DINA for the issue of January 05, 2012
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January 05, 2012 Thursday Safar 10, 1433
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Taseer assassination anniversary observed
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, Jan 4: Rab Nawaz, a law graduate, attended a vigil held at Liberty Chowk on Wednesday in memory of Salmaan Taseer on the first anniversary of his assassination only after coming to know that religious parties were holding a rally in favour of Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed assassin of the former governor.
"When I read in today's newspaper that some religious parties are going to observe Salmaan Taseer's death anniversary by holding a rally in favour of...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/taseer-assassination-anniversary-observed.html
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Notices issued to Zardari and Nawaz
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The judicial commission investigating the memo issue has issued notices to President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and others.
A government official assisting the commission told Dawn on Wednesday that they had been asked to present their points of view on the memo allegedly sent to former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen on behalf of the government of Pakistan to prevent a possible military coup...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/notices-issued-to-zardari-and-nawaz.html
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PML-N takes pains to disclaim Nawaz threat
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) took pains to use the National Assembly on Wednesday to disavow a reported threat by party chief Nawaz Sharif to again use military courts in Sindh if he came to power, because Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had used the same forum a day earlier to berate the former prime minister for the alleged remarks.
But opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who issued the disclaimer on what he called "full mandate" of his party and its leader, said Mr Sharif had not talked of using military courts again while speaking at a party meeting in Karachi on Monday, though he said "non-conventional measures" could be taken, if needed, to maintain law and order in the port city — to be challenged by a minister who asked what else those "non-conventional steps" could be...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/pml-n-takes-pains-to-disclaim-nawaz-threat.html
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Bill seeks declaration of assets also by military personnel, judges
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: In a landmark move, the federal cabinet decided on Wednesday to amend the 1964 Promotion and Service Rules requiring mandatory publication of details of assets of everyone drawing remunerations from public exchequer, including civil servants and people in armed forces and judiciary.
"While details of assets of parliamentarians are filed and published every year, the government has supported a private member's bill to publish assets of civil servants, judiciary and armed forces so that the process of accountability is across the board and not only targeted at politicians," Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan told a news conference after the cabinet meeting...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/bill-seeks-declaration-of-assets-also-by-military-personnel-judges.html
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BlackBerry data key to probe
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD: A response from Research in Motion (RIM), the service provider of BlackBerry, will set the pace of memo issue investigation by a three-member judicial commission formed by the Supreme Court.
In response to an email by Dawn for an official version of the company on the commission's directives to seek access to the record of BlackBerry sets used by former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani and Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, RIM said: "Like others in our industry, from time to time, we may receive requests from legal authorities for lawful access assistance. We are guided by appropriate legal processes and publicly disclose lawful access principles in this regard as we balance such requests against our priority of maintaining privacy rights of our users. We do not speculate or comment upon individual matters of lawful access."..
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/blackberry-data-key-to-probe.html
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Doors for military courts closed forever: CJ
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry ruled out on Wednesday setting up of military courts again in the country, saying a constitutional court of ultimate jurisdiction had permanently closed doors for establishment of such courts.
"While we are here, all matters will be handled constitutionally," he remarked during the hearing of a reference filed by President Asif Ali Zardari under Article 186, urging the court to revisit the Z. A. Bhutto murder case...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/doors-for-military-courts-closed-forever-cj.html
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Criticism of SC order in memo case: Contempt notices issued to five PPP leaders
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Supreme Court issued on Wednesday contempt notices to five PPP leaders, including two federal ministers, for allegedly making derogatory remarks about judiciary.
The notices were issued to Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah, former information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, former law minister Babar Awan and his younger brother Farooq Awan, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Law and Justice...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/criticism-of-sc-order-in-memo-case-contempt-notices-issued-to-five-ppp-leaders.html
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Sherry Rehman likely to meet Obama on 17th
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: In a rare goodwill gesture, US President Barack Obama has agreed to receive Pakistan's ambassador-designate Sherry Rehman at the White House on Jan 17, days after her arrival, and the State Department has said the United States wants to restore a "full counter-terrorism relationship" with Pakistan.
In a related development, the US Department of Defence described its ties with Pakistan as "an essential relationship" with an "important partner" and expressed the hope that Islamabad would soon reopen the ground supply routes for Nato troops in Afghanistan...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/sherry-rehman-likely-to-meet-obama-on-17th.html
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New terms of engagement with US ready: Committee in a fix over impact of aid cut
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By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) said on Wednesday it had almost completed its work of preparing recommendations for new terms of engagement with the US in the war on terror. But it said it was undecided about how to deal with the impact of possible stoppage or suspension of foreign aid.
Talking to reporters after an in-camera meeting of the 17-member committee, its chairman Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said: "We will finalise the draft of recommendations with the help of the committee secretariat, but it will be subject to last-minute changes after a briefing by the finance minister and officials on Thursday."..
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/new-terms-of-engagement-with-us-ready-committee-in-a-fix-over-impact-of-aid-cut.html
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Afghan govt backs Taliban-US talks
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KABUL, Jan 4: The government of Afghanistan on Wednesday gave its blessing to talks between the Taliban and the United States, and also to the opening of an office for the Islamists in Qatar.
The Taliban announced on Tuesday that they had come to an "initial agreement with relevant sides, including Qatar," to set up their first representative office outside Afghanistan...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/afghan-govt-backs-taliban-us-talks.html
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Finland to shut embassy
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HELSINKI, Jan 4: Finland plans to close down its embassy in Pakistan during 2012 due to budgetary constraints, the Finnish foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The decision to shut the mission in Islamabad was part of a bigger scheme to trim the Nordic country's network of embassies, with closures also announced in Caracas and Manila...
http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/05/finland-to-shut-embassy.html
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Karachi Stocks Down 40.07 Points:
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KARACHI, Jan 04: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11361.97, down 40.07 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Jan 04: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 90.8 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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