DINA for the Issue of February 09, 2012

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February 09, 2012 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1433
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Bench headed by CJ to hear Gilani's appeal
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Four days before the date he has been summoned to appear before the Supreme Court in a contempt case, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has challenged the order through an intra-court appeal which will be heard on Thursday.

The appeal says it would be ironic to send to prison a democratically elected prime minister who had released detained judges of the court even before taking oath as the chief executive...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/bench-headed-by-cj-to-hear-gilanis-appeal.html


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Contacts with Nato and Isaf resume
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: A meeting of senior military officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan and coalition forces based in Afghanistan held on Wednesday for discussing border security and coordination marked the formal resumption of military contacts with the US and Nato after months of estrangement in the aftermath of Nov 26 strikes on Pakistani border posts.

"Representatives of Isaf, ANA and Pakistan Army met at Border Coordination Centre (BCC) in Torkham today under tripartite engagement format to discuss and improve various coordination measures on Pak-Afghan border," a military official said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/contacts-with-nato-and-isaf-resume-2.html


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Cabinet reshuffle: Relief for people in next budget
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The Core Committee of the Pakistan People's Party decided on Wednesday to reshuffle the federal cabinet and give maximum relief to people in the next budget.

At a meeting presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the presidency, the committee charted out an action plan in view of the approaching elections...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/relief-for-people-in-next-budget-change-in-cabinet-on-the-cards.html


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Military claims severing militants' supply route
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The army claimed on Wednesday to have made major progress in an operation in Kurram Agency after clearing the snow-covered Jogi mountains and severing a vital supply route to militants in North Waziristan.

"Jogi mountains, which were being used by militants as their hideout, have been captured and the area is well defended," an army officer said after COAS Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited troops in Kurram Agency...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/military-claims-severing-militants-supply-route.html


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JUI faction's leader shot dead in Chaman
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Feb 8: A senior leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Ideological group), Maulana Abdul Ghani was gunned down in the border town of Chaman on Wednesday, Levies sources said.

Unidentified attackers opened fire at Maulana Ghani, leaving him seriously injured. He was taken to hospital where he died soon afterwards...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/jui-factions-leader-shot-dead-in-chaman.html


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'Headway' in talks, but bill deferred
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Both the government and opposition reported headway in their talks over the fate of a constitution amendment to protect the seats of 28 parliamentarians, but the bill to provide for it was deferred in the National Assembly for the fifth time on Wednesday for approval of possible changes to extend its scope by the leaders of two sides.

However, the house passed two other important government bills meant to improve the regulatory role of the State Bank of Pakistan and to encourage financing for power projects...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/headway-in-talks-but-bill-deferred.html


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Canal to help fishermen avoid Indian waters
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Dawn Report
KARACHI/THATTA, Feb 8: A 1.5km-long and 25-metre-wide canal dug up by Pakistan Navy, connecting Sughando and Othano rivers in the Sir Creek border area, was inaugurated by the provincial information minister on Wednesday.

The canal will provide fishermen enough catch for sustainability and save them from getting trapped by way of straying into Indian territorial waters...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/canal-to-help-fishermen-avoid-indian-waters.html


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Killing of MPA's wife, daughter: All Senators walk out in protest
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Irrespective of their political affiliation, all members of the Senate on Wednesday walked out of the house in protest against the recent target killing in Karachi of the wife and daughter of a Balochistan assembly member, Mir Bakhtiar Domki.

The walkout was led by Shahid Hassan Bugti, a relative of the dead...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/killing-of-mpas-wife-daughter-all-senators-walk-out-in-protest.html


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Govt report links rights violations to poverty
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Reporting more than 16,000 cases during 2011, the government has linked economic crisis, poverty and widening gap between the elite and common citizens to increase in number of human rights violations and said the deteriorating situation would require "strong revolutionary steps" for improvement.

"The gap between the elite, ultra rich, prosperous business class and the middle and lower middle classes along with the large majority living below the poverty line is so wide that it cannot be filled by ordinary measures. It requires very strong revolutionary steps to address the situation for a better and cordial social environment," said the ministry of human rights in a testimony to parliament...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/govt-report-links-rights-violations-to-poverty.html


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10 suspected militants killed in drone strike
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By Pazir Gul
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 8: Ten suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired missiles at a compound near Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency early on Wednesday, sources said.

The attack was carried out in Spelga area, some 12km southeast of Miramshah. Two missiles slammed into the compound belonging to the Badar Mansoor group, an outfit operating under the Panjabi Taliban...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/10-suspected-militants-killed-in-drone-strike.html


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Punjab finally gets health minister
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Feb 8: The special assistant to Punjab chief minister, Khwaja Salman Rafique, was given the charge of provincial health department on Wednesday.

Mr Rafique and Zaeem Qadri, another special assistant who got the charge of higher education department, will exercise powers of ministers...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/punjab-finally-gets-health-minister.html


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Hospital in a fix over detainees with critical injuries
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By Waseem Ahmad Shah
PESHAWAR, Feb 8: Authorities at a public sector hospital here are perturbed over the manner in which missing persons are brought there by intelligence agencies in critical condition and with slim chances of their survival, an official at the hospital said.

The official at the Lady Reading Hospital, the biggest public sector hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said four people who were among the 11 prisoners who went missing from Rawalpindi's Adiala jail were brought to the hospital in precarious condition and doctors there had no chance to save them...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/hospital-in-a-fix-over-detainees-with-critical-injuries.html


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Suspect forcibly taken away: police
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Feb 8: The police were on Wednesday left protesting against some army personnel over the custody of a suspect in a 2011 forced-marriage case.

The police said a group of army men forcibly took away the suspect from the Misri Shah police station on Wednesday evening. Not only this, the police officials claimed the soldiers briefly held hostage a sub-inspector and gave a thrashing to other staff at the police station. The sub-inspector, identified simply as Javed, had arrested Saleem Masih, working as a sweeper in an army unit, in a forced-marriage case registered in 2011...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/suspect-forcibly-taken-away-police.html


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Disappearance of Masood Janjua not 'enforced', SC told
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The commission of inquiry on enforced disappearances informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the case of Masood Janjua did not fall within the domain of "enforced disappearance".

A bench comprising Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Jawwad S. Khwaja and Justice Amir Hani Muslim had taken up a number of cases regarding missing persons...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/09/disappearance-of-masood-janjua-not-enforced-sc-told.html


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Karachi Stocks Down 16.15 Points:
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KARACHI, Feb 08: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12,268.47, down 16.15 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Feb 08: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 90.8 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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