DINA for the Issue of March 12, 2012

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March 12, 2012 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1433
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Taliban claim responsibility for suicide blast at funeral; 16 dead
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By Ali Hazrat Bacha
PESHAWAR, March 11: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in the suburban Badbher area, killing 16 people and injuring 33 others on Sunday.

A senior police official said Advocate Khushdil Khan, Deputy Speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, appeared to be the target of the attack. The blast took place immediately after he had left the place...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/taliban-claim-responsibility-for-suicide-blast-at-funeral-16-dead.html


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Jilted girl's acid revenge
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By Our Staff Correspondent
FAISALABAD, March 11: In a rare departure from the usual inhuman practice in which women suffer acid assaults at the hands of men, a young man got his face badly burned when a girl allegedly threw the burning chemical at him in a village near here on Sunday.

Hailing from Marzipura, 21-year-old Mohsin told police that he was standing near a bus stop when Nabeela, 20, arrived there, threw acid at him and escaped...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/jilted-girls-acid-revenge.html


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Budget to be presented in May: minister
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KARACHI, March 11: The federal budget will be presented in May and consultations will be held with coalition partners and the opposition on the schedule for general elections, Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said here on Sunday.

Talking to reporters after addressing a conference of religious scholars, he said the elections would be held in a free, fair and transparent manner...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/budget-to-be-presented-in-may-minister.html


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Immunity issue is parliament's domain: Gilani
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By Zulqernain Tahir
LAHORE, March 11: Making clear his stance on writing a letter to Swiss authorities to reopen cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said here on Sunday that had his government wanted to do that so much time would not have been spent on the matter.

The Supreme Court has given the deadline of March 21 to the prime minister to write the letter...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/pm-virtually-rules-out-writing-letter-immunity-issue-is-parliaments-domain-gilani.html



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NTDC hires 60 engineers in violation of rules
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By Ahmad Fraz Khan
LAHORE, March 11: Demonstrating total disregard for transparency and merit, the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has recruited 60 junior engineers even though they had failed to clear the written test for the post. Sources in the company said that all of the candidates were appointed because instructions to hire them came from the highest political office of the country, or the federal ministry of water and power, or some were able to pay for it.

However, the Prime Minister's Secretariat denied issuing any such instructions and promised to "hold an inquiry to see if merit has been violated and who did what in the entire process"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/ntdc-hires-60-engineers-in-violation-of-rules.html


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9/11 plotter set to face military court
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WASHINGTON, March 11: Nine years after his arrest in Pakistan, self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed could soon be back in court for the much-awaited 'trial of the century'.

After years of delays, a significant step took place last week when a former aide to Khaled, Majid Khan, accepted a plea deal with US authorities that would require him to testify against other terror suspects at a US tribunal at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/911-plotter-set-to-face-military-court.html


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TV actress Tahira Wasti is dead
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, March 11: Renowned television actress Tahira Wasti passed away here on Sunday.

She was 68...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/tv-actress-tahira-wasti-is-dead.html


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British minister faces legal action over drone strikes
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LONDON, March 11: Lawyers for the family of a man killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan said they would begin legal action against Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday, accusing him of complicity in strikes they said broke international laws.

London law firm Leigh Day & Co said it had "credible, unchallenged" evidence that Hague oversaw a policy of passing British intelligence to US forces planning attacks against militants in Pakistan. It plans to issue formal proceedings against Hague at the High Court in London on behalf of Noor Khan, whose father died in a drone attack last year...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/british-minister-faces-legal-action-over-drone-strikes.html


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