DINA for the Issue of February 28, 2012

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February 28, 2012 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 5, 1433
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Sharmeen brings Oscar glory to Pakistan
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By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, Feb 27: Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won the first ever Oscar award for Pakistan for her documentary 'Saving Face' at the 84th Academy Awards gala on Sunday.

Accepting the world's prestigious award, Ms Chinoy observed: "I want to dedicate this award to all the heroes working on the ground in Pakistan and to all the women in the country who are working for a change. Do not give up as this is your dream."..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/sharmeen-brings-oscar-glory-to-pakistan.html


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Procedure to bring Musharraf back begins
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By Mohammad Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The interior ministry has been asked to formally request Interpol to issue red notices for the arrest of former army ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

According to sources, the Federal Investigation Agency's counter-terrorism wing has written a letter to the ministry in this regard...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/procedure-to-bring-musharraf-back-begin.html


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The women behind the Oscar
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By Madiha Sattar
KARACHI: "Rukhsana says that if she has to bear the consequences [of the film], so be it," says Bilquis, a staff member at the Acid Survivors Foundation in Islamabad, where the acid attack victims featured in co-director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Oscar-winning documentary had sought refuge.

Both Rukhsana and Zakia — the two women attacked by their husbands — who played central roles in the film along with plastic surgeon Dr Mohammad Jawad, denied requests to speak to the media for fear of further victimisation. Contrary to some news reports, the men were never prosecuted for this crime...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/the-women-behind-the-oscar.html


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Outrage over preventing women from casting votes
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By Our Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The National Commission on Status of Women has expressed outrage that women were barred from casting their votes in Mardan and Mianwali during the recently-held by-elections and called upon the provincial governments to hold an inquiry into the matter.

In a statement issued here on Monday, the commission condemned the act of preventing women from exercising their right of franchise in Mardan and Mianwali at a number of polling stations...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/outrage-over-preventing-women-from-casting-votes.html


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Secession to compound problem, says Raisani
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Feb 27: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has said he believes in dialogue for resolving the issues being faced by the province, but Baloch nationalists are not ready for talks because they only want independence.

Talking to EU Ambassador to Pakistan Lars-Gunner Wigemark who had called on him at the Chief Minister's House on Monday, Mr Raisani said there was possibility of a civil war breaking out in the province if efforts were made for Balochistan's secession...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/secession-to-compound-problem-says-raisani.html


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Blast near ANP meeting venue; at least 5 dead
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By Suhail Kakakhel
NOWSHERA, Feb 27: Five people were killed and 26 others suffered injuries in a bomb blast near the venue of a public meeting organised by ANP here on Monday. Eleven of the injured are police personnel. (Foreign news agencies put the death toll at seven)

The remote-control bomb strapped to the fuel tank of a motorcycle exploded immediately after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti had left the meeting in a helicopter, accompanied by a number of ministers and party leaders...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/blast-near-anp-meeting-venue-at-least-5-dead.html


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Spillway of Attabad lake widened
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By Farooq Ahmed Khan
GILGIT, Feb 27: The officials of Frontier Works Organisation carried out a blasting plan on Monday to expand and deepen the spillway of Attabad lake, which formed after a devastating landslip two years ago.

"We have completed our task and through controlled blasting, the spillway has been widened...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/spillway-of-attabad-lake-widened.html


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Aitzaz wants SC to summon Awan, officials as witnesses
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: A day before the formal hearing by the Supreme Court of a contempt of court charge against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, his counsel submitted on Monday a miscellaneous application requesting two top government officers and a former law minister to be summoned as court witnesses.

Instead of submitting evidence relating to the contempt of court against the prime minister, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan requested the court to summon Cabinet and Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi, Law Secretary Masood Chishti and former law minister Babar Awan to record their statements as court witnesses...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/aitzaz-wants-sc-to-summon-awan-officials-as-witnesses.html


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Babar Awan won't appear
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By Our Staff Reporter
FORMER law minister Babar Awan would not appear before the apex court as a witness because he had already argued in the NRO review petition filed by Law Secretary Masood Chishti, a source close to Mr Awan said. "The relevant rules (The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973) bar a lawyer from appearing as a witness before a court where he has already argued the same case as a lawyer," the source added...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/babar-awan-won-t-appear.html


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Early rehabilitation of drains ordered
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By Shamim-ur-Rahman
KARACHI, Feb 27: President Asif Ali Zardari has taken serious notice of slow pace of rehabilitation of storm-water drains in Sindh and directed the provincial government to get local people involved in the project.

Reviewing post-flood rehabilitation measures at a meeting here on Monday, the president ordered completion of the first phase of the short-term projects by June...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/early-rehabilitation-of-drains-ordered.html


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LHC seeks reply 'within 24 hours' in brigadier case
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By Malik Asad
RAWALPINDI, Feb 27: The Rawalpindi bench of Lahore High Court sought on Monday a reply from the secretary of defence 'within 24 hours' on a petition of Brigadier Ali Khan who is currently facing court martial.

He is accused of having links with the banned outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT); conspiring to topple the government; trying to instigate a mutiny within the army; and launching an attack on the GHQ...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/lhc-seeks-reply-within-24-hours-in-brigadier-case.html


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England win T20 series
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ABU DHABI, Feb 27: Captain Stuart Broad and Jade Dernbech held their nerve in the closing overs to bowl England to a five-run victory and a 2-1 series win over Pakistan in the final Twenty20 international here on Monday.

Man-of-the match Kevin Pietersen had laid the foundations by belting 62 off 52 deliveries while carrying his bat through the England innings...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/england-win-t20-series.html


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US says can't secure every inch in Afghanistan
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: The White House said on Monday that the US was not in Afghanistan to secure every inch of its territory and the next Nato summit in Chicago would focus on turning over the country's security to Afghan forces by the end of 2014.

At a White House briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney also stressed the need for US soldiers to operate in a way that enhanced US cooperation with the Afghans and not in a way that detracted them from this objective...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/28/focus-on-handing-over-responsibility-us-says-can-t-secure-every-inch-in-afghanistan.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 37.14 Points:
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KARACHI, Feb 27: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 12743.66, up 37.14 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Feb 27: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.2 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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