DINA for the issue of 8 January 2012

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January 08, 2012 Sunday Safar 13, 1433
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Musharraf to be held on arrival: prosecutor
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Former president Pervez Musharraf will be arrested in connection with the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto if he returns to the country, according to a government prosecutor.

There was no need for any "fresh arrest warrants" for him as a court had already issued orders for his arrest, prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali told reporters on Saturday...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/musharraf-to-be-held-on-arrival-prosecutor.html

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Lawyers force PM to cut short his speech
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By Wajih Ahmad Sheikh
LAHORE, Jan 7: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had to cut short his speech at a function of the Lahore Bar Association on Saturday in the face of heckling and booing by a group of lawyers.

As soon as Mr Gilani was invited to address the gathering at Alhamra Hall, the lawyers unleashed a torrent of abuse against President Asif Zardari and slogans in favour of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/lawyers-force-pm-to-cut-short-his-speech.html

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Shahbaz rules out talks with President
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Jan 7: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday he did not trust President Asif Ali Zardari and was not ready to discuss any national issue with the PPP co-chairman.

Answering a question during an interview with a private television channel about Mr Zardari's statement that he was ready to meet PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, the chief minister said he didn't trust the PPP co-chairman...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/shahbaz-rules-out-talks-with-president.html

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Zardari says no one asked him to quit
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: President Asif Ali Zardari has said all but one PPP leaders were against holding a rally at Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh, where Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Dec 27, 2007.

In an interview to a private TV channel, the president stopped short of naming the leader who had insisted on going ahead with the rally. (A part of the interview was published in Saturday's Dawn)...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/zardari-says-no-one-asked-him-to-quit.html

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PPP initiates talks with parties on early elections
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The rising clamour for an early general election has forced the People's Party to open discussions with all political parties to thrash out a consensus date soon after the Senate polls.

Senior officials, who have been attending party meetings over the past few days, said the PPP was ready for talks with major parties to hammer out an understanding on early elections...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/ppp-initiates-talks-with-parties-on-early-elections.html

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Yemen's power transfer plan in danger
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SANAA, Jan 7: Yemen's acting leader has threatened to leave office unless outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his allies stop "interfering" in his duties, a senior member of the opposition said on Saturday.

The rift between Mr Saleh and his deputy Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is the latest obstacle to a GCC-brokered plan to end months of protests and political deadlock that have paralysed the Arabian Peninsula state...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/yemens-power-transfer-plan-in-danger.html

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Parties urged to reach consensus: Fazl calls for polls under 'independent' commission
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By Habib Khan Ghori
KARACHI, Jan 7: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has urged opposition parties to sit together and evolve a consensus on three important issues for holding free, fair and transparent elections.

These include formation of an independent and powerful Election Commission, a caretaker set-up for holding the elections and the formulation of updated electoral rolls after deleting 35 million bogus names...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/fazl-calls-for-polls-under-independent-commission.html

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Former Indian minister jailed for graft
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NEW DELHI, Jan 7: An Indian court on Saturday jailed a former minister for three years over a 1993 financial scandal when he was in office, court officials said.

Sukh Ram, 86, was India's telecommunications minister for three years from 1993 when the corruption scandal involving him and two bureaucrats surfaced...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/former-indian-minister-jailed-for-graft.html

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WBA agrees to rematch: Amir promoter
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LONDON, Jan 7: Amir Khan's promoter said on Saturday the WBA had informed him it would order a rematch with American Lamont Peterson following the British boxer's controversial defeat in their world title fight last month.

Khan had questioned the appearance of a mystery man at ringside with the 25-year-old's camp accusing him of "interfering" with the scorecards belonging to the judges.—Reuters...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/wba-agrees-to-rematch-amir-promoter.html

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PPP receptive to PML-N APC on Balochistan
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Saturday indicated its willingness to participate in the all parties conference the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) plans to convene on the issue of Balochistan.

"The PPP believes in consultation and dialogue to find solution to all contentious issues. As such the party will consider deputing a high-level delegation to participate in the proposed APC, if and when it is held," presidential spokesman Farhatullah Khan Babar said in a statement...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/ppp-receptive-to-pml-n-apc-on-balochistan.html

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US military accused of prisoner abuse
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KABUL, Jan 7: An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military on Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai's demand that the US turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed.

The demands put the US and the Afghan governments on a collision course in an issue that will decide the fate of hundreds of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operators captured by US forces...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/08/us-military-accused-of-prisoner-abuse.html

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