DINA for the issue of October 06, 2012

	Saturday 6th October 2012 | Ziqa'ad 18, 1433
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Impasse over Swiss letter not over yet By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The impasse between a Supreme Court bench and the government over the language of the draft of a letter to be sent to the Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari did not end on Friday...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 49.80 Points: KARACHI, Oct 05: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15739.16, down 49.80 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 05: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
SBP slashes interest rate to 10pc By Shahid Iqbal KARACHI, Oct 5: The State Bank announced on Friday another cut in the policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 10 per cent. In August, the SBP had, in a surprise move, reduced the interest rate by 150 basis points amid an improved inflation projection for 2012-13 and for encouraging private investment. The move set the trend for future cuts...
PTI march: is peace real objective of Imran Khan? By Ismail Khan FEW people outside South Waziristan knew Kotkai — a mesh of small hamlets strewn across a hilly area — until, of course, PTI chairman Imran Khan announced his plans to hold his peace rally against CIA-operated drones in Pakistan’s tribal borderlands. But long before Imran made up his mind to make the arduous journey to that part of the Mahsud’s heartland, Kotkai, in its own right, had become the cause célèbre for Pakistan’s law-enforcement and intelligence community. Hakeemullah Mahsud, who heads the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and his cousin, Qari Hussain — Ustad-i-Fidayeen — the teacher, architect and mastermind of suicide bombing in Pakistan, belong to Kotkai...
March takes off from Islamabad today By Iftikhar A Khan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan’s peace march to South Waziristan against US drone strikes will start from Islamabad on Saturday morning. Over 30 anti-drone campaigners from the United States will take part in the march led by the PTI chief...
Balochistan fireworks open NA autumn session By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Amid political suspense over other matters, Balochistan sprang out of the question hour to some fireworks in the National Assembly on Friday, with the government claiming to have implemented most of a pacification package for the restive province. But as the government and opposition accused each other of being non-serious about the insurgency-hit province on the opening day of an autumn session of the lower house, the treasury benches had no answer to a repeated question from an opposition lawmaker as to why Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani was allegedly spending more time in Islamabad than in the provincial capital, Quetta, where his presence was most needed...
Windies thrash Australia COLOMBO, Oct 5: An imperious Chris Gayle hit six sixes and five boundaries in an unbeaten 75 as the West Indies crushed Australia by 74 runs on Friday to secure a place in the World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka. Gayle’s performance helped the West Indies to a formidable 205-4 in their 20 overs. Australia was then bowled out for 131 with 20 balls to spare in the second semifinal at R. Premadasa Stadium.—AP
‘No party has obtained voter list’ : CEC assails parties over lack of interest in polls By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE, Oct 5: Hitting out at political parties for their “lack of interest in the election process”, Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim has alleged that not a single party has so far obtained copy of the new voter list to check its entries. Justice (retd) Ebrahim told journalists on Friday that according to various parties millions of people had yet to be registered as voters. “Whenever I see such reports in the media, I get angry...
US, Pakistan need joint strategy on drones: Malik By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 5: The United States and Pakistan need to have a common strategy to fight terrorism, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday as a senior US diplomat stressed the need for curbing improvised explosive devices. The interior minister, who is in Washington for a meeting of the US-Pakistan working group on terrorism, also said that Imran Khan’s protest march to South Waziristan was a provincial matter and the KP government needed to ensure that it did not create a law and order situation...
Seven held for planning bomb attacks By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Oct 5: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Sindh Police on Friday claimed to have arrested over half a dozen militants for allegedly planning bomb attacks on the school of a particular sect and the city prison. A senior official terming the arrest a big achievement said the city was ‘saved from a series of deadly assaults’, adding that intelligence coordination and persistence watch by the CID’s anti-extremist cell had also led to seizure of 125kgs of explosive, 50 detonators, suicide vests, rocket launchers and guns...
Reference for disqualifying Rehman Malik rejected By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Senate Deputy Chairman Sabir Ali Baloch has rejected a reference seeking disqualification of Interior Minister Rehman Malik, sources told Dawn. They said the reference filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider Advocate was disposed of by Mr Baloch in his capacity as the acting chairman of the Senate on Oct 1...
Jordan Islamists demonstrate for democratic reforms AMMAN, Oct 5: Thousands of Jordanian Islamists marched on Friday in the largest demonstration since Arab Spring-inspired protests erupted last year, calling on King Abdullah to accelerate democratic reforms. At least 15,000 protesters from across the country flocked to the main street leading to the Husseini mosque in downtown Amman after Friday prayers and chanted: “Listen Abdullah, our demands are legitimate” and “People want to reform the regime”...
Gilani leaves presidency By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Yousuf Raza Gilani, who has been residing in the presidency since his ouster from the Prime Minister’s House in July, has gone back to his hometown Multan, according to sources in the presidency. The sources told Dawn that Mr Gilani informed President Asif Ali Zardari about his decision to return home after expressing displeasure over removal of some top bureaucrats he had appointed...
Ministry dilly-dallying on India visa accord, Senate panel told By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistan is yet to implement the visa agreement it signed with India last month, though India has already begun enforcing the new policy. The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs was told on Friday that delay in putting the agreement in force had been caused by the interior ministry, which was yet to present it before the cabinet for ratification...
Water and power secretary transferred By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf transferred on Friday Water and Power Secretary Zafar Mahmood — second such removal in three months — as the power sector consumed Rs99 billion in 95 days against the budget allocation of Rs120 billion for the entire year. Cabinet Secretary Nargis Sethi was given the additional charge of secretary water and power for the time being even though another grade-22 officer, Himayatullah Khan, is already working in the ministry as special secretary...
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