DINA for the issue of July 24, 2012

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July 24, 2012 Tuesday Ramazan 4, 1433
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SC resumes contempt case hearing today: Power to curtail court
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 23: An observation made by the Supreme Court when it took up a set of identical petitions challenging the Contempt of Court Act 2012 on Monday was not all that heartening for the government, although it did not indicate what course the hearing would take when the five-judge special bench resumes proceeding on Tuesday.

The court said it wondered how could a defence provided in the Constitution against the contempt of court which was subsequently omitted through a constitutional amendment now be re-inserted through a simple enactment by the parliament...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/sc-resumes-contempt-case-hearing-today-power-to-curtail-court-jurisdiction-questioned/


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Blast near Chinese consulate; 3 injured
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By S. Raza Hassan
KARACHI, July 23: A motorcycle bomb exploded near the Chinese consulate in Clifton on Monday, leaving a Rangers soldier and two other persons injured.

In the evening, another motorcycle also rigged with explosives was found in the parking area of a nearby institute...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/blast-near-chinese-consulate-3-injured/


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Only fair polls can secure future: CEC
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim who took the oath of the Chief Election Commissioner on Monday has said that only three free and fair general elections have been held in the history of the country.

At a meeting he held with members, officers and employees of the commission, Justice Ebrahim said that the elections held in 1971, 1988 and 2008 were to some extent free and fair...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/only-fair-polls-can-secure-future-cec/


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South Asia faces threat of either drought or flood
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, July 23: The sudden propping up of the so-called El Nino effects in South Asia has delayed the monsoon rains in Pakistan and India, which can cause a drought-like situation in the entire region, and also worried experts who fear another round of floods if the phenomenon takes an obverse turn.

"Currently the winds are hot and carry humidity but there is no system in sight that could bring monsoon rains," an official of the Met Office said. "What we have at the moment are small patches of clouds bringing light showers in Sialkot, Gujranwala, Kashmir, Malakand and Gilgit-Baltistan."..

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/south-asia-faces-threat-of-either-drought-or-flood/


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10 killed in drone attack
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By Our Correspondent
MIRAMSHAH, July 23: Ten people died when a US drone fired a barrage of missiles into a suspected compound in Derry Nashter village of North Waziristan on Monday night, official sources said.

They said that eight missiles were fired into the compound, about 65km west of Miramshah...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/10-killed-in-drone-attack/


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12 passport officials suspended in 'UK visa scam'
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, July 23: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) suspended on Monday 12 officials of a passport office after shocking media reports of a scam involving fake documents for travel to London, ostensibly in connection with the coming Olympics.

The interior ministry has constituted a team comprising officials of Nadra and the Federal Investigation Agency to investigate the matter. The team is expected to arrive here on Tuesday...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/12-passport-officials-suspended-in-uk-visa-scam/


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SC orders action against Punjab police hierarchy
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 23: Frustrated with a new twist given by police to the case of lynching of a poor woman in Khanewal, the Supreme Court gave the federal as well as Punjab governments on Monday three days to take appropriate action against the entire provincial police hierarchy or face an adverse order.

"It is the duty of the executive government to move forward and ensure enforcement of the fundamental rights including security of the citizen," Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed while dictating an order after lengthy proceedings on the barbaric incident...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/sc-orders-action-against-punjab-police-hierarchy/


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Police asked to ensure Arsalan's appearance before probe team
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD July 23: The National Accountability Bureau asked the chiefs of Islamabad and Punjab police on Monday to ensure production of Dr Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, before a joint investigation team (JIT) on Thursday in connection with a graft case.

"Letters have been sent to the IGs of Islamabad and Punjab to ensure the presence of Dr Arsalan before the JIT on July 26," a senior NAB official told Dawn...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/police-asked-to-ensure-arsalans-appearance-before-probe-team/


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Spy agency negotiating Taseer's release
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ISLAMABAD, July 23: A senior official says the country's intelligence agency has been negotiating with militants over the release of the kidnapped son of assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer.

It is the first official confirmation that the government is in talks with the men holding Shahbaz Taseer, whose father was killed by his bodyguard early last year...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/spy-agency-negotiating-taseers-release/


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NAB wants names of three FBR officials on ECL
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, July 23: A case relating to alleged Rs47 billion tax evasion by five telecom companies took a significant turn on Monday when the National Accountability Bureau recommended that the names of three senior officials of the Federal Bureau of Revenue be placed on the exit control list (ECL).

According to NAB's spokesman, the names of former chairman of FBR Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, member Inland Revenue Shahid Hussain Asad and chief of sales tax/FED department Abdul Sattar Aora have been forwarded to the interior ministry...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/nab-wants-names-of-three-fbr-officials-on-ecl/


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CMOs seek Raja's help
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABAD: Five cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have requested Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf to direct the National Accountability Bureau to stop what they said media trial and harassment of telecom companies in the country.

The NAB is investigating the cases relating to the alleged evasion of Rs47 billion by the five telecom operators. The CMOs claim that they have paid the due taxes...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/cmos-seek-rajas-help/


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Botched operation: LEA personnel's bullets found near body
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By Mohammad Hussain Khan
HYDERABAD, July 23: Casings of bullets fired from weapons of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell's personnel were found in the room where the body of kidnapped neurologist Dr Aftab Qureshi was found in May.

According to a report issued recently by the forensic examination section of Sindh police, at least eight casings matching AVCC's weapons were found...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/botched-operation-lea-personnels-bullets-found-near-body/


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Fitra fixed at Rs80 per head
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ISLAMABAD, July 23: Chairman of Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Mufti Munibur Rehman announced on Monday that the faithful should pay Rs80 per head as Fitra if they wanted to make the payment on the basis of wheat flour price.

In a statement, Mufti Munib said Fitra worked out to Rs220 per head as per the price of barley, Rs1,120 as per the price of dates and Rs1,600 as per the price of raisin...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/fitra-fixed-at-rs80-per-head/


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Mukherjee may take up Sarabjit issue with Zardari
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By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI, July 23: President Asif Ali Zardari greeted India's president-elect Pranab Mukherjee on Monday but not before the latter's son was urging his father to use his new job to get Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh freed in Pakistan.

"It gives me great pleasure to extend to you warm greetings and felicitations on your well-deserved election to the high office of the President of the Republic of India," Mr Zardari said in his message released by the Pakistan High Commission in India...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/24/mukherjee-may-take-up-sarabjit-issue-with-zardari/


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Karachi Stocks Down 36.85 Points:
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KARACHI, July 23: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14527.64, down 36.85 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, July 23: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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