DINA for the issue of November 10, 2011

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November 10, 2011 Friday Zilhaj 13, 1432
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No going back on MFN, India told
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NEW DELHI / ADDU, Nov 9: Pakistan would not backtrack on its decision regarding granting the most favoured nation (MFN) status to India, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Wednesday.

"Let me categorically say that I don't see a lot of room for confusion," the Press Trust of India quoted her as saying, rejecting speculation on the Nov 2 decision to grant the status to India...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/no-going-back-on-mfn-india-told.html


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Leaders arrive in Maldives with diverse agendas
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By Khawar Ghumman
ADDU (Maldives): For India it's mainly trade liberalisation, for Afghanistan the security situation, for Pakistan both trade and anti-terrorism fight, whereas for Maldives and Bangladesh the rising sea level tops the agenda their heads of states will be pursuing during the two-day 17th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) commencing here on Thursday afternoon.

Sri Lanka is looking for increased cooperation between members to catch up with them after winning a war against Tamil Tigers that has bled the country for decades. However, Bhutan and Nepal, the two relatively smaller members of Saarc, once again will be analysing how they can benefit from the forum which even after 26 years since its inception has failed to kick-start what to talk about serving over 1.5 billion people of the region...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/leaders-arrive-in-maldives-with-diverse-agendas.html


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Three Hindu doctors shot dead in Shikarpur
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Dawn Report
KARACHI, Nov 9: Unidentified men gunned down three Hindu doctors in Chak town, near Shikarpur, on Monday in a vendetta over a dancing girl with a tribe.

"Two men riding a motorcycle sprayed a clinic with bullets, killing the three Hindu men and injuring a paramedic," Ramesh Kumar, chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council, said...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/three-hindu-doctors-shot-dead-in-shikarpur.html


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Focus on Punjab-I: Local politics dressed up as national
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By Cyril Almeida
JHELUM: The GT Road's reputation as Sharif country was forged in the urban, middle-class trading and small-business communities that dot this famous 16th century highway. But even in this sleepy, largely rural martial district in northern Punjab, the PML-N appears to be the party to beat.

In 2008, the PML-N won all six of the seats in Jhelum district, two MNAs and four MPAs. (One MPA, Muhammad Saqlain, was elected as an independent but with the support of the N-League). The sweep was unprecedented, surpassing even the results of the ZAB era in the 1970s...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/focus-on-punjab-i-local-politics-dressed-up-as-national.html


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Flood relief fund running out, warn four aid agencies
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By Amin Ahmed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Four western agencies working in Sindh to help millions of people affected by the floods came out on Wednesday with a sombre warning, saying a shortage of funds might force them to close their relief programmes.

Oxfam, Save the Children, Care and ACTED said in a statement that relief efforts reaching over five million people ran into the funds shortage at a time when diseases and widespread malnutrition were posing a threat to the flood-hit people...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/flood-relief-fund-running-out-warn-four-aid-agencies.html


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Mullen denies receiving Ijaz's letter
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 9: Former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen said on Wednesday that he did not know the man who claimed to have delivered him a message from President Asif Ali Zardari nor did he recall receiving any correspondence from him.

On Oct 10, Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz claimed that President Zardari had sought Washington's help for removing the army and ISI chiefs and assured the latter that he would cut all ties to militant groups if it assisted him do so. The president allegedly made this offer in a letter he gave Mr Ijaz for personally delivering it to American leaders...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/mullen-denies-receiving-ijazs-letter.html


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HRCP asks govt to ensure protection of minorities
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Dawn Report
LAHORE, Nov 9: The brazen murder of three brothers from the Hindu community in Shikarpur district on the Eid day demonstrates that perpetrators believe they can get away with the murder simply because the victims are non-Muslim, says Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, the Commission said: "HRCP is shocked at the brazen murder of the three Hindu citizens in Shikarpur and shares the sense of outrage with the Hindu community, not least because of the utter failure of the police to prevent killings or arrest killers even though threats of violence had been brought to their notice...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/hrcp-asks-govt-to-ensure-protection-of-minorities.html


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Zardari 'assured US of action against Haqqanis'
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: President Asif Ali Zardari promised to work with the United States to "eradicate" the militant Haqqani network, a pledge made during a meeting with visiting American congressmen, according to one of the lawmakers.

But the head of the Homeland Security delegation, Michael McCaul, downplayed the significance of the remarks, saying it was unclear whether President Zardari had the power to make good on his pledge, given the influence of the Pakistani military...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/zardari-assured-us-of-action-against-haqqanis.html


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Fresh war of words between Wasan and Mirza
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By Mukhtar Alam
KARACHI, Nov 9: A fresh and ferocious war of words has broken out between Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan and his predecessor Dr Zulfikar Mirza, laying bare the internecine warfare in the Pakistan People's Party.

Normally jovial and rather soft-spoken, Mr Wasan accused Dr Mirza on Wednesday of indulging in extortion and said he had evidence to prove the charge. He also named a couple of people who, according to him, acted as front-men for Dr Mirza...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/10/fresh-war-of-words-between-wasan-and-mirza.html


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