DINA for the issue of September 27, 2011
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September 27, 2011 Tuesay Shawwal 28, 1432
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September 27, 2011 Tuesay Shawwal 28, 1432
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Diplomacy under way to de-escalate crisis
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: As Islamabad and Washington continued discussions on Monday over latest round of crisis in their troubled relations spurred by allegations linking ISI to the Haqqani network, Pakistan opened consultations with some of its close allies over the tense situation.
The highlight of a series of meetings in Islamabad was a meeting between Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and US Ambassador Cameron Munter...
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30 students among 37 killed as school bus crashes in Kallar Kahar
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By Nabeel Anwar Dhakku
CHAKWAL, Sept 26: At least 37 people — 30 students, six teachers and a school principal — were killed and more than 65 suffered serious injuries when a school bus overturned in Kallar Kahar area on Monday night. According to police, the accident took place near Salt Range after brakes of the bus failed. The school principal was identified as Mr Hafeez.
Students of the Grammar School, situated in Millat Town of Faisalabad, accompanied by teachers, were returning to Faisalabad from Murree and Islamabad where they had gone on a picnic. They were on way to Faisalabad via Kallar Kahar, also a picnic point, when the tragedy struck and more than 100 students were on board the bus...
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Gilani convenes APC on 29th
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has convened an All-Party Conference on Sept 29 and contacted more leaders of national political parties on Monday and invited them to a briefing on to the security situation faced by the country in the wake of serious allegations levelled by the US against the armed forces and ISI.
He called JUP President Dr Abul Khair Mohammad Zubair, Jamiat-i-Mashaikh Pakistan's Quaid Pir Fazal-i-Haq, Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Fazal Kareem and Secretary General Haji Hanif Tayyab.On Sunday, the prime minister had contacted the leaders of the PML-N, ANP, JUI-F, MQM, PML-Q, PML-F, JI and PTI...
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US working constructively with Pakistan to end row
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Sept 26: The United States is working constructively with Pakistan to resolve the dispute over the Haqqani network, the US State Department said on Monday.
Official sources in Washington told Dawn that both sides had already launched a diplomatic offensive to resolve this issue, holding reconciliatory meetings in both the US and Pakistani capitals...
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Haqqani was 'blue-eyed boy' of CIA: Khar
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By Our Correspondent
NEW YORK, Sept 26: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said here on Sunday that the Haqqani group that the US was now charging with attacks on the American embassy in Kabul had been CIA's "blue-eyed boy" for many years.
In an interview with Al-Jazeera TV, she said: "If we talk about links, I am sure the CIA also has links with many terrorist organisations around the world, by which we mean intelligence links," she said...
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Counterfeit purification tablets supplied in Sindh
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By Imran Ali Teepu
ISLAMABAD, Sep 26: An Ireland-based manufacturer of water purification tablets in Pakistan has informed the National Disaster Management Authority that over eight million tablets sent to the flood-affected areas in Sindh were 'counterfeit' and posed a 'threat' to people's health.
The tablet – Aquatab – disinfects contaminated water and kills hazardous micro-organisms...
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PML-N seeks joint session of parliament
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Pakistan Muslim League-N formally demanded on Monday that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani should convene a joint session of parliament to discuss the security situation with particular reference to tense relations with the United States.
The part made the demand through a letter sent to the prime minister by the party's parliamentary leader in Senate Ishaq Dar on the day the government announced the convening of an all-party conference (APC) on Thursday...
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Transborder water authority set up
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has set up a new agency — Pakistan Transborder Water Organisation (PTWO) — to look into construction of dams and water sector projects by upper riparian countries, India and Afghanistan, and coordinate steps to protect Pakistan's water rights on rivers flowing from the neighbouring countries.
To the surprise of Water and Power Ministry, which had not made such a proposal nor was it consulted by the Prime Minister's secretariat, a formal notification has been issued to set up the PTWO under the leadership of Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Agriculture and Water Resources Kemal Majidullah...
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Courts dismissed 35 pleas against armed forces
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By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Superior judiciary has dismissed 35 petitions of 52 military personnel and civilians filed against the armed forces over the past five years.
According to documents submitted by the Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch to the Rawalpindi bench of Lahore High Court in a case relating to an attack on the General Headquarters (GHQ), the superior judiciary, including the Supreme Court, Federal Shariat Court and LHC, upheld the decision of the Field General Court Marshal (FGCM) on the petitions of army officers, soldiers and civilians because of a jurisdictional bar under Clause 3 of Article 199 of the Constitution...
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Quetta among most polluted cities: WHO
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GENEVA, Sept 26: Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan and the capital of Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while those in the US and Canada are among the best, according to the first global survey, released on Monday by the World Health Organisation.
The southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz walked away with the unfortunate distinction of having the highest measured level of airborne particles smaller than 10 micrometers...
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Karachi Stocks Down 345.57 Points:
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KARACHI, Sept 26: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11261.29, down 345.57 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 26: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 89.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 26: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 89.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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