DINA for the issue of September 08, 2012

	Saturday 8th September 2012 | Shawwal 20, 1433
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Pakistan, India to sign liberalised visa regime today By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Pakistan and India will on Saturday sign a liberalised visa regime and a memorandum of understanding on cultural exchanges, in addition to agreeing on new cross-LoC confidence-building measures relating to trade and travel.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 61.04 Points: KARACHI, Sept 07: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15249.57, up 61.04 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Sept 07: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95 to the US Dollar in the open market.
PPP-MQM accord on local govt structure: ANP, Functional see plot to divide Sindh By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI, Sept 7: The much-awaited approval of the new local bodies structure has brought into the open differences within the ruling coalition, with the Awami National Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional terming the arrangement a virtual division of Sindh. The two disgruntled allies of the People’s Party contended that the new order was aimed at pleasing the Muttahida Qaumi Movement at the cost of rural Sindh.
Christian girl facing blasphemy charge gets bail By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: In a landmark decision, the additional district and sessions court of Islamabad on Friday granted bail to a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. But the girl was not released from Rawalpindi’s Adiyala jail because the court order was issued just before the closure of government offices. ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: In a landmark decision, the additional district and sessions court of Islamabad on Friday granted bail to a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. But the girl was not released from Rawalpindi’s Adiyala jail because the court order was issued just before the closure of government offices.
US puts Haqqanis on terrorist list By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 7: The United States on Friday designated the Haqqani network a foreign terrorist organisation but said the action would have no impact on Pakistan. The State Department also said that they had “no plan, whatsoever, to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism”.
Police official shot dead QUETTA, Sept 7: Superintendent of Police (investigation) Jamil Ahmed Kakar was shot dead near his residence in Killi Gul Muhammad area of the city on Friday. According to police sources, armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on him when he was going to drop his daughter at a college.
Rs112.3bn loans written off in four years By Khawar Ghumman and Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The government informed the National Assembly on Friday that public and private banks and development finance institutions (DFIs) had written off loans amounting to Rs112.305 billion over the past four years. According to a written answer submitted in the house, the number of beneficiaries was 1,434.
Pakistan win series after thriller DUBAI, Sept 7: Pakistan beat Australia in a tense Super over finish to the second Twenty20 international at Dubai Stadium on Friday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Both teams were tied at 151 after 40 overs of the match, leaving the result on the Super over. Australia scored 11-1 in the only over, with Pakistan replying with 12-0.
Angry allies boycott parliament, minister censures minister By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: In outbursts of anger among allies, a key party in the PPP-led coalition government began a boycott of parliament on Friday to oppose a new decree on local government enforced in Sindh Awami National Party (ANP) lawmakers walked out of both the National Assembly and Senate at the start of the proceedings of the two houses in what they called a boycott for the remainder of their current sessions, before the only minister of their party resigned from the Sindh provincial cabinet to protest against the provincial ordinance agreed between the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the allied-Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as a revised law to govern local government institutions in the province.
As a battle morphs, a population remains fearful By Cyril Almeida in Mohmand Agency THE picturesque rolling hills of Mohmand tend to mask the fear and uncertainty that have seeped into its population. Five years on from the brutal reign of the Taliban, the scars are still fresh and the future murky. Onwards from Ghallanai, the Agency headquarters, through Mian Mandi Ganghad, the main Mohmand bazaar, and past a road cut into the side of a hill covered with loose rock is Safi tehsil, the populous settlement where the Mohmand Taliban rose to prominence.
Trial of Pakistanis in Mumbai case: Questioning of witnesses yet to be finalised By A Reporter ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The mishandling of the Mumbai attacks case by the Pakistan and Indian governments has not only delayed the trial of the suspects in Pakistan, it may even result in the acquittal of the accused. Even after a lapse of three years in the trial of the seven suspects in Pakistan, neither the Federal Investigation Agency nor its Indian counterpart has finalised the process of recording witness testimonies.
Obama accepts nomination for second term, vows to end war By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept 7: US President Barack Obama, while accepting his nomination for a second term in the White House, has pledged to end the war in Afghanistan. “We’ve blunted the Taliban’s momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over,” Mr Obama told the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was officially declared the party’s candidate for the November 2012 presidential election.
Row over Sindh ordinance mars Senate proceedings By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The controversy over promulgation of an ordinance on local government system in Sindh dominated the Senate proceedings on Friday, with the Awami National Party (ANP) terming it a conspiracy to divide the province. The Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement defended the Sindh People’s Government Ordinance of 2012. The discussion on a motion about targeted killings and sectarian violence in Balochistan, Karachi and Gilgit-Baltistan turned into a heated debate on the local government system in Sindh.
Kamra attack was assault on sovereignty, says PCNS By Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) has termed Kamra terror attack a conspiracy to destabilise the country and asked the Pakistan Air Force to beef up security of its bases. Defence Secretary Lt-Gen (retd) Asif Yasin Malik and Commander of Kamra base Air Commodore Muhammad Azam on Friday briefed the 14-member PCNS on the Aug 16 terrorist attack on Minhas Airbase, Kamra. The attack claimed the lives of two PAF personnel, besides causing material damage. All the assailants were killed.
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