DINA Issue for October 21st , 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 21, 2011 Friday Ziqa'ad 22, 1432
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Qadhafi captured and killed: • Air strike foiled move to break siege • One son dead, another caught • Celebrations on streets
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SIRTE (Libya), Oct 20: Libyan ruler Muammar Qadhafi was killed on Thursday in a final assault by new regime forces on his hometown.

"We announce to the world that Qadhafi has died in the custody of the revolution," National Transitional Council (NTC) spokesman Abdel Hafez Ghoga said in Benghazi...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/qadhafi-captured-and-killed-air-strike-foiled-move-to-break-siege-one-son-dead-another-caught-celebrations-on-streets-2.html


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34 terrorists, five soldiers killed in Bara
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By Ibrahim Shinwari
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 20: At least 34 militants and five security personnel were killed and eight others injured when Frontier Corps went into action and repulsed a terrorist attack in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency on Thursday.

An Inter-Services Public Relations press note said that security forces suffered casualties when terrorists attacked them during a search operation in Shalobar area...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/34-terrorists-five-soldiers-killed-in-bara.html


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Clinton arrives with tough message
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived here on Thursday on what observers here said was a dual mission — to convey a tough message to Pakistan to act against the Haqqani network and dismantle militants' 'safe havens' on this side of the border and try to repair the dents relations between the countries have suffered in recent months.

The officials accompanying her, CIA Director Gen David Petraeus, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempesy and President Barack Obama's Adviser on Afghan War Lt-Gen Douglas Lute, indicated the nature of talks she wanted to hold in Islamabad...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/clinton-arrives-with-tough-message.html


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Resignation of NAB official pending for 10 months
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari, is facing a challenge regarding the appointment of a prosecutor general for the bureau.

The status of dysfunctional prosecutor general Irfan Qadir, who had submitted his resignation in December last year, is still uncertain since there has been no official confirmation whether it has been accepted by President Asif Ali Zardari or not...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/resignation-of-nab-official-pending-for-10-months.html


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Kanupp heavy water leak worries environmentalists
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By Bhagwandas and Syed Irfan Raza
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Environmentalists and civil society activists have raised questions over safety measures and operational protocols after a recent leakage of heavy water at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp).

The government shut down the plant on Thursday for an indefinite period...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/kanupp-heavy-water-leak-worries-environmentalists.html


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PML-N to challenge NAB appointment on Saturday
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court by Saturday what it terms the controversial appointment of Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari as chairman of the National Accountability Bureau.

Speaking at a news conference at the Punjab House here on Thursday, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that after completing necessary homework and consultation process, the party leadership had given the go-ahead to its lawyer Akram Sheikh to file the petition by Saturday...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/pml-n-to-challenge-nab-appointment-on-saturday.html


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Army chief satisfied with army's readiness
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said he is satisfied with the operational preparedness of the army and urged field commanders to focus on training of those under their command.

In his opening remarks at the formation commanders' conference on Thursday, he praised the military and stabilisation operations being carried out in Fata to restore and sustain peace...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/army-chief-satisfied-with-armys-readiness.html


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Help US to 'fight, talk & build': Clinton's 3-point strategy for ties with Pakistan
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Oct 20: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that she wanted Pakistan to work with the United States on a three-point strategy for defeating extremists, which includes fighting the militants, talking with them and building the region.

In a series of interviews to various US media outlets, Secretary Clinton said she would focus on these three points in her negotiations with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on Thursday and Friday...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/help-us-to-fight-talk-build-clinton-s-3-point-strategy-for-ties-with-pakistan.html


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Pakistani charged in US terror case
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WASHINGTON, Oct 20: US authorities unveiled on Thursday charges against a Pakistani and another man for conspiring with an American woman to recruit people online for terror plots in Europe and South Asia.

The justice department identified the two as 18-year-old Mohammad Hassan Khalid, a Pakistani living in the United States, and Ali Charaf Damache, a 46-year-old Algerian detained in Ireland on unrelated charges...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/pakistani-charged-in-us-terror-case.html


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ICRC vehicle snatched in Karachi
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Oct 20: Amid a so-called 'high security alert' in Karachi on Thursday night, a vehicle belonging to the International Committee for Red Cross was snatched in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

According to police, two armed men snatched the wireless-fitted double-cabin vehicle bearing Islamabad registration number (PJ-237) from driver Mohammad Inayat in Block 13-D-1 of the area...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/icrc-vehicle-snatched-in-karachi.html


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Plane aborts take-off as fumes fill cabin
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MULTAN, Oct 20: A Pakistan International Airlines jet bound for Saudi Arabia with 508 people on board was forced to abort take-off here on Thursday when fumes engulfed a cabin, officials and passengers said.

The Boeing 747 on flight PK3539 carrying pilgrims to Jeddah taxied towards the runway despite concerns from passengers...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/plane-aborts-take-off-as-fumes-fill-cabin.html


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Irsa authority to regulate water discharge being curtailed
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The ministry of water and power constituted on Thursday a committee headed by the chairman of Wapda to regulate water distribution among the provinces by the Indus River System Authority – a constitutional body set up to control water allocation – as an interim arrangement to contain loadshedding.

"The minister also constituted a subcommittee comprising Irsa and provinces, under the chairmanship of Wapda chief, and asked it to submit a plan of releases from dams for the coming Rabi season," an official statement said...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/21/irsa-authority-to-regulate-water-discharge-being-curtailed.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 30.46 Points:
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KARACHI, Oct 20: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11670.92, up 30.46 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Oct 20: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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