DINA for the issue of October 14, 2011
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October 14, 2011 Friday Ziqa'ad 15 1432
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October 14, 2011 Friday Ziqa'ad 15 1432
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MQM, PML-N turn NA into spectacle
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By Amir Wasim and Jamal Shahid
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The National Assembly turned into a virtual battleground on Thursday when members from the Pakistan Muslim League-N and Muttahida Qaumi Movement lunged at each other after exchanging harsh words and abuses.
Some of the members were seen throwing books and documents at each other and were about to indulge in a physical fight when senior legislators from the PPP and PML-N intervened and stopped the situation from deteriorating...
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PML-N rejects Bokhari's nomination as NAB chief
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has rejected the nomination of former naval chief Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari as chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, but without raising any objection to his person, sources in the party told Dawn.
In a letter sent to President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is learnt to have said that Mr Bokhari's appointment was not acceptable to his party because the constitutional process had not been followed "in letter"...
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100,000 tons of sugar to be imported
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: With Rabi sowing at a critical stage, the government on Thursday delayed a decision to import urea, which is estimated to be short of requirement by 1.2 million tons because of inadequate supply of gas, and instead allowed import of 100,000 tons of sugar to cover a shortage arising out of damage suffered by the sugarcane crop in Sindh from devastating monsoon rain and flood.
A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet, presided over by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, also allowed the Zarai Taraqiati Bank to gradually increase its mark-up rate by more than 5 per cent to about 14 per cent...
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Five die in Mastung coal mine explosion
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Oct 13: Five miners were killed and three others injured by a gas explosion in a coal mine in Zarkhu area of Mastung district on Thursday.
Chief Inspector of Mines Iftikhar Ahmed said the blast in the Degari mine was caused by accumulated methane gas...
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10 militants killed in drone attacks
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Dawn Report
MIRAMSHAH/LADDAH, Oct 13: Ten militants were killed in US drone attacks on targets in North and South Waziristan on Thursday.
The attacks took place as Special US Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Marc Grossman, arrived in Islamabad and held talks with civilian and military leaders...
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US urged to avoid verbal assaults, finger-pointing
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: In what is seen here as a serious attempt to repair the dent in relations caused by serious allegations emanating from Washington, America's special envoy Marc Grossman said here after wide-ranging talks with political and military leadership on Thursday that US-Pakistan relations were important for both the countries and served their best interests.
The United States wanted strong and cordial relations with Pakistan, he said at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar...
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Engagement will be productive, hopes Clinton: Pakistan continues to pose 'real threat': Panetta
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: Pakistan was one of the areas where terrorism remained a major threat, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told a congressional hearing on Thursday, but he refused to be dragged into a debate over the need to send US troops in that country.
Mr Panetta and Gen Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both testified for the first time in their current positions on the future of US defence and the military 10 years after 9/11...
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US not sincere about Afghan peace: Haqqanis
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The United States was not sincere about peace in Afghanistan when it signalled it would remain open to exploring a settlement that includes the Haqqani network, one of the group's senior commanders said on Thursday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested in comments this week that Washington would not shut the door to the Haqqanis — blamed for high-profile attacks in Afghanistan — in any peace arrangement. ..
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NA committee to meet Baloch leaders
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By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The Special Committee of the National Assembly on Karachi and Balochistan decided on Thursday to meet the estranged Baloch leaders, some of whom are living abroad, to seek their support for restoring peace in the province.
Talking to reporters, the chairman of the committee, Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khursheed Shah, said the meeting had decided that members of the committee would visit Quetta next Thursday to meet members of parliament and the provincial assembly, ministers, tribal sardars and members of the civil society and the Baloch leaders who were not willing to talk to government's representatives...
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Judiciary checks arbitrary exercise of power, says CJ
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Thursday that judiciary as an institution could never be independent unless individual judges remained impartial.
"The judges are pillars of the judicial institution and are expected to avoid such words, actions and situations that might make them appear prejudiced and disrespectful to the oath they are sworn to abide by," the chief justice said while speaking at a full-court reference held to bid farewell to the retiring SC judge, Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui...
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BlackBerry back online
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OTTAWA, Oct 13: BlackBerry services were restored worldwide on Thursday after an embarrassing technical glitch left millions of users without email and messaging for almost four days, the smartphone's maker said.
"All of the services are back up globally," Research in Motion (RIM) founder and co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis told a press conference on Thursday. "We've now restored full services."..
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Irsa sends Rs18m water bill to provinces
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: For the first time in 20 years of its existence, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has sent bills of Rs18 million to the provinces for using irrigation water during six months of recently-concluded Kharif season.
Sources told Dawn on Thursday the authority would soon send bills to Wapda and Chashma Nuclear Power Project for quarterly water uses for power generation...
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Nawaz makes brief Dubai visit
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Chief of PML-N Nawaz Sharif dashed to Dubai on Thursday and returned after a few hours.
Sources in his party confirmed that Mr Sharif had made a brief visit to Dubai to meet his daughter Asma Nawaz. He stayed in the UAE for a total of four hours, they said...
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Karachi Stocks Down 92.78 Points:
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KARACHI, Oct 13: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11966.29, down 92.78 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Oct 13: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Oct 13: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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