DINA for the issue of 1st January 2012

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January 01, 2011 Sunday Safar 6, 1433
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Rates for kerosene, diesel unchanged Price of petrol raised
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Despite a decline in international oil prices, the government decided on Saturday to raise prices of petrol and high octane blending component (HOBC) for January. Prices of other petroleum products were kept unchanged.

According to a notification issued by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), the price of petrol has been increased by Rs1.65 to Rs89.54 per litre and that of HOBC by Rs5.13 to Rs111.91 per litre.."..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/rates-for-kerosene-diesel-unchanged-price-of-petrol-raised.html


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12 militants, two security men killed
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Dawn Report
MIRAMSHAH/KALAYA, Dec 31: Two security personnel were killed when a bomb exploded on the Miramshah-Dattakhel road in North Waziristan on Saturday while 12 militants were killed when jet fighters bombed their hideouts in Upper Orakzai region.

Officials and military sources said militants detonated a remote-controlled device when bomb disposal squad was passing through the area between Boya and Dattakhel....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/12-militants-two-security-men-killed.html


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Memo commission to start probe tomorrow
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By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The judicial commission set up by the Supreme Court to investigate the 'memogate' scandal will start its proceedings in the Islamabad High Court building on Monday.

The office of District and Sessions Judge of Islamabad, Raja Jawwad Abbas Hassan, who has been appointed as secretary to the commission, confirmed on Saturday that a notification about the meeting had been issued in consultation with Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who heads the commission....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/memo-commission-to-start-probe-tomorrow.html


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Corruption to be eradicated: Nawaz
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By Akram Malik
GUJRANWALA, Dec 31: Nawaz Sharif, the chief of Pakistan Muslim League-N, vowed on Saturday to make Pakistan an economic power by ending corruption and overcoming the energy crisis.

Speaking at a public meeting at the Jinnah Stadium here, he came down hard on the government over corruption and for not implementing the Supreme Court's verdicts....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/corruption-to-be-eradicated-nawaz.html


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Kasuri opposes reopening of Bhutto case
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: As the Supreme Court is all set to resume on Monday the presidential reference on revisiting the murder trial of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Ahmed Raza Kasuri submitted a reply opposing reopening of the case because the president is an "interested party".

Mr Kasuri's complaint had implicated Mr Bhutto in the conspiracy to kill his father, Nawab Mohammad Ahmed Khan....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/kasuri-opposes-reopening-of-bhutto-case.html


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Karzai welcomes US remarks on Taliban
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KABUL, Dec 31: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed US Vice-President Joe Biden's remarks that the Taliban "per se is not our enemy".

Mr Biden's comments to Newsweek magazine last week caused uproar in the US, which has been fighting a 10-year war against the Taliban-led militancy, but reflected an increasing focus on finding a political settlement....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/karzai-welcomes-us-remarks-on-taliban.html


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SC bench to take up Awan's 'adverse' comments
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Supreme Court has constituted a two-judge bench to take up the controversy surrounding the contentious press conference by former law minister Babar Awan in which he allegedly ridiculed the judiciary.

The bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Mohammad Athar Saeed will commence the hearing on the matter on January 4....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/sc-bench-to-take-up-awan%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98adverse%e2%80%99-comments.html


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Four schoolchildren killed in Khyber attacks
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By Our Correspondent
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 31: Four schoolchildren were killed and 21 people, mostly students, injured in two incidents in Khyber Agency on Saturday.

According to officials, a bomb went off outside the hujra of tribal elder Malik Rasool Jan, where a jirga was in progress. Two students of a nearby school were killed and 14 injured. Two elders of Khugakhel tribe were also wounded....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/four-schoolchildren-killed-in-khyber-attacks.html


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Five Taliban arrested
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Dec 31: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Sindh police on Saturday claimed to have arrested five members of a terrorist outfit, including its provincial 'commander'.

An additional inspector-general of the CID, Shabbir Sheikh, told a press conference that those arrested belonged to the Ustad Aslam group of Punjabi Taliban....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/five-taliban-arrested.html


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Obama terms Osama killing biggest achievement of 2011
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Dec 31: US President Barack Obama on Saturday touted the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad as the most noticeable achievement of his administration in 2011 and pledged to continue to reduce the US military engagement in Afghanistan.

In his last weekly address for 2011, the president also tried to convince Americans that the world's largest economy was showing signs of improvement. But he relied heavily on his foreign policy gains while counting his successes, pointing out that he fulfilled his pledges to end the Iraq war and reduce US military engagement in Afghanistan.....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/01/obama-terms-osama-killing-biggest-achievement-of-2011.html


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