DINA for the issue of January 09 2012

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D A W N I n t e r n e t N e w s A l e r t
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January 09, 2012 Monday Safar 14, 1433
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Cash grants in lieu of power subsidy likely
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The government is considering to follow the Iranian model of restricting fuel and energy subsidies under which market prices are recovered from consumers who are then compensated through a cash grant.

Under its economic reform plan, Iran recently replaced fuel and food subsidies with the cash transfer programme that was praised by most of its critics, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank whose largest shareholder, the US, maintains an aggressive posture towards it...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/cash-grants-in-lieu-of-power-subsidy-likely.html


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Zardari can be persuaded to quit, says Fazl
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Jan 8: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said here on Sunday that the president could be persuaded to resign if the political situation so required.

Talking to reporters after a meeting of his party, he said: "I think there is no need for mounting pressure on President Zardari as he can be persuaded to resign."..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/zardari-can-be-persuaded-to-quit-says-fazl.html


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Gilani says Seraiki province to emerge soon
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By Shakeel Ahmad
MULTAN, Jan 8: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said here on Sunday that his government was determined to set up a new province in the Seraiki belt.

"People are seeking their rights and it is my promise to them that a Seraiki province will soon emerge and the people of the area will soon get their own province and the assembly," the prime minister said while addressing a public meeting at Khanpur Maral...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/gilani-says-seraiki-province-to-emerge-soon.html


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Altaf calls for Fata province
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Jan 8: Weighing in on the ongoing debate on the need for new provinces in the country, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday proposed that a province comprising the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) be created in addition to the Hazara and Seraiki provinces. The province should be called "Qabaelistan".

Though his party has submitted a resolution in the parliament for the creation of the Hazara and Seraiki provinces by carving out territories from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, Mr Hussain rejected any division of Sindh along the same lines...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/altaf-calls-for-fata-province.html


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Mehran base left unprotected despite forewarning
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By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The authorities had knowledge of Al Qaeda plans back in 2009 to attack Islamabad's National Defence University as well as naval installations and yet failed to protect the Mehran base in Karachi last year.

A naval officer, who was court martialled, has been sentenced to 15-year imprisonment for planning a series of attacks on important naval installations and the National Defence University (NDU) and taking hostages...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/mehran-base-left-unprotected-despite-forewarning.html


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Musharraf says he will return by 30th
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By Habib Khan Ghori
KARACHI, Jan 8: Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf announced here on Sunday that he would return to the country between Jan 27 and 30 and land in Karachi. He also said he would contest election from Chitral.

Mr Musharraf, who is chief of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), made the announcement in his telephonic address from Dubai to the first public meeting organised by his party in the city...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/musharraf-says-he-will-return-by-30th.html

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Saudi support to be sought for comeback
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DUBAI: Former president Pervez Musharraf plans to travel to Saudi Arabia soon to gather support for his political comeback, Saudi and Pakistani sources said on Sunday.

"Musharraf will be travelling to Saudi (Arabia) soon in order to get support before he goes back to Pakistan," said a Gulf-based Saudi source familiar with the matter. A Pakistani source confirmed that Gen (retd) Musharraf, who is in Dubai, was to travel to Saudi Arabia soon...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/saudi-support-to-be-sought-for-comeback.html


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Lull in drone strikes has emboldened militants: NYT
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By Our Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan 8: A nearly two-month lull in American drone strikes in Pakistan has helped embolden Al Qaeda and several Pakistani militant factions to regroup, increase attacks on Pakistani security forces and threaten intensified strikes against allied forces in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported on Sunday citing US and Pakistani officials.

The insurgents are increasingly taking advantage of tensions raised by an American air strike in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in two border outposts, plunging relations between the two countries to new depths. The Central Intelligence Agency, hoping to avoid making matters worse while Pakistan completes a wide-ranging review of its security relationship with the United States, has not conducted a drone strike since mid-November, the newspaper said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/09/lull-in-drone-strikes-has-emboldened-militants-nyt.html


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