DINA for the issue of September 30, 2011
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September 30, 2011 Friday Ziqa'ad 1, 1432
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September 30, 2011 Friday Ziqa'ad 1, 1432
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Stress on peace with 'our own people'
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By Ghawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The all-party conference which brought under one roof on Thursday politicians of diverse hues, some of them always at daggers drawn, resolved to lay stress on peace and negotiations, instead of military operation.
While the military leadership, including the ISI chief Lt General Shuja Pasha, reportedly rubbished the allegations levelled recently by some top US officials, a 13-point resolution adopted by the conference said Pakistan must initiate dialogue with a view to negotiating "peace with our own people in the tribal areas" and should put in place a proper mechanism for this...
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US tones down rhetoric
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Sept 29: The United States appeared on Thursday to have adopted a new approach for dealing with the alleged presence of terrorist outfits in Fata, taking legal action against militants without further escalating tensions with Pakistan.
As the US Treasury Department blacklisted seven people from the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba as terrorists, the State Department continued to stress Washington's close ties with Islamabad...
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Dead men talking
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By Arundhati Roy
NEW DELHI: On 23rd September 2011, at about three in the morning, within hours of his arrival at the Delhi airport, the US radio-journalist David Barsamian was deported. This dangerous man, who produces independent, free-to-air programmes for public-radio, has been visiting India for 40 years, doing dangerous things like learning Urdu and playing the sitar. He has published book-length interviews with Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Ejaz Ahmed and Tariq Ali. On his more recent trips to India he has done a series of radio interviews with activists, academics, filmmakers, journalists and writers (including myself). Barsamian's work has taken him to Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Pakistan. He has never been deported from any of these countries.
So why does the world's largest democracy fear this lone, sitar-playing, Urdu-speaking, left-leaning, radio producer? News reports about his deportation quoted official 'sources' as saying that Barsamian had "violated his visa norms during his visit in 2009-10 by indulging in professional work while holding a tourist visa". The complaint against him is that he had reported on events in Jammu and Kashmir during his last visit to India and that these reports were "not based on facts"...
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84m to be on voters' list for next polls
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Pakistan will have about 84 million names in the electoral rolls for the next election, to be published by Election Commission next year, according to an estimate made by National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).
With the verification of Final Electoral Rolls-2007 by Nadra on the instructions of the commission, the total number of eligible voters has been reduced to 80.7 million in the draft 2011 voters list...
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MPA, Chinese doctor among seven killed by dengue
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Sept 29: Dengue fever claimed the lives of seven more people in Lahore on Thursday, including those of a member of Punjab assembly and a Chinese doctor.
PML-N MPA and parliamentary secretary for education Chaudhry Mumtaz Ahmad Jajja and Chinese doctor Chuwong Chen died in Jinnah Hospital. Fatima Bibi died in Mayo Hospital, Gulnaz in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Saima, Sobia and Mudassar in private health facilities...
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Highest-ever fiscal deficit at Rs1.336tr
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The fiscal deficit during 2010-11 stood at a whopping Rs1.336 trillion -- highest in the country's history and almost 39 per cent of total expenditure and 59 per cent of revenue.
According to consolidated fiscal data released by the finance ministry, the fiscal deficit, excluding payments of electricity subsidies, was Rs1.194 trillion or 5.9 per cent of GDP. However, after inclusion of one-time off-budget electricity subsidy payments of Rs142 billion to Wapda's power companies, the overall deficit worked out at Rs1.336 trillion or 6.6 per cent of GDP...
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Abbottabad commission records statements
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The commission investigating the May 2 US raid in Abbottabad recorded statements of police and civil administration officers on Thursday to ascertain how Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden got refuge in the highly sensitive military area.
Chairman of the commission Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal and its members Abbas Khan, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi and Lt-Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmed visited Abbottabad for the second time this month...
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Karachi Stocks Down 6.75 Points:
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KARACHI, Sept 29: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11618.94, down 6.75 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Sept 29: 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 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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