DINA for the issue of October 10, 2012

	Wednesday 10th October 2012 | Ziqa'ad 22, 1433
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14-year-old activist shot and critically wounded By Khalilur Rehman Bacha MINGORA (Swat), Oct 9: Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old Swat girl who championed the cause of girls’ education and dared to criticise Taliban’s attack on schools and schoolgoing girls, was shot and seriously wounded here on Tuesday...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 47.03 Points: KARACHI, Oct 09: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15699.04, up 47.03 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 09: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Police told to ensure doctors’ safety By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, Oct 9: Expressing concern over lawlessness and killings in Balochistan, the Supreme Court directed police on Tuesday to provide security to doctors. The order was issued by a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain. The bench had taken up a petition on the law and order situation and human rights violations in the province at the Quetta registry of Supreme Court...
Govt challenges court’s formula for Swiss letter By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The hitherto perceived face-off between the judiciary and the executive 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 turned into a reality on Tuesday. A day ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the NRO implementation case, the government moved a petition seeking review of the Sept 18 order in which the court had spelt out four-pronged measures that also suggested monitoring by the court of final disposition of the matter. The steps include vetting of the draft by the court before approval...
Silent alarm over mysterious deaths By Cyril Almeida PESHAWAR: The bodies began turning up again a few months ago. Dumped on the outskirts of the city, some are simply thrown on roadsides, while others are stuffed in sacks and left for passersby to find. The details are sketchy. No one is quite sure how many bodies have been recovered; few victims are identified before burial; and the cause of death is unknown because post-mortems are not performed...
Talks only with Baloch leaders accepting Constitution: Raja By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf declared on Tuesday that doors were open for talks with estranged Baloch leaders who believed in the Constitution and respected the national flag. The government has been making talks offers to angry Baloch leaders, including Brahamdagh Bugti and Hyarbyar Marri, proponents of Balochistan’s independence, but this time the message is loud and clear -- it is not willing to negotiate with separatist elements...
SC summons jirga members in wani case By Our Correspondent QUETTA, Oct 9: The Supreme Court has taken notice of a jirga reportedly held in Dera Bugti district that decided that 13 girls would be married under the custom of ‘wani’ to resolve a feud between two groups of the Masuri tribe. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered on Tuesday that the jirga’s members, including Balochistan Assembly member Mir Tariq Masuri, should be presented before the court on Wednesday...
Tax amnesty bills ready By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The law division has approved tax amnesty schemes of the Federal Board of Revenue designed to whiten black money. An official of the FBR said drafts of the voluntary tax registration and voluntary declaration of assets bills had been sent to the finance ministry after vetting by the law division...
15 militants killed in Khyber By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Oct 9: About 15 militants were killed in two incidents in Khyber Agency on Tuesday. Six activists of the militant Lashkar-i-Islam organisation and their ‘commander’ Khan Mohammad were killed when a bomb exploded in a bunker they had occupied after a clash with their rival Tawheedul Islam group...
Dual nationality: Legislators bound to file declaration: EC By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Days after both houses of parliament refused to obtain declarations from their members that they were not holding dual nationality, the Election Commission has sought the same declarations from members of the Senate and national and provincial assemblies. Letters have been sent to all lawmakers to submit their declarations to the commission within 30 days, making it clear that they would be assumed to be possessing dual nationality if they failed to comply with the direction within the stipulated period...
Anti-pneumonia drive launched ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Pakistan on Tuesday launched a drive to vaccinate 5.5 million children against pneumococcal disease to fight pneumonia, which kills tens of thousands of youngsters in the country every year. Pakistan is the first country in South Asia to launch a campaign against the disease, according to UN children’s agency Unicef, which is working with the government on the project...
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