DINA for the issue of November 23, 2011

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November 23, 2011 Wednesday Zilhaj 26, 1432
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Haqqani bows out
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed & Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The curtain fell last night on Ambassador Husain Haqqani's career as a diplomat in Washington but his resignation ended only one act in the controversy titled memogate.

What the future will hold for Haqqani as well as civil-military relations in general and President Asif Ali Zardari in particular will unfold in the coming days and form the next act of this drama...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/haqqani-bows-out.html


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Qureshi meets Nawaz, but keeps options open
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By Ahmad Fraz Khan
LAHORE, Nov 22: The much-awaited meeting between Shah Mehmood Qureshi and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, which assumed added significance because of a claim made by Imran Khan that the former foreign minister would be joining his party, took place here on Tuesday.

PML-N sources told Dawn that the former minister was still keeping his options open and asked for time to "consult members of his group before making up his mind"...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/qureshi-meets-nawaz-but-keeps-options-open.html


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Guessing game about successor
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: With Ambassador Husain Haqqani bowing out, guessing games about his replacement in the embassy in Washington have started.

Observers here suggested that Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir could be the likely successor even as other names, including Jalil Abbas Jilani, Ambassador of Pakistan to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg; former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Ehsanul Haq; and former ambassador to Washington Maleeha Lodhi, also made rounds. Mr Bashir, who is set to retire as foreign secretary in March, is considered to be hot favourite because of his reputation of being acceptable to the powerful military establishment. Besides, he is someone who also gets on well with the civilian leaders...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/guessing-game-about-successor.html


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Taliban claim truce holding in South Waziristan
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By Sailab Mehsud
LADDAH, Nov 22: A commander of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has said that his organisation has declared a ceasefire to the extent of Mehsud-dominated areas of South Waziristan to build confidence with the government for holding peace talks.

(A report by the Associated Press news agency quoted a senior commander as saying that the Taliban had declared a ceasefire to encourage nascent peace talks with the government. He said the ceasefire had been in effect for several weeks and was valid throughout the country.)..

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/taliban-claim-truce-holding-in-south-waziristan.html


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Drone attacks: Complaint to UN panel planned
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The government told the National Assembly on Tuesday it was planning to complain to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against frequent deadly US drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas to target militant hideouts, but held the Punjab government as the main culprit for most domestic human rights violations.

"Drone strikes are definitely a human rights issue," the prime minister's adviser on human rights, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, said while winding up an opposition-sought discussion on what 13 lawmakers of the Pakistan Muslim League-N called in a joint motion "the dismal condition of human rights in Pakistan", with some who spoke largely blaming the Pakistan People's Party-led federal coalition government, which they also said failed to halt the strikes by unmanned spy planes targeting suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuaries but also killing local civilians in parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) bordering Afghanistan...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/drone-attacks-complaint-to-un-panel-planned.html


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Ijaz offers help in Haqqani inquiry
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 22: Mansoor Ijaz, the man who started the memogate scandal, offered on Tuesday to assist the government of Pakistan in any probe it may hold against Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistani ambassador to the US.

"As the government proceeds in its inquiry, I stand ready to assist in any manner necessary," said an electronic message Mr Ijaz sent to the media...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/ijaz-offers-help-in-haqqani-inquiry.html


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RPP case: Nepra issues notices to three Wapda companies
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has issued show-cause notices to three Wapda companies for failing to terminate contracts of those rental power projects which could not meet production deadlines -- a development that can entail revocation of licences.

The notices have been issued to the Northern, Central and Lakhra power generation companies which were dealing with the 201MW Reshma Power Generation, Guddu Rental Project and 232MW ship-mounted Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretin of Turkey...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/rpp-case-nepra-issues-notices-to-three-wapda-companies.html


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SC orders missing containers probe
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) will jointly investigate the case of missing containers of International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) that caused a loss of over Rs50 billion to the exchequer.

The Supreme Court directed the FBR on Tuesday to convene a meeting with the NAB chairman for initiating criminal proceedings against people involved in the case. An SC bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain in a suo motu case directed the NAB chairman to cooperate and convene a meeting with the FBR chairman and also submit a report in the court in three weeks...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/23/sc-orders-missing-containers-probe.html


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Karachi Stocks Down 113.17Points:
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KARACHI, Nov 22: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11781.62, down 113.17 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Nov 22: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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