DINA for the issue of September 29, 2012

	Saturday 29th September 2012 | Ziqa'ad 11, 1433
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Khar tables statement against US hate film at OIC meeting By Anwar Iqbal NEW YORK, Sept 28: Pakistan introduced a declaration on Friday at an OIC meeting, saying that a recent anti-Islam film violated freedom of expression...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 61.17Points: KARACHI, Sept 28: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15418.76, up 61.17 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Sept 28: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Former Balochistan CM meets Nawaz: Mengal likens his six points to those of Mujib By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the chief of Balochistan National Party, has threatened that Balochistan and Pakistan will not get along if the six-point charter presented by him on Thursday is ignored. Talking to reporters after meeting PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif at the Balochistan House here on Friday, he said his six points must be considered like those of Bengali nationalist leader Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman...
Putin visit put off due to lack of progress on economic issues By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: In first explanation from Moscow on President Putin’s decision not to visit Islamabad, Russian presidential pointman for Afghanistan and Pakistan Zamir Kabulov linked it to a lot of rhetoric on the Pakistani side but little progress towards meaningful cooperation. “Russian-Pakistani relations have been on the rise in recent years but progress has been mostly at political and emotional levels, while economic ties have lagged behind,” he told The Hindu newspaper...
Senate body’s rare foray into military matters By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The Senate’s defence committee broke fresh ground in the country’s parliamentary history on Friday by holding a public hearing on issues of national security that were long kept shrouded in excessive secrecy. Predictably enough, the first hearing caused considerable excitement among the participants. The speakers’ candid remarks didn’t disappoint the audience either...
No death squads in Balochistan, govt tells SC By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The federal government denied in the Supreme Court on Friday allegations about proxy death squads operating in Balochistan under the supervision of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI). The denial came in response to a six-point charter submitted to the court on Thursday by estranged Baloch leader and former chief minister Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal alleging that proxy death squads which operated the way like Al Shams and Al Badar operated (in Bangladesh) were responsible for enforced disappearances and unrest in the province...
CJ blames intolerance for acts of terrorism By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI, Sept 28: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Friday said the hub of trade and commerce had become “hub of terrorist activities”, as the Quaid’s city of lights was now facing the challenge of terrorism. He was addressing the inaugural session of a three-day conference on combating terrorism though law, organised by the Sindh High Court and SHC Bar association...
Auditor seeks reasons for extraordinary delay in hydel project By Ahmad Fraz Khan and Mubarak Zeb Khan LAHORE / ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The Auditor General has asked Wapda to “hold an inquiry and fix responsibility for five-and-half-year delay in implementation of Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project and its cost escalation (Rs190 billion) by 225 per cent that show mismanagement in the project”. A letter by the Auditor General to the Ministry of Water and Power said submission of no reply within four weeks would be taken as “formal acceptance (of responsibility) by the ministry”...
Pakistan committed to Afghan reconciliation, says Zardari By Masood Haider and Anwar Iqbal NEW YORK, Sept 28: President Asif Ali Zardari has assured his Afghan counterpart that Pakistan supported an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process in the neighbouring country. At a Thursday evening meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in New York, Mr Zardari said militancy, terrorism and narco-trade were common challenges and the two countries “must join hands to overcome them”...
US arrests producer of anti-Islam film NEW YORK, Sept 28: US authorities have arrested the producer of an anti-Islam video for violating terms of his probation in a 2010 bank fraud case. The video — “Innocence of Muslims” — stirred violent protests across the Muslim world, resulting in at least 40 deaths, 23 of them in Pakistan...
Gen Dempsey put off visit because of violence By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept 28: The violent reaction against an anti-Islam film forced the US military chief to postpone his visit to Pakistan, Gen Martin Dempsey said. At a Thursday afternoon briefing at the Pentagon, Gen Dempsey told reporters that he was scheduled to visit Pakistan this week for talks with Pakistan’s army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani but after consulting his hosts, he postponed the trip...
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