DINA for the issue of September 28, 2011
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September 28, 2011 Wednesday Shawwal 29, 1432
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September 28, 2011 Wednesday Shawwal 29, 1432
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Ties with China hailed: Gilani cautions US on negative messaging
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with militants and heaped praise on 'all-weather friend' China, promising maximum support to the neighbouring country in fighting separatists.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, speaking to Reuters, said any unilateral military action by the US to hunt down militants of the Haqqani network inside Pakistan would be a violation of his country's sovereignty. ..
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Munter meets Zardari after talks at Foreign Office
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: US Ambassador Cameron Munter met President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidency on Tuesday after his second meeting in two days with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir.
Presidency's Spokesman Farhatullah Babar only said the president and the ambassador discussed bilateral relations.He declined to give details of issues taken up, but sources said that the ambassador might have conveyed to the president some message from his government...
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Hina Khar offers 'uninterrupted' talks to India
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By Masood Haider
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan held out an olive branch to India on Tuesday for the resolution of all disputes, including Jammu and Kashmir, through a "dialogue process", hoping it will be "uninterrupted and uninterruptible".
"We certainly intend to make this engagement fruitful and premise it on the promise of a mutually rewarding enterprise that would enable us to optimally avail the complementarities that exist," Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar underscored in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly...
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Resolution to stop aid moved in US Congress
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: US lawmakers are continuing their assault on Pakistan here and quietly moved a resolution in Congress, asking for cutting all but nuclear-safety assistance to the country.
The move contrasts sharply with recent efforts by US and Pakistani governments aimed at reducing tensions over Islamabad's alleged links to the Haqqani network of militants...
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Students buried: Violation of rules led to fatal bus crash
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By Mohammad Saleem and Bakhtawar Mian
FAISALABAD/ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The ill-fated bus which met with an accident near Kallar Kahar leaving at least 31 students and four adults dead, had no permit for the Islamabad route.
And the Motorway Police, always praised for its efficiency, failed to check the heavily overloaded vehicle carrying students of the Millat Grammar School, Faisalabad, for a picnic in the Salt range. The bus veered off the road and fell into a ravine when its brakes failed. The 1981 model bus was reconditioned in 2002 and registered with the Excise and Taxation Department...
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Drone kills three in Waziristan
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By Sailab Mehsud
LADDAH: Three people were killed and four others injured on Tuesday night when missiles fired by a US drone slammed into a house about 10km west of Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Agency.
Sources said the drone that hovered over the area for some time fired two missiles at the house in Kazha Pangai village...
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Shortfall exceeds 6,000 megawatts: Dams release more water to boost power generation
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: As the power shortfall exceeded 6,000 megawatts because of fuel and financial problems, the government prevailed upon the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Tuesday to enhance water discharges from the two major reservoirs to reduce loadshedding as an emergency measure.
An official told Dawn that on the desire of the ministry of water and power Irsa increased releases from Tarbela Dam by 41 per cent and Mangla by 26 per cent for an additional power generation of about 1,500MW, although the provinces did not have watering requirements...
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Sovereign guarantee for Nandipur plant cleared
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ISLAMABAD: A legal hitch holding up the 425MW Nandipur power project for more than two years has been removed, paving the way for a leading Chinese company to start physical work on two projects of 950MW generation capacity next month.
Sources said the ministry of law had cleared a sovereign guarantee issued by the finance ministry on the proposal of the Pakistan Electric Power Company to mobilise the Dongfeng Electric Corporation into starting the $329 million project...
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Pakistan vows to continue work on major projects
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By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: Despite financial constraints Pakistan will continue to work on major projects like the Diamer-Bhasha dam, Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Tuesday.
Addressing a news conference at the Pakistan Embassy on the conclusion of a 10-day visit to Washington, Mr Shaikh said Pakistan would also continue to pursue the reforms it had introduced under an IMF programme...
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Dubai-based US firm gets contract to buy spares for PIA
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The government has awarded a multi-billion-dollar contract to a Dubai-based US firm for purchase of spare parts, consumable material and chemicals for PIA aircraft, sources told Dawn on Tuesday.
The firm will provide $700 million in credit facility to PIA for 90 days...
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Krishna attends Pak reception
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By Our Correspondent
NEW YORK, Sept 27: Indian Minister for External Affairs S. M. Krishna made a surprise appearance on Monday night at a reception hosted by Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar at a local hotel.
Ms Khar hosted the reception for foreign ministers who are here to attend the UN General Assembly session to make a case for Pakistan's candidature for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council. The elections will be held on October 21...
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Haqqanis have no bases in Pakistan, say Taliban
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KABUL, Sept 27: The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday attacked US allegations that Pakistan supported the Haqqani network as a plot to undermine the militant unity.
After a spectacular assault on the US embassy and Nato headquarters in Kabul in mid-September, senior US officials openly accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of ties to the Haqqani group. ..
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Pakistan, US focus on Bonn, Istanbul conferences
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: As the hosts of Bonn and Istanbul conferences are getting worried that increased bickering between Pakistan and the United States could derail key international initiatives for a political settlement in Afghanistan, senior diplomats of both countries (Pakistan and the US) have started discussing the two conferences.
The conferences were the focus of discussions US Principal Deputy Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Geoffrey Pyatt had with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Tuesday...
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Commission offers Malik to question witnesses
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: A judicial commission asked to investigate if Interior Minister Rehman Malik had tried to influence the FIA probe into the National Insurance Company Limited scam has offered the minister an opportunity to cross-examine witnesses, including FIA Additional Director General Zafar Qureshi, who had testified against him in the Supreme Court.
According to sources, the commission headed by Justice Ghulam Rabbani directed Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq on Tuesday to ask Mr Malik if he was interested in cross-examining the witnesses. Justice Rabbani also asked the AG to provide Mr Malik copies of affidavits submitted by Mr Qureshi and others and report to the commission by Thursday if the minister was interested in defending himself...
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Karachi Stocks Up 262.37 Points:
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KARACHI, Sept 27: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11527.40, up 262.37 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 27: 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 27: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 89.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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