DINA for the Issue of February 08, 2012

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February 08, 2012 Wednesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 15, 1433
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Zardari to host trilateral summit on 16th
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran will meet here from Feb 16 to 17 at the third trilateral summit, committed to promoting regional cooperation and strengthening peace and stability, but the event is expected to have more visuals than substance.

"We aren't expecting anything major in the joint declaration to be issued at the end of the two-day summit," a Pakistani diplomat said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/zardari-to-host-trilateral-summit-on-16th.html


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All coalition lawmakers told to attend today's NA session
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: With the main opposition PML-N busy in filibustering the 20th amendment bill, members of the National Assembly belonging to parties in the ruling coalition have been directed to ensure their presence in the house on Wednesday for a possible vote on the bill.

"I have to change my travel plans at the eleventh hour as my party leadership has given strict instructions to all party lawmakers to be present in the house on Wednesday for a vote on the bill," a PML-Q lawmaker said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/all-coalition-lawmakers-told-to-attend-today%e2%80%99s-na-session.html


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PPP, PML-N fail to bridge differences over caretaker set-up
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The deadlock between the ruling Pakistan People's Party and the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on the 20th Constitution Amendment Bill persisted on Tuesday as the two sides stuck to their stances on a caretaker set-up for holding general elections, but agreed to meet again on Wednesday noon ahead of the National Assembly session to be held in the evening.

The representatives of the government and the opposition met for the second day in the chamber of Leader of Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in the Parliament House, but again failed to reach an understanding on the major demand of the PML-N to make it constitutionally binding upon the government to appoint a caretaker set-up with 'consensus' for holding general elections, instead of 'consultation' with the opposition as envisaged in the Constitution...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/ppp-pml-n-fail-to-bridge-differences-over-caretaker-set-up.html


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Pakistan committed to gas plan: president
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari told an Iranian delegation on Tuesday that Pakistan was committed to an early implementation of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.

Iran's Vice President Ali Seedlou, who led the Iranian delegation, said his country had already laid the pipeline on its side of the border and was ready for full implementation of the project...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/pakistan-committed-to-gas-plan-president.html


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SC admits plea against perceived removal of generals
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Supreme Court formally admitted for hearing on Tuesday a petition filed against a perceived move to sack Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI Director General Lt-Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha against the backdrop of the memo controversy. The court ordered its office to entertain the petition.

At the same time, a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez allowed the federal government, the respondent in the petition, to raise the question of maintainability against the petition any time during the hearing...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/sc-admits-plea-against-perceived-removal-of-generals.html


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Fury in PPP over ally's provinces bill
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Pakistan People's Party wants the creation of a new Seraiki province from the Punjab province, but the National Assembly witnessed on Tuesday a sharp dissent within the ruling party over an ally's private bill seeking an easier process to divide Pakistan's most populous province into three units of almost the same name.

The reaction to the move by Riaz Fatyana, a senior lawmaker of the government-allied Pakistan Muslim League-Q, to reshape the province of more than 60 per cent of the country's population in three units — to be known as Punjab, Central Punjab and Southern Punjab — was so furious that the formal introduction of the draft was deferred after it was tabled to allow consultations within the ruling coalition over what PPP chief whip Khursheed Ahmed Shah called a "sensitive issue"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/fury-in-ppp-over-ally%e2%80%99s-provinces-bill.html


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US considering to issue apology, says NYT
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By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, Feb 7: A senior American military commander is expected to travel to Pakistan this month in what Obama administration officials say is the first step towards thawing a strategic relationship that has in effect remained frozen for more than two months, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Gen James N. Mattis, the head of the Central Military Command, will meet Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to discuss the investigation of an exchange of fire at the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, as well as new border coordination procedures to prevent a recurrence of the incident, the newspaper said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/us-considering-to-issue-apology-says-nyt.html


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Armed JuD men intercepted by police, taken away by intelligence personnel
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By Mohammad Asghar
RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: A group of men claiming to be members of an intelligence agency took into custody four armed activists of the banned Jamaatud Dawa detained by Rawalpindi police on Tuesday afternoon, Dawn has learnt.

The four men brandishing weapons were on a double-cabin vehicle which was intercepted by police at an army-police picket on Airport Road a few minutes before the convoy of an Iranian dignitary was to pass through the area...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/armed-jud-men-intercepted-by-police-taken-away-by-intelligence-personnel.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 164.72 Points:
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KARACHI, Feb 07: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12301.64, up 164.72 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Feb 07: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 90.8 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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