DINA for the issue of July 27, 2012

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July 27, 2012 Friday Ramazan 7, 1433
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No one travelled on fake papers for Olympics: UK envoy
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The United Kingdom has no evidence of anyone travelling to Britain on a fake passport as part of Pakistan's Olympic squad, said British High Commissioner Adam Thomson on Thursday.

Talking to newsmen during a visit to the National Press Club, Mr Thomson said that inclusion of unrelated persons in an Olympic squad was impossible because the accreditation process had been completed months before start of the London 2012 Olympic Games...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/no-one-travelled-on-fake-papers-for-olympics-uk-envoy/


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Fake ID of registrar used to contact UK firms, SC told
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that the fake identity of its registrar Dr Faqir Hussain had been used to seek tax returns and verification of receipts from UK companies which had provided services to Dr Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, with expense paid by real estate tycoon Malik Riaz.

A report published in Pulse magazine last Sunday had accused the registrar of overstepping jurisdiction by directly approaching the companies and sending them emails seeking information about personal finances...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/fake-id-of-registrar-used-to-contact-uk-firms-sc-told/


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Three children among 11 killed in Bajaur blast
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By Anwarullah Khan
KHAR, July 26: Eleven people were killed and 23 others injured when an explosive-laden pick-up went off in a market in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur tribal region on Thursday, witnesses and officials said.

At least 20 shops, five houses and several vehicles were destroyed as the bomb ripped through the busy market owned by former MNA Shahabuddin Khan who is chief of the Salarzai Qaumi Laskhar, the sources said...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/three-children-among-11-killed-in-bajaur-blast/


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Country's destiny depends on free polls, says Fakhr
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By Habib Khan Ghori
KARACHI, July 26: The Chief Election Commissioner, Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, has said all possible efforts would be made to ensure free, fair, impartial and transparent elections.

"If free, fair and transparent elections are held once, the fate of the country will change," he said...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/countrys-destiny-depends-on-free-polls-says-fakhr/


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Nisar urges judges to review their remarks
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan sharply reacted on Thursday to remarks made by some Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, about opposition's role in parliament during the adoption of a bill to amend the contempt of court law and said the observations were "disappointing, unfair, unjust and beyond comprehension".

"The honourable judges venting their feelings against the opposition should enlighten us where exactly the opposition erred in coming up to their expectations," a statement issued by the PML-N leader from London said...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/nisar-urges-judges-to-review-their-remarks/


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FIA in a hurry to wind up visa probe
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, July 26: The Federal Investigation Agency, which acted with unnecessary haste, after a British tabloid came with a sensational report alleging that fake passports and visas are being issued in Pakistan, and arrested employees of the National Database and Registration Authority and the passport office, now wants to wrap up its investigation quickly to avoid further embarrassment.

The FIA had to eat humble pie when its boss, Adviser to the PM on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik, reportedly directed it to stop 'arresting and harassing' the employees of Lahore offices of Nadra and passport office after an 'investigation' by Nadra revealed that no illegality had been committed in issuing the computerised national identity card (CNIC) and passport to the man sent to Pakistan by the London tabloid The Sun as an undercover investigator...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/fia-in-a-hurry-to-wind-up-visa-probe/


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Pak-India friendship inevitable: Krishna
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SRINAGAR, July 26: Ahead of his visit to Pakistan for secretary-level talks, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna has said that friendship between the two countries has become inevitable, especially after they have reconciled over several sensitive issues.

Indian news reports said on Thursday that Mr Krishna, speaking on the occasion of inauguration of a passport office in Srinagar, said the 'acrimonial debate' and leveling of allegations between Pakistan and India would not help either country and that even global conditions required that both the countries maintained good relations...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/pak-india-friendship-inevitable-krishna/


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New chief to make Steel Mills profitable, hopes PPP
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The PPP government has expressed the hope that the newly-appointed Chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills, Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Javed, will rescue the bankrupt mill and once again turn it into a profit-earning entity.

Ironically, Gen Javed's earlier stint as the chief executive of the PSM was cut short by the PPP government in May 2008 after coming to power. Gen Javed had been appointed chairman in September 2006 for two years on a contract by former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/new-chief-to-make-steel-mills-profitable-hopes-ppp/


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Ex-ISI chief submits statement on bribing of politicians
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Former director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani said in the Supreme Court on Thursday that he would provide in a sealed cover the names of officials involved in the clandestine operation of bribing politicians in the 1990s.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is hearing a petition filed in 1996 by Tehrik-i-Istiqlal chief Air Marshal Asghar Khan requesting the court to look into allegations that the ISI had financed a number of politicians in the 1990 elections by dishing out Rs140 million to create the now defunct Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) and prevent Benazir Bhutto's PPP from winning the polls. The petition was based on an affidavit of Gen Durrani. At the last hearing on July 16, the court had asked Gen Durrani to place on record a concise statement, supporting evidence or affidavits explaining details about the persons who had been allegedly provided certain amounts under the directions of then army chief Gen (retd) Aslam Beg and the names of people who had been given the amount after receiving it from Ajlal Haider Zaidi who was heading a team in the presidency set up by then president the late Ghulam Ishaq Khan to monitor the elections...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/ex-isi-chief-submits-statement-on-bribing-of-politicians/


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Parliament debate on new law under scrutiny in SC
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 26: One of the petitioners challenging the new contempt law read out in the Supreme Court on Thursday relevant speeches made in the National Assembly and Senate during the debate on the law to establish that parliament had passed the law in haste.

Rawalpindi High Court Bar president Ahsanuddin Sheikh, the counsel for the Lahore High Court Bar Association, read out the speeches made in support of and against the Contempt of Court Act 2012...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/parliament-debate-on-new-law-under-scrutiny-in-sc/


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Nato supply route closed temporarily
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PESHAWAR, July 26: Pakistan has temporarily stopped Nato supply trucks from crossing its northwestern border into Afghanistan due to fears of militant attacks, officials said on Thursday.

Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a convoy of Nato supply trucks, killing a driver, in the town of Jamrud near the city of Peshawar...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/nato-supply-route-closed-temporarily/


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Nepra allows 24 paisa hike in power tariff
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Even though its members pointed out a lot of discrepancies at a public hearing on Thursday, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) allowed 24 paisa per unit increase in electricity tariff for consumers of all distribution companies of Wapda, on the basis of increase in cost of fuel in June.

The Central Power Purchase Agency (CPPA) on behalf of distribution companies (Discos) had sought an increase of 26 paisa per unit...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/nepra-allows-24-paisa-hike-in-power-tariff/


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Pakistan seeks US help in stopping cross-border attacks
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 26: Pakistan has forwarded a list of Afghanistan-based Pakistani Taliban groups to the United States, seeking its help in curbing cross-border attacks inside the Pakistani territory, official sources told Dawn.

On Tuesday night, Pakistani Ambassador Sherry Rehman shared a similar list with senior US lawmakers who had come to her residence for a security briefing...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/27/pakistan-seeks-us-help-in-stopping-cross-border-attacks/


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Karachi Stocks Down 11.39 Points:
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KARACHI, July 26: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14553.29, down 11.39 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, July 26: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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