DINA for the issue of December 31, 2011

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December 31, 2011 Saturday Safar 5, 1433
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Judicial commission for memo case probe
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The Supreme Court accepted on Friday PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif's petition on the 'memogate' issue and set up a judicial commission comprising chief justices of three high courts to investigate the scandal.

Announcing a unanimous verdict of the nine-judge SC bench, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed: "To delineate measures to ensure enforcement of the fundamental rights, a probe is called for to ascertain the origin, authenticity and purpose of creating/drafting of memo for delivering it to (then) chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen through Gen (retd) James Logan Jones, former US National Security adviser."..

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/judicial-commission-for-memo-case-probe.html


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Government to file review petition
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Stunned by the Supreme Court order on the maintainability of the petitions on the memo case, the government decided on Friday to file a review petition.

The government said it believed the 'memogate' was not based no facts and, therefore, would go for a review...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/government-to-file-review-petition-2.html


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BLA claims responsibility of the blast in Quetta: 13 killed
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Dec 30: At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured, six among them seriously, when a bomb placed in a car parked near the house of a former minister of state on Arbab Karam Road exploded on Friday evening.

The proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the attack...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/bla-claims-responsibility-of-the-blast-in-quetta-13-killed.html


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PCNS to summon ISI chief, Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz
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By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security investigating the controversial memo issue decided on Friday to summon ISI Director General Lt-Gen Shuja Pasha, former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani and Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz. The 17-member committee tasked on Nov 30 to investigate the matter already held a couple of preliminary meetings and has been briefed by officials of the defence and foreign ministries.

The committee decided to first summon the ISI chief and then the others...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/pcns-to-summon-isi-chief-haqqani-and-mansoor-ijaz.html


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Heated debate in NA over gas crisis
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Amid talk of a month of 'gas emergency' that could shut down CNG stations, the government and opposition remained far apart in the National Assembly on Friday on a possible consultative process to tackle Pakistan's energy crisis.

On the second successive day of protests by members of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) against severe gas shortages, the government proposed that an opposition-led committee of the house investigate the causes of the crisis or an existing house committee on energy be asked to expedite its work, promising implementation of 'fair findings'...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/heated-debate-in-na-over-gas-crisis.html


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100 ex-army officers may join Musharraf's party
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, Dec 30: About 100 retired army officers are getting ready to join former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) on his homecoming next month, Dawn has learnt.

The former president is set to return but will announce the date of his arrival during his address to a public meeting to be held on Jan 8 in Karachi...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/100-ex-army-officers-may-join-musharrafs-party.html


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Militant, elder killed in S. Waziristan
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By Sailab Mehsud
LADDAH, Dec 30: A militant was killed and eight others were injured in an attack by helicopter gunships on their hideout in Makeen area of South Waziristan on Friday, officials said.

They said that two helicopter gunships shelled the hideout belonging to the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/militant-elder-killed-in-s-waziristan.html


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National Saving Schemes rates reduced
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The profit rates for National Saving Schemes have been reduced by up to 84 basis points (bps) for the Jan-March quarter of 2012. The new rates will apply to all fresh purchases.

Although the interest rate has been kept unchanged by the State Bank, profit rates for the National Saving Schemes have declined because they are linked to 3-, 5- and 10-year Pakistan Investment Bonds...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/national-saving-schemes-rates-reduced.html


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Russia hands over N-submarine to India
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MOSCOW, Dec 30: Russia has handed over the nuclear-powered attack submarine Nerpa to India following more than two years of delays, according to a senior naval official.

"The signing ceremony happened yesterday at the Bolshoi Kamen shipbuilding facility in the (Far East) Primorye region where the Nerpa is now based," the official in the naval chief of staff told ITAR-TASS on Friday...

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/31/russia-hands-over-n-submarine-to-india.html


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Karachi Stocks Down 119.13 Points:
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KARACHI, Dec 30: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11316.54, down 119.13 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Dec 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 90.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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