DINA for the issue of January 11 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 11, 2012 Wednesday Safar 16, 1433
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Pir Pagara passes away
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Jan 10: Pir Pagara, a seasoned politician and the spiritual leader of the Hur Jamaat, passed away in London on Tuesday. He was 83.

The ailing chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional, Pir Syed Mardan Shah II or the present Pir Pagara, was admitted to Aga Khan University hospital on Nov 24 last year where he underwent a surgery to remove a cyst. On Jan 5, he was taken to London by a special air ambulance for treatment of his infected lungs...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/pir-pagara-passes-away.html


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Confrontation delayed
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The short order that came on Tuesday afternoon was expected to cause fireworks but in reality it simply delayed a confrontation till next week. The curtain that was predicted to fall on the PPP government did not move.

The Supreme Court was the focus of attention all morning as people waited with bated breath for the judgment of a five-judge bench on the NRO implementation case...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/prime-minister-may-not-be-the-honest-person-sc.html


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Gilani says PPP can't be frightened
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani continued to flaunt his defiance on Tuesday, but his criticism was not directly aimed at the Supreme Court options about implementation of the NRO suggested earlier during the day.

Addressing People's Party MNAs, MPAs and office-bearers from the Sargodha division at the prime minister house, he said the PPP had the tradition of neither submitting to coercion nor giving in to dictatorships and while doing so its heads had faced rigours of imprisonment...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/gilani-says-ppp-cant-be-frightened.html


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NA session on Thursday to discuss crisis
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Coalition partners went into an emergency meeting on Tuesday night to review the situation arising out of the Supreme Court's ruling in the NRO implementation case and decided to convene a session of the National Assembly on Thursday evening to chalk out a future course of action.

The meeting was held immediately after arrival of President Asif Ali Zardari from Karachi. The president chaired the meeting which was also attended by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/na-session-on-thursday-to-discuss-crisis.html


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Terror attack in Jamrud bazaar leaves 30 dead
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By Ibrahim Shinwari
LANDI KOTAL, Jan 10: A powerful bomb planted in a pick-up exploded at a petrol station in Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency, killing over 30 people, four of them Khasadar personnel, and injuring 78 others on Tuesday. The bomb was triggered by remote control.
(The AFP news agency, quoting senior administration official Shakeel Khan Umarzai, put the death toll at 35 and the number of injured at 69, 11 of them critically)...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/terror-attack-in-jamrud-bazaar-leaves-30-dead.html


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MPs' panel briefed on India MFN issue
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has been invited to visit Islamabad for signing three agreements next month on removal of non-tariff barriers in bilateral trade.

"We have extended a formal invitation to the Indian commerce minister through the Pakistani High Commission in India," an official said here on Tuesday after a briefing given to the Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir on trade liberalisation with India...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/mps-panel-briefed-on-india-mfn-issue-accords-on-removing-trade-barriers-likely.html


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Plan to freeze resource distribution under 1998 census
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The government is considering to freeze resource distribution under the federal divisible pool and job quotas on the basis of 1998 population census to depoliticise the process of the sixth headcount and house listing because Karachi and Hyderabad depict unusually higher population growth of up to six per cent.

A proposal to freeze the population results of 1998 census has officially been submitted to the prime minister and the Council of Common Interests (CCI) by the Population Census Organisation and Statistics Division for a decision at the next meeting, the government informed the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and Statistics on Tuesday...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/plan-to-freeze-resource-distribution-under-1998-census.html


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Obama may use force against Iran, say aides
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: Serving and retired US officials warned on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would be prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon if sanctions and diplomacy failed.

Tensions between Iran and the US reached a new high on Monday when Tehran announced that it had sentenced an Iranian-American man, Amir Hekmati, to death for allegedly spying for CIA...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/obama-may-use-force-against-iran-say-aides.html


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Power cuts of 12 to 20 hours across country
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By Ahmad Fraz Khan
LAHORE, Jan 10: Electricity shortfall for common consumers surged to well over 50 per cent on Tuesday, hitting a new winter peak and forcing the power managers to carry out loadshedding for 12 to 20 hours across the country.

The prolonged loadshedding has triggered violent protests in both rural and urban areas over the past two days. On Monday, Kasur and Sialkot exploded and it was the turn of Sargodha on Tuesday...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/11/power-cuts-of-12-to-20-hours-across-country.html


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Karachi Stocks Down 107.13 Points:
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KARACHI, Jan 10: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 10933.18, down 107.13 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Jan 10: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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