DINA for the issue of July 26, 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 26, 2012 Thursday Ramazan 6, 1433
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SC asks govt to find a way out of impasse: Two-week breather for Raja Pervez
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 25: In what has been billed as a pleasant softening in its rigid position on the NRO implementation case, the Supreme Court suggested to the government on Wednesday to find a way out of the current impasse between the executive and the judiciary.

During the hearing of the case, a five-judge special bench repeatedly asked the government through the attorney general to use wisdom and find a solution to vindicate the positions of the two institutions perceived to be at logger heads, also implying that it was not in a mood to send another prime minister home and conceding that President Asif Ali Zardari enjoyed immunity from prosecution in criminal cases...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/sc-asks-govt-to-find-a-way-out-of-impasse-two-week-breather-for-raja-pervez/


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ANP supports MQM over roundtable conference
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Wednesday continued its campaign of consulting the country's political leadership and won the support of the Awami National Party for its call for a roundtable conference on internal issues and external threats faced by the country.

The ANP's enthusiastic support is significant in the context of the turf war between the two parties which has kept Karachi, the country's economic hub, unstable and in turmoil even though they are coalition partners in the PPP-led governments at the Centre and in Sindh...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/anp-supports-mqm-over-roundtable-conference/


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Opposition should have resisted contempt law: SC
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Dropping a hint that the controversial contempt of court act would not be struck down in toto, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday that the opposition should have resisted the passage of the law in the parliament instead of walking out of the house. The opposition should have stayed in the parliament to resist the ruling party's move, said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry who heads a five-judge bench hearing 27 identical petitions challenging the Contempt of Court Act, 2012.

"Have you ever heard of a walkout from the US Congress; what kind of conduct is this," Justice Tasaddaq Hussain Jilani remarked...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/opposition-should-have-resisted-contempt-law-sc/


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Afghan troops raid Kurram outpost
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By Our Correspondent
PARACHINAR, July 25: Afghan National Army intruded into Kurram Agency on Wednesday and attacked an outpost of the Kurram Militia, official sources said.

The sources said two Pakistani soldiers were wounded when the Afghan troops opened fire at the Dlassa outpost in Upper Kurram Agency early in the morning...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/afghan-troops-raid-kurram-outpost/


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Govt to sue The Sun over visa scam report
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By Khawar Ghumman and Zulqernain Tahir
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE, July 25: The 'UK visa scam' which has engulfed the country over a couple of days, triggering large-scale arrests of Nadra and passport officials allegedly involved in issuing fake identity cards and passports, has proved to be fake, the government says.

The federal cabinet was informed on Wednesday that a British national of Pakistan origin who also had Pakistani nationality, Mohammad Ali Asad, had joined hands with the London tabloid, The Sun, to engineer the fake scam against Pakistan...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/govt-to-sue-the-sun-over-visa-scam-report/


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Balochistan is drifting away, SCBA tells SC
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Yasin Azad bemoaned before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the situation in Balochistan had reached a point of no return similar to that of 1971 situation and, therefore, needed an urgent political solution.

"Believe me Balochistan is slipping away," he told a three-judge bench hearing a petition on the law and order situation and human rights violations in the province...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/balochistan-is-drifting-away-scba-tells-sc/


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Zardari alluded to Kashmir in Mukherjee greeting?
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By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI, July 25: Was it a potentially loaded reference to the Kashmir dispute?

President Asif Ali Zardari's message to greet India's new President Pranab Mukherjee, who was sworn in with colonial-style pomp and pageantry on Wednesday, will be discussed for days for its political nuance, if there was one...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/zardari-alluded-to-kashmir-in-mukherjee-greeting/


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Anti-terror fight is 4th world war, says Mukherjee
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NEW DELHI, July 25: Fight against terrorism is the fourth world war and India has been on the frontlines of the conflict, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday.

Taking oath as the president, he said a few minutes of peace would achieve far more than many years of war...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/anti-terror-fight-is-4th-world-war-says-mukherjee/


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Flood forecasting system flawed: experts
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By Intikhab Hanif
LAHORE, July 25: Foreign and local experts have identified flaws in the existing rain and flood forecasting system of the country and called for speedy improvements so that remote-sensing technologies being provided to it may be better utilised.

Attending a two-day workshop titled 'Accuracy and Reliability of Flood Forecasting Models by Use of Remote Sensing Techniques' --- which was organised jointly by the Pakistan Meteorological Department and Unesco under a project funded by Japan --- experts from Australia, France, Japan and Taiwan and representatives of the concerned Pakistani organisations underlined the need to factor in climate change models while developing the capacity to predict and manage floods...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/flood-forecasting-system-flawed-experts/


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13 militants, two soldiers killed in Orakzai
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By Our Correspondent
KALAYA, July 25: At least 13 militants and two soldiers were killed and as many troops wounded in helicopters' shelling on suspected hideouts and a roadside bomb blast in Dabori area of Orakzai Agency on Wednesday.

Sources said security forces were patrolling Badami Kali when a landmine planted on the road went off. Two soldiers — Sikandar and Inam Khan — were killed and Captain Khalil and another soldier Abid suffered serious injuries...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/13-militants-two-soldiers-killed-in-orakzai/


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Pakistan moves closer to cargo accord with US
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Defence ministries of Pakistan and the US would be lead agencies under the new bilateral cargo transit agreement to be signed soon.

Pakistan on Wednesday moved a step closer to signing the agreement which would replace the current arrangement governing Nato transit routes, with its approval by the federal cabinet...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/pakistan-moves-closer-to-cargo-accord-with-us/


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British boy sneaks onto flight without passport and ticket
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LONDON, July 25: Britain's Manchester Airport launched an urgent investigation on Wednesday after an 11-year-old boy managed to slip through security and fly to Rome without a passport or ticket.

Liam Corcoran walked through security checks without showing any documentation and successfully boarded a Jet2.com flight to the Italian capital on Tuesday, the airport in north-west England admitted...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/british-boy-sneaks-onto-flight-without-passport-and-ticket/


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US lawmakers briefed on security situation
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 25: Seven key US senators received an unprecedented security briefing from the Pakistani mission, focusing on issues that continue to strain relations between the two allies.

Both Republicans and Democratic senators attended the two-hour long briefing at the residence of the Pakistani ambassador. Sources on Capitol Hill told Dawn that all seven senators associated with the Senate's defence and intelligence committees that play a key role in shaping up US policies on the war against terrorism...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/us-lawmakers-briefed-on-security-situation/


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Karachi Stocks Up 52.61 Points:
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KARACHI, July 25: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14,564.68, up 52.61 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, July 25: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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