DINA for the Issue of February 14, 2012

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February 14, 2012 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 21, 1433
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Guilty? asks court; No, will contest charge: PM
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Dressed in a dark suit, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani returned to the Supreme Court on a grey Monday morning so that charges of contempt of court could be framed against him.

Astride his white vehicle and flanked by his democratic credentials in the shape of Asfandyar Wali Khan and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, he entered the courtroom No 4 and pleaded not guilty after the charges had been framed...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/guilty-asks-court-no-will-contest-charge-pm-offence-carries-six-month-jail-next-hearing-on-22nd-some-analysts-discount-disqualification.html


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Tears, cries as families see 'missing' detainees
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: They fell into wordless embrace of their relatives and remained locked there crying and thanking Allah for the little mercy.

It was an emotion-filled scene for reporters covering the production before the Supreme Court on Monday of the remaining seven of the 11 prisoners who had mysteriously gone missing from outside Rawalpindi's Adilyala Jail in May 2010...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/tears-cries-as-families-see-missing-detainees.html


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Moral support for Gilani, ire at US hearing in NA
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Hours after being indicted by the Supreme Court over a disputed contempt charge, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani seemed winning some moral support across party lines in the National Assembly on Monday before opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan jumped in to share the day's honours by pulling off a unanimous, though belated, condemnation of a US Congressional hearing on Balochistan.

The prime minister's arrival during the early part of the question hour to louder than usual desk-thumping from the ruling coalition enlivened a dull house and then lawmakers from both the opposition and treasury benches went to him to shake his hand or say a few words of possible support in the case he has to fight in the apex court for not writing mainly to Swiss judicial authorities to reopen withdrawn money-laundering charges against his party's dead and living leaders in cases instituted by their political rivals in 1990s...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/moral-support-for-gilani-ire-at-us-hearing-in-na.html


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Parliament has final say on ties with US: Kayani
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
SHAHBAZ AIRBASE (Jacobabad), Feb 13: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Monday that parliament would determine the contour of Pakistan's future relationship with the US.

In a rare media interaction, along with the Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman standing next to him, Gen Kayani said the government's policy was clear and all matters, including the terms of engagement with the US and Nato and the question of restoring Nato supplies cut off after the attack on two military checkposts in Mohmand Agency in November last year, would be decided by parliament...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/parliament-has-final-say-on-ties-with-us-kayani.html


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Delhi blast sets ablaze Israel embassy car
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By Jawed Naqvi
NEW DELHI, Feb 13: An Israeli embassy car in Delhi caught fire in a suspected bomb attack on Monday injuring three people, including possibly the wife of a diplomat.

Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna called his Israeli counterpart AvidorLieberman to assure him of a through probe into the mysterious incident, which Israel has blamed on Iran...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/delhi-blast-sets-ablaze-israel-embassy-car.html


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KESC tariff reducedby 19 paisa
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Tariff for electricity consumers in Karachi has been reduced by 19 paisa per unit on account of fuel price adjustment to be passed on to them in bills for March.

According to a notification issued by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), tariff reduction has been allowed for the consumption month of August last year...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/kesc-tariff-reduced-by-19-paisa.html


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Four die in Balochistan attacks
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Feb 13: Two boys and two policemen were killed and 24 people were injured when a bomb exploded in Dera Murad Jamali and some armed men opened fire on a police camp in Chattar area of Nasirabad district on Monday.

The bomb had been planted in a motorbike parked near a restaurant....

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/four-die-in-balochistan-attacks.html


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Pakistan has second lowest school enrolment: study
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By Faiza Ilyas
KARACHI, Feb 13: Pakistan stands second in global ranking of out-of-school children with 57.3 per cent children in the 3-5 age group not enrolled in any school in the rural areas and 65.5 per cent mothers being in the illiterate category.

Citing the figures at the launch of the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser), Pakistan, here on Monday, experts said the challenges on the educational front could not be overcome unless the citizens fought for quality education for their children as their fundamental right...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/pakistan-has-second-lowest-school-enrolment-study.html


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MQM man to join AJK cabinet
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By Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 13: An MQM member of the AJK Legislative Assembly will join the cabinet on Tuesday.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has two members in the Legislative Assembly elected against the seats reserved for Pakistan-based Kashmiri refugees. Mohammad Tahir Khokhar has already been inducted into the cabinet as transport minister...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/mqm-man-to-join-ajk-cabinet.html


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Balochistan hearing termed unhelpful
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: The US Charge d'affaires was on Monday summoned to the Foreign Office for conveying the government's abhorrence at the newfound American concern for Balochistan, which was described as unhelpful for repairing the already strained bilateral relationship.

"The US charge d'affaires, Mr Richard Hoagland, was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. He was officially conveyed the government's serious concern with regard to the hearing held by the US Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations in relation to Balochistan," the Foreign Office said in a statement...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/14/balochistan-hearing-termed-unhelpful.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 18.40 Points:
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KARACHI, Feb 13: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12250.00, up 18.40 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Feb 13: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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