DINA Issue for October 18th , 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 18, 2011 Tuesday Ziqa'ad 19, 1432
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PML-N to take NAB issue to apex court
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By Syed Irfan Raza and Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Hours after former naval chief Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari assumed charge of National Accountability Bureau chairman on Monday, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz announced that it would challenge the appointment in the Supreme Court.

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told reporters outside the Parliament House that his party had decided to challenge Mr Bokhari's appointment in the Supreme Court and would announce its strategy within 24 hours after consultation with legal and constitutional experts...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/pml-n-to-take-nab-issue-to-apex-court.html


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Zardari calls for release of funds to railway
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: President Asif Ali Zardari presided over a high-level meeting here on Monday to discuss the decay of the railways and urged the government to refer the issue to the Council of Common Interests (CCI) so that the federal and provincial governments could take remedial measures.

According to president's spokesman Farhatullah Babar, he advised the government to release funds within a week for payment of salary and pension of railway employees...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/zardari-calls-for-release-of-funds-to-railway.html


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Workers' protests halt trains across country
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Oct 17: Passenger trains service remained suspended throughout the country for over 10 hours on Monday as railways employees did not allow any locomotive to roll out of the loco shed in protest against non-payment of salary.

The employees already protesting against disconnection of electricity and gas supplies to residential colonies three days ago first closed the gates of the loco shed at around 8am and then lay down on tracks at all major stations...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/workers-protests-halt-trains-across-country.html


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Militants plotted to kidnap Bilawal, says Malik
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Interior Minister Rehman Malik revealed on Monday that Al Qaeda and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan had planned to kidnap PPP Chairperson Bilawal Zardari.

Talking to reporters during a visit to the headquarters of National Database and Registration Authority, he said the information received about two weeks ago suggested that the two terrorist organisations had plotted to kidnap Bilawal Zardari from Karachi...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/militants-plotted-to-kidnap-bilawal-says-malik.html


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Pakistan urges Afghan action against Fazlullah
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan said on Monday that Afghan and US-led forces had failed to hunt down a Taliban cleric responsible for a spate of cross-border raids despite repeated requests from Islamabad.

The attacks in which militants loyal to Maulvi Fazlullah took part have killed about 100 members of Pakistan's security forces...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/pakistan-urges-afghan-action-against-fazlullah.html


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SC judges to work on Saturdays
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Judges of the Supreme Court have decided unanimously to continue to work on Saturdays, when they usually write judgments.

Consequently, their staff will have to be on duty on the day which the federal government has declared as the day off to conserve energy...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/sc-judges-to-work-on-saturdays.html


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Hameed Akhtar passes away
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Oct 17: Veteran journalist, writer and secretary-general of the Progressive Writers Association Hameed Akhtar passed away in Lahore on Sunday night.

He was 87...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/hameed-akhtar-passes-away.html


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13 students drown as boat capsizes
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By Shafiq Butt
SAHIWAL, Oct 17: At least 13 students drowned when a boat capsized in the Lower Bari Doab Canal here on Monday.

The boat was ferrying 25 to 27 students of the Government College of Technology across the canal...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/13-students-drown-as-boat-capsizes.html


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Loadshedding back as power sector faces cash crunch again
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: With Rs11 billion released by the federal government exhausted, generation companies of Wapda and independent power producers (IPPs) have started feeling the heat of cash constraints, resulting in re-emergence of loadshedding despite a reduction in demand.

Sources told Dawn on Monday that the power sector was getting an average daily fuel supply of 20,000 tons against its requirement of 35,000 tons. Some power plants are also facing gas shortages...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/loadshedding-back-as-power-sector-faces-cash-crunch-again.html


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Karachi Stocks Down 12.54 Points:
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KARACHI, Oct 17: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11975.55, down 12.54 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Oct 17: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 87.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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