DINA for the issue of 30, March 2012

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March 30, 2012 Friday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 06, 1433
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Eight die in sectarian attack and clashes in Quetta
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, March 29: At least eight people, a woman and a policeman among them, were killed and 13 others injured in what appeared to be a sectarian attack on a group of Hazara people and in ensuing clashes between police and protesters here on Thursday.

And two officials of a UN organisation were killed in an attack near Mastung...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/eight-die-in-sectarian-attack-and-clashes-in-quetta.html

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Name of PM's son figures in chemical import case
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, March 29: The Supreme Court turned down on Thursday a request by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) for withdrawal of a case against the import of a proscribed chemical -- a scandal that allegedly involves the prime minister's younger son, Ali Musa Gilani.

Musa Gilani was recently elected member of National Assembly from Multan on a seat vacated by former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi after joining the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/name-of-pms-son-figures-in-chemical-import-case.html

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Gilani may face another contempt case
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani may face yet another contempt charge in addition to the one he is already confronted with for not implementing the NRO verdict.

The apprehension was expressed by legal experts after Thursday's proceedings by a seven-judge Supreme Court bench grappling with the issue of implementation of the NRO judgment...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/gilani-may-face-another-contempt-case.html

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Pakistan eyes Russia for Iran gas project
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ISLAMABAD, March 29: Pakistan said on Thursday it would seek Russian funding for a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from Iran amid Chinese reluctance to invest in the project over fears it could be hit by sanctions.

The quest for alternative sources of funds began when the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) failed to sign a consortium to finance Pakistan's $1.5 billion share of the project...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/pakistan-eyes-russia-for-iran-gas-project.html

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Resetting ties with US, Nato: Military, civil leaders strive for consensus
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, March 29: The top civil and military leadership met here on Thursday at the prime minister's house in an attempt to develop a consensus on the recommendations of a parliamentary committee about the new terms of engagement with the United States and Nato.

According to an official statement on the meeting, it was meant to "evolve a consensus regarding resolution of the parliament on policy recommendations for future course with the US and Nato"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/resetting-ties-with-us-nato-military-civil-leaders-strive-for-consensus.html

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Top-level talks have led to better understanding: US
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, March 29: High-profile engagements between the United

States and Pakistan this week have led to a better understanding between the two countries, according to the White House and the State Department...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/top-level-talks-have-led-to-better-understanding-us.html

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Ogra wants POL prices unchanged for a month
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Estimating an 8.2 per cent increase under the price formula, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has advised the government to keep prices of petroleum products unchanged for next month to comply with a decision of the special parliamentary committee, which warned of unrest if prices are raised.

Sources told Dawn that in its monthly advice for adjustments in prices of petroleum products, the oil and gas regulator had also advocated a change in the existing pricing mechanism from monthly to quarterly basis to provide relief to the public at large. And in view of increasing price trend in the international market, the government should also arrange import of petrol through long-term contracts to secure some savings, it said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/ogra-wants-pol-prices-unchanged-for-a-month.html

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Britain's online visa service for Pakistanis
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, March 29: British High Commissioner Adam Thomson has said that an online visa service is being introduced in Pakistan and the UK Border Agency will not accept applications on paper forms from May 1.

Briefing journalists on changes in visa rules here on Thursday, Mr Thomson said those applying for work or study visa would be required to submit points-based applications online from April 6. The system will reduce waiting time at the application centre...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/britain-s-online-visa-service-for-pakistanis.html

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Railways GM held on charges of misappropriation
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Railways General Manager Saeed Akhtar was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday on charges of misappropriation.

A spokesman for the bureau which has set up a special cell to investigate several corruption cases concerning the railways confirmed the arrest. According to sources, Mr Akhtar was arrested when he left his office in Pak Secretariat. They said some leaders of parties in the ruling coalition and senior military officers were also involved in the cases...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/railways-gm-held-on-charges-of-misappropriation.html

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'Vaccination campaign' doctor sacked for anti-state activities
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By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, March 29: The health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has terminated the service of former Khyber Agency surgeon Dr Shakil Afridi for his involvement in organising an unauthorised US-sponsored vaccination campaign in Abbottabad to collect DNA samples of people living in the compound where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lived with his family.

Dr Afridi was arrested by security agencies in July, about two months after Bin Laden was killed by US commandos...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/vaccination-campaign-doctor-sacked-for-anti-state-activities.html

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Swiss woman's captors want Osama wives freed
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ADEN, March 29: A bid to release a Swiss woman kidnapped in Yemen has suffered a blow after her abductors made excessive demands, including for Osama bin Laden's widows to be freed, a tribal chief said on Thursday.

Al Qaeda militants abducted the woman on March 14 from her home in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, where she had been teaching at a foreign language institute...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/swiss-womans-captors-want-osama-wives-freed.html

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Haqqani will have to come for testimony, says SC
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Former ambassador Husain Haqqani will have to come to Pakistan to testify before the judicial commission investigating authenticity of a controversial memo as the Supreme Court held on Thursday that its earlier order of obligating him to return home whenever called would remain in the field.

A ten-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, assembled to take up a request by the commission's secretary, granted another six weeks to the commission to complete its job of finding the truth behind the controversy...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/30/haqqani-will-have-to-come-for-testimony-says-sc.html


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