DINA for the issue of May 1, 2012

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D A W N I n t e r n e t N e w s A l e r t
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May 01, 2012 Tuesday Jumadi-us-Sani 9, 1433
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Play by rules, Kayani tells all
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
RAWALPINDI, April 30: Setting the ground rules for ending the politico-judicial impasse that has gripped the country since Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's conviction by the Supreme Court in the contempt case last week, Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani urged all organs of the state to adhere to their roles defined by the Constitution and stressed equal justice for all.

The Army chief's prepared remarks at the martyrs' day ceremony at the military headquarters were significant given that the controversy generated by the SC verdict about the future of the prime minister appeared to be descending into a full-scale political crisis after the PML-N threatened to launch an all-out movement to force Mr Gilani's resignation....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/play-by-rules-kayani-tells-all/


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Nawaz to PM: quit or face movement
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz announced on Monday that it would launch a 'protest movement' against the government, but gave no plan or a roadmap for its execution.

"Comply with the Supreme Court's order, quit the prime minister's office or face protest movement. This is the final verdict of the PML-N and the gist of today's meeting," Nawaz Sharif said at a press conference after presiding over a joint meeting of the party's central working committee and parliamentary group....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/nawaz-to-pm-quit-or-face-movement/


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Gilani maintains defiant stance
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By Khawar Ghumman and Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, April 30: There is no let-up in the rising political temperature in the country. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, at centre of a controversy after his conviction for contempt, continued with his defiant mood on Monday.

The prime minister, while speaking at a ceremony in the morning, publicly criticised the Supreme Court judgment and then while addressing the Senate in the evening he hit out at the Pakistan Muslim League-N for demanding his resignation in the aftermath of the conviction....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/gilani-maintains-defiant-stance/


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CJ cautions govt over local bodies elections
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QUETTA, April 30: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the government is bound to hold local bodies' elections under the Constitution.

"We will not allow anyone to violate the Constitution. The elected government, he said, would face difficulties if it violated the Constitution....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/cj-cautions-govt-over-local-bodies-elections/


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Return to wild old ways in parliament
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, April 30: Torn papers flew from their desks and their shouts rent the air in the National Assembly on Monday as lawmakers of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N returned to some wild old ways in parliament to press their demand that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani resign after a Supreme Court conviction for contempt.

Their noisiest protest in the four years of the present parliament, in which members of smaller opposition parties did not join, brought the lower house to a standstill before Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi adjourned it until Wednesday, just as the prime minister was telling the Senate in an adjacent hall that he was staying in office to exhaust legal remedies available to him....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/return-to-wild-old-ways-in-parliament/


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Announcement
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THE offices of Dawn will remain closed on Tuesday (May 1) on account of Labour Day. Arrangements have, however, been made to bring out the newspaper on Wednesday....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/announcement-8/


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Attacks violate sovereignty, says Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD, April 30: Pakistani officials on Monday condemned the US for carrying out its first drone strike in the country since parliament demanded they end two weeks ago.

The foreign ministry issued a statement, saying the strike which killed three suspected militants in the North Waziristan tribal area on Sunday "are in total contravention of international law and established norms of interstate relations"....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/attacks-violate-sovereignty-says-pakistan/


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Drone strikes legal, ethical, says US
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, April 30: White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan offered a rare public defence of drone strikes on Monday and said the attacks were legal and ethical and were directed only at "legitimate military targets".

In an indirect reference to Pakistan, Mr Brennan said the country's reluctance to act against certain terrorists also justified the US decision to use unmanned aircraft for targeting militant hideouts in Fata....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/drone-strikes-legal-ethical-says-us/


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Widow, mother-in-law of man killed by Raymond Davis slain
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By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, April 30: The widow of a man killed by US secret agent Raymond Davis last year and her mother were shot dead by her father over a matrimonial-cum-monetary dispute in Johar Town on Monday.

Neighbours said the family had shifted to their one-kanal home from a rented house in Shahdara a year ago after the suspect's son-in-law Faizan Haider and his friend Faheem were shot dead by the US national near Qartaba Chowk.."..

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/widow-mother-in-law-of-man-killed-by-raymond-davis-slain/


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EU help for people hit by flood, conflict
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BRUSSELS, April 30: The European Union on Monday announced a further 20 million euros in aid to people affected by last year's floods in Pakistan, as well as people displaced by conflict, bringing funding this year to 55 million euros.

While the world had responded with generosity to the country's devastating 2010 and 2011 floods, "we must not forget that millions of people are still struggling to recover, especially in the province of Sindh," said the EU's Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/eu-help-for-people-hit-by-flood-conflict/


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FIA told to probe misappropriation of NBP's welfare fund
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Supreme Court ordered the Federal Investigation Agency on Monday to probe the alleged misappropriation of billions of rupees in the National Bank's 'Staff Welfare Fund' in the name of 'achievement award', but after registering an FIR.

A two-judge bench comprising Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan and Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja had taken up a petition filed by Syed Jehangir, secretary general of NBP's Trade Union Foundation Karachi. The petition includes the name of the bank's former president Ali Raza as an accused. The bench directed the FIA to register FIR against 16 bank officials, including the former president, at whom fingers had been pointed and submit fortnightly progress reports on the investigation to the court registrar for perusal of judges in their chambers....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/fia-told-to-probe-misappropriation-of-nbps-welfare-fund/


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Abida Parveen hospitalised
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NEW DELHI, April 30: Eminent singer Abida Parveen was hospitalised here on Monday for cardiac problems. Doctors at the Medanta City Hospital said she would undergo angioplasty.

According to APP, Pakistan's High Commissioner Shahid Malik called on the singer and presented a bouquet on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari....

http://dawn.com/2012/05/01/abida-parveen-hospitalised/


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