DINA for the Issue of April 02, 2012

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April 02, 2012 Monday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 9, 1433
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Gilani renews commitment to Iran pipeline
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By Khawar Ghumman
BOAO (China), April 1: Pakistan and Iran reiterated here on Sunday their commitment to complete their trans-border gas pipeline project despite US opposition and pressure.

According to sources, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh expressed their deep desire for speedy completion of the project and also decided to help each other in exploring avenues of alternative financial support...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/02/gilani-renews-commitment-to-iran-pipeline.html


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President to visit India on 8th
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, April 1: President Asif Ali Zardari will pay a private visit to India on April 8 to pray and pay respects at the shrine of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.

President's spokesman Farhatullah Babar told Dawn on Sunday that the president had accepted Indian prime minister's invitation for a lunch in New Delhi during his stopover there on way to Ajmer Sharif...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/02/president-to-visit-india-on-8th.html


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PML-N to boycott PCNS meeting
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, April 1: Reacting immediately to the government's decision to increase prices of diesel, petrol and other petroleum products, the Pakistan Muslim League-N announced on Sunday that it would boycott Monday's meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) which is redrafting its recommendations on new terms of engagements with the US.

The party will also hold a protest rally in Rawalpindi on Wednesday against what it termed a "cruel and inhuman decision"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/02/fuel-price-hike-pml-n-to-boycott-pcns-meeting.html


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ISI seeks in-camera Balochistan hearing
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By Abdul Shakoor Khan
ISLAMABAD, April 1: With Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry heading for Quetta to hear petitions relating to law and order in Balochistan, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has requested an in-camera session on the matter.

In a letter sent to the court ahead of a hearing in Quetta, a senior ISI official wrote: "In order to have a holistic view of the situation prevailing in the province, this Directorate General be allowed to make a comprehensive presentation to the honourable Supreme Court on April 3."..
http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/02/isi-seeks-in-camera-balochistan-hearing.html


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Details about Osama's hideout in Haripur emerge
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HARIPUR, April 1: It's an ornate but not lavish two-storey house tucked away at the end of a mud clogged street. This is where an intelligence agency believes Osama bin Laden lived for nearly a year until he moved into the villa in which he was eventually killed.

The residence in Haripur was one of five safe houses used by the slain Al Qaeda leader while on the run in Pakistan, according to information revealed by his youngest wife, who has been detained...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/02/details-about-osamas-hideout-in-haripur-emerge.html


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Sialkot Stallions breeze to eight-wicket win
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ISLAMABAD, April 1: Six-time National T20 Cup winners, Sialkot Stallions became the champions of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup on Sunday when they defeated Karachi Dolphins by a huge margin of eight wickets after an interesting contest in front of a jam-packed Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

In a final that was tight until the last three overs, Dolphins' 167-for-8 total proved to be too little for Stallions to chase as they won the event with seven balls to spare...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/02/sialkot-stallions-breeze-to-eight-wicket-win.html


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