DINA for the issue of October 13, 2012

	Saturday 13th October 2012 | Ziqa'ad 25, 1433
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SC says govt has failed in Balochistan By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, Oct 12: The Supreme Court said on Friday the Balochistan government had constitutionally failed to curb human rights violations, target killings and kidnappings for ransom in the province...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 146.94 Points: KARACHI, Oct 12: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15698.36, down 146.94 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 12: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Plan to spend all of PSDP allocation before polls By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The government has expedited the pace of expenditure for the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) under its election strategy, with first quarter disbursements standing at about Rs61 billion, or 26 per cent, of the annual target, violating its own laid down limit of 20 per cent. According to a statement issued by the Planning Commission, total disbursement amounted to Rs65 billion as of Oct 12, up from Rs61 billion on Sept 30...
Nation to protect Malala’s Pakistan, says Raja By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Friday the government was determined to root out extremism and militancy from the country. “We pledge that we will not allow the future of our children to be endangered by the militant mindset...
Electoral pie likely to be carved into many slices By Cyril Almeida PESHAWAR: The bewildering electoral map of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the subject of more than usual interest ahead of the next general election. The rise of the PTI; the importance of the province’s 35 directly elected seats in the National Assembly in an era of coalition politics; the thrust and pull of Pashtun nationalism and religious conservatism; the role of the establishment; and the importance of a 124-member provincial assembly on the frontline of the fight against the Taliban — the political configuration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is shaped by a dizzying array of factors...
48 hours critical for Malala By Kalbe Ali RAWALPINDI: “The next 36 to 48 hours are critical but we are hopeful that Malala Yousufzai will recover soon as her condition is satisfactory,” said Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, Director General of Inter Services Public Relations, here on Friday. Talking to media in his office, Gen Bajwa said that a panel of doctors taking care of the injured Malala Yousufzai had described her condition as satisfactory. He said that after arrival from the Peshawar CMH, she had been on a ventilator at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)...
NA wants ‘all-parties commission’ on Balochistan By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: In a new, bipartisan peace move for Balochistan, which apparently lifted a sombre house, the National Assembly on Friday asked the government with one voice to immediately set up an “all-parties commission” to bring the restive province’s estranged leadership to political mainstream. In another significant show of a new-found cordiality between political rivals, the house also unanimously passed another resolution demanding reversion to monthly -- from the recently introduced weekly – fixing of domestic prices of petroleum products...
Senators oppose tax on calls from abroad with one voice By Iftikhar A Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The recent imposition of tax on incoming overseas phone calls caused a stir in the Senate on Friday. Members on both sides of the aisle rejected it and termed it a burden on expatriate Pakistanis. The MQM staged a walkout and demanded immediate withdrawal of the tax...
US offers to work with Pakistan By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 12: Praising Malala Yousufzai as a symbol of courage and determination, the White House has said that it’s committed to working with the Pakistani people for a better future. In a message on International Day of the Girl, issued on Thursday evening, the White House said the attack on Malala reminded the world of the urgency to work for her cause, education for girls...
Govt urged to protect girl students By Masood Haider UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12: In the aftermath of the Taliban attack on Malala Yousufzai, several United Nations independent human rights experts have urged the Pakistan government to do everything it can to protect schoolchildren, particularly girls, a press statement issued here on Friday said. “Attempting to assassinate a 14-year-old girl who has the courage to speak out and claim the legitimate right of a generation of girls to receive education is a shocking attack on human rights defenders in Pakistan”, said the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya...
Two soldiers killed in S. Waziristan By Our Correspondent LADHA, Oct 12: Two security personnel and three militants were killed in a gunfight in South Waziristan on Friday, sources said. A group of Taliban attacked a bunker of security forces in Asmanzai area on the Wana-Ladha road. Troops fired back and the gunbattle continued for over an hour in which two security men and three militants were killed...
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