DINA for the issue of January 17, 2012

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January 17, 2012 Tuesday Safar 22, 1433
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SC slaps Gilani with contempt
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is all set to follow PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif by becoming the second prime minister to be served a show-cause notice for contempt of court.

On Monday, a seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk issued the order once it was evident that the government had no response to the six options laid down at the last hearing on the implementation of the NRO judgment...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/defiant-premier-in-the-dock-sc-slaps-gilani-with-contempt.html


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I will go to the court on 19th, says PM
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The National Assembly gave the PPP-led coalition government a major morale boost on Monday in the face of perceived challenges with a resolution passed with a big majority reposing trust in the political leadership and urging all state institutions to strictly remain within their constitutional limits.

The vote, followed by an opposition walkout, came after the government accepted only one of three amendments proposed by the opposition PML-N inserting words saying that "sovereignty lies with Almighty Allah", but rejected the remaining two that seemed diversionary and a reflection on the coalition's performance during about four years of its rule...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/defiant-premier-in-the-dock-i-will-go-to-the-court-on-19th-says-pm.html


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10 militants killed in Kohlu
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Jan 16: At least 10 militants were killed in an armed clash with security forces in the Bahlol area of Kohlu district late on Monday evening.

Official sources said that militants attacked personnel of the Frontier Corps in an area close to Chamalang when they were setting up a check-post...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/10-militants-killed-in-kohlu.html


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Core committee stands behind embattled leadership
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani received 'applause' from PPP leaders on Monday night for his earlier speech in the National Assembly and was assured of complete party backing when he would appear before the Supreme Court on Thursday to answer a contempt of court notice.

PPP's senior members, including a number of federal ministers, assured the prime minister at a meeting, presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari, that "the party will stand behind him in adopting a stance that is correct, respectful and constitutional"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/core-committee-stands-behind-embattled-leadership.html


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Talks at Presidency to end govt-army impasse
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: Away from the political maelstrom generated by Supreme Court's summoning of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on contempt charges, parleys between the government and the military establishment for defusing the situation continued on Monday.

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne met President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidency for what a source described as a follow-up meeting to the talks held between the president and Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani over the weekend...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/talks-at-presidency-to-end-govt-army-impasse.html



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Haqqani's phones not found
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By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The government's counsel informed the memo investigation commission on Monday that BlackBerry sets of former ambassador Husain Haqqani were missing from his residence and office in the US.

It has been alleged that the gadgets were used in drafting a secret memorandum addressed to the then chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/ijaz-misses-memo-commission-hearing-haqqanis-phones-not-found.html


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Thar energy project: US-based consortium offers $10 billion investment
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: A consortium of US-based lignite mining giants has offered to invest $10 billion in a large energy complex in Thar to produce 6,000MW of coal-based power and introduce for the first time in Pakistan the concept of gasification and production of liquid fuel from coal.

Officials told Dawn on Monday that the consortium was holding talks with the authorities, including the Board of Investment, on the project which will solve the problem of severe power shortage and expedite industrial growth...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/thar-energy-project-us-based-consortium-offers-10-billion-investment.html


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China says it will not attack India, seeks long-term friendship
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By Jawed Naqvi
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: Starting their 15th round of boundary talks here on Monday, China told India its policy of friendship was not based on momentary expediency and that there was no truth in reports that it some day planned to attack the South Asian neighbour.

"Our Indian friends may have confidence in China's tremendous sentiment of friendship towards India," China's State Councillor Dai Bingguo said in a written statement...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/17/china-says-it-will-not-attack-india-seeks-long-term-friendship.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 93.21 Points:
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KARACHI, Jan 16: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11107.48, up 93.21 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Jan 16: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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