DINA for the issue of September 2, 2012

	Sunday, September 02, 2012 | Shawwal 14, 1433
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Arsalan-Riaz case: AG criticises SC decision By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Attorney General Irfan Qadir opposed on Saturday the appointment of a one-man commission comprising Federal Tax Ombudsman Shoaib Suddle on the orders of the Supreme Court to probe the financial dispute worth Rs342 million between Dr Arsalan Iftikhar and property magnate Malik Riaz...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Imam held in blasphemy case after new testimony By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: A blasphemy case took a bizarre turn here on Saturday when police arrested Khalid Jadoon, a prayer leader who had allegedly put some pages of the holy Quran among the burnt papers to strengthen the case against a Christian girl. The arrest was made after a statement before a magistrate by a witness, Hafiz Zubair, a Muezzin in the same mosque, in which he alleged that he saw Khalid Jadoon putting the pages of Quran in the polythene bags containing the burnt papers....
MQM chief slams state institutions for inaction By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Sept 1: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has urged the armed forces and the government to take “courageous steps” to rid the country of sectarian terrorism. Addressing an Ittehad Bainul Muslimeen conference from London, he said harmony was the need of the hour and ulema of different sects should come together for ending the massacre of innocent people on sectarian grounds...
Police powers for FC By Our Staff Correspondent THE provincial government granted police powers to the Frontier Corps for two months under the Criminal Procedure Code of 1898 with immediate effect. According to a notification issued by the home department, the FC will assist the district administration and police in maintaining law and order....
US drones kill six in N. Waziristan By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH, Sept 1: Six people were killed when US drones attacked a vehicle and a house in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan on Saturday morning. According to sources, six drones flying low in Dattakhel fired four rockets on a vehicle and a house in Dhegan village at around 9am...
Seven Hazaras gunned down in Quetta By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Sept 1: At least seven Hazara Shias were gunned down in two sectarian attacks while two other people were killed in violence that erupted after the incidents here on Saturday. Hundreds of Hazara youths blocked the Brewery and Sabzal Roads by putting up barricades...
Taliban lose 2 ‘commanders’ in Bajaur fighting By Anwarullah Khan HAR, Sept 1: With no let-up in sight in fighting in Salarzai tehsil, two key Taliban ‘commanders’ and a militant were killed on Saturday in Bajaur Agency. Two civilians were killed when several mortar shells fired from Afghanistan landed in a village in Nawagai tehsil of the agency...
Difficult task ahead in Afghanistan, says Obama By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 1: US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that America still had a `difficult task ahead’ in Afghanistan and would continue to stay engaged with that country even after most of its combat troops left in 2014. Mr Obama devoted the last two days – Friday and Saturday – speaking about the war in Afghanistan as his Republican rival Mitt Romney faced a barrage of criticism for not mentioning the Afghan war in his acceptance speech on Thursday night...
TV anchor on trial over ‘call’ for Morsi murder CAIRO, Sept 1: A popular Egyptian TV presenter accused of inciting the killing of the country’s new president on air denied the charges at the opening of his trial on Saturday, saying the case against him was part of a political row, Egypt’s state news agency reported. The flamboyant Tawfiq Okasha, who said on air that it was permissible to shed President Mohammed Morsi’s blood, has emerged over the past months as one of the most popular media personalities in the country. He denounces almost everybody – starting with the uprising that forced former president Hosni Mubarak to step down, the youth groups behind it, the military, the Freemasons and now the Islamists...
Seven non-Muslim groups live in Pakistan: Hindus have 1.4 million votes, Christians 1.2m By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Of the seven minority communities living in the country Hindus constitute the largest group as they have 1.4 million voters, according to the data compiled by the National Database and Registration Authority. Nadra has compiled the data of citizens on the basis of the faiths they declared in application forms they submitted for obtaining the Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC)...
Khar due in Germany tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will travel to Germany on Monday on a three-day official visit at the invitation of her German counterpart Guido Westerwelle. During her visit, Ms Khar will hold intensive talks with Mr Westerwelle on bilateral relations and ways and means to strengthen them to the mutual benefit of the two countries, a Foreign Office spokesman said. The foreign ministers would also exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual concern. They would sign a ‘roadmap for Pakistan-Germany strategic dialogue’, providing for a multi-sectoral cooperation framework between the two countries...
Twin suicide attack on Nato base kills 12 GHAZNI, Sept 1: Ten civilians and two police were killed and dozens more wounded on Saturday in a twin suicide attack by the Taliban targeting a US-run military base in central Afghanistan, officials said. The first bombing was carried out by a militant on foot, followed by a huge blast from a truck bomb that destroyed much of a local bazaar near the military outpost in Wardak province’s Sayedabad district, police said...
Tehran plans major air defence drill DUBAI, Sept 1: Iran will hold a large-scale military drill involving all its air defence systems next month, an Iranian commander was quoted as saying on Saturday. The drill will include fighter jets and simulate emergency situations, said Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Iranian army’s air defence force, according to Iran’s English-language Press TV. The exercise will include both the army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he said...
Ties with S. Asian states no threat to third party: China COLOMBO, Sept 1: Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie says Beijing’s increasingly close ties with South Asia are aimed at ensuring regional security and stability and are not intended to harm any `third party’. Mr Liang, the first Chinese defence minister to visit Sri Lanka, did not name India – where he heads to on Sunday – but officials in New Delhi have expressed concerns about Beijing’s influence in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan...
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