DINA for the issue of August 03, 2012

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August 03, 2012 Friday Ramazan 14, 1433
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Balochistan: foreigners using banned outfits, says Malik
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Describing the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) as a 'killing machine', Interior Minister Rehman Malik accused extremist organisations and banned outfits in Balochistan on Thursday of acting on directives from abroad and with complete support and assistance from Afghanistan.

"The BLA is a killing machine which is overhauled in Afghanistan and all its spare parts come from Afghanistan," the interior minister said in a speech in the Senate on the 'law and order situation in Balochistan'...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/balochistan-foreigners-using-banned-outfits-says-malik/


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Chitral youths joining Afghan army
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Bureau Report
PESHAWAR, Aug 2: A large number of youths in the border areas of Chitral district have joined the Afghan National Army (ANA) and also offered services to Nato forces in Afghanistan, says a statement issued by the Home and Tribal Affairs Department on Thursday.

"The department has reliable information that a large number of unemployed youths belonging to Chitral have joined the Afghan National Army and are serving in Afghanistan," the statement said...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/chitral-youths-joining-afghan-army/


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AG hurls charge of bias at apex court judges
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Attorney General Irfan Qadir commenced on Thursday his defence of the Contempt of Court Act 2012 before the Supreme Court but with a bumpy start. He first fired a salvo of bias at members of the bench and then regretted that former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had been convicted under a non-existing law.

The AG opened his arguments with allegations of bias against four members of a five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, hearing 27 challenges to the new contempt law...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/ag-hurls-charge-of-bias-at-apex-court-judges/


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Special report
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AN analysis of the new voter list issued by Election Commission of Pakistan late last month shows that up to 15 million Pakistanis of voting age may have been left out of the rolls. As compared to the rolls used for the last general election, the number of voters has declined substantially in most districts of Sindh and Balochistan. A special report on the issues is on Page 2...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/special-report/


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NAB passes the buck back to SC in Arsalan case
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The National Accountability Bureau passed the buck back to the Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether or not a joint investigation team (JIT) should probe the Arsalan Iftikhar-Malik Riaz graft case.

K.K. Agha, NAB's prosecutor general, informed the court that two members of the JIT (SP Islamabad Faisal Bashir Memom and FIA's Nasarullah Godal) who had been accused by Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, of being partial, had been taken out of the team, leaving the remaining three members, all belonging to NAB, to investigate the matter...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/nab-passes-the-buck-back-to-sc-in-arsalan-case/


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ISI chief holds talks in Washington on policy issues
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: ISI chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam had an important policy meeting at the State Department on Thursday with President Barack Obama's special coordinator for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Lt Gen Douglas E. Lute.

US Special Envoy Marc Grossman also attended the meeting. "Both sides stated their positions on various issues," said an official source, "expressing their desire to rebuild this important relationship"...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/isi-chief-holds-talks-in-washington-on-policy-issues/


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Phelps bags 20th medal as US go joint top
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LONDON, Aug 2: Michael Phelps of the United States won gold in the men's 200m individual medley here on Thursday to become the first male swimmer to win the same event in three consecutive Olympics and collect his 20th career medal in the process.

Phelps plans to retire after his these Olympics, his fourth, and came out on top in the showdown against rival Ryan Lochte who took silver as the US went joint-top with China on 18 gold medals...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/phelps-bags-20th-medal-as-us-go-joint-top/


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India's ex-army chief opposes N-power plant
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By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: Two months after he retired, former army chief General V.K. Singh has joined a campaign against a nuclear power plantplanned in his home state of Haryana, Indian Express reported on Thursday. The concerns of farmers, he said, must not be overlooked in the "myopic race for growth rate".

Joining an agitation against the plant in Gorakhpur in Haryana on Wednesday, Gen Singh told villagers not to throw their votes: "Choose a government which listens to you and whom you can tell what to do."..

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/indias-ex-army-chief-opposes-n-power-plant/


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Call for release of Rs6bn for canal project
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By Our Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Development projects in Balochistan came under spotlight on Thursday when the government directed the finance ministry to immediately release Rs6 billion to complete the Kachhi Canal project this year.

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf chaired a meeting held to review the ongoing development projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and decided to focus efforts and pool resources for expeditious completion of the canal project...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/call-for-release-of-rs6bn-for-canal-project/


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Chinese players slam expulsions
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LONDON, Aug 2: China's Olympic badminton players backed their under-fire head coach Li Yongbo and slammed the expulsion of two of their team-mates as the match-throwing scandal continued to overshadow the tournament on Thursday.

"I think it's extremely unfair. Firstly, it's a problem with the format, that's what I believe," Xu Chen, who will partner Ma Jin in Friday's mixed doubles final against another Chinese pair, said...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/chinese-players-slam-expulsions/


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Track cycling starts with thrills and spills
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LONDON, Aug 2: Track cycling got off to a speedy start at the London Olympics on Thursday with a string of world records broken and a double disqualification drama on the first day of racing at the new velodrome.

Britain won the men's cycling team sprint but China were disqualified in the final of the women's event, handing victory to Germany...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/track-cycling-starts-with-thrills-and-spills/


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Medals table (At 1250am PST on Friday)
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Country G S B T
China 18 11 5 34

United States 18 9 10 37...

http://dawn.com/2012/08/03/medals-table-at-1250am-pst-on-friday/


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Karachi Stocks Up 13.81 Points:
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KARACHI, Aug 02: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14730.67, up 13.81 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, Aug 02: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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