DINA for the issue of July 14, 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 14, 2012 Saturday Sha'aban 23, 1433
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SC to take up contempt law case on 23rd
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, July 13: The Supreme Court has admitted for hearing all petitions challenging the new contempt of court law adopted by the parliament early this week and which became an act on Thursday after the president's assent.

A three-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, fixed July 23 for hearing all the petitions filed against the new law...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/all-petitions-admitted-sc-to-take-up-contempt-law-case-on-23rd/


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Fakhruddin appointed CEC
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The government on Friday appointed senior jurist Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim as the Chief Election Commissioner to fill a post which has been lying vacant for four months.

No political party has so far said anything against the appointment of Mr Ebrahim...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/fakhruddin-appointed-cec/


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Seven-year-old girl among six killed: Terror attack on ANP rally near Quetta
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, July 13: The senior vice president of Pashtun Students Federation and five others were killed and at least 22 people injured on Friday when a bomb went off near a public meeting of the Awami National Party in Kuchlak, some 25km of Quetta.

The injured included provincial president of the ANP, Aurangzeb Kasi, his wife and ANP activists...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/seven-year-old-girl-among-six-killed-terror-attack-on-anp-rally-near-quetta/


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Seven die in violence
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QUETTA: Seven people, a woman and a policeman among them, were killed in incidents of firing and a landmine explosion in Quetta and Jaffarabad district on Friday, police said.

A woman was going home along with her son in Subatpur area of Jaffarabad district when she hit a landmine planted along a road. She died and her son Ali Bakhsh was taken to Dera Allahyar hospital with serious wounds...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/seven-die-in-violence/


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Out of the blue, NA decides to probe debt burden
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, July 13: For decades, political rivals have blamed one another for increasing Pakistan's debt burden without reaching a conclusive result. But, out of the blue, both the government and the opposition agreed in the National Assembly on Friday that a house committee probe who did what during the past 27 years.

The house speaker was authorised to name the bipartisan body, for which political parties were asked to send names after the house adopted a joint motion calling for constituting the committee to look into the "necessity of obtaining and utilisation" of domestic and foreign loans acquired since 1985...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/out-of-the-blue-na-decides-to-probe-debt-burden/


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NAB chief calls upon court to reopen cases against Sharifs
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari, has requested an accountability court to reopen pending cases against PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif.

"On the recommendation of a special committee, the NAB chairman has signed an application requesting the accountability court to reopen three references against the Sharif brothers to contest quashment petition which was filed by the Sharifs in the Lahore High Court in October 2011," NAB spokesman Zafar Iqbal told Dawn on Friday...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/nab-chief-calls-upon-court-to-reopen-cases-against-sharifs/


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Force can't resolve Balochistan issue: Raja
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, July 13: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has admitted that the Balochistan crisis cannot be resolved through use of force and once again offered dialogue to Baloch leaders for an amicable solution.

He made the offer while speaking to members of the provincial cabinet during a one-day visit to Quetta on Friday. Chief Minister Nawab Raisani, Federal Ministers Mir Changez Kan Jamali, Sardar Omer Gorgage and Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad were present on the occasion...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/force-cant-resolve-balochistan-issue-raja/


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Plans for food security index
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The government is expected to establish a food security index (FSI) for closer monitoring of indicators having impact on food security because of a correlation between high food prices and rise in poverty.

An official of the planning commission said the current system of weekly or monthly monitoring of prices of essential commodities through sensitive, wholesale and consumer price indicators could not capture the trend leading to shortage or surplus of food items and resultant prices of the items...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/plans-for-food-security-index/


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Raja to leave for S. Arabia tomorrow
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will leave for Saudi Arabia on Sunday (July 15) for a two-day visit to the kingdom amid a politico-judicial crisis at home which has raised questions about his chances of continuing in office for long.

This will be Mr Ashraf's first overseas trip as prime minister...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/raja-to-leave-for-s-arabia-tomorrow/


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Accord to regulate Nato supplies on the cards
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 13: Pakistan remains committed to moving Nato supply trucks through ground communication lines to Afghanistan, says the US State Department as the two countries work on a memorandum of understanding to regulate the supplies.

"The Pakistanis continue to be committed to getting things moving," State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told a briefing in Washington...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/accord-to-regulate-nato-supplies-on-the-cards/


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Aircraft fault leaves 50 stranded in Delhi
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By Bhagwandas
KARACHI, July 13: Over 50 PIA passengers who were to go from New Delhi to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, via Lahore have been stranded in the Indian capital since Wednesday (July 11) after the PIA aircraft developed a fault in India, making it impossible for them to catch a connecting flight, sources told Dawn on Friday.

These passengers, most of whom are Indian or other foreigners, are expected to arrive from Delhi to Lahore on Saturday and have been booked for onward journey to Saudi Arabia the next day...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/aircraft-fault-leaves-50-stranded-in-delhi/


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Militants flee back to Afghanistan
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By Anwarullah Khan
KHAR, July 13: Security forces and members of a local militia have forced the militants who sneaked into Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency from across the border on Thursday to flee back to Afghanistan, according to official sources here.

All the people who were taken hostage by the militants were freed and the entire area was cleared by early Friday morning, an administration official told Dawn. "The kitkot village which was seized by the militants has also been cleared of them."..

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/militants-flee-back-to-afghanistan/


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India tests ballistic missile
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BANGALORE, July 13: Equipped with enhanced capabilities, Agni-I, India's 700-km-range ballistic missile, was successfully launched off the coast of Odisha on Friday morning.

The launch took place at 10.06am, said an official communication from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/14/india-tests-ballistic-missile/


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Karachi Stocks Down 77.24 Points:
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KARACHI, July 13: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14324.50, down 77.24 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, July 13: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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