DINA for the issue of November 18, 2011
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November 18, 2011 Friday Zilhaj 21, 1432
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Haqqani fights a grim battle for survival
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The controversy brewing over 'secret memo gate' refuses to die down. Now that former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen has acknowledged its existence Ambassador Husain Haqqani appears to be fighting for his survival while the political scandal also threatens to envelop the presidency.
Ambassador Haqqani in a TV interview said he would travel to Islamabad to explain his position in a couple of days, but political pundits don't think that the gravest 'survival crisis' during his over three years stint as the country's envoy in Washington was over...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/haqqani-fights-a-grim-battle-for-survival.html
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SC orders Reshma PP to repay Rs4.5bn by today
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Supreme Court ordered the Reshma Rental Generation Ltd on Thursday to pay back by Friday rest of the 14 per cent mobilisation fund advanced to it for setting up a rental power plant.
The amount ordered to be paid back stands at Rs4.5 billion with mark-up. The company would have to 'face consequences' if it failed to abide by the order, the court said...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/sc-orders-reshma-pp-to-repay-rs45bn-by-today.html
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Not seeking US asylum: Haqqani
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, told Dawn on Thursday that he was not seeking political asylum in America and had already made plans to visit Islamabad to share with the government whatever information he had about an alleged letter that has strained relations between the country's civilian and military authorities.
"No way! Totally false," said the ambassador when shown the link to a news item carried in major Indian newspapers saying that he had applied for political asylum in the United States. "I am on way to Pakistan," he added while rejecting the suggestion that he was afraid to visit Islamabad because he may be detained there. He said he had already booked a seat on a plane to Pakistan and was hoping to leave Washington for home on Friday...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/not-seeking-us-asylum-haqqani.html
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Barbs fly in NA as 'N' opposes labour law
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Tempers rose in the National Assembly on Thursday as the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N staged its second solo walkout in as many days over the extension of the life of a key labour law and a labour protest against the party, provoking a show of anger also from the treasury benches.
But despite the brief walkout and a longer one by the government-allied Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) over its prolonged row with former Sindh home minister Zulfikar Ali Mirza, the house unanimously passed two government bills, including one, already adopted by the Senate last month, that will serve as a comprehensive legislative instrument to curb and penalise oil and gas theft from pipelines, destruction and damaging of pipelines by subversion and pilferage and abuse of lawful connections...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/barbs-fly-in-na-as-n-opposes-labour-law.html
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PPP MPA suspended for ties with Mirza
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By Habib Khan Ghori
KARACHI, Nov 17: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah took disciplinary action against MPA Imdad Pitafi on Thursday and suspended his party membership for maintaining close relations with former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza.
He said Dr Mirza, whose activities were found contrary to party discipline, was no more affiliated with the PPP and the use of indecent language, particularly in his recent remarks against Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain and his party, deserved condemnation because it was not the party's policy...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/ppp-mpa-suspended-for-ties-with-mirza.html
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Party's core committee meets today
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ISLAMABAD: President Zardari, who is co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, has called a meeting of the party's core committee at the presidency on Friday.
Sources said the meeting would discuss the resignation of Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the controversy surrounding Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani over a secret memo alleged to have been sent by the president to former chairman of US joint chiefs of staff Admiral Mike Mullen...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/partys-core-committee-meets-today.html
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Zardari, Gilani step up contacts with legislators
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have stepped up contacts with parliamentarians belonging to the ruling coalition to work out plans to effectively respond to PML-N's 'go, Zardari go' campaign and the increasing popularity of the PTI.
PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain met the prime minister on Thursday and said his party and its federal ministers would fully cooperate with the government in strengthening democracy and the federation. "We are with you through thick and thin," a press release quoted him as having said...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/zardari-gilani-step-up-contacts-with-legislators.html
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31 militants die in Orakzai and Kurram
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Dawn Report
GHALANAI/PARACHINAR, Nov 17: Security forces claimed to have killed up to 31 militants in fighting in Orakzai and Kurram tribal regions on Thursday.
In the upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency, security personnel wrested control of a strategic hilltop from militants after fierce fighting, officials said. They said the militants had been firing rockets from the hilltop at the security forces' positions in Ghaljo and Shena Warai areas. Four days ago the forces launched an operation to take control of the hill. Helicopter gunships were also used in the operation...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/31-militants-die-in-orakzai-and-kurram.html
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Drone attacks N. Waziristan compound; eight killed
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By Pazir Gul
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 17: A US drone targeted a compound in Shawal region of North Waziristan Agency on Thursday, killing eight suspected militants, official sources said.
An official said that five missiles were fired at the compound in Padamsha Sheen Ghalai area, some 60km west of the agency's headquarters of Miramshah. A car parked in the compound's courtyard was destroyed, killing eight people...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/drone-attacks-n-waziristan-compound-eight-killed.html
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Quitting assemblies: Decision to be based on national interest: Nawaz
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By Waseem Shamsi
SUKKUR, Nov 17: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that although the time has come to force the government to step down, his party will take into consideration the interest of the country and the nation before deciding to quit the assemblies.
Talking to reporters at Sukkur airport on Thursday, Mr Sharif said he had held a conversation with former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and another meeting with him was likely to be held on Nov 22...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/quitting-assemblies-decision-to-be-based-on-national-interest-nawaz.html
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Terrorists 'planned to attack Karachi shrine'
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By S. Raza Hassan
KARACHI, Nov 17: Investigators looking into Wednesday night's suicide blast at the Karachi sea front have found religious literature at the scene, suggesting that terrorists planned to attack the nearby shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi.
Five terrorists and two policemen were killed in the blast which had taken place in a hi-roof van...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/terrorists-planned-to-attack-karachi-shrine.html
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AJK official attends LoC ceremony despite breach of protocol
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By Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 17: AJK Chief Secretary Mohammad Shehzad Arbab on Thursday represented his side at a ceremony held along the Line of Control to celebrate the extension of intra-Kashmir trade from two to four days in a week, but the Indian authorities avoided sending an official equivalent to his rank and status.
Unmindful of the breach of protocol, the chief secretary exchanged sweets with a trade facilitation officer from occupied Kashmir at Kaman bridge, on the Chakothi-Uri crossing point, some 60 kilometres south of here...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/ajk-official-attends-loc-ceremony-despite-breach-of-protocol.html
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Ministry opposes allocation of Iran gas to power sector
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: With gas shortfall estimated at 2.4 billion cubic feet per day (BCFD) in 2014-15, the ministry of industries has opposed allocation to the power sector of 750 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of natural gas planned to be imported from Iran, saying it should first be provided to industrial and fertiliser sectors to honour the existing contractual obligations by the government.
"All prior commitments with industry, including the fertiliser sector, should be met as per agreements/contractual obligations by the government. Thereafter, the gas which is 'uncommitted' be diverted to the power sector," the ministry wrote to the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet...
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/18/ministry-opposes-allocation-of-iran-gas-to-power-sector.html
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Karachi Stocks Down 79.35 Points:
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KARACHI, Nov 17: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11913.42, down 79.35 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Nov 17: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 87.2 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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