DINA for the issue of August 31, 2011
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August 31, 2011 Wednesday Shawwal 01, 1432
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August 31, 2011 Wednesday Shawwal 01, 1432
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Eidul Fitr today
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KARACHI, Aug 30: Shawwal moon was sighted on Tuesday and Eidul Fitr will be celebrated in the country on Wednesday.
"The moon has been sighted at various places in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite an overcast sky in most parts of Pakistan," Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman announced...
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MQM rejects Dr Mirza's allegations
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By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque
KARACHI, Aug 30: Rebutting the allegations levelled by Sindh's former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement said here on Tuesday that the allegation relating to a US plot to dismember Pakistan was not only ridiculous but also grave and malicious.
MQM rejects Dr Mirza's allegations
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By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque
KARACHI, Aug 30: Rebutting the allegations levelled by Sindh's former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement said here on Tuesday that the allegation relating to a US plot to dismember Pakistan was not only ridiculous but also grave and malicious.
Speaking at a press conference, Muttahida leader Faisal Subzwari said the MQM and Altaf Hussain were not against Pakhtuns and the conversation attributed by Dr Mirza to Mr Hussain regarding the killing of Pakhtuns "is an unabashed lie, baseless and a figment of imagination of his devious mind"...
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Announcement
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THE offices of Dawn will remain closed on Wednesday (Aug 31) and Thursday on account of Eid. There will be no issue of the newspaper on Thursday and Friday...
Announcement
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THE offices of Dawn will remain closed on Wednesday (Aug 31) and Thursday on account of Eid. There will be no issue of the newspaper on Thursday and Friday...
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SC tells Sindh govt to 'wake up'
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By Tahir Siddiqui
KARACHI, Aug 30: A five-judge special bench of the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that there should be no compromise on people's fundamental rights in the search for security and asked the Sindh government to track down elements involved in target killings in Karachi.
SC tells Sindh govt to 'wake up'
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By Tahir Siddiqui
KARACHI, Aug 30: A five-judge special bench of the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that there should be no compromise on people's fundamental rights in the search for security and asked the Sindh government to track down elements involved in target killings in Karachi.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who heads the bench hearing the suo motu case on the city's security situation, said the court wanted to know who the perpetrators were. "Why is the provincial government not waking up itself? The fundamental right to security is being violated." The chief justice said the compensation to be paid by the government to the families of people killed in the violence was the public money...
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NA's Karachi panel to meet on Sept 6
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has summoned on Sept 6 a meeting of the special committee of the house constituted to review and monitor the law and order situation in Karachi and Quetta.
NA's Karachi panel to meet on Sept 6
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has summoned on Sept 6 a meeting of the special committee of the house constituted to review and monitor the law and order situation in Karachi and Quetta.
According to an official announcement on Tuesday, the meeting has been convened by the speaker for election of its chairman...
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Reconciliation won't be derailed: Firdous
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The government said on Tuesday that the outburst of former Sindh home minister Zulfikar Mirza against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement would not derail PPP's initiative for reconciliation.
Reconciliation won't be derailed: Firdous
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The government said on Tuesday that the outburst of former Sindh home minister Zulfikar Mirza against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement would not derail PPP's initiative for reconciliation.
Addressing a press conference here, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said everyone knew that whatever Mr Mirza said at his news conference on Sunday was his personal views which had nothing to do with the PPP's policy...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/31/reconciliation-wont-be-derailed-firdous.html
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Mirza hits out at nationalists
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By Mohammad Hussain Khan
HYDERABAD, Aug 30: Former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza has said the PPP is neither leaving behind a good legacy nor an energised party for Bilawal Bhutto.
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Mirza hits out at nationalists
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By Mohammad Hussain Khan
HYDERABAD, Aug 30: Former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza has said the PPP is neither leaving behind a good legacy nor an energised party for Bilawal Bhutto.
Speaking at a news conference here on Tuesday, he accused the late G. M. Syed, the founder of Jeay Sindh Tehrik, of using his influence with Gen Ziaul Haq for securing a pilot's job for his grandson...
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Man killed near Danish mosque
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COPENHAGEN, Aug 30: A man was killed and two others injured after a shooting outside a Copenhagen mosque following Eid prayers on Tuesday.
Man killed near Danish mosque
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COPENHAGEN, Aug 30: A man was killed and two others injured after a shooting outside a Copenhagen mosque following Eid prayers on Tuesday.
Police spokesman Lau Thygesen said the shooting took place outside the Muslim Culture Institute in the Danish capital's Vesterbro district and that the roads surrounding the mosque and a nearby car park had been cordoned off...
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Three die in train accident
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By Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui
LAHORE, Aug 30: Three people were killed and 19 others injured when the Karachi-bound Khyber Mail ran into a stationary passenger train, some two kilometres from the Badami Bagh railway station, on Tuesday morning.
Three die in train accident
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By Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui
LAHORE, Aug 30: Three people were killed and 19 others injured when the Karachi-bound Khyber Mail ran into a stationary passenger train, some two kilometres from the Badami Bagh railway station, on Tuesday morning.
Assistant driver Muhammad Javed and a woman passenger died on the spot while a boy died while being taken to a hospital. Khyber Mail driver Jain Khan was among the 12 injured who were shifted to the Mayo Hospital while six others were taken to the Nawaz Sharif hospital...
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Aug 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 87.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Aug 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 87.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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Karachi Stocks Up 162.43 Points:
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KARACHI, Aug 30: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11066.31, up 162.43 points.
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Karachi Stocks Up 162.43 Points:
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KARACHI, Aug 30: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11066.31, up 162.43 points.
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