DINA for the issue of August 07, 2012

	Tuesday, August 07, 2012 I Ramazan 18, 1433
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Free, fair polls only way out, says Raja By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Monday that the only way forward now was free and fair elections in the country. Talking to journalists at an Iftar-dinner hosted by him, Mr Ashraf said: “The media and judiciary have become independent and now it is time to give the same status to parliament. I strongly believe that the next general election to be held under a fully independent election commission will strengthen democracy.”...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 5.05 Points: KARACHI, Aug 06: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14671.38, down 5.05 points. Forex Update: KARACHI, Aug 06: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 94.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Parliament be wrapped up, Altaf says sarcastically By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Aug 6: In what appeared to be a veiled reference to the scrapping of the new contempt of court law by the Supreme Court, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Monday that if making laws was not the business of parliament then the parliamentary system should be wrapped up. Speaking on phone from London at an Iftar-dinner hosted by the MQM at the Jinnah Ground, Mr Hussain said that it was yet to be decided in Pakistan whether the judiciary was important or parliament...
PPP takes Abidi to task for his rhetoric By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Pakistan People’s Party dissociated itself from the anti-judiciary rhetoric of its firebrand Senator Syed Faisal Raza Abidi and issued a notice to him on Monday for violating party discipline. Mr Abidi had made some serious allegations against judges at a press conference at PPP’s central secretariat on Sunday...
Removal of 8 power firms’ CEs ordered By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power ordered on Monday immediate removal of 28 senior contractual employees, including eight chief executives of power companies of Wapda, and called for an investigation to ascertain if 19,254 employees had been inducted by the present government into the companies in violation of rules and the principle of merit. A meeting of the committee headed by Senator Zahid Khan of the ANP held that extension given to 28 top power sector executives not only violated an order of the Supreme Court but were also against rules and were unfair to officers deserving promotion...
German boring machines for AJK power project By Tariq Naqash MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf inaugurated on Monday two advanced German tunnel-boring machines for the 969 megawatt Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. Speaking at a ceremony held in Majhoi village, about 20km south of here along the Jhelum valley road, he said as minister for water and power he had proposed that work on the project should be speeded up under a plan to overcome the energy crisis. Local journalists were not invited to the ceremony, apparently to avoid questions regarding delay in the signing of a formal agreement with the AJK government and measures to mitigate the adverse environmental effects of the project...
Afghan peace negotiator to discuss Pak role tomorrow By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Top Afghan peace negotiator Salahuddin Rabbani is due here on Wednesday for a two-day visit to discuss Pakistan’s possible role in the reconciliation efforts. Cautious optimism prevails here ahead of Mr Rabbani’s trip, seen by diplomatic observers as extremely important. While everyone agrees that the visit may help the reconciliation effort, they are not very hopeful about something major coming out of it...
Medals table (At 1230am PST on Tuesday) Country G S B T China 31 19 14 64 United States 28 14 19 61 ...
Kenny and the horsemen add to Britain’s gold haul By Our Staff Reporter LONDON, Aug 6: Hosts Great Britain pushed their title haul to 18 with victory in the team show jumping and individual men’s sprint in deafening noise at the Olympic Park Velodrome on Monday. Cyclist Jason Kenny extended Britain’s dominance in the velodrome as he overcame France’s Gregory Bauge for the hosts’ fifth cycling gold through seven track events...
Sharifs’ absence from court irks NAB RAWALPINDI, Aug 6: The deputy prosecutor general of National Accountability Bureau objected to non-appearance of members of the Sharif family during the hearing on Monday of two corruption references against them. Accountability Court Judge Chaudhry Abdul Haq resumed hearing a NAB application seeking revival of corruption references relating to Ittefaq Foundries and Raiwind assets...
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