DINA for the issue of July 29, 2012

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July 29, 2012 Sunday Ramazan 9, 1433
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Move for roundtable conference welcomed by JUI-F
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) cautiously welcomed on Saturday the initiative taken by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to unite all political parties on a national agenda as it expressed apprehensions on the possible outcome of the proposed roundtable conference.

Talking to reporters after meeting an MQM delegation headed by Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Dr Farooq Sattar, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that similar conferences and activities in the past had failed to produce any significant results...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/move-for-roundtable-conference-welcomed-by-jui-f

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Test case for UK, says Malik: Pak to seek visa scam suspect's deportation
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The government has decided to register a case against Mohammad Ali Asad, a central character of the so-called Olympic visa scam, for fraud, impersonation and mis-declaration, issue red warrants and seek his deportation from the United Kingdom.

"We have full right to get him deported. This is a test case for the United Kingdom. We have been cooperating with them for years and now it is time for them to reciprocate," Interior Minister Rehman Malik said at a press briefing on Saturday...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/test-case-for-uk-says-malik-pak-to-seek-visa-scam-suspects-deportation

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Court orders do not apply to president and premier, says Naek
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KARACHI, July 28: Federal Law Minister Farooq H. Naek has said that court orders do not apply to the president and the prime minister and their official decisions can not be challenged.

Talking to journalists after visiting the Sindh High Court here on Saturday, the law minister said all decisions of the president and the prime minister had constitutional protection under Article 242...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/court-orders-do-not-apply-to-president-and-premier-says-naek

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Sharifs summoned in corruption cases again
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By Malik Asad
RAWALPINDI, July 28: An accountability court on Saturday again asked PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and other members of their families to appear before it on Sept 6 in two corruption references relating to Ittefaq Foundries and Raiwind assets.

Judge Chaudhry Abdul Haq adjourned till Sept 15 proceedings on the third reference — Hudaibia Paper Mills — after hearing the Sharif family's counsel Akram Sheikh and Additional Prosecutor General of NAB Chaudhry Mohammad Riaz...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/sharifs-summoned-in-corruption-cases-again

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Policy of seeking strategic depth has changed, US told
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Dawn Report
WASHINGTON / NEW YORK, July 28: Pakistan doesn't have the option of "walking away from" Afghanistan, the way the US may end up doing, Ambassador Sherry Rehman told a meeting that saw her and senior Obama aides trading barbs over the Afghan conflict.

At a meeting in Aspen, Colorado, Obama officials again accused Pakistan of not doing enough to combat terrorism while the Pakistani envoy insisted that her country was doing all it could but was not getting credit for its sacrifices...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/policy-of-seeking-strategic-depth-has-changed-us-told

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Lochte shuts Phelps out of 400m IM podium
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LONDON, July 28: Michael Phelps failed in his first medal bid at the London Olympics, shattering the overpowering mystique he created with his unprecedented eight gold medals at Beijing.

Phelps didn't even make it to the podium in the 400-metre individual medley at the Aquatics Centre on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the games. He was fourth behind winner and fellow American Ryan Lochte, who was ahead of the world record but faded on the final freestyle lap...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/lochte-shuts-phelps-out-of-400m-im-podium

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India bans Iranian oil ships
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By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI, July 28: India has banned US-sanctioned Iranian ships from entering its waters. a development that is likely to affect crude oil supplies to the country, The Hindu said on Saturday.

"We were to import four tankers, or cargoes of about 90,000 tonnes each, from Iran in July. But we were able to get only one as the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) approval was withdrawn by the government," the paper quoted Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) managing director P.P. Upadhya as saying...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/india-bans-iranian-oil-ships

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PML-N punishes Capt Safdar for causing rift
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By Amjad Mahmood
LAHORE, July 28: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has suspended the party membership of its youth wing chief Capt (retd) Mohammad Safdar, who is son-in-law of Mian Nawaz Sharif, and issued a show-cause notice to him for breaching party discipline by criticising leaders of its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter.

PML-N secretary general Iqbal Zafar Jhagra issued the notice on the directives of Mr Sharif, the party chief. It said "impolite and irresponsible" statements of Capt Safdar against leaders had caused divisions in the party...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/pml-n-punishes-capt-safdar-for-causing-rift

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Syrian rebels fend off govt's Aleppo assault
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ALEPPO (Syria), July 28: Syrian rebels staved off an attack by regime forces in Aleppo on Saturday amid growing concerns about the risk of reprisals against civilians in the country's commercial capital.

After massing for two days, troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships moved in on southwestern Aleppo where rebels concentrated their forces when they seized much of the northern city on July 20...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/syrian-rebels-fend-off-govts-aleppo-assault

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Anum bows out with national record
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By Our Sports Reporter
LONDON, July 28: Pakistan's 15-year-old swimmer Anum Bandey set a new national record but bowed out of the Olympics after finishing fourth in the heats of the women's 400 metres individual medley at the Aquatics Centre on Saturday.

Anum, who trains at the Barnet Copthall Club in the UK, finished with a timing of 5:34.64, improving on the national record set by Olympian Kiran Khan by three seconds...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/anum-bows-out-with-national-record

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Turkmenistan seeks investors for gas pipeline
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ASHGABAT, July 28: Turkmenistan said on Saturday that it would try to recruit international investors for a new gas pipeline project that would link Central and South Asia.

The energy-rich state plans to pitch the project to international oil and gas majors and financial institutions in the autumn, the Neitralny Turkmenistan newspaper reported...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/turkmenistan-seeks-investors-for-gas-pipeline

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UN arms talks end without deal
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By Masood Haider
UNITED NATIONS, July 28: The UN member states failed on Friday to agree to a document aimed at regulating the multi-billion-dollar arms trade. However, they agreed to hold more talks on the matter.

Many member nations accused the United States of blocking an agreement at the end of the month-long negotiations in New York by asking for more time...

http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/un-arms-talks-end-without-deal-2


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