DINA October 11 , 2011 Issue

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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 11, 2011 Tuesday Ziqa'ad 12 1432
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Unanimous NA move on power crisis
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: After a six-day debate, the National Assembly unanimously decided on Monday to set up a special house committee to examine the causes of power shortages and recommend remedies even though the government said there were hardly any outages now after it tackled the recent crisis that provoked nationwide protests.

A motion adopted by the house on a proposal from the PML-N, to which the PPP agreed, authorised Speaker Fehmida Mirza to name the committee soon in a consensus that came despite bitter uproars over two unrelated matters and in a marked contrast to daily PML-N walkouts during the previous fives days of the debate and sit-in outside the presidency to protest against intense power cuts, or loadshedding, in the past week...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/unanimous-na-move-on-power-crisis.html


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Karachi's 'Amn Committee' banned
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By Imran Ayub
KARACHI, Oct 10: The government imposed a ban on People's Amn Committee on Monday a day after Sindh's former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza had announced to revive its activities.

The committee has often been blamed for being linked to criminal gangs operating in Karachi's old areas, including Lyari...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/karachis-amn-committee-banned.html


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PPP sees plot to derail democracy
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By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The Pakistan People's Party has reacted strongly to what it has termed PML-N's deliberate attempt to derail democracy by dissolving the Punjab Assembly in order to stall the Senate elections scheduled in March next year.

Addressing a news conference, PPP's firebrand Senator Babar Awan said: "The so-called 'Unification Bloc' of the PML-Q is a sidekick of the Punjab chief minister and when its leader Tahir Ali Javed says something it cannot be without his consent."..

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/ppp-sees-plot-to-derail-democracy.html


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PPP leaders discuss SC verdict
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The Pakistan People's Party leadership discussed on Monday the Supreme Court's verdict on the law and order situation and target killings in Karachi and decided to ask all political parties, particularly those in the ruling coalition, to expel militant elements from their ranks.

A meeting of PPP leaders, jointly presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the Presidency, discussed the political and economic situation, energy crisis, law and order and relations with coalition partners...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/ppp-leaders-discuss-sc-verdict.html


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Admiral Bokhari meets PM; Nisar receives letter
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The nominated chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari, met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday.

A handout issued by the prime minister's secretariat said: "Admiral (R) Fasih Bokhari, nominated Chairman NAB, called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at PM's house this morning."..

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/admiral-bokhari-meets-pm-nisar-receives-letter.html


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Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh dies at 70
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MUMBAI, Oct 10: Indian singer, musician and composer Jagjit Singh, who won generations of fans by reviving the traditional genre of "ghazal" tunes, died on Monday in Mumbai at the age of 70, hospital officials said.

Mr Singh, dubbed "The Ghazal King", had been in intensive care for three weeks after undergoing surgery when he fell seriously ill with a brain haemorrhage...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/ghazal-maestro-jagjit-singh-dies-at-70.html


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115 trains' operation suspended
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By Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui
LAHORE, Oct 10: For the second time in 12 days, shortage of locomotives forced Pakistan Railways to suspend operation of record 115 passenger trains on Monday.

The serious disruption in service was reported a day before President Asif Ali Zardari meets PR officials in Islamabad to ascertain the causes of organisation's state of affairs...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/115-trains-operation-suspended.html


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Altaf asks supporters not to get provoked
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Oct 10: As rallies were held in Karachi and some cities and towns of Sindh on Monday in protest against renewed outburst of Dr Zulfikar Mirza, former home minister of Sindh, the chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, appealed to workers and supporters of his party not to react to any provocative statement.

Although the MQM chief did not mention any name, it was obvious that he issued the statement because of the reaction to remarks made by Dr Mirza against him and his party...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/altaf-asks-supporters-not-to-get-provoked.html


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Resignation of Mirza as MPA accepted
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By Shamim-ur-Rahman
KARACHI, Oct 10: Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Khuhro accepted on Monday the resignation of estranged PPP leader and former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza from the membership of the provincial assembly.

Mr Khuhro said at a press conference: "I have received Dr Mirza's resignation which was submitted to my office in his own hand-writing."..

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/resignation-of-mirza-as-mpa-accepted.html


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Some defence deals with US not affected
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Oct 10: Political differences between the United States and Pakistan have not yet affected micro-level defence dealings and the two countries recently finalised a deal for a memory jamming device that can be used with the F-16 fighter jets.

Under this deal, the US government awarded the New Jersey-based ITT Corporation a Foreign Military Sales contract to provide a digital radio frequency memory-based jamming pod...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/some-defence-deals-with-us-not-affected.html


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BlackBerry reports problems
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LONDON, Oct 10: Large numbers of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been cut off from Internet and messaging services, phone companies in the affected regions said on Monday. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. gave few details beyond a brief statement saying that customers were "experiencing issues".—Agencies...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/blackberry-reports-problems.html


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Kasab's death sentence stayed
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NEW DELHI, Oct 10: India's Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence handed down to the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, pending an appeal hearing.

"This case has to be heard on top priority," Judge Aftab Alam told the court. "It is the demand of the judicial system that we have to hear this appeal." Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, one of 10 gunmen who laid siege to Mumbai for nearly three days killing 166 people, was convicted in May 2010...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/kasabs-death-sentence-stayed.html


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300 locomotives out of order
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD: More than 300 of the 500 locomotives of Pakistan Railways are out of order, seriously affecting the service and causing an annual loss of about Rs25 billion.

"The most important earning units in the system, locomotives, have en mass come to almost a grinding halt. Out of the entire fleet of approximately 500 locomotives, the average number of available locomotives at any given time has declined to only 200 from 300 during a short span of only a year. It has brought the entire freight operation to a virtual shutdown," says an official summary of Pakistan Railways...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/11/300-locomotives-out-of-order.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 212.33 Points:
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KARACHI, Oct 10: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12066.17, up 212.33 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Oct 10: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.4 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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