DINA for the issue of August 03, 2011
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August 03 2011 Wednesday Ramazan 2, 1432
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August 03 2011 Wednesday Ramazan 2, 1432
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MNAs seek political cure for Karachi
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Far away from Karachi's killing sprees, lawmakers in the National Assembly across party lines on Tuesday called for seeking a political cure to violence in the country's commercial capital.
The calls came from both sides of the house, with some opposition members demanding that an all-party parliamentary committee probe the latest upsurge of violence in Karachi and Quetta, while a ruling party member suggested taking along all stakeholders, including a breakaway group rival to MQM known as MQM-Haqiqi and the Jamaat-i-Islami, both of which have no presence in the lower house...
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Divergence mars trilateral meeting on Afghanistan
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Afghanistan looks dissatisfied, if not disenchanted, with the trilateral process involving the United States and Pakistan that works for promoting peace and reconciliation with Afghan warring groups.
"I bring the message of urgency to the core group as the situation in Afghanistan requires fruits of cooperation," Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawid Lodin said at a press briefing after the fourth round of trilateral talks in Islamabad on Tuesday along with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and US Special AfPak Envoy Marc Grossman...
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Tariff hike allowed for Wapda companies
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) allowed on Tuesday about 20 per cent increase in fuel cost, increasing the overall power tariff by Rs1.04 per unit for nine distribution companies of Wapda to be recovered from consumers during the current billing month.
The increase will not apply to consumers of Karachi Electric Supply Company and those using less than 50 units per month in the Wapda system...
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Pakistan, US resolve row over diplomats
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: The United States and Pakistan seem to have amicably resolved a row that could have led to the imposition of severe travel restrictions on each other's diplomats, diplomatic sources told Dawn. After the US threatened Pakistan with reciprocal action, Islamabad furnished the US Embassy with blanket "no-objection certificates" for their diplomats, the sources said.
"I think so too," said a US State Department official when approached by Dawn to confirm if the issue had been resolved...
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Police, Rangers fail to stem wave of violence
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Dawn Report
KARACHI: Eight people were gunned down in Karachi on Tuesday as police and Rangers failed to stem the wave of violence afflicting several localities.
Police said they had found five bullet-riddled bodies stuffed in gunny bags in different parts of the city...
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China offers funds to cope with Attabad lake's effect
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: China has offered financial assistance for overcoming problems arising out of the natural lake formed in Hunza valley at Attabad, particularly its impact on Karakoram Highway.
A meeting presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the Presidency on Tuesday reviewed the progress made so far in lowering the water level in the lake and in reconstruction and realignment of the portion of Karakoram Highway that was damaged by massive landslides in January last year...
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US considered tunnelling into Osama compound: report
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NEW YORK, Aug 2: US commanders of the raid on Osama bin Laden considered a more down-to-earth way of entering his compound than swooping in by helicopter, a report said on Monday. Tunnelling.
The short-lived idea would have avoided ground troops having to sneak through the nearby town of Abbottabad as they penetrated the walled house where the Al Qaeda leader was hiding, The New Yorker reported...
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SC rejects bail pleas of Kazmi, official
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday bail pleas of former religious affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi and his joint secretary Raja Aftab Islam after the federal government opposed these because of their alleged involvement in the Haj scandal. Both are in FIA's custody.
Additional Attorney General K.K. Agha argued before a two-judge bench comprising Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany that the government would never protect corrupt elements...
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Kharotabad: committee recommends murder case
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Aug 2: An inquiry committee formed by Inspector General of Balochistan Police Rao Amin Hashim on the Kharotabad firing incident has recommended removal of police officials involved in the firing and registration of a murder case against them.
The committee headed by Balochistan Constabulary Commandant Bashir Memon was assigned to review legal aspects of the report prepared by a judicial tribunal headed by Justice Mohammad Hashim Kakar...
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Karachi Stocks Down 41.40 Points:
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KARACHI, Aug 02: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12211.99, down 41.40 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Aug 02: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 86.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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