DINA for the issue of September 14, 2012

	Friday 14th September 2012 | Shawwal 26, 1433
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NA session ends amid grief By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Amid sorrow over a “national disaster” of two killer factory fires in Karachi and Lahore and political suspense, the National Assembly ended its monsoon session a day early on Thursday, missing important legislative business days before a crucial court appearance by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 28.03 Points: KARACHI, Sept 13: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15306.51, up 28.03 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Sept 13: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 94.9 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Haunted factory throws up human remains By Imran Ayub KARACHI, Sept 13: Rescue workers at the gutted factory wrapped up their operation on Thursday after battling the deadly fire for almost 45 hours. They recovered limbs and other parts of human bodies from the haunted industrial unit, allowing police investigators and forensic experts to start their job of ascertaining the reasons behind the incident.
FBR, phone firms to settle Rs47bn tax evasion case By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Federal Board of Revenue and mobile phone companies have agreed to reach out-of-court settlement in a case of Rs47 billion tax evasion within a month. A sub-committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Ministry of Information Technology facilitated the accord at a meeting presided over by Anusha Rehman Khan of the PML-N at the Parliament House here on Thursday.
PkMAP gives strike call: 10 labourers gunned down in Mastung By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Sept 13: At least ten labourers were shot dead and four others injured by armed men in Dasht, some 30km from the provincial capital in Mastung district, on Thursday. The banned United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the killings.
SC notice challenged by AG By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Attorney General Irfan Qadir challenged on Thursday a notice issued to him by the Supreme Court in the Dr Arsalan Iftikhar case and said it was devoid of logical, legal or factual basis and did not clarify the exact allegations to be answered. Appointing Federal Tax Ombudsman Dr Shoaib Suddle as a one-man commission to investigate allegations of a Rs342 million business deal between Dr Arsalan and property tycoon Malik Riaz, the court had on Aug 30 ordered its office to issue a notice to the attorney general on apprehensions that he did not act fairly and impartially during the proceedings.
Controversial video on YouTube blocked ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The authorities on Thursday blocked access to an anti-Islam video clip as security measures were beefed up around US diplomatic missions, following attacks on American consulates and embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen. “We have beefed up the security for possible threats to the US embassy,” Khurram Rasheed, a senior police official responsible for diplomats’ security in Islamabad, said.
Six tribesmen slain in Khuzdar By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA: Six tribesmen were killed and two others injured when some men opened fire on a vehicle in Totak area of Khuzdar district on Thursday night. Sources said that tribal elder Mir Saeed Qalandrani was returning to Khuzdar after attending a jirga in Banab area along with seven other people. When his vehicle reached the Totak area, about 30km from Khuzdar town, the armed men opened indiscriminate fire, killing Mr Qalandrani and five other people and injuring two others.
Sardar Mengal among PML-N nominees for PM By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan disclosed on Thursday that veteran Baloch nationalist Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal was among the seven people the PML-N had proposed to other parties for heading the caretaker government. The PML-N leader, who was talking to reporters outside the Parliament House, did not reveal the other six names and only mentioned their professions. He said two of them were former judges of the Supreme Court, one representative of the lawyers’ community and three politicians.
Comedy king Lehri dead By Peerzada Salman KARACHI, Sept 13: Lehri, one of the most unique Pakistani comedians and a man with razor-sharp wit, died after a long illness at a private hospital here on Thursday. He was 83. Lehri was suffering from diabetes and cardiac ailments. He is survived by his wife, five sons and two daughters.
Obama calls Muslim leaders, sends destroyers to Libya By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 13: The United States on Thursday sent destroyers and Marines to Libya after its ambassador was killed there, as President Barack Obama called Egyptian, Libyan and Afghan leaders to discuss the Muslim reaction to a hate film. Two US warships and a special unit of 50 Marines were on their way to Libya following Tuesday’s attack on a US compound in Benghazi that killed.
Electricity defaulters’ cases to be handed over to NAB By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Having failed to improve recovery of outstanding electricity bills now exceeding Rs330 billion, the government decided on Thursday to hand over cases of defaulters and conniving officers of distribution companies to the National Accountability Bureau for criminal proceedings. Informed sources told Dawn that a meeting presided over by Water and Power Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar was informed on Thursday that the total recovery of electricity bills in the first two months of the current fiscal year stood unchanged at the last year level of 84 per cent.
Corruption allegations: SC summons PIA chief By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned Pakistan International Airlines Chairman Air Chief Marshal (retd) Rao Qamar Suleman for the second week of October on an application moved by the Transparency International-Pakistan voicing apprehensions over the state of affairs and corruption in the national flag carrier. Citing a newspaper report, the Transparency International requested Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take notice of a host of issues prevalent in PIA like purchase of aircraft on very high prices and a loss of Rs410 million suffered by the airline because of cancellation of 1,200 flights between August and November last year.
Balochistan minister loses PA seat over fake degree By Our Correspondent QUETTA, Sept 13: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court disqualified on Thursday Minister for Excise and Taxation Amin Umrani from holding his seat in the provincial assembly for filing a fake graduation degree to the Election Commission during the 2008 polls. The bench comprising Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel and Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal directed the commission to de-notify the member of the Balochistan Assembly forthwith in order to hold by-election against the vacant seat.
S. Asia fails to check child mortality UNITED NATIONS, Sept 13: The global mortality rate for young children has been nearly halved in the past two decades, but Africa and South Asia have not kept pace, the United Nations said on Thursday. The number of infants and children who die before reaching the age of five has dropped from 12 million in 1990 to 6.9 million in 2011, according to the UN Children’s Fund, Unicef. However, “any satisfaction at these gains is tempered by the unfinished business that remains,” said Unicef’s executive director, Anthony Lake.
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