DINA for Issue of October 15,2011

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D A W N I n t e r n e t N e w s A l e r t
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October 15, 2011 Saturday Ziqa'ad 16 1432
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Showdown looms in NA over DHA bill
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: In what could be a deceptive lull after a day of turmoil, the National Assembly quietly passed two government bills on Friday, while awaiting a potential thriller to come when it meets next on Monday.

An almost unanimous vote, without any argument on the first bills to go through the house's current session, was in sharp contrast to Thursday's spectacle when lawmakers of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N and the government-allied Muttahida Qaumi Movement nearly came to blows mainly over the Karachi-based MQM's role in Sindh...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/showdown-looms-in-na-over-dha-bill.html


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Big hike in tariff for Wapda companies
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The electricity tariff for distribution companies of Wapda was raised on Friday by an average 30 per cent — the highest increase in the country's history — after the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) passed on to consumers the impact of imbalace in generation mix in August this year.

Nepra spokesman Syed Safir Hussain Shah told Dawn that an increase of Rs3.04 per unit in the tariff for all consumers had been allowed for the month of August 2011 after a public hearing under the monthly fuel adjustment formula...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/big-hike-in-tariff-for-wapda-companies.html


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Show at Mirza house ends tamely
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By Habib Khan Ghori
KARACHI, Oct 14: Pakistan People's Party legislators of Sindh Assembly pledged at a parliamentary group meeting on Friday to remain loyal to the party and abide by its discipline.

The participants, including 'friends' of former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza, assured the meeting that they would not indulge in any activity which could harm the prestige of the party...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/show-at-mirza-house-ends-tamely.html


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Balochistan minister escapes bomb attack
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Oct 14: Provincial Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri escaped a bomb attack near Surab in Kalat district on Friday.

"Sardar Zehri is safe and his vehicle was not damaged," a spokesman said...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/balochistan-minister-escapes-bomb-attack.html


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Some branches of banks to operate on Saturdays
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By Shahid Iqbal
KARACHI, Oct 14: The State Bank of Pakistan and all commercial banks will observe a five-day working week from Saturday.

However, commercial banks have been allowed to open some branches to facilitate customers, especially the business community...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/some-branches-of-banks-to-operate-on-saturdays.html


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PML-N wants NAB chief chosen from panel of candidates
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: While rejecting the nomination of Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari as NAB chairman, the Pakistan Muslim League-N has proposed the nomination of a panel of suitable candidates from which the government and the opposition could select one nominee for the post of NAB chairman after detailed consultations, reveal the contents of a letter sent by Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, to President Asif Ali Zardari.

The letter was released to the media on Friday...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/pml-n-wants-nab-chief-chosen-from-panel-of-candidates.html


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N. Waziristan drone attack kills four
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MIRAMSHAH, Oct 14: Four militants were killed and two others injured when missiles fired by a US drone hit a car in Shahzadkot area of North Waziristan on Friday.

On Thursday, 10 militants, including a top commander of the Haqqani group, were killed in two attacks on targets in North and South Waziristan...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/n-waziristan-drone-attack-kills-four.html


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Draft of new visa accord with India finalized
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NEW DELHI, Oct 14: The Joint Working Group of Pakistan and India finalised a draft of a new visa agreement after examining modalities for streamlining visa procedures at a two-day meeting that concluded here on Friday.

The agreement is meant to ease travel between the two countries, said a joint statement issued after the second meeting of the working group...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/draft-of-new-visa-accord-with-india-finalised.html


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Report urges Obama to freeze Pakistan aid
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Oct 14: An influential US think-tank urged the Obama administration on Friday to freeze its aid to Pakistan until the country took actions against perpetrators of the US Embassy attack in Kabul and helped shut down the Haqqani network.

The Heritage Foundation, often used by former US president George W. Bush to announce foreign policy decisions, also asked the administration to back Congress on conditioning all US aid to Pakistan on certain counter-terrorism benchmarks. But the report warned that while this would be "a welcome tactic, it may be insufficient"...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/15/report-urges-obama-to-freeze-pakistan-aid.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 7.61 Points:
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KARACHI, Oct 14: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11973.90, up 7.61points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Oct 14: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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