DINA for the issue of September 07, 2012

	Friday 7th September 2012 | Shawwal 19, 1433
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Krishna arrives today amid low expectations By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Eager to see their countries normalise bilateral ties, Pakistanis and Indians on the eve of the prime event in the peace dialogue — annual review meeting of the foreign ministers — seem content with the little progress made over the past two years even though a big leap forward to normal neighbourly relationship has kept eluding them.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 75.27 Points: KARACHI, Sept 06: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15331.97, down 75.27 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Sept 06: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
PML-N gets draft of accountability law By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The government side handed over on Thursday a new draft of the controversial accountability law to the PML-N in an attempt to seek consensus on the much-delayed law seeking replacement of the existing National Accountability Bureau with a more powerful and independent commission. The draft was handed over to PML-N’s Ishaq Dar and Khwaja Asif by a PPP delegation headed by federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah during a meeting at the Punjab House. Law Minister Farooq H. Naek and Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar were also part of the PPP team.
Local bodies law for Sindh ready KARACHI, Sept 6: The two major parties in Sindh’s ruling coalition, the PPP and the MQM, have finalised a draft law on local government institutions and an ordinance is likely to be issued “shortly”, according to a provincial minister. Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, who was privy to the discussions at the Chief Minister’s House, told journalists on Thursday night that the new law had been named “People’s Metropolitan Corporation Ordinance 2012”.
SC orders information ministry to freeze secret funds By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Sept 6: The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday to freeze secret funds of the federal ministry of information and broadcasting. A bench comprising Justice Jawwad S. Khwaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain passed the order during the hearing of a petition filed by senior journalists Hamid Mir and Absar Alam at the Quetta registry of the apex court.
NGO’s foreign workers face expulsion By Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Refusal by the interior ministry to extend visas of six expatriates working for Save the Children has caused concern among international non-government organisations, especially the donor agencies. Save the Children was part of an alliance of about 200 international non-governmental organisations which has expressed reservations over the alleged CIA hand in a vaccination campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, even writing a letter to Gen David Petraeus, the CIA chief, in March.
Peace, of a relative kind, in an insurgency-hit area By Cyril Almeida in Mohmand Agency WELCOME to the land of Mohmand and Marble — the lettering on the concrete gateway announcing the limits of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have ended and Fata has begun — is the only overt sign that one is entering a warzone. The check-posts on either side of the gateway are lightly fortified. Vehicles driving out of Mohmand and into Charsadda district are more likely to be stopped and searched by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police than those going the other way past the security forces in Mohmand.
Rights group urges govt to protect Shias QUETTA, Sept 6: Pakistan should “urgently act” to protect Shias from rising sectarian attacks that killed hundreds this year, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. At least 320 Shias have been killed in targeted attacks this year across Pakistan, including more than 100 in Balochistan, the majority from the Hazara community, according to the US-based group.
NLC scam saga takes new turn By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Three retired generals accused of being involved in a multi-billion scam of National Logistics Cell (NLC) have been taken back in active service so that they may face court martial, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of National Assembly was informed on Thursday. Planning Commission secretary Javed Malik told the PAC, which met at the Parliament House, that the GHQ had instituted a court of inquiry against the accused generals.
Malik’s lawyer rejects Suddle commission By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Malik Riaz, one of the major characters in the alleged Arsalan Iftikhar graft scam, has left for London for an indefinite period as Federal Tax Ombudsman Shoaib Suddle started investigation into the case, sources told Dawn on Thursday. They said that Mr Malik, accompanied by a prominent politician of Islamabad, flew to London on Wednesday.
NA in patriotic fervour to mark ’65 war anniversary By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Setting aside political rows for a while, the National Assembly plunged into a flash of patriotic fervour on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the 1965 war with India, on the eve of a new session of India-Pakistan peace process. On what is known as Defence Day, lawmakers across party lines saluted Pakistani soldiers’ sacrifices in their second war with India over Kashmir, with Interior Minister Rehman Malik reiterating his promise to expose what he called a “very big conspiracy” he said was being executed by militants to destabilise the country with the main target being Pakistan’s nuclear capability.
Mystery shrouds blast, discovery of three bodies By Our correspondent MIANWALI, Sept 6: Mystery shrouded the nature of a blast in a Bhakkar village on Thursday and names of three people killed could not be established till late night. Doctors at a rural health centre in Jandanwala of Klorkot tehsil conducted autopsies to ascertain the cause of deaths.
Court summons FC commandant in missing persons case By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Sept 6: The Supreme Court rejected on Thursday a report submitted by Defence Secretary Maj-Gen (retd) Asif Abbasi regarding missing persons and targeted killings and summoned the Dera Bugti Frontier Corps commandant on Friday. A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain issued the order while hearing a case about the law and order situation in Balochistan, violation of human rights and missing persons.
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