DINA for the issue of 29 January, 2012

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January 29, 2012 Sunday Rabi-ul-Awwal 5, 1433
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Panetta seeks Dr Afridi's release: Vaccinator's clues led to Osama: US
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has urged Islamabad to release a Pakistani physician who helped the United States find Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2 last year.

In an interview for an episode of "60 Minutes", a programme run by the Colombia Broadcasting Service (CBS), Mr Panetta acknowledged that the doctor provided vital clues to the United States about Osama's lair...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/panetta-seeks-dr-afridis-release-vaccinators-clues-led-to-osama-us.html

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A fabulous win
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ABU DHABI, Jan 28: Spinner Abdul Rehman took six wickets as Pakistan beat top-ranked England by 72 runs in the second Test on Saturday to clinch the three-match series, bowling out the tourists for 72 in their second innings after another abject batting display. Rehman was declared Man of the Match.

Pakistan won last week's first Test in Dubai by 10 wickets...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/a-fabulous-win.html

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Authenticity of evidence in BB case contested
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RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Hearing in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case took an uncanny twist on Saturday when the defence counsel pointed out that the call data of the Zong cellular company provided by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was not admissible as evidence because the firm launched its business in Pakistan in 2008, whereas the tragedy occurred in 2007.

Naseer Tanoli, counsel for accused Rafaqat Hussain and Husnain Gul, during a cross-examination of prosecution witness Ahmed Faisal, a manager at Zong, told anti-terrorism court judge Shahid Rafique in Adiala jail that the call data of his clients and Nasrullah, an aide to the late Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mehsud, could not be linked with the assassination because the cellular company did not exist in the country when the incident occurred on Dec 27, 2007...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/authenticity-of-evidence-in-bb-case-contested.html

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Unending wish list: Ijaz approaches SC for testimony abroad
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The wish list of Mansoor Ijaz, a Pakistani-American businessman, seems to be growing as he petitioned the Supreme Court on Saturday, seeking a direction for the judicial commission probing the memo affair to record his evidence outside Pakistan.

Headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, a nine-judge Supreme Court bench will resume on Monday the hearing on the petitions of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and others on the secret memo reportedly sent by then ambassador to US Husain Haqqani to former US joint chiefs of staff Admiral Mike Mullen to pre-empt a military takeover...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/unending-wish-list-ijaz-approaches-sc-for-testimony-abroad.html

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Asim under fire for disclosing price hike
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain came under fire in the Senate for disclosing an imminent increase in prices of petroleum products, with lawmakers expressing fear that hoarders would take undue advantage of the information.

Parliamentary leader of PML-N in the house Ishaq Dar raised the issue on a point of order and said the minister must explain his position on the matter...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/asim-under-fire-for-disclosing-price-hike.html

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4.2pc growth target may be missed: SBP
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By Shahid Iqbal
KARACHI, Jan 28: The State Bank said on Saturday that average inflation by the end of this year was likely to be close to 12 per cent while the country might miss the GDP growth target of 4.2 per cent set for the current financial year.

"While the increase in energy prices, recent weakening of the rupee and the base effect may increase inflation in coming months, the end-year average inflation is likely to fall close to 12 per cent as projected earlier," said the first quarterly report issued by the SBP...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/42pc-growth-target-may-be-missed-sbp.html

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There will never be a coup, says Gilani
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DAVOS, Jan 28: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday there was no chance of a military coup because the army favoured democracy and stability in the country.

In an interaction with the media here on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, he said: "I don't think there will be a coup in Pakistan ever. There is no threat to democracy."..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/there-will-never-be-a-coup-says-gilani.html

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5 shot dead at Manipur poll station
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NEW DELHI, Jan 28: Rebels shot dead five people at a polling station in India on Saturday as voting began in the first of five local elections seen as a popularity test for the Congress government.

The separatist rebels sprayed the voting booth with bullets, killing three election officials, a paramilitary trooper and a civilian in Thangpi, a village south of Manipur state capital Imphal, police chief Priya Singh said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/5-shot-dead-at-manipur-poll-station.html

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Strike observed against MQM bill in Sindh
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Dawn Report
HYDERABAD, Jan 28: Businesses remained shut and public vehicles off the road across Sindh on Saturday in protest against the tabling of the 20th amendment bill in the National Assembly by Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the refusal by Sindh Assembly speaker to allow about 50 MPAs to table a resolution against the MQM move.

The strike call was given by the Save Sindh Committee, an alliance of nationalist parties headed by Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah. The committee considers the bill to be a prelude to the division of Sindh, even though it does not mention the province but speaks of carving out new provinces elsewhere in the country...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/strike-observed-against-mqm-bill-in-sindh.html

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SC urged to interpret clause on caretaker govt
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Supreme Court has been urged to interpret the scope of 'consultation' between the president and the prime minister and leader of opposition in the National Assembly for the formation of a caretaker government for the next elections.

A petition, filed by Advocate Shahid Hamid on behalf of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat), an independent political think tank, has requested the court to interpret Article 224 (1a) inserted into the Constitution through the 18th Amendment...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/29/sc-urged-to-interpret-clause-on-caretaker-govt.html

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