DINA for the issue of November 30, 201

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November 30, 2011 Wednesday Muharram 4, 1433
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Munter assures Zardari of fair probe
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: US Ambassador Cameron Munter called on President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday and conveyed his government's resolve to conduct a fair and impartial inquiry into the killing of 24 Pakistani security personnel in unprovoked Nato air strikes in Mohmand Agency.

He informed the president that a senior air force officer had been appointed to hold the probe...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/munter-assures-zardari-of-fair-probe.html


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Cabinet endorses DCC decisions on Shamsi base, Nato supplies: Pakistan to boycott Bonn conference
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By Nasir Jamal
LAHORE, Nov 29: Pakistan decided on Tuesday not to attend the Bonn conference on Afghanistan's future next week in protest against the weekend Nato air strikes on military posts in Mohmand Agency.

The decision is being interpreted here as a direct snub to Washington because only on Monday a US State Department official had said it was important that "Pakistan attends this conference for the future and stability in Afghanistan"...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/cabinet-endorses-dcc-decisions-on-shamsi-base-nato-supplies-pakistan-to-boycott-bonn-conference.html


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Attack termed deliberate, unprovoked
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RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: Terming the air strikes on Pakistani posts by the US-led Nato forces an unprovoked act of blatant aggression, the Director General of Military Operations, Maj-Gen Ishfaq Nadeem, said on Tuesday that all coordination procedures were violated for carrying out the attacks.

"The positions of the posts were conveyed to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) through map references and it was impossible that they did not know these to be our posts," he said in a briefing for columnists, defence analysts and television anchorpersons here at the General Headquarters...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/attack-termed-deliberate-unprovoked.html


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SC to take up memo petitions tomorrow
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Supreme Court constituted on Tuesday a nine-judge bench to take up on Dec 1 a set of petitions against the memogate scandal.

The petitions have been filed by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and leaders of his party Ishaq Dar and Khwaja Asif, Barrister Zafarullah of the Watan Party and Advocate M. Tariq Asad. Notices have already been issued to the counsel for the petitioners and Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/sc-to-take-up-memo-petitions-tomorrow.html


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Ties retrievable, says US general
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 29: As the United States appointed a one-star air force general to probe Nato air strikes that have further eroded US-Pakistan relations, the US military chief said on Tuesday he believed the relationship was still retrievable.

Also, preliminary investigation reports leaked to the US media on Tuesday, described the deadliest 'friendly fire' incident with Pakistan since the Afghan war began as a case of 'mistaken identity'. Apparently the Taliban lured Nato forces into attacking the border posts, which caused the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers over the weekend, the reports said...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/ties-retrievable-says-us-general.html


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SC rejects petitions against HBL sale
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday a set of challenges to the sale of the Habib Bank Limited with an observation that allegations about non-transparent methods used in privatisation could not be established.

A three-judge bench comprising Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan said no violation of relevant rules had been established during the course of proceedings and the transparency issue did not arise in the entire transaction...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/sc-rejects-petitions-against-hbl-sale.html


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Karzai urges Pakistan to attend conference
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KABUL, Nov 29: Afghan President Hamid Karzai telephoned Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday to urge him to reconsider a boycott of the Bonn conference over the recent deadly Nato strike.

Mr Karzai's deputy spokesman Siamak Herawi told AFP that Pakistan was an important participant in the conference aimed at bringing peace after 10 years of war against the Taliban and expressed hope that they would ultimately attend...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/karzai-urges-pakistan-to-attend-conference.html


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12 killed as van catches fire
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By Amjad Iqbal
TAXILA, Nov 29: At least 12 passengers were burnt to death and seven others suffered severe injuries when a van going from Wah Cantonment to Rawalpindi burst into flames and overturned after hitting a tree along the GT Road on Tuesday morning.

According to DSP Mohammad Iqbal of the National Highway and Motorway Police, the van caught fire near Taxila after its CNG cylinder exploded. The driver lost control and the vehicle hit the footpath. It dragged onto the footpath for some distance and caught fire...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/12-killed-as-van-catches-fire.html


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Wapda to be exempted from hydel power cess
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The government has decided in principle to exempt the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) from hydropower cess payable to the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) and plans to rescind an earlier notification imposing a charge of half a paisa per unit of electricity produced from water resources.

A senior government official told Dawn on Tuesday that the ministry of water and power had already sent a summary undoing its own decision to the Council of Common Interests (CCI) which was expected to meet in a couple of days...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/wapda-to-be-exempted-from-hydel-power-cess.html


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BBC, other channels face boycott
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LAHORE, Nov 29: The Cable Operators Association will stop relaying from Wednesday foreign channels telecasting programmes containing materials against Pakistan and its armed forces.

"We appeal to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to cancel landing rights of BBC London and other channels maligning the country," the association's president Khalid Arain said at a news conference at the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday...—Staff Reporter

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/bbc-other-channels-face-boycott.html


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Protest letter sent to UNSC
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29: Pakistan sent a letter to the presidents of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly on Monday protesting the attack of Nato/Isaf forces on Mohmand Agency which resulted in the loss of precious lives of 24 officers and men of Pakistan Army and injuries to several others.

Pakistan's UN Ambassador Abdullah Husain Haroon urged the presidents of the council and the assembly to circulate the letter as an official document...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/30/protest-letter-sent-to-unsc.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 12.79 Points:
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KARACHI, Nov 29: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11506.94, up 12.79 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Nov 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 88.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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