DINA for the Issue of February 11, 2012

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D A W N I n t e r n e t N e w s A l e r t
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February 11, 2012 Saturday Rabi-ul-Awwal 18, 1433
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Supreme Court throws out PM's appeal
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan failed to convince the Supreme Court with his argument in favour of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the eight-member larger bench of the court dismissed on Friday his appeal against the summoning of the premier in a contempt case.

Now the prime minister will have to appear in the court on Monday for framing of contempt charge against him for not pursuing corruption cases abroad...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/charges-to-be-framed-on-monday-supreme-court-throws-out-pms-appeal.html


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Bring 'missing' detainees to court, agencies ordered
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By Nasir Iqbal and Imran Ali Teepu
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Bitterly disappointed with agencies over the non-production of seven suspects who had been taken into custody by intelligence agencies for their alleged involvement in several cases of terrorism, the Supreme Court ordered the ISI, MI, Judge Advocate General (JAG) Branch and the chief secretary of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Friday to ensure presence of these prisoners by Monday.

"When the prime minister can come to the Supreme Court then everyone will come," Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry observed, while heading a three-judge bench...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/bring-missing-detainees-to-court-agencies-ordered.html


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The Baloch who is not missing
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By Mohammed Hanif
KARACHI: In the last week of November 2011, Qadeer Baloch, a retired UBL employee from Quetta did something that no grandfather should have to do. He held his four and a half year old grandson's hand and took him to see his son Jalil Reki's mutilated bullet-riddled body and made sure the kid got a good look at it. Qadeer Baloch also had a chat with the boy and told him who had killed his father and why.

For more than two and a half years Qadeer had been lying to the boy. "When Jalil was picked up he was only two," says Qadeer Baloch. "He had a hole in his heart and the doctors told us not to put him under any stress. So I kept telling him that his daddy was away on business."..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/the-baloch-who-is-not-missing.html


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Balochistan briefing in NA next week
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Faced with heightened domestic and foreign concerns, the government promised on Friday to give its version of what is happening in Balochistan to the National Assembly next week.

The offer for a briefing came from Interior Minister Rehman Malik after two lawmakers from the province — one from the ruling party and the other from the opposition — warned of dire consequences if alleged excesses by security authorities were not checked and in the wake of a US congressional hearing about alleged human rights violations there...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/balochistan-briefing-in-na-next-week.html


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Accord with Sri Lanka to bolster strategic ties
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to bolster their strategic ties by enhancing trade and strengthening defence and security cooperation.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa began a three-day visit to Pakistan on Friday with a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari who told him that there was a huge scope to boost cooperation by "building on shared values, enhancing connectivity, increasing the synergies of our economies and reinforcing the institutional framework for cooperation"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/accord-with-sri-lanka-to-bolster-strategic-ties.html


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Delays in AJK power projects under probe
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The Prime Minister's Inspection Commission (PMIC) has launched an investigation into alleged deliberate delays in the construction of hydropower projects in Azad Kashmir and an institutional lapse in raising timely objections over Indian projects on western rivers in violations of Pakistan's rights guaranteed by the 1960 waters treaty.

Talking to Dawn, PMIC member Bashir Ahmad said an investigation had been launched but he was not authorised to comment on it...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/delays-in-ajk-power-projects-under-probe.html


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Aafia's lawyers seek dismissal of charges
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By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, Feb 10: Lawyers for Dr Aafia Siddiqui serving an 86-year prison sentence for shooting at US soldiers in Afghanistan told a New York Court that she should have been exempted from testifying due to mental illness.

They sought for dismissal of charges against her arguing there was no evidence that she in fact had shot at US authorities while in custody...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/aafias-lawyers-seek-dismissal-of-charges.html


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External powers behind Balochistan crisis: Malik
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Absolving the army and paramilitary forces of the charges of abducting and killing people in Balochistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik held on Friday a third force responsible for the volatile situation in the province.

"Not the Army or the Frontier Corps (FC), but a third force is disturbing law and order situation in Balochistan," Mr Malik told the Senate...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/external-powers-behind-balochistan-crisis-malik.html


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Nato supply road repairs to cost Rs122bn
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The government informed the National Assembly on Friday that it needed a staggering amount of Rs122.95 billion to repair roads which had badly suffered because of heavy traffic load, having been used as major supply lines for Nato forces in Afghanistan.

Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan provided this information in a written reply during the question hour session in the lower house of parliament...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/nato-supply-road-repairs-to-cost-rs122bn.html


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Father of NY bomb plotter faces jail
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NEW YORK, Feb 10: The father of a terrorist faced up to 40 years in prison on Friday after his conviction on charges that he destroyed evidence and lied to investigators to cover up his son's plot to attack the New York City subways in 2009.

Mohammed Wali Zazi, 55, remained free on bail after his conviction in July...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/father-of-ny-bomb-plotter-faces-jail.html


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Rabbani's murder: Kabul says two held in Quetta
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KABUL, Feb 10: Pakistan has arrested two people in connection with last year's assassination of a former Afghan president who was trying to broker peace with the Taliban, two Afghan government officials claimed on Friday.

The officials told AP that the two were detained in Quetta...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/rabbanis-murder-kabul-says-two-held-in-quetta.html


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US hearing termed ill-advised
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WASHINGTON, Feb 10: Pakistan has termed Congressional hearing on Balochistan an ill-advised move which will be detrimental to building trust with the United States.

Pakistan's Ambassador Sherry Rehman forcefully raised the issue in her meetings with members of Congress and senior officials of the US administration, an embassy spokesman in Washington said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/11/us-hearing-termed-ill-advised.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 30.65 Points:
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KARACHI, Feb 10: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12243.89, up 30.65 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Feb 10: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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