DINA for the issue of September 25, 2012

	Tuesday 25th September 2012 | Ziqa'ad 7, 1433
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SC to get draft of Swiss letter today By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Law Minister Farooq H. Naek will appear before the Supreme Court on Tuesday and present the draft of a letter to be sent to the Swiss authorities relating to alleged graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 77.12 Points: KARACHI, Sept 24: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15375.52, down 77.12 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Sept 24: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 94.9 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Muttahida threatens to quit govt, again By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI, Sept 24: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement again threatened on Monday night to leave the ruling coalition and sit on the opposition benches in parliament if its ‘legitimate demands’ were not accepted by the PPP within three days. Although a statement issued by the MQM late in the night did not say anything about the demands, sources told Dawn that the party’s main complaint related to appointment of political administrators to run local governments, particularly in cities and towns, under the newly-promulgated Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO), 2012...
Zardari and Clinton discuss ways of bolstering relations By Masood Haider and Anwar Iqbal NEW YORK, Sept 24: The United States and Pakistan reviewed on Monday various options for bolstering their troubled relationship, including a plan for facilitating the Afghan reconciliation process. This hour-long meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York followed similar talks in Washington earlier this week...
11 other legislators in the same boat: Malik to face trial over false oath By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Interior Minister Rehman Malik is among the lawmakers who are to face criminal proceedings for filing false declarations along with their nomination papers for elections to conceal their dual nationality. On Sept 20, the Supreme Court disqualified 11 members of parliament and provincial assemblies, but spared Mr Malik for the time being. The only sentence the minister received was a court observation that he could not be considered sagacious, righteous, honest and ameen...
Four brothers gunned down KARACHI, Sept 24: Four brothers said to be workers of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) were gunned down here on Monday night. Police said three to four assailants on two motorcycles opened fire on a car with the brothers near Disco Mor in North Karachi. Police found several bullet casings of 9mm pistol at the place...
Drone attack kills six in N Waziristan By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH, Sept 24: Six people were killed and two others inured in a US drone attack in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan tribal region near Afghan border on Monday. Sources said the drone fired a missile on a house in the Degyan area of Dattakhel which caught fire. Local people retrieved six bodies from the burnt-out house. Names of the deceased could not be ascertained till late in night...
Court issues notices to ISI, MI in Adiyala case By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Supreme Court clubbed on Monday a set of identical petitions challenging the promulgation of Action in Aid of Civil Power Regulations-2011 and Section 2(1d) of the Army Act-1952. The court also ordered its office to issue notices to the respondents, including premier intelligence agencies namely the Inter-Service Intelligence and Military Intelligence...
LHC rejects convict’s appeal in Army House attack case: Plea against Kayani extension dismissed By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman dismissed on Monday a petition against extension in the service of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The chief justice declared the petition non-maintainable because under Proviso 3 of Article 199 of the Constitution the court could not hear matters relating to members of armed forces...
Imran launches PTI’s ‘health vision’ By Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf said on Monday that it would increase budget allocation for the health sector to 2.6 per cent of GDP from current 0.8 per cent after coming to power. Launching his party’s ‘health vision’, PTI Chairman Imran Khan said national indicators were horrific because half of the country’s population was suffering from malnutrition...
US, EU criticise Bilour By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept 24: The United States and the European Union slammed Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour for offering a bounty for killing the producer of an anti-Islam film, as Islamabad disassociated itself from the offer. Calling the minister’s offer as “inflammatory and inappropriate”, a US State Department statement said: “There could be no justification for violence and it is important for responsible leaders to stand up and speak out against violence.”
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