DINA for the issue of May 02, 2012

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May 02, 2012 Wednesday Jumadi-us-Sani 10, 1433
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Three judges not available for PM's appeal
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, May 1: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that three judges who were part of the bench that heard the contempt case against the prime minister would not be available if a review petition came up. Therefore, he added, two ad hoc judges and an additional judge would have to be appointed in the apex court to ensure that a nine-member bench heard the appeal.

Speaking at the inauguration of a new building of the Balochistan High Court's bench in Sibi on Tuesday, he said since a seven-member bench had heard the contempt case, a nine-member bench was necessary for the review petition...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/three-judges-not-available-for-pms-appeal/


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PBC's opposition
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council on Tuesday came out in opposition to the move for appointment of two ad hoc and one acting judges in the Supreme Court for completing the bench to hear a review petition by the prime minister against his conviction.

The council appealed to its members to ensure their presence at a meeting slated in Lahore for May 5 where the PBC intends to work out its line of action in case ad hoc judges are appointed instead of elevating high court judges to the SC bench...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/pbcs-opposition/


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Conspiracy of silence persists a year after Osama
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By Arifa Noor in Abbottabad
IT'S now an island of white concrete in the midst of green fields dotted with smaller houses. A clear patch to one side of the plot has been turned into a cricket pitch. The children playing there run through puddles of water and crushed and broken concrete as they field.

When one of them is asked if he knew who once lived here, he hurriedly says, "Osama," his eyes chasing the ball just outside of his reach...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/conspiracy-of-silence-persists-a-year-after-osama/


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The story of an apology lost
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The US apology for the Salala attack was once thought to be the easiest of Pakistan's demands for the Americans to fulfill. However, it has now emerged as a major hurdle in the negotiations for re-engagement.

Western diplomats put the blame squarely on Islamabad. They claim that serious miscalculations by the Pakistani side in the process leading up to the start of formal talks made the latter miss the bus...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/the-story-of-an-apology-lost/


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Babar Awan sacked from last PPP post
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ISLAMABAD, May 1: Former minister for law and parliamentary affairs, Senator Babar Awan, now stands truly powerless in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) after removal from the vice president's position.

As PPP co-chairman, President Asif Ali Zardari withdrew on Tuesday a four-month-old notification regarding Mr Awan's appointment as the party's vice president and also removed him as finance secretary...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/babar-awan-sacked-from-last-ppp-post/


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Gilani asks PTI, PML-N to avoid confrontation
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By Khawar Ghumman
ISLAMABAD, May 1: While a war of words between the ruling Pakistan People's Party and the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N continues unabated after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's conviction for contempt of court, behind-the-scene efforts aimed at calming the political storm are under way.

An official told Dawn that Prime Minister Gilani had requested PML-N president Mian Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan to avoid confrontational politics...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/gilani-asks-pti-pml-n-to-avoid-confrontation/


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Imran rejects Nawaz's offer
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By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan rejected on Tuesday PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif's offer of political cooperation until the party resigned from assemblies and the Punjab government "restored its credibility".

"First quit the Punjab government and resign from assemblies to regain our confidence which you (Mr Sharif) have lost because of backing off thrice from the boycott pledge in 2008 elections and then contesting polls," Imran Khan said while briefing newsmen at the party secretariat here after presiding over a meeting of the PTI's central working committee...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/imran-rejects-nawazs-offer/


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PM likens PML-N march to revolt by provincial govt
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ISLAMABAD, May 1: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that no provincial government could launch a long march against the federal government because it was unconstitutional and unjustified and it would be treason.

He was speaking at a TV programme, "Prime Minister Online", jointly telecast by the PTV and Samaa TV...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/pm-likens-pml-n-march-to-revolt-by-provincial-govt/


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Two die in Quetta bomb attack on FC convoy
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, May 1: Two people were killed and 15 others, including six security personnel, injured in a car bomb attack on a Frontier Corps convoy on Sariab Road on Tuesday.

"The convoy of Bolan Scouts, a wing of the FC, was coming from Sibi and five personnel were among the injured," a police officer told Dawn...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/two-die-in-quetta-bomb-attack-on-fc-convoy/


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Three killed in Orakzai shelling
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By Our Correspondent
KALAYA, May 1: Three people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday when an artillery shell fired by security forces landed in an orchard near Mir Garhi village in Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency.

According to sources, those killed by the shell were identified as Amir Khan, Shoaibullah and Khaliq...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/three-killed-in-orakzai-shelling/


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Hafeez hints at budget revenue target of Rs2.3tr
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By Mubarak Zeb Khan
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Undeterred by the May Day holiday and the raging political storm over the conviction of prime minister in the contempt case, federal Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh held a meeting on taxation proposals on Tuesday.

Sources in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said that during the meeting the minister hinted at fixing revenue collection target at Rs2.3 trillion in the budget for 2012-13. This target would be met by widening the tax base rather than by proposing additional taxes or increasing the existing tax rates that would hit the common people directly...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/hafeez-hints-at-budget-revenue-target-of-rs2-3tr/


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Raymond pleads not guilty to US assault
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DENVER, May 1: A former CIA contractor who shot dead two men in Pakistan last year pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of assaulting a Colorado man in a dispute over a parking spot outside a bagel shop.

Raymond Davis, 37, entered his plea in Douglas County District Court where he faces charges of second-degree felony assault, misdemeanour disorderly conduct and fighting in public, said Casimir Spencer, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/raymond-pleads-not-guilty-to-us-assault/


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Jobless man tries to kill himself
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By Mohammad Hashim Bhurgari and Mohammad Hussain Khan
BADIN / HYDERABAD, May 1: A jobless man tried to commit self-immolation on Badin's Shah Latif Road on Tuesday.

The onlookers rushed and did manage to save his life but not before he had sustained serious burn injuries...

http://dawn.com/2012/05/02/jobless-man-tries-to-kill-himself/


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