DINA for the issue of September 29, 2011
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September 29, 2011 Thursday Shawwal 30, 1432
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September 29, 2011 Thursday Shawwal 30, 1432
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Top brass to face tough questions at APC
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The federal capital hosts the biggest-ever political gathering for many years when leaders of almost all political and religious organisations meet on Thursday at an All-Party Conference convened by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss the situation arising out of serious allegations levelled by US officials against Pakistan's armed forces and its intelligence agency, the ISI.
The nation has pinned great hopes on leaders representing all..
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Troika meeting
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met in the Presidency on Wednesday to work out a strategy for the All-Party Conference on national security.
"The meeting was held in the Presidency late night between the President, prime minister and army chief to review current issues facing the country," said Farhatullah Babar, the President's spokesman...
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White House refuses to endorse Mullen's claims
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Sept 28: The White House refused on Wednesday to endorse Admiral Mike Mullen's description of Pakistan's links with the Haqqani network, saying that it would "not use the language" that the US military chief had used.
Admiral Mullen told a Senate hearing last week that the Haqqani network of terrorists was "a veritable arm" of the ISI and that the Pakistani intelligence agency had directed its attacks on US targets inside Afghanistan...
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India supports Pakistan's EU waiver package
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By Kalbe Ali and Afshan Subohi
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Sept 28: India has extended support for Pakistan's EU waiver package in WTO and is issuing necessary instructions in this regard.
This was announced on Wednesday after a meeting between Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim and his Indian counterpart Anand Sharma in New Delhi...
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Iran promises help in meeting challenges
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By Syed Irfan Raza and Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: Iran reiterated on Wednesday its continued support for Pakistan in overcoming challenges confronting the two countries and its desire for implementation of all development projects the two countries had agreed to undertake.
The statement was made by Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar during a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari...
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35 militants killed
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By Haleem Asad
TIMERGARA, Sept 28: Security forces claimed on Wednesday to have repulsed an attack launched by militants in Kharkai and Binshahi areas of Lower Dir and killed 35 of the assailants.
Talking to reporters, ISPR regional head Lt-Col Arif said that hundreds of Afghan militants had attacked security forces when they were setting up checkpoints on the border. He said the army, Frontier Corps and volunteers of a local militia took part in the operations against the militants who had crossed the border...
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Punjab plans flood control measures for 100 years
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: In view of an increasing frequency and intensity of floods, the Punjab government has decided to take flood protection measures for 100 years, starting with capacity enhancement of Sulemanki and Trimmu barrages to let more waters pass through major structures with minimum loss.
A senior official of the ministry of water and power told Dawn that the provincial government had sought advisory support from the federal government to start rehabilitation and upgradation of the barrages which are more than eight decades old. The Asian Development Bank has already agreed to extend $900 million for the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Programme (PIAP)...
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Who will be new chief of IB?
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By Azaz Syed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The corridors of powers will be abuzz for the next couple of days when the important decision of who will take over Pakistan's premier civilian intelligence agency, the Intelligence Bureau (IB), after the retirement of Javed Noor on October 1.
Mr Noor, a grade 22 officer, took over as Director General of IB on May 17, 2009, replacing Dr Shoaib Suddle. Before then he was the Inspector General of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police. He was the second consecutive civilian chief of the agency after a long stint of military men who headed the organisation before and during the Musharraf regime...
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Three security men killed in ambush
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QUETTA, Sept 28: Three security personnel were killed and four others injured in an ambush on a survey team of an oil company by some unknown armed men in Shahrag area, some 300 kilometres east of here, on Wednesday.
The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack...
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US officials unhappy over Mullen's remarks: Washington Post
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By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept 28: Officials within the Obama administration are unhappy with Admiral Mike Mullen's assertion that the Haqqani network is a "veritable arm" of the ISI, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The outgoing US military chief also told a congressional hearing last week that he had evidence that the ISI encouraged recent attacks on the US Embassy and Nato headquarters in Kabul...
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PIA asked to declare spares contract as 'mis-procurement'
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By Amin Ahmed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has asked the PIA management to declare the reported award of $200 million contract to a Dubai-based company for supply of spare parts for five years as 'mis-procurement' because it is a violation of Public Procurement Rules of 2004.
In a letter written to PIA Managing Director Capt Nadeem Khan Yousafzai, the head of the advisory committee of Transparency International Pakistan, Syed Adil Gilani, referred to reports that PIA had awarded a Rs18 billion contract to Transworld Aviation without inviting public tenders...
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NP leader shot dead in Turbat
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, Sept 28: A leader of National Party (NP) was gunned down in Turbat town on Tuesday evening, sources said on Wednesday.
Police sources said Dr Lal Bakhsh was going home when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on him...
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US blacklists two LeT activists
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WASHINGTON, Sept 28: The US Treasury Department said on Wednesday it was blacklisting two officials of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.
The move means that US citizens will be prohibited from having any dealings with Zafar Iqbal and Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi and any of their assets found in the United States will be frozen, the department said...
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Karachi Stocks Up 94.45 Points:
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KARACHI, Sept 28: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11,625.69, up 94.45 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 28: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 28: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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