DINA for the issue of January 24, 2012

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January 24, 2012 Tuesday Safar 29, 1433
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CEC disputes court order on voter list
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The Election Commission appeared to be on a path of confrontation with the Supreme Court on Monday when Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Hamid Ali Mirza said that the court's decision to put by-elections on hold till preparation of error-free electoral rolls was a violation of the Constitution.

Speaking at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties and representatives of civil society, the CEC said it was a constitutional requirement to hold by-election within 60 days of a seat falling vacant...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/cec-disputes-court-order-on-voter-list.html


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Drug reaction toll jumps to 63
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By Asif Chaudhry
LAHORE, Jan 23: A total of 63 heart patients have died over the past three weeks after taking medicines from government hospitals in Lahore.

The stunning fact was revealed at a press briefing by provincial Health Secretary Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) on Monday night...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/drug-reaction-toll-jumps-to-63.html


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Ijaz refuses to visit Pakistan over security concerns
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By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: A day before his scheduled appearance before the memo investigation commission, Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz refused on Monday to come to Pakistan and said his statement should be recorded and evidence received from him abroad.

After the development, former ambassador to US Husain Haqqani requested the commission to suspend Mr Ijaz's right to give a statement because of his continuous absence...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/ijaz-refuses-to-visit-pakistan-over-security-concerns.html


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SC rebuts assertion
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: In a strong and prompt rebuttal to a statement by the Chief Election Commissioner expressing disagreement on its verdict to postpone the Feb 20 by-elections, the Supreme Court reasserted on Monday that any election on the basis of existing faulty electoral rolls would be illegal.

"It is clarified that election on the basis of polluted/unverified voter list cannot be termed just, fair and in accordance with law, as required under Article 218(3) of the Constitution," the Supreme Court explained in a statement issued by its Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/sc-rebuts-assertion.html


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Kayani's warning brought Nato strikes to halt: military
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: A direct intervention by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and warning of an enhanced response had finally brought to a halt Nato's air strikes on Volcano and Boudak posts in Mohmand agency on Nov 26 last year.

This was revealed in a 24-page document released by ISPR, the military's public affairs wing, on Monday. It gives Pakistan's perspective on a US investigation report on the incident which brought the already-strained relations between Pakistan and the United States to a new low...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/kayanis-warning-brought-nato-strikes-to-halt-military.html


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SC to take up Asghar's plea on Feb 29
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The Supreme Court may finally take up on Feb 29 the long pending petition of Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan in which he has accused the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of bribing politicians.

Apparently, the case has been fixed on the growing demand from certain quarters to hear the matter so that the politicians and political groups who received money from the agency are punished...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/sc-to-take-up-asghars-plea-on-feb-29.html


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ISI chief secretly met ex-president in Dubai
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By Azaz Syed
ISLAMABAD: Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), held a secret meeting with former president and retired chief of army staff Gen Pervez Musharraf in Dubai in a failed attempt to persuade him against returning to Pakistan during the present volatile political atmosphere, highly-placed sources told Dawn.Com here on Monday.

"General Pasha had remained very close to former president Musharraf and that is why he decided to take the initiative of meeting him in Dubai to convince him that it is not advisable for him to return to country," said one of the knowledgeable sources who requested to remain anonymous...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/isi-chief-secretly-met-ex-president-in-dubai.html


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Try Musharraf for treason, says Senate
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The Senate passed a unanimous resolution on Monday asking the government to arrest former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf on his return from abroad and try him for committing treason.

Senator Mian Raza Rabbani moved the resolution towards the end of Monday's proceedings on behalf of seven other senators...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/try-musharraf-for-treason-says-senate.html


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Authorities ordered to submit compliance report: Apex court orders return of land to Swat resident
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMBAD, Jan 23: The Supreme Court ordered authorities on Monday to ensure return of ancestral cultivable agriculture lands to a resident of Swat which were taken away from him, ostensibly by military authorities, after branding him a terrorist when they launched the Operation Rah-i-Rast against Taliban in the picturesque valley.

Headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the Supreme Court had taken up a petition of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, seeking return of his gardens, ancestral homes and lands he had left behind as an internally displaced person (IDP)...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/24/authorities-ordered-to-submit-compliance-report-apex-court-orders-return-of-land-to-swat-resident.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 272.30 Points:
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KARACHI, Jan 23: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12046.98, up 272.30 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Jan 23: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 90.8 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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