DINA for the issue of 13 November 2011

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November 13, 2011 Sunday Zilhaj 16, 1432
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4 security men found dead near Jhelum
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By Mohammad Asghar
RAWALPINDI, Nov 12: Four security officials and a civilian were found dead on Saturday after going missing the previous day following an unsuccessful attempt to catch a leader of the outlawed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in Pir Chunbbal, one of the most dangerous areas in Jhelum district's Pind Dadan Khan town.

No organisation has claimed responsibility for the killings. Police contingents from Jhelum and Chakwal launched a joint operation in Pind Dadan Khan after receiving intelligence that a group of militants were hiding in the treacherous hilly terrain of Pir Chunbbal. District police chiefs (DPOs) of Jhelum and Chakwal led the manhunt, which was called off after nightfall without any arrest...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/4-security-men-found-dead-near-jhelum.html

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Interpreting Constitution SC's job: Action by army without govt nod illegal: CJ
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Saturday that no court would approve assumption of power by an authority not mentioned in the Constitution and warned that any such move could invoke Article 6 of the Constitution.

He clarified that any action taken by the armed forces without the federal government's sanction would be deemed to have been unconstitutional and illegal...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/interpreting-constitution-scs-job-action-by-army-without-govt-nod-illegal-cj.html


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Pakistan army on board, says Singh
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By Jawed Naqvi
NEW DELHI, Nov 12: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that a second round of talks with Islamabad would begin soon and believes the Pakistan army was on board with the peace process he discussed with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani this week.

Speaking to Indian reporters on his way home from the Maldives, Dr Singh defended his description of Mr Gilani as a man of peace, but said it did not imply trusting anyone blindly. The India-Pakistan peace process was subject to accidents, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted him as warning...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/pakistan-army-on-board-says-singh.html


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Nawaz sees bid to divide established parties
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By Ahmad Fraz Khan
LAHORE, Nov 12: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that a process of dividing established political parties to create 'puppet parties' was being repeated despite disastrous results in the past like derailment of democracy and disintegration of the country.

"It is unfortunate that no one has learned a lesson from history and the process is repeated again and again," he said during a meeting with leaders of two warring factions of his party from Faisalabad. Mr Sharif had summoned the squabbling members to Lahore in an attempt to bridge their differences...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/nawaz-sees-bid-to-divide-established-parties.html


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Focus on Punjab-II: An old elite survives and thrives
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By Cyril Almeida
GUJRAT: Money, violence, heavyweight politicians, vendettas and enmities — the political plot in this northern Punjab district with a population of nearly three million is straight out of a pot-boiler.

Home to the Chaudhrys of Gujrat, the Kairas, the Servis group of Ahmed Mukhtar and Ahmed Saeed fame, and the lone-ranger Ghazanfar Ali Gul, Gujrat is high-stakes, high-wattage politics...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/focus-on-punjab-ii-an-old-elite-survives-and-thrives.html

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Gul Bahadar abandons peace talks
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By Haji Pazeer Gul
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 12: A top militant 'commander' in North Waziristan said on Saturday that his group was abandoning peace talks with the government in protest against the bombing on Wednesday of a hospital and other buildings in the main bazaar of Miramshah.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Hafiz Gul Bahadar, leader of his Masul-wa-Khadimul Mujahideen group, threatened to carry out retaliatory activities if security forces continued with their 'punitive' actions.According to the statement, the Shura Mujahideen Waziristan decided to wind up the peace jirga with the government in reaction to the bombing by security forces of a medical complex and drug stores...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/gul-bahadar-abandons-peace-talks.html

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Roy slams world's silence on Indian occupation of Kashmir
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By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, Nov 12: Renowned Indian activist and novelist Arundhati Roy has decried the silence of the international community over the continued "brutal Indian occupation of Kashmir" and said Kashmiris should be given the right to self-determination.

"Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world — and one of the most ignored," she told a large audience at the Asia Society during a discussion on "Kashmir — a case for freedom"...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/roy-slams-worlds-silence-on-indian-occupation-of-kashmir.html

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Arab League suspends Syria, seeks sanctions
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CAIRO, Nov 12: The Arab League suspended Syria on Saturday until President Bashar al-Assad implements an Arab deal to end violence against protesters, and called for sanctions and transition talks with the opposition.

Syrian envoy Yussef Ahmad angrily denounced the move as illegal, saying Damascus had already implemented the deal and claiming the United States had ordered the suspension...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/arab-league-suspends-syria-seeks-sanctions.html

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Gunman kills seven in Kazakhstan
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ASTANA, Nov 12: Seven people were killed on Saturday in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz when a suspected Muslim extremist went on a shooting rampage and then blew himself up.

Officials told reporters in the capital Astana that the man — named as Kariyev and born in 1977 — had started his rampage by shooting dead two members of the security forces who had been trailing him...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/gunman-kills-seven-in-kazakhstan.html

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Zardari, Altaf discuss LG law for Sindh
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By Shamim-ur-Rahman
KARACHI, Nov 12: President Asif Ali Zardari called Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday and discussed with him matters relating to the proposed legislation on the new local government system in Sindh and the overall political situation in the country.

Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar confirmed the telephonic conversation between the president and the MQM chief, but did not give details...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/13/zardari-altaf-discuss-lg-law-for-sindh.html


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