DINA for the Issue of August 23rd , 2012

	Thursday, August 23, 2012 | Shawwal 04, 1433
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Rains claim 22 lives: Punjab, KP face threat of flood Dawn Report ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are facing the threat of floods because of heavy rains which various districts of the two provinces are likely to receive over the next two days.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 65.04 Points: KARACHI, Aug 15: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14977.01, up 65.04 points. Forex Update: KARACHI, Aug 15: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Drone attack kills 6: Reports about operation grip N. Waziristan By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH, Aug 22: A US drone attack on a house near Miramshah in North Waziristan on Tuesday killed six people and injured four others. According to witnesses, an unmanned plane fired missiles at the house in Shna Khwara, 5km west of Miramshah, the headquarters of the tribal agency. A vehicle parked in the compound was also hit.
Plan to block pre-paid SIMs issued on fake ID By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the government is planning to block pre-paid SIMs issued on fake national identity cards in order to prevent their use in terrorist activities. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, the minister said the proposal was to block all prepaid SIMs in phases after consultations with relevant sections and experts.
Relief goods gutted in fire at UNHCR warehouse By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Aug 22: Medicines, tents and other relief goods stored mainly for Afghan refugees were gutted after a huge fire engulfed a warehouse of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) here on Wednesday. Sources said three godowns in the Killi Gul Mohammad area caught fire at around 4:30pm.
Prices of petrol, diesel and CNG increased By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Under pressure from the Finance Ministry, the government has decided to increase the prices of CNG and petroleum products even before the Eid holidays are over despite an announcement made by the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum, Dr Asim Hussain, on Aug 13 that petroleum prices would not be increased during August as an Independence Day gift to the nation. The prices were kept unchanged by reducing the petroleum levy on each product, but under pressure from the Finance Ministry the levy was increased on Wednesday.
Veteran journalist Shamim dies at 71 By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Aug 22: Shamim-ur-Rahman, a veteran journalist and special correspondent of Dawn, died on Tuesday morning after a long illness. He was 71. Shamim-ur-Rahman was laid to rest in a cantonment graveyard in Block 17 of Gulistan-i-Jauhar.
Syria says it’s ready to discuss Assad exit DAMASCUS, Aug 22: Syria has said it is ready to discuss the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as part of a negotiated settlement to the increasingly ferocious conflict but the US has reacted with scepticism to the statement. The surprise comments on Tuesday by a Syrian envoy visiting Moscow emerged after Russia bluntly told the West not to meddle in Syria in the wake of US President Barack Obama’s warning to Damascus over its chemical weapons arsenal.
Sleepy woman flies from Lahore to Paris & back ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: A Frenchwoman endured an 18-hour journey from Lahore to Paris and back again after sleeping through her plane’s stopover in the French capital, officials said on Wednesday. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is investigating how ground crew failed to notice the woman during the plane’s two-hour stopover at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.
Pir Jo Goth stampede leaves six dead By Mansoor Mirani and Waseem Shamsi KHAIRPUR / SUKKUR, Aug 22: Five women and a man, disciples of Pir Pagara, died as a stampede broke out during the annual ‘Deedar-i-Aam’ (general appearance) of the pir at the Dargah Pir Jo Goth on Eid day. Thousands of disciples from across the country had gathered at the dargah after Eid prayers for a glimpse of Pir Pagara.
Iraqi sent to Adiyala jail, via Baghdad By Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI, Aug 22: An Iraqi citizen suspected of having links with militants here has been sent to Adiyala jail after he was deported to Iraq but the authorities there did not allow him to enter the country, according to sources. An official of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told Dawn that Muhammad Ibrahim was arrested by law-enforcement agencies for alleged links to militants and put on a Qatar Airways flight to Baghdad on Eid day.
India cracks down on Internet after violence NEW DELHI, Aug 22: India pressed social media websites including Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday to remove ‘inflammatory’ content it said helped spread rumours that caused an exodus of migrants from some Indian cities last week. The government said in a statement it had already blocked access to 245 web pages it said contained doctored videos and images, and the telecommunications secretary, R. Chandrashekhar, threatened legal action against the websites if they did not fully comply with the requests to take down the offending pages.
Afghan rockets hit parked plane of US military chief KABUL, Aug 22: A militant rocket attack damaged the plane of the top US general as it sat parked at a coalition base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, dealing another blow to the image of progress in building a stable country as foreign forces work to wind down the 10-year-old war. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the two rockets that hit the C-17 transport plane that US Army Gen Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, flew into Bagram Air Field north of Kabul on a day earlier.
Call to protect ‘blasphemy charge girl’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Amnesty International has urged Pakistan to reform its blasphemy laws and protect a young Christian girl arrested for allegedly burning pages inscribed with verses from the holy Quran. Rimsha, who is between 10 and 13 years old and is reported to have Down’s syndrome, was taken into custody in a low-income area of Islamabad last week after furious Muslims demanded that she be punished.
Osama operation: book says US had consent of Pakistan military By Anwar Iqbal and Masood Haider WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Aug 22: The Obama administration seems to have acquired a “tacit consent” of the Pakistani military for the May 2 raid in Abbottabad that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, claims a new book released in the United States on Wednesday. The book – “Leading from Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisers Who Decide for Him” – also claimed that in August 2010, the ISI offered valuable information about Bin Laden’s hideout to the CIA.
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