DINA for the issue of January 23, 2012

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January 23, 2012 Monday Safar 28, 1433
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Gilani rules out 'viceroy security'
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By Amjad Mahmood
LAHORE, Jan 22: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has been spitting venom against Pakistan, its establishment and governments for a long time.

Mr Ijaz "does not deserve the protocol being sought for him because that will require billions of rupees," he said while talking to reporters after offering condolences to the family of the world's youngest IT professional, late Arfa Karim Randhawa, here on Sunday...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/gilani-rules-out-viceroy-security.html


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FoDP task force gives top priority to Bhasha dam
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) has prioritised $28.2 billion water and hydropower projects to be completed by 2020 and decided to follow the guidelines and safeguards set by the Asian Development Bank for providing funds and technical assistance.

This is the crux of the final report of FoDP's water sector task force after including suggestions of the stakeholders. The report completed in about a year is scheduled to be launched on Feb 20...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/fodp-task-force-gives-top-priority-to-bhasha-dam.html


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Major gas pipeline blown up
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Jan 22: Gas supply to several areas in Sindh was disrupted after a main pipeline was blown up in Mullguzar area on Sunday evening.

An official of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) said the repair work would begin after security clearance.The banned Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility for the attack...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/major-gas-pipeline-blown-up.html


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Mansoor Ijaz keeps everyone guessing
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD: Although the government has assured foolproof security to Mr Mansoor Ijaz, the main character in the 'memogate' affair, it is not yet certain that he will visit Pakistan.

Mr Ijaz is scheduled to appear before the three-member investigation commission formed by the Supreme Court, on Tuesday...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/mansoor-ijaz-keeps-everyone-guessing.html


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Fans mob Pakistani women writers in Jaipur
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By Jawed Naqvi
JAIPUR (India), Jan 22: Celebrated Pakistani women writers — historian Ayesha Jalal and social activist Fatima Bhutto — were mobbed, applauded and loved at the Jaipur Literary Festival here on Sunday where they canvassed support for friendlier ties with India and pooh-poohed the prospects of a military coup in their country.

Clearly upstaging the top-billed American media star Oprah Winfrey who made a widely televised appearance at the festival at the same time, though at a separate platform, Miss Bhutto and Ms Jalal were roundly cheered for an incisive analysis of the evolving political situation in Pakistan and its impact on the world...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/fans-mob-pakistani-women-writers-in-jaipur.html


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Musharraf gets support from former military colleagues
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: Former president Pervez Musharraf has got much-needed backing from his former military colleagues at a time when his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) lacks support for his unhindered and safe homecoming.

The Pakistan First Group (PFG), whose formation was announced this weekend by retired military personnel, has demanded of the government to provide to Gen Musharraf the protocol a former head of state deserves...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/musharraf-gets-support-from-former-military-colleagues.html


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US-Pak intelligence cooperation continues
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The death of a senior Al Qaeda leader in a US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal areas, the first strike in almost two months, signalled that the US-Pakistan intelligence partnership is still in operation despite political tensions.

The Jan 10 strike — and its follow-up two days later — were joint operations, a Pakistani security source based in the tribal areas said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/us-pak-intelligence-cooperation-continues.html


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Pakistan govt will overcome crisis: India
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BANGALORE, Jan 22: India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said on Sunday that developments in Pakistan were of 'deep concern' from the point of stability in South Asia.

"Peace prevailing in Pakistan brings some kind of stability in South Asia," he told reporters at the taluka headquarters town of Sira in Tumkur district of Karnataka. "In that background, the current situation is a matter of deep concern."..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/pakistan-govt-will-overcome-crisis-india.html


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Grant of Motorway project to Malaysian firm: EOBI accuses NHA of foul play in award of contract
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By Bakhtawar Mian
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) has accused the National Highway Authority of foul play in the award of the Rs24.93 billion Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway construction contract to a Malaysian company, saying the NHA ignored the lowest bid offered by it.

A top EOBI official told Dawn on Sunday that his organisation had offered to build the project of international standard at a cost of Rs18 billion – Rs6 billion less than what had been offered by the Malaysian company – but "our bid was not even opened because we could not pay kickbacks"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/grant-of-motorway-project-to-malaysian-firm-eobi-accuses-nha-of-foul-play-in-award-of-contract.html


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Snow paralyses life in northern Balochistan
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, Jan 22: Several areas of Balochistan remained cut off from Quetta because of the snowfall that continued in the central and northern parts of the province on the second consecutive day on Sunday.

The Met office has forecast snowfall and rain in different areas of the province for the next 24 to 36 hours...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/snow-paralyses-life-in-northern-balochistan.html


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Imran urges US to stop drone attacks
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By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan 22: PTI leader Imran Khan urged the United States on Sunday to stop drone attacks in Pakistan because they also killed many innocent people.

In an interview to CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Mr Khan noted that each bomb that killed terrorists also killed many people who might be related to the terrorists but were not involved in terrorism...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/imran-urges-us-to-stop-drone-attacks.html


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