DINA for the issue of July 30, 2011
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July 30, 2011 Saturday Sha'aban 27, 1432
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July 30, 2011 Saturday Sha'aban 27, 1432
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Government heaves sigh of relief, decides to exercise restraint
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, July 29: A possible clash between executive and judiciary was averted on Friday when the latter showed some flexibility in its stance on the issue of transfer of senior bureaucrats and the former lauded the move.
A meeting of 'chief executives' and governors of provinces jointly presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani "dispelled the notion propagated by some people of a clash among institutions and expressed satisfaction that there was no danger of any such clash"...
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SC, govt soften positions to avert standoff
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, July 29: Both the government and the judiciary appeared on Friday to have backed away from their hardline positions on the transfer of a senior bureaucrat.
Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq informed the Supreme Court that he had failed to meet Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss the transfer of former establishment secretary Sohail Ahmed and needed more time...
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Seven killed in Quetta shooting
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QUETTA, July 29: At least seven people were killed in what appeared to be a sectarian attack on the office of a private transport company on Sariab Road on Friday.
"The victims were waiting for a coach to go to Iran," DIG Hamid Shakeel said...
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Balochistan CM's nephew dies in Mastung attack
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETT, July 29: A nephew of Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani was killed and 24 other people, 12 of them security personnel, were injured in a powerful bomb blast and a burst of intense firing in the football stadium in Mastung, about 50 kilometres from here, on Friday.
Akmal Raisani, the 14-year-old son of Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, younger brother of the chief minister, was killed in the blast which rocked the stadium during the prize distribution ceremony after a football match...
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US sends envoy as ties remain tense
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHNGTON, July 29: US special envoy Mark Grossman left for Pakistan for talks on the Afghan reconciliation process, as the State Department on Friday rejected media reports that Washington has included Pakistan among rogue states.
"Not true," said a State Department official when asked to comment on media reports that Washington had included Pakistan among the so-called rogue states whose diplomats would need special permission for travelling outside Washington. They also cannot visit US military installations...
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Yaqoob elected AJK president
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By Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD, July 29: Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan of People's Party AJK was elected president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir by two-thirds majority here on Friday.
He will take oath of office on Aug 25 when the term of incumbent President Raja Zulqarnain Khan ends...
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CJ calls 14 SC judges to Islamabad
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 29: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry called 14 Supreme Court judges from provincial registries to the capital on Friday. They would remain in the city till further orders.
The reasons for the action remained unclear because it was taken at a time when a perceived confrontation between the executive and judiciary appeared to be easing after the judiciary showed some flexibility in its stance on the issue of transfer of a senior bureaucrat...
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Discontent in FIA over culture of deputation
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, July 29: About 100 officials of BS-14 to BS-19 are working in the Federal Investigation Agency on deputation and some of them are carrying out investigations in violation of rules.
Discontent in FIA over culture of deputation
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, July 29: About 100 officials of BS-14 to BS-19 are working in the Federal Investigation Agency on deputation and some of them are carrying out investigations in violation of rules.
FIA employees rue that deputations in large numbers reduce chances of their promotion. They say they oppose the move to absorb some of the 'deputationists' in the agency by 'tweaking' rules...
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Karachi Stocks Up 82.21 Points:
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KARACHI, July 29: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12180.26, up 82.21 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, July 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 86.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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