DINA for the isssue of November 02, 2011

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November 02, 2011 Wednesday Zilhaj 05, 1432
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Regional solution to Afghan issue sought
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ISTANBUL, Nov 1: The trilateral summit of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey concluded here on Tuesday on a positive note with the three countries signing agreements and memoranda of understanding for cooperation in different areas and expressing willingness to join hands to build a combined partnership to ensure peace and security in the region.

The conference, hosted by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, was attended by President Asif Ali Zardari and President Hamid Karzai along with the military chiefs and foreign and interior ministers....

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/regional-solution-to-afghan-issue-sought.html


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Gilani gives go-ahead for electricity import from India
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: With the cost of 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) having increased several times owing mainly to inordinate delays, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani gave a go-ahead on Tuesday for importing electricity from India and decided to take up the matter with his Indian counterpart this month.

An official said India had offered to sell about 500MW of electricity. It may materialise within a year by laying a transmission line. The facility in theory would have two-way electricity trade because of difference in peak-time demands in the two countries but given the continuous shortfalls in Pakistan, India would be the net exporter of electricity in foreseeable future, he said...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/gilani-gives-go-ahead-for-electricity-import-from-india.html


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Butt, Asif found guilty of spot fixing
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LONDON, Nov 1: Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to fix part of a test match against England in a case that prosecutors said revealed rampant corruption at the heart of international cricket.
Former captain Butt, 27, and opening bowlers Asif, 28, and 19-year-old Mohammad Aamir, who had already admitted his part in the scam, plotted to bowl deliberate no-balls at pre-arranged times during the Lord's test in August last year...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/butt-asif-found-guilty-of-spot-fixing.html


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Minister says Steel Mills a liability, wants govt to get rid of it
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Federal Minister for Production Anwar Ali Cheema said on Tuesday that the government should rather get rid of the Pakistan Steel Mills, instead of struggling to keep the loss-making entity going.

"There are too many issues with the PSM and the government cannot rectify them despite all sincere and serious efforts," he said...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/minister-says-steel-mills-a-liability-wants-govt-to-get-rid-of-it.html


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Pakistan among bottom 5 on income, wellbeing ranking
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By Madiha Sattar
KARACHI, Nov 1: An index that measures prosperity as a function of both income and wellbeing for 110 countries around the world has placed Pakistan fourth from the bottom, below Sudan and Yemen.

At 107, Pakistan is ahead of only Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and the Central African Republic. In the Asia-Pacific region, it is ranked last out of 22 nations...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/pakistan-among-bottom-5-on-income-wellbeing-ranking.html


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Supreme Court hints at ending RPP contracts

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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The Supreme Court hearing allegations of corruption in the purchase of rental power plants (RPPs) indicated on Tuesday that it might scrap the contracts if these had been awarded in a non-transparent manner.

"We only have to examine whether the projects were done in a transparent manner," observed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who heads a two-judge bench hearing applications of PML-Q legislator and Housing Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat and PML-N leader Khwaja Asif who alleged corruption and mismanagement in the setting up of RPPs. In 2009, the federal government approved RPPs for generating 2,206MW of electricity to tide over the shortfall. But the project became controversial after Saleh Hayat, a vociferous opponent of the government's power policy, came up with serious allegations of corruption against former water and minister Raja Pervez Ashraf...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/supreme-court-hints-at-ending-rpp-contracts.html


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Pepco workers protest against privatization
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Dawn Report
LAHORE, Nov 1: Pakistan Hydro-Electrical Labour Union took out processions across the country in protest against the proposed privatisation of generation companies of Pepco, alleging that the step would cause exceptionally high tariff.

Rallies were held in Peshawar, Mardan, Abbottabad, Bannu, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Quetta...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/pepco-workers-protest-against-privatisation.html


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Investigation in 10 cases dropped under Deedar
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The Senate was informed on Tuesday that 10 probes involving corruption of hundreds of millions of rupees were closed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) during the five-month tenure of Justice (retd) Deedar Hussain Shah as chairman.

During the question hour, Law Minister Moula Bakhsh Chandio said that none of the pending cases had been dropped between Oct 8, 2010, and March 10 this year but 10 ongoing investigations had been closed...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/investigation-in-10-cases-dropped-under-deedar.html


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Dr Khan's ties with Syria alleged
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WASHINGTON, Nov 1: UN investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms, Associated Press news agency quotes unnamed officials as saying.

The buildings in northwest Syria closely match the design of a uranium enrichment plant provided to Libya when Muammar Qadhafi was trying to build nuclear weapons under Dr Khan's guidance, the officials said...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/dr-khans-ties-with-syria-alleged.html


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Rain begins in coastal area
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By Mukhtar Alam Khan
KARACHI, Nov 1: The Jiwani area of Balochistan received rain on Tuesday due to the strong weather system developing over central parts of the Arabian Sea on Sunday.

The system may cause heavy rain/thunderstorm with strong gusty winds over the Makran coast on Wednesday morning and in Karachi and some other coastal areas of Sindh in the evening...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/rain-begins-in-coastal-area.html


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Haqqani commander on US terror list
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: The United States added on Monday a Haqqani commander to its list of especially designated global terrorists, but once again avoided naming the network a foreign terrorist organisation.

The commander, Haji Mali Khan, is already in US custody and the designation allows the US government to freeze his assets and prohibits others from engaging in financial transactions with him...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/02/haqqani-commander-on-us-terror-list.html


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Karachi Stocks Down 106.16 Points:
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KARACHI, Nov 01: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11762.72, down 106.16 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Nov 01: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 87 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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