DINA Issue for October 25th , 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 25, 2011 Tuesday Ziqa'ad 26, 1432
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Nusrat rests in peace with other Bhuttos
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By M.B Kalhoro
LARKANA, Oct 24: The country shut down and national flag flew at half mast as thousands gathered in Garhi Khuda Bux on Monday to bid farewell to Begum Nusrat Bhutto, regarded widely as the nation's icon of democracy.

The widow of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of another former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, was laid to rest in the family's ancestral graveyard. Mourners led by Sanam, the only survivor among her four children, and grandchildren Bilawal, Bakhtawar and Assefa and son-in-law, President Asif Ali Zardari, showered her with flower petals...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/nusrat-rests-in-peace-with-other-bhuttos.html

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Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Mother of Democracy
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government conferred on Monday Nishan-i-Imtiaz and the 'Mother of Democracy' title on Begum Nusrat Bhutto posthumously in recognition of her services for the cause of democracy.

Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the conferment of the country's highest civil award and the title of Madar-i-Jamhooriyat on Nusrat Bhutto had been approved on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/nishan-i-imtiaz-mother-of-democracy.html

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Qadri case judge sent abroad
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, Oct 24: The district and sessions judge, who had handed down two death sentences to Mumtaz Qadri for killing Punjab governor Salman Taseer, has left for Saudi Arabia along with his family after receiving death threats from extremists.

"The death threats have forced Judge Pervez Ali Shah to leave the country along with his family for Saudi Arabia," Advocate Saiful Malook, the special prosecutor in the Qadri case, told Dawn on Monday...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/qadri-case-judge-sent-abroad.html


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WB accused of dithering over Bhasha dam
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: With the United States seeking a gradual increase in the water tariff to recover the full cost of its delivery both for irrigation and urban uses as part of its proposed financing for the $12 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam, the World Bank has come under severe criticism from international development lenders for not funding this 'highest priority project'.

Informed sources told Dawn on Monday that the forthcoming strategic dialogue between the United States and Pakistan ahead of a fresh round of discussions of the water sector task force (WSTF) of the so-called Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) would focus on Islamabad's precise plans for water sector reforms and the World Bank's lack of interest in the Diamer-Bhasha dam project. The two events are expected early next month...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/world-bank-accused-of-dithering-over-bhasha-dam.html


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WikiLeaks suspends publishing cables due to funding crisis
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LONDON, Oct 24: WikiLeaks has been forced to suspend publishing classified files after a funding blockade and could have no option but to shut down by the end of the year, founder Julian Assange announced on Monday.

The whistle-blowing website has seen its funding plunge by 95 per cent due to an "arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade" mounted by companies including Visa and MasterCard since December last year, Mr Assange said in London...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/wikileaks-suspends-publishing-cables-due-to-funding-crisis.html

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Apex court resumes NICL case hearing today
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Supreme Court resumes the hearing of the politically explosive multi-billion National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) case on Tuesday after a two-month break during which the matrix of the case has changed significantly.

Only a few days ago a banking court acquitted the most focused accused Chaudhry Moonis Elahi while the FIA official investigating him most intently, Capt (retd) Zafar Ahmed Qureshi, has retired...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/apex-court-resumes-nicl-case-hearing-today.html


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US not seeking overt military action in Fata, says Clinton
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Oct 24: The United States has asked the Pakistanis to squeeze the Taliban and the Haqqani network but that does not necessarily mean taking overt military action against them, says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who also acknowledged that the Pakistani Taliban had built safe havens in Afghanistan.

In two interviews to US media outlets, released by the State Department on Monday, Secretary Clinton indicated that the US was not planning to send ground troops into Fata to target terrorist hideouts...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/us-not-seeking-overt-military-action-in-fata-says-clinton.html


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Petrol prices may decline
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The price of petrol is expected to decline by Rs4 per litre next month and that of high speed diesel by up to 10 paisa because of a reduction in prices in the Arabian Gulf market.

However, final estimates will be firmed up later this month after the arrival of two ships of petroleum products and depending on the government's decision to increase margins of dealers and marketing companies...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/petrol-prices-may-decline.html


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200 killed or captured: Nato
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KABUL, Oct 24: Afghan and Nato coalition forces killed or captured about 200 militants in eastern Afghanistan during two operations targeting the Haqqani network.

At least 20 militants with ties to the Haqqani group were among those killed or captured in the operations conducted during the past week, said a coalition spokesman on Monday.—AP..

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/25/200-killed-or-captured-nato.html


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