DINA for the issue of September 17, 2011
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September 17, 2011 Saturday Shawwal 18, 1432
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September 17, 2011 Saturday Shawwal 18, 1432
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Pakistan to end IMF programme
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The finance minister and his team are off to Washington to preside over the end of the current IMF programme. Of the nine programmes that Pakistan got into with the Fund, eight have been unsuccessful.
The government's inability to implement three major economic policy commitments — limiting fiscal deficit to 4.7 per cent of GDP, introducing integrated value added tax (VAT) and power sector reforms — will lead to technical completion of an unsuccessful $11.3 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 30, according to Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh...
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Kayani lays stress on national interest at Nato meeting
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Stalemate between Pakistan and the United States over sanctuaries of the Haqqani network in tribal areas, which is threatening to stall normalisation of frayed bilateral relations, appears to be worsening.
Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani virtually ruled out on Friday an imminent full-scale action against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan...
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PM calls off US visit amid strained ties
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: On the face of it, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani cancelled his planned trip to the US on Friday because 'he personally wanted to supervise ongoing relief efforts in flood-hit areas of Sindh'. However, there are indications that strained relations between the two countries have led to calling off his trip to America where he was to address a UN General Assembly session.
One reason for calling off the visit, sources told Dawn, was the American president's refusal to meet him on the sidelines of the General Assembly session scheduled for next week. They said the Pakistan embassy in Washington and consulate general in New York had tried hard to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Gilani and President Barack Obama, but failed...
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Toll in Lower Dir blast soars to 45
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By Haleem Asad
TIMERGARA, Sept 16: The death toll in Thursday's suicide bombing in Lower Dir area of Samar Bagh rose to 45, DCO Mahmood Aslam Wazir said on Friday. About 100 people injured in the attack were in different hospitals.
The DCO said 10 bodies not listed among the dead on Thursday had been identified. The grief-stricken area of Jandul continued to bury its dead on Friday...
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SC exceeding limits of suo motu rules: ICJ
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has said that the Supreme Court of Pakistan should exercise restraint in taking up suo motu proceedings because overuse of the provision could endanger the rule of law.
The visiting ICJ mission recommended to the apex court to adopt rules setting out the criteria for the use of suo motu procedures and for the allocation of cases to benches...
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Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on blueprint for cooperation
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Friday on a blueprint for cooperating on reconciliation with the Taliban and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jaweed Ludin said only an Afghan-led and Pakistan-assisted process could succeed.
"We have prepared ground for action and practical measures will be taken in the next few weeks," Mr Ludin said at a press conference, along with Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, after a meeting at the Foreign Office of the working group of Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Commission on Reconciliation and Peace in Afghanistan...
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US wants to work with Pakistan against Haqqanis
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Sept 16: The United States wants to eliminate terrorist hideouts in Fata but with Pakistan's cooperation, said the US State Department while commenting on Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's statement that the United States could launch operations inside the country to eradicate the Haqqani network.
"We consult with them frequently on these kinds of issues. And we're going to continue to cooperate with them to deny any terror
ist group safe haven," said the department's spokesman Mark C. Toner...
ist group safe haven," said the department's spokesman Mark C. Toner...
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Aamir, Mazhar Majeed confess to involvement in spot-fixing case
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By Mohammad Yaqoob
LAHORE, Sept 16: Banned fast bowler Mohammad Aamir and England-based players' agent Mazhar Majeed have reportedly admitted to their involvement in the spot-fixing incident in last year's Lord's Test before a court in England on Friday.
However, the two other accused — then captain Salman Butt and medium-fast bowler Mohammad Asif — have stuck to their earlier stand that they are innocent and never signed any fixing deal with Majeed, sources told Dawn...
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Former CBR chief acquitted in Cotecna corruption reference
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By Aamir Yasin
RAWALPINDI, Sept 16: An accountability court acquitted on Friday A.R. Siddiqui, former chairman of the Central Board of Revenue, in the Cotecna corruption reference, saying there was not sufficient evidence against him.
The court had formally indicted Mr Siddiqui in the reference on Jan 4 this year...
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No confirmation of Al Qaeda leader's death: ISPR
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Pakistan had no confirmation on Friday that Al Qaeda's chief of operations in the country had been killed in a recent drone strike in the northwestern tribal region, as reported by American officials.
Abu Hafs al Shahri, a Saudi national who had been operating as the senior figure in Al Qaeda's central command, was the target of the drone strike which occurred within the last few days, two US officials said on Thursday...
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Singh says terror camps revived in Pakistan
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By Jawed Naqvi
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cautioned on Friday against revived terror camps in Pakistan and told a conference of senior police officials that the security environment in the country remained "uncertain".
Claiming that New Delhi had initiated a process of broad-based consultations to find a way forward in the disputed state of Jammu and
Kashmir, he said there was no room for complacency by the security forces...
Kashmir, he said there was no room for complacency by the security forces...
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Karachi Stocks Up 42.24 Points:
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KARACHI, Sept 16: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11344.46, up 42.244 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 16: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 16: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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