DINA for the Issue of February 21, 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 21, 2012 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 28, 1433
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Awan's counsel urges SC to spare 'errant child'
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Supreme Court was requested here on Monday to consider former law minister Babar Awan's media jibe at the judiciary as an act of an errant child and spare him as parents do.

"My client is accused of committing judicial contempt and in such proceedings the court is like a parent while the alleged contemnor is similar to an errant child," argued Advocate Ali Zafar, representing Mr Awan before a bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Athar Saeed...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/awans-counsel-urges-sc-to-spare-errant-child.html


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US diplomat summoned again over resolution
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Foreign Office summoned the acting US ambassador on Monday to protest against a resolution tabled in the House of Representatives for the right to self-determination for the people of Balochistan.

This was the second time US Charge d' Affaires Richard Hoagland was summoned to the Foreign Office in seven days on the issue of Balochistan...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/us-diplomat-summoned-again-over-resolution.html


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Bill adopted by Senate with two-thirds vote
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Senate adopted the 20th Constitution Amendment Bill on Monday, but not unanimously as the National Assembly had done last week.

The adoption of the amendment by the upper house of parliament has cleared the way for the president to sign the bill which envisages an independent and powerful election commission, setting up of a neutral caretaker regime to hold general elections and restoration of 28 suspended lawmakers...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/bill-adopted-by-senate-with-two-thirds-vote.html


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Shepherd, young girl killed by landmines
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By Salem Shahid
QUETTA, Feb 20: A man and a girl were killed and her mother was injured in landmine explosions in Sui and Kohlu areas on Monday night, police sources said.

A woman and her young daughter, going home in Mondrani Pat area of Sui in Dera Bugti district, stepped on an anti-personnel mine, causing it to explode...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/shepherd-young-girl-killed-by-landmines.html


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Rs 1,952bn revenue target to be achieved: FBR
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By A Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was informed on Monday that revenue generation by the Federal Board of Revenue was on track and the target of Rs1,952 billion for the current financial year will be achieved.

A meeting, presided over by Dr Shaikh, was informed by the FBR chairman that net collection for the first seven months (July-January) of the 2011-12 financial year had reached Rs975 billion, showing a growth of 26 per cent over the same period last year...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/rs1952bn-revenue-target-to-be-achieved-fbr.html


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NAB may open cases against Sharifs
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is preparing to take up cases against PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

According to sources, the cases relate to default of Rs4.9 billion loans obtained from nine banks in 1994-95...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/nab-may-open-cases-against-sharifs.html


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'UK unable to get Pakistani freed from US military'
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LONDON, Feb 20: Britain's Court of Appeal has accepted that the government has been unable to comply with an order to obtain the release of a Pakistani man from a US military prison in Afghanistan because "the Americans are not going to play ball".

In December, lawyers for Yunus Rahmatullah won a writ of habeas corpus from the court to compel British officials to bring the prisoner before the court...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/uk-unable-to-get-pakistani-freed-from-us-military.html


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DPC rally condemns drone attacks, military operations
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By A Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Speakers at a Difa-i-Pakistan Council (DPC) rally here on Monday condemned US drone attacks, military operations in tribal areas, tabling of a resolution on Balochistan in the US House of Representatives and the ban on some religious parties. The rally expressed concern over the fate of missing persons.

The speakers warned the government against restoring Nato supply routes and granting the MFN (most favoured nation) status to India till resolution of the Kashmir dispute...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/dpc-rally-condemns-drone-attacks-military-operations.html


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12 killed as coach plunges into ravine
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By Our Correspondent
HARIPUR, Feb 20: Twelve people died and 15 others suffered injuries when a passenger coach fell into a ravine in Kotkay area on Monday, sources said.
They said the coach (CA-1507) was heading to Sirikot from Haripur when it plunged into the ravine. Eight people were killed on the spot and four of the wounded died later...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/12-killed-as-coach-plunges-into-ravine.html


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41 Afghan children saved from becoming suicide bombers
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KABUL, Feb 20: The Afghan government claimed on Monday that police had rescued 41 children from becoming suicide bombers as they were about to be smuggled across the mountains into Pakistan.

Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told a news conference that the children aged six to 11 had been released on Feb 15 from the clutches of four militants in eastern Kunar province...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/21/41-afghan-children-saved-from-becoming-suicide-bombers.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 19.50 Points:
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KARACHI, Feb 20: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12515.18, up 19.50 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Feb 20: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.2 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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