DINA for the issue of January 15, 2012

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January 15, 2012 Sunday Safar 20, 1433
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PM holds out olive branch to military
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: In a sudden reversal in the tide of events, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani lauded on Saturday the army's role in preserving country's security and impressed on national institutions to work in harmony, days after he accused Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani of acting 'unconstitutionally'.
"National unity is the need of the hour. Each organ and state institution has to play its due role, within its respective domain, to bring forth

the best in promoting Pakistan's national interest," the prime minister said at a meeting of the Defence Committee of Cabinet, making it clear that while the government wanted to avoid a collision course, it also expected the military establishment and the assertive judiciary not to transgress their constitutional confines...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/pm-holds-out-olive-branch-to-military.html


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Kayani calls on Zardari
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a one-on-one meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday shortly before attending the all important meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC).

It was the first meeting between the two after President Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Dubai last month for medical treatment and many saw it as a positive development that may help defuse the ongoing tension between the government and the army...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/kayani-calls-on-zardari.html


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All cases terminated under NRO reopened
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The National Accountability Bureau has reopened all 155 cases terminated under the National Reconciliation Ordinance at different stages of court proceedings, Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari, the NAB chairman, told media on Saturday.

During his first interaction with journalists after taking over as NAB chairman, two days before hearing of the NRO implementation case by the Supreme Court, Admiral Bokhari said the revived cases were being pursued in accordance with the law...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/all-cases-terminated-under-nro-reopened.html


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Three attackers among seven killed in D.I. Khan
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By Muhammad Irfan Mughal
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 14: Two constables and two pedestrians were killed and 10 others, including seven policemen, injured when terrorists disguised as policemen attacked the district police office with hand grenades and automatic weapons here on Saturday.

The attack set off a ferocious exchange of fire between police and the assailants, which lasted about two hours. Two of the terrorists blew themselves up while one lost his life in the police operation that followed the strike...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/three-attackers-among-seven-killed-in-di-khan.html


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US report rejected
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet's Defence Committee rejected on Saturday a US military investigation into the deadly Nato air strikes on Pakistani border posts in November.

A meeting of the committee, chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, asked the military command to share its rejoinder with the American side...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/us-report-rejected.html


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Islamabad: where facts meet fiction
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By Arifa Noor
ISLAMABAD: Saturday may have been quiet in comparison to the crisis-ridden week that just passed but it had its fair share of political activity.

Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met President Asif Ali Zardari for the first time since the heated outburst of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the ISPR's waspish reply. The COAS then went on to join the prime minister in the DCC meeting who then waxed lyrical over the Pak military...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/islamabad-where-facts-meet-fiction.html


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Lanka suffer 5th straight loss
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EAST LONDON, Jan 14: South Africa condemned Sri Lanka to their fifth successive one-day international defeat with what home captain A.B. de Villiers described as a "clinical" five-wicket win in the second one-dayer at Buffalo Park on Saturday.—AFP..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/lanka-suffer-5th-straight-loss.html


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Iranians freed after deal in murder case
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By Amanullah Kasi
QUETTA, Jan 14: A sessions court in Kharan on Saturday freed three Iranian security personnel involved in the killing of a Pakistani national after a compromise application was filed by the relatives of the deceased and Iranian officials.

On Jan 1, the Iranians entered Pakistan and opened fire, killing Saeed Ahmed and injuring Arsalan Gul. Pakistani security forces chased the three Iranians and arrested them...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/iranians-freed-after-deal-in-murder-case.html


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US urges Pakistan to hold dialogue on Balochistan
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Jan 14: The US has urged Pakistan to "really lead and conduct a dialogue that takes the Balochistan issue forward", says the US State Department.

State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland addressed the issue in a "twitter-briefing" that the department holds every Friday, allowing people from around the world to tweet their questions to her...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/us-urges-pakistan-to-hold-dialogue-on-balochistan.html


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Mossad agents posed as CIA operatives to recruit Jundallah men
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WASHINGTON, Jan 14: Agents with Israel's Mossad agency posed as American CIA agents in operations to recruit members of militant group Jundallah, a report in Foreign Policy magazine said on Friday.

Using American dollars and US passports, the agents passed themselves off as members of the Central Intelligence Agency in the operations, notably in London, according to memos from 2007 and 2008, said the report...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/mossad-agents-posed-as-cia-operatives-to-recruit-jundallah-men.html


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PML-N proposes amendments to govt resolution
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Pakistan Muslim League-N proposed on Saturday three amendments to the resolution moved by the PPP-led coalition government in the National Assembly on Friday that wanted state institu-tions to act within constitutional "limits" and reposed "full confidence and trust" in the country's political
leadership.

Through the amendments signed by all 90 members of the PML-N, a copy of whose draft was made available to Dawn, the party has sought to remove the call for all state institutions to "strictly function" within the constitutional limits and, instead, suggested to make it binding on the government "to immediately implement in letter and spirit all previous resolutions of parliament and all the decisions of the superior judiciary"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/pml-n-proposes-amendments-to-govt-resolution.html


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