DINA for the issue of July 28, 2012

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July 28, 2012 Saturday Ramazan 8, 1433
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Indian PM invited on Guru Nanak's anniversary
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, July 27: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday formally invited Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan in November on the occasion of Baba Guru Nanak Sahib's birth anniversary.

"It gives me great pleasure to extend Your Excellency a cordial invitation to visit Pakistan. We could use that occasion to arrange a visit to your ancestral home town. If the visit were to coincide with the birthday celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Sahib that would not only be well received by the Pakistani nation but also reinforce our mutual desire to promote inter-faith and inter-religious harmony," President Zardari said in a letter to Dr Singh...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/indian-pm-invited-on-guru-nanaks-anniversary/


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Remarks made by SC judges upset Senate
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Despite a general perception that relations between the judiciary and the executive are on the mend, members of the treasury benches in the Senate voiced concern on Friday over remarks made by some judges of the Supreme Court, including the chief justice, about opposition's role in parliament during the adoption of the contempt of court law.

One PPP senator even accused the judiciary of inciting the opposition to violence...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/remarks-made-by-sc-judges-upset-senate/


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Gen Asif replaces Nargis as defence secretary
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 27: The government appointed on Friday Lt-Gen (retd) Asif Yasin Malik as new defence secretary in place of Nargis Sethi who had been given the additional charge of defence ministry's top bureaucrat in January this year.

Ms Sethi was assigned the job after the dismissal of Lt-Gen (retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi at the peak of a civil-military standoff over the infamous memogate affair...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/gen-asif-replaces-nargis-as-defence-secretary/


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Contradictory letters deepen Rs47bn scam
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABD, July 27: The accountability authorities are calling it Rs47 billion scam and the telecom companies say no wrong has been committed.

It is difficult to figure out who is right but two letters written by Chief Commissioner of Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Islamabad, within a span of three days, with the second one reversing the orders contained in the first, makes the whole affair quite intriguing...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/contradictory-letters-deepen-rs47bn-scam/


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London Olympic spectacle kicks off
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LONDON, July 27: The eagerly awaited opening ceremony to the 2012 Olympic Games kicked off on Friday with a mass countdown and the chime of a giant bell, ushering in an eccentric and exuberant celebration of British history, art and culture.

Some 60,000 spectators crowded into the state-of-the-art arena at the Olympic Park, built in a previously run-down area of the city's East End, and over a billion more people tuned in around the world for the three-hour extravaganza...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/london-olympic-spectacle-kicks-off/


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SC criticises new law for sparing the powerful
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Hearing a set of identical petitions challenging the new contempt law, the Supreme Court observed on Friday that sparing powerful people by according immunity would only encourage a trend of not respecting the dignity and sanctity of courts and turn their orders into a mere piece of paper.

If one person was spared another would come to demand the same treatment, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed. "This will help encourage a trend of not accepting the dignity and respect of the courts and making our orders a piece of paper."..

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/sc-criticises-new-law-for-sparing-the-powerful/


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Olympic 'visa scam' getting complicated
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, July 27: A controversy relating to the so-called Olympic visa scam is getting complicated with the Pakistani and UK authorities making claims and counter-claims and not accepting each other's point of view.

The British government rejected on Friday Pakistan's claim that no fraud had taken place and issued a report which said Mohammad Ali Asad, the man whose identity card was used in the scam, had not travelled to Pakistan...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/olympic-visa-scam-getting-complicated/


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Zardari signs pro-women Petition
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ISLAMABAD, July 27: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said the government had decided to appoint women judges, as part of its efforts to take social, economic, legal and constitutional steps for the empowerment of women and for their protection from all kinds of exploitation and violence.

He was addressing a ceremony held in Aiwan-i-Sadr to conclude a campaign in which one million people across the country signed a petition aimed at spreading awareness about violence against women...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/zardari-signs-pro-women-petition/


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Haqqani designation 'not to infringe upon Pakistan's sovereignty'
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 27: The US Congress has assured Pakistan that its move to designate the Haqqani network a terrorist organisation does not infringe upon the country's sovereignty.

On Thursday evening, the US Senate passed with unanimous consent a bill asking the Secretary of State to report to Congress if the Haqqani network met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organisation...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/haqqani-designation-not-to-infringe-upon-pakistans-sovereignty/


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Rainstorm cuts power supply by 1,550MW
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By Ahmad Fraz Khan
LAHORE, July 27: Rainstorm and strong winds lashed power installations in Muzaffargarh district on Friday, cutting the electricity available in the national grid by 1,550MW.

The storm hit five circuits of the transmission system and 13 towers of 220KV and two towers of 500KV were uprooted, according to sources...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/rainstorm-cuts-power-supply-by-1550mw/


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Malik returns to interior ministry
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Senator Rehman Malik was sworn in on Friday as federal minister for interior.

President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to Mr Malik, who earlier held the office of adviser to prime minister on interior...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/malik-returns-to-interior-ministry/


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Arbitration proceedings on Reko Diq blocked
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Pakistan has been able to temporarily block proceedings of the International Court of Arbitration, continuing under the aegis of the International Chamber of Commerce and dealing with the Reko Diq dispute over mining lease in Balochistan, when its objections forced a member of the ICC tribunal to resign for being too close to Antofagasta Canada, one of the leading mining firms in the world.

Pakistan had objected to the appointment by the ICC's International Court of Arbitration of William Rowley, QC, as co-arbitrator in the Reko Diq case. Mr Rowley accepted Pakistan's objections and resigned from the tribunal, sources told Dawn...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/28/arbitration-proceedings-on-reko-diq-blocked/


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Karachi Stocks Down 26.88 Points:
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KARACHI, July 27: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14526.41, down 26.88 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, July 27: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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