DINA for the Issue of March 06, 2012

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March 06, 2012 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 12, 1433
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Allies wrangle over top Senate posts
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, March 5: As the Senate polls are over, attention is now focused on the two most important posts in the upper house. A heated debate has started on whether or not the current chairman will be retained and who will be awarded the coveted seat of deputy chairman of the upper house.

These pressing issues were the subject matter of a meeting of coalition partners in the presidency that was chaired by President Zardari. Surprisingly Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was not present on the occasion...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/allies-wrangle-over-top-senate-posts.html


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PPP dissects Senate loss, forms committee
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the core committee of the ruling Pakistan People's Party expressed concern on Monday over the unexpected loss of a Senate seat in Punjab and formed a committee to investigate the matter.

The committee headed by MNA Faryal Talpur will present its report to the President within 24 hours...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/ppp-dissects-senate-loss-forms-committee.html


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DCO of Gwadar Dashti killed in Karachi
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By S. Raza Hasan
KARACHI, March 5: The District Coordination Officer of Gwadar was killed in Karachi on Monday night. The body of Abdul Rehman Dashti was found in a car in the DHA.

SSP Naeem Shaikh said the DCO appeared to have been killed in a house. His body was later placed in a car which was abandoned in Khayaban-i-Tanzeem not far from there. The car's green registration plate had Balochistan number...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/dco-of-gwadar-dashti-killed-in-karachi.html


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All options on table to end energy crisis: Khar
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By Our Staff Correspondent
MULTAN, March 5: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said here on Monday that Pakistan would avail itself of all available opportunities, including the Iran gas pipeline project, to overcome its energy crisis.

Ms Khar, who was addressing a press conference, said Pakistan would not depend on any one solution but would also pursue the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, besides the Iran gas...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/all-options-on-table-to-end-energy-crisis-khar.html


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Doctrine of necessity buried, says SC
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, March 5: Deciding cases on the basis of likely consequences will mean reverting to the malignant 'doctrine of necessity' that has been buried by the people with their valiant struggle, the Supreme Court said on Monday in its detailed judgment on the prime minister's appeal in the contempt case.

Giving reasons for rejecting the plea, the 15-page judgment authored by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja referred to the concern of the prime minister's counsel Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan who had said in his arguments in the intra-court appeal that the stability of the democratic system "may depend on the outcome of this case"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/doctrine-of-necessity-buried-says-sc.html


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Nawaz against another term for Gen Pasha
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, March 5: PML-N president Nawaz Sharif has categorically stated that he is against giving extension in service to ISI Director General Shuja Pasha.

Talking to journalists after offering fateha for Col Sheraz who died in a terrorist attack in the Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency, he said he would not say anything on the matter because the residence of the late Colonel was not an appropriate place to discuss such issues...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/nawaz-against-another-term-for-gen-pasha.html


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Ex-secretary assails 'attempts to subjugate' poll commission
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, March 5: In a hard-hitting eight-page resignation letter submitted on March 1, Election Commission's secretary Ishtiak Ahmad Khan has criticised 'unnamed' institutions for their undue interference in the affairs of the commission.

Although he did not name the institutions encroaching upon the autonomy of the ECP, he made an indirect reference to the commission's recent face-off with the Supreme Court...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/ex-secretary-assails-attempts-to-subjugate-poll-commission.html


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Summons be pasted on Musharraf house: SC
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, March 5: The Supreme Court hearing a plea for registration of a second FIR in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case ordered on Monday that a summons be pasted on the wall of former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf's residence in Islamabad.

A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez said the move was aimed at informing the retired general of the case that would be taken up again after two weeks...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/plea-for-second-fir-in-benazir-assassination-case-summons-be-pasted-on-musharraf-house-sc.html


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Abdali missile tested
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, March 5: Pakistan military said on Monday it had successfully test-fired a nuclear capable Abdali missile as part of validation of its missile systems.

"Pakistan today successfully test-fired the short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf II (Abdali), as part of the process of validation of land-based ballistic missile systems," ISPR said in a media release...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/abdali-missile-tested.html


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Irsa plans to distribute water amid shortage
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, March 5: With both Mangla and Tarbela reservoirs approaching dead levels, the Indus River System Authority has estimated that there will be a shortfall of water during April and called a meeting of its technical committee on March 16 to determine availability of water for Kharif 2012 (April-Sept).

Sources told Dawn on Monday that a meeting of Irsa's advisory committee would be held by the end of March to approve the water distribution plan for Kharif in line with provincial irrigation requirements...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/06/irsa-plans-to-distribute-water-amid-shortage.html


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Karachi Stocks Up 190.38 Points:
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KARACHI, Mar 05: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 13279.35, up 190.38 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Mar 05: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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