DINA for the issue of October 09, 2011
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October 09, 2011 Sunday Ziqa'ad 10, 1432
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October 09, 2011 Sunday Ziqa'ad 10, 1432
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Measures taken to execute SC order, Qaim tells Zardari
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: President Asif Ali Zardari seemed keen on the implementation of a Supreme Court judgment concerning the state of law and order in Sindh, especially Karachi, when he met top provincial functionaries and the government's legal wizards on Saturday.
The president had convened the meeting "to know about the steps that had so far been taken by the Sindh government for implementation of the order", his spokesman Farhatullah Babar said about the discussion at the presidency in what was the first reaction to Thursday's ruling after suo motu hearings by a five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry...
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Ties with Pakistan vital to security, says US
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Oct 8: Ties with Pakistan remained vital to US national security, the White House said on Friday as the State Department pledged to continue to work with Islamabad to defeat terrorism.
"The cooperation we have with Pakistan is extremely important in terms of our national security objectives, in terms of protecting Americans, in terms of taking the fight to Al Qaeda," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told a briefing in Washington...
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Police appointments to be a test case
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Future appointments in the Sindh Police will soon become a test case for the provincial government in view of the Supreme Court's strictures against the provincial police in its judgment on the Karachi violence.
Despite the federal government's assurance of implementing the Oct 6 Supreme Court ruling in letter and spirit issued after suo motu proceedings on senseless killings in Karachi, maintaining strict impartiality among the police force for a better result would truly be an uphill task...
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Interest rate slashed by 150bps to 12pc
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By Shahid Iqbal
KARACHI, Oct 8: The State Bank slashed the policy interest rate by 150 basis points to 12 per cent for two months on Saturday, hoping to provide cheaper credit to private sector in the wake of falling inflation and reduced government borrowing during the first quarter of the current financial year.
The SBP's monetary policy for October-November stated that the bank had decided to cut the interest rate after taking "some comfort from declining inflation and high probability of meeting the FY12 (2011-12) inflation target", together with a need to support private sector credit and investment growth...
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Two ANP activists shot dead
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Oct 8: Two leaders of the Awami National Party (ANP) were killed outside the party office in Sachal area of the city on Saturday. Another activist was injured.
Police sources said four armed men on two motorcycles opened fire on some ANP workers...
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Karzai asks US to step up pressure on Pakistan
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KABUL, Oct 8: The Afghan government on Saturday asked the US to increase pressure on Pakistan to act against militants, saying the Afghans were running out of patience.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks with the US envoy for the region, Marc Grossman, in Kabul just days after President Barack Obama warned Pakistan there were "some connections" between its intelligence services and the militants...
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Saleh says he will resign soon
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SANAA, Oct 8: Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would step down in the next few days after months of protests against his 33-year rule that risked tipping the poor nation into civil war and economic collapse.
"I reject power and I will continue to reject it, and I will be leaving power in the coming days," Mr Saleh said in a speech on state television...
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Virus affects drones system
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WASHINGTON, Oct 8: A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control US drones flown on the warfront, according to a magazine report.
Wired magazine reported that the spyware had resisted efforts to remove it from the computers at Creech base in Nevada, where pilots remotely fly drones in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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Weapons seized in capital; 2 held
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By Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Police seized a 'huge cache of weapons', including suicide jackets and missiles, and arrested two men from separate places a few kilometres away from the Red Zone in the federal capital on Saturday.
Police said a team headed by Sub-Inspector Mohammad Lateef signalled a car to stop at Taramri Chowk but the driver didn't stop the vehicle. However, the police subsequently intercepted it after a brief chase...
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Subsidy for Indian Haj pilgrims
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NEW DELHI, Oct 8: India's union cabinet has approved the proposal to allow Haj subsidy for 125,000 pilgrims this year under the government's subsidy scheme. Each pilgrim will have to pay Rs16,000 as fare.
The number of pilgrims going through the Haj Committee of India is decided by the ministry of external affairs which is the nodal ministry for Haj affairs. The cost of air travel of pilgrims undertaking Haj through the committee is borne partly by the pilgrims and partly subsidised by the government...
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