DINA for the Issue of April 03, 2012

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April 03, 2012 Tuesday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1433
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Govt in no hurry to open Nato routes: PM
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By Khawar Ghumman
ON BOARD PM SPECIAL PLANE, April 2: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said his government is in no hurry to reopen Nato supply routes and a decision to that effect will be taken only after evolving a consensus at the Parliamentary Committee on National Security.

During an informal chat with media personnel on board a special plane on way back home after attending the Boao Forum conference in China, Mr Gilani said: "Let the committee, which has representation from all political parties in parliament, decide what they want. The government has not set a timeframe for the committee to complete its deliberations and will wait for a final outcome."..

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/decision-rests-on-parliament-pm-govt-in-no-hurry-to-open-nato-routes.html


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Oil prices likely to be slightly reduced
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, April 2: The government has decided to slightly reduce prices of three major petroleum products -- petrol, high speed diesel and kerosene -- in an effort to defuse the strong public reaction to a large increase in the prices made on Saturday.

The Ministry of Finance is likely to announce a decision to the effect on Tuesday...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/oil-prices-likely-to-be-slightly-reduced.html


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Seven killed as Lyari violence gets out of police control
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By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, April 2: As law-enforcement personnel fought pitched battles with armed groups in Karachi's Lyari area for the second day on Monday, seven people lost their lives and scores of others were wounded.

President Asif Ali Zardari expressed fury over the law and order situation in the city and told the authorities to show no mercy to extortionists, targeted killers and criminals...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/ppp-man-six-others-killed-lyari-violence-gets-out-of-police-control.html


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Widows, two daughters of Osama jailed
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By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD, April 2: A local court convicted on Monday three widows and two grown-up daughters of the slain Al Qaeda chief of illegal residency and impersonation and sentenced them to 45 days imprisonment, to be followed by deportation.

The five have been in custody since May 2 last year when Osama bin Laden was killed by US commandos in his Abbottabad residence...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/widows-two-daughters-of-osama-jailed.html


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Rental power scam — bigwigs on ECL
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, April 2: In line with a recent decision of the Supreme Court, the National Accountability Bureau tightened the noose on Monday on 19 bigwigs, including four former federal ministers and four former secretaries, and placed their names on the exit control list (ECL) for alleged irregularities and non-transparency in rental power projects (RPPs).

In its verdict on Friday, the court rescinded the RPPs and ordered NAB Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari to proceed with corruption references against those who were at the helm of affairs when the contracts were signed between 2006 and 2008 to overcome the energy shortfall through these projects as a stopgap arrangement...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/rental-power-scam-bigwigs-on-ecl-2.html


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Call for bold initiatives
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ISLAMABAD and New Delhi must get ready to launch bold initiatives to cement their relationship on stable and permanent foundations, write Humayun Khan and Salman Haider, ex-foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India, in a preview of President Asif Zardari's April 8 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

"What is needed now is direct engagement at the very top. Dr Manmohan Singh must pay a return visit to Pakistan. It would be an occasion to announce agreement on some specific issues like Siachen and Sir Creek,"...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/call-for-bold-initiatives.html


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Hindus of upper Sindh: a bruised community carries on
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By Cyril Almeida
In the little town of Reharki in Ghotki district, a sprawling multi-acre complex sits among fields just off the main road.

Known as the Reharki Darbar, it houses the Sant Satram Das temple and is just a few kilometres from the Bharchundi Sharif shrine, which has become the focal point of allegations that Hindu women are being forced to convert to Islam...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/hindus-of-upper-sindh-a-bruised-community-carries-on.html


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Govt was not aware of Osama's presence: Panetta
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, April 2: US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta said on Monday that like others in the Obama administration he too believed the top Pakistani leadership was unaware of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts despite new evidence showing that the Al Qaeda chief lived in the country for nine years after 9/11.

In an interview to CBC television, Mr Panetta, however, said he believed some "lower rank" people in the military might have known where Bin Laden was hiding...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/panetta-defends-ties-with-pakistan-govt-was-not-aware-of-osama-s-presence.html


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Man held for kidnapping, assault in Ubauro
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By Waseem Shamsi
SUKKUR, April 2: Ubauro police have arrested one man and are conducting raids for his accomplices accused of kidnapping and assaulting a girl of Mitho Bhutto village.

Aftab Bhutto was arrested after the victim's father Amir Bakhsh Bhutto lodged an FIR at Ubauro police station. He said Aftab Bhutto along with 11 accomplices had attacked his home, kidnapped his daughter at gunpoint and assaulted her after taking her to an unknown place...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/03/man-held-for-kidnapping-assault-in-ubauro.html


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Karachi Stocks Down 117.97 Points:
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KARACHI, Apr 02: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 13643.79, down 117.97 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Apr 02: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 91.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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