree-defiant-egypt-parliament-meets-as-crisis-deepens/

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US wants 'squeeze' on Haqqani network
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By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 10: A debate on US President Barack Obama's healthcare bill pushed the Haqqani network out of Congress's agenda, although the State Department continues to urge Pakistan to "put the squeeze" on the terrorist group.

The United States blames the Haqqani network for killing hundreds of US and Nato soldiers in Afghanistan and the US Congress is considering a move to declare the group a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO)...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/us-wants-squeeze-on-haqqani-network/

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Three killed, 3 bodies found in Balochistan
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, July 10: A schoolteacher and two other men were killed in Quetta and Mastung and three bodies were found in Quetta, Gwadar and Mand areas as law and order situation in Balochistan continued to deteriorate.

The schoolteacher, Abdul Rashid, was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle at the gate of his school, police said...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/three-killed-3-bodies-found-in-balochistan/

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Seminary principal kidnapped
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By our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, July 10: Habibullah Kakar, principal of the Jamia Salfia seminary, was kidnapped here on Tuesday.

The incident sparked protests and hundreds of students of the seminary walked out of their classes and blocked the Quetta-Chaman highway...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/seminary-principal-kidnapped/

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Two petitions filed against yet to be enacted contempt law
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The race is on to be the first to file a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a bill relating to contempt of court that is yet to become a law.

While the Contempt of Court Bill 2012 is yet to be approved by the 100-member Senate after which it is to be sent to the president for assent, Muhammad Siddique Khan Baloch and Syed Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi filed two separate petitions before the court on Tuesday...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/11/two-petitions-filed-against-yet-to-be-enacted-contempt-law/


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