DINA for the issue of September 18, 2011
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September 18, 2011 Sunday Shawwal 19, 1432
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September 18, 2011 Sunday Shawwal 19, 1432
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Munter hurls fresh charge: US can prove Pakistan's ties with Haqqanis
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The United States accused Pakistan on Saturday of having ties with the Haqqani network, a group which Washington held responsible for an assault earlier this week on the US embassy in Kabul and also for attacks on Nato troops across Afghanistan.
"The attack that took place in Kabul a few days ago, that was the work of the Haqqani network," Cameron Munter, the US ambassador to Islamabad, told Radio Pakistan in an interview aired on Saturday...
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Rain-hit man shot dead at MPA's factory
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By H.M. Mangi
SANGHAR, Sept 17: An MPA and member of the district relief committee was booked along with his two guards for murder after a youth was shot dead on Saturday outside his factory where relief goods to be distributed among rain-affected people had been stored.
A large number of the rain-hit people had gathered outside the Al-Rehmat Cotton Factory in Jhol town and started taking away the relief goods stored in a godown of the factory...
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Five more fall prey to dengue in Lahore
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By Khalid Hasnain
LAHORE, Sept 17: Five more people died of dengue virus in hospitals here on Saturday, raising the official death toll to 19 in Punjab. And 423 new dengue patients were admitted to public and private hospitals in Lahore alone during the day.
According to hospital sources, Mohammad Jamil (42) died of dengue fever in Shalimar Hospital, Maimoona (72) in Fauji Foundation Hospital, Kajal Anwar (18) in Services Hospital, Mahmood Anwar (65) in Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital and Mohammad Mutahir (55) in a private hospital...
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SC reply to ICJ: rules exist for suo motu cases
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Supreme Court on Saturday said Article 184(3) of the Constitution mandated it to take up cases of violation of fundamental rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution — a jurisdiction which it enjoyed along with the high courts.
In response to a statement issued by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Supreme Court Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain explained that the press conference by the member of the ICJ appeared to be based on some miscomprehension, perhaps ignorance, of the constitutional provisions and case law developed on the issue...
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Network moved to Afghanistan, says Sirajuddin
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Haqqani network, one of the most feared militant groups in Afghanistan, would take part in peace talks with the Kabul government and the United States only if the Taliban did, its leader Sirajuddin Haqqani told Reuters on Saturday.
The Haqqanis technically fall under the command of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar, although US officials believe they can act independently...
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FIA chief's resignation not to be accepted
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The government has decided not to accept the resignation of FIA director general Syed Tehsin Anwar Shah, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday.
Talking to reporters after chairing a meeting at the FIA headquarters on Saturday, Mr Malik said the government would obey the Supreme Court orders and the FIA chief would provide every kind of assistance to the NICL investigation team...
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Qadhafi's adversaries face resistance in Sirte
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BANI WALID / SIRTE, Sept 17: Libyan interim government forces charged back into the besieged desert town of Bani Walid on Saturday, a day after diehard loyalists of Muammar Qadhafi beat them back into a humiliating retreat.
Forces loyal to the new authorities were also battling Qadhafi loyalists on the streets of Sirte, the ousted leader's home city. After days of battles, they celebrated the capture of the town of Herawa, 60km east of Sirte, but have made only slow progress against heavy resistance in Sirte itself...
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Key chapters missing from new edition of Press in Chains
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By Idrees Bakhtiar
KARACHI, Sept 17: Those planning to read the recently published version of respected journalist Zamir Niazi's trailblazing account of the state of press freedom in Pakistan might have to wait for the next edition. In its latest form, Press in Chains leaves out some important periods of repression in the history of the Pakistani press.
The book's second edition has been published by Oxford University Press six years after the death of Mr Niazi, who revised it during the last days of his life at a time when he was seriously ill...
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Bomb goes off at hospital in Agra
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AGRA, Sept 17: A suspected bomb went off at a hospital in the northern Indian city of Agra on Saturday injuring several people, witnesses said.
Police Inspector-General P.K. Tiwari said preliminary investigations suggested the explosion was caused by a crude bomb placed under a seat in the reception area of the hospital, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI)...
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Islamabad, Moscow set sights on new era in relations
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: With the trough in Pakistan-US ties experiencing an extended run this year, Islamabad and Moscow have quietly been busy in trying to reinvent their relations. The two are currently readying to hold the second session of their inter-governmental commission, constituted to promote bilateral cooperation.
The minister-level commission is expected to meet in November in Islamabad for the second consecutive year, indicating that the two countries are attaching considerable importance to the initiative...
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Turkey rules out US help in crisis with Israel
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ISTANBUL, Sept 17: Turkey does not need United States' mediation to solve a long-lasting crisis with Israel over a deadly 2010 flotilla raid, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday.
"We do not need mediation ... for Israel in any way," Mr Davutoglu said during a televised press conference in the province of Konya when asked to comment on the possibility of the US helping to resolve their differences...
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