DINA for the issue of September 21, 2011

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September 21, 2011          Wednesday           Shawwal 22, 1432
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26 shot dead in Mastung sectarian attack
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By Saleem Shahid & Amanullah Kasi
QUETTA, Sept 20: Twenty-six pilgrims going to Iran were shot dead in cold blood in Mastung on Tuesday.
Three other people who were going in an ambulance to bring the injured to a hospital in Quetta were killed.

 

The pilgrims were on their way to the border town of Taftan in a bus when armed men intercepted them, entered the vehicle, ordered them to disembark, lined them up after checking their identity cards and opened fire on them, killing 26 people and injuring eight others. Four of the injured are in a critical condition...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/26-shot-dead-in-mastung-sectarian-attack.html

 

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Seven sentenced to death for Sialkot lynching
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By Akram Malik
GUJRANWALA, Sept 20: A local anti-terrorism court convicted on Tuesday night 22 people, nine policemen among them, in a case relating to the lynching of two brothers in Sialkot.

 

The court sentenced seven of the convicts to death on four counts, gave life-term on four counts to six of them and jailed nine policemen, including a former district police officer, for three years...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/seven-sentenced-to-death-for-sialkot-lynching.html

 

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'Accord on limiting US troops in Pakistan'
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WASHINGTON, Sept 20: Pakistan and the United States have agreed to limit the number of American troops in the country, US officials have disclosed.

 

According to the officials, the compromise pact slashes the number of US forces' personnel allowed in Pakistan to between 100 and 150, nearly half of what it had been in the past...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/accord-on-limiting-us-troops-in-pakistan.html

 

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Twenty-nine militants die in Orakzai operation after attack
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By Our Correspondent
KALAYA, Sept 20: Security forces claimed on Tuesday to have killed 29 militants during a search operation in Dabori area of Orakzai agency. The operation was carried out after an attack on a checkpost in Arhang village of Dabori by militants in which one hawaldar was killed and nine security personnel were injured.

 

Officials said the militants had launched a two-pronged attack on the post early on Tuesday morning. They identified the dead as hawaldar Hidayatullah Jan...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/twenty-nine-militants-die-in-orakzai-operation-after-attack.html 

 

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Nawaz meets business leaders: Poll bar for parties with militant wings urged
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Sept 20: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has called for a constitutional amendment to bar political parties having militant wings from taking part in elections.

 

Talking to reporters after a breakfast meeting with business leaders here on Tuesday, he said the Supreme Court which recently held suo motu hearing of the spate of target killings and breakdown of law and order in Karachi should take notice of the existence of militant wings in political parties and restrict them from participating in elections...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/nawaz-meets-business-leaders-poll-bar-for-parties-with-militant-wings-urged.html 

 

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Khar reacts strongly to US statement
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By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, Sept 20: Pakistan rejected on Monday an impression created by a statement issued by the US State Department on Sunday's three-and-a-half-hour meeting between Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

 

The US State Department had said in the statement that talks between Mrs Clinton and the Pakistani foreign minister were dominated by the issue of counter-terrorism in general and the Haqqani network in particular...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/khar-reacts-strongly-to-us-statement.html

 

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Karachi law-enforcement report displeases SC bench
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: The Supreme Court Karachi bench tasked to monitor investigations into criminal activities carried out in the city after July 24 has expressed dissatisfaction over a progress report submitted by law-enforcement agencies.

 

The apex court had on Sept 15 ordered Sindh Advocate General Abdul Fattah Malik to ensure that police informed the court in writing about the progress in cases against criminals on a daily basis...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/karachi-law-enforcement-report-displeases-sc-bench.html

 

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Incentives for gas, oil producers
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Faced with a severe energy crisis, the government has decided to offer an additional incentive of 67 per cent higher prices on domestic oil production and up to 33 per cent on gas production to speed up exploration of oil and gas resources.

 

Sources told Dawn on Tuesday that the government would offer up to $2 per one million cubic feet (MMCF) for offshore and shale gas discoveries over and above the existing $6 per MMCF conventional gas producer price to encourage fresh investments in difficult gas structures...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/incentives-for-gas-oil-producers.html

 

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Self-determination for Kashmiris stressed
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Syed Ali Gilani has said the Kashmir dispute basically involves the Kashmiris' right to self-determination that has been denied by India for over six decades in violation of UN resolutions.

 

He was talking at his residence in Srinagar on Tuesday to former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry...

 

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/21/self-determination-for-kashmiris-stressed.html
 

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Karachi Stocks Up 166.23 Points:
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KARACHI, Sept 20: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11522.87, up 166.23 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 20: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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