DINA for the issue of August 01, 2011
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August 01, 2011 Monday Sha'aban 29, 1432
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August 01, 2011 Monday Sha'aban 29, 1432
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Peshawar mosque sparks Ramazan moon row
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Dawn Report
PESHAWAR, July 31: A row over Ramazan moon erupted in the country on Sunday after Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai of the non-official ruet-i-hilal committee of Qasim Ali Khan Mosque announced that evidence of the sighting of moon had been received and Monday would be the first day of the fasting month in Peshawar and adjoining areas.
He said the committee had received five evidences on Sunday night.According to him, the moon was sighted in Rigi, on the outskirts of Peshawar...
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Gilani to laud role of SC in NA today
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ISLAMABAD, July 31: Reciprocating the Supreme Court's soft stance on the issue of relegation of Establishment Secretary Sohail Ahmed to the ineffective bureaucratic position of 'officer on special duty', Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in his address to the National Assembly on Monday will praise the role of the apex court, according to sources privy to a decision taken by the government.
"The prime minister will be calm and polite in his speech and will laud the role of judiciary," a PPP leader told this correspondent on Sunday...
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Petrol and light diesel prices raised
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, July 31: Prices of petroleum products, except the high speed diesel, have been increased for August by up to 5.2 per cent.
Syed Jawad Nasim, the spokesman for the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), said here on Sunday that the price of motor spirit (petrol) had been increased by Rs1.09 per litre (1.3 per cent), to Rs84.80 from Rs83.71. The highest increase of 5.2 per cent has been made in the price of high octane blending component. Its per litre price will now go up to Rs107.80 from Rs102.46 per litre...
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CIA chief's departure 'not to harm ties'
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, July 31: The CIA station chief who has left Pakistan for medical reasons is not returning to his post, the US media reported on Sunday.
He was the second CIA station manager in Pakistan to have left the country in mysterious circumstances, the media noted...
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Debate may focus on executive's authority
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, July 31: Some recent Supreme Court moves challenging the government's powers are likely to come under scrutiny in a National Assembly session beginning on Monday, amid a face-off over who oversees a couple of corruption probes.
While cool heads appear to be at work on both sides to avert a showdown, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani himself is expected to explain his government's position in a speech, which could set the tone for a potentially embroiling debate on the eve of the start of holy month of Ramazan...
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Having failed to get justice, man leaves for US
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By Mohammad Saleem
FAISALABAD, July 31: Having failed to get the suspects arrested after six months of efforts, a frustrated US national of Pakistani origin whose house was looted and family members were ruthlessly beaten up by robbers, has flown back to America – apparently for good.
A few years ago, Aslam Shah, 60, bade farewell to the US and settled in Faisalabad...
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Grenade attack in Hub
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, July 31: One man was killed and nine others were injured on Sunday in a hand-grenade attack on a restaurant in the industrial town of Hub, sources in the police department said.
Unidentified armed men on a motorcycle hurled the hand-grenade into the restaurant and fled...
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Mirwaiz, Geelani put under house arrest after man dies in custody
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SRINAGAR, July 31: The death of a 28-year-old man in police custody in Indian-held Kashmir sparked fresh tensions on Sunday even as the region's chief minister promised `swift and exemplary action'.
Nazim Rashid was detained by counter-insurgency police on Saturday in the northern town of Sopore. He was declared dead early on Sunday by police but they gave no reasons for his death...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/01/mirwaiz-geelani-put-under-house-arrest-after-man-dies-in-custody.html
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