DINA for the issue of October 18, 2012

	Thursday 18th October 2012 | Zilhaj 1, 1433
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ISI funding case: President must be above politics: CJ By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Supreme Court reiterated on Wednesday that presidents should never support a particular political group because their post was a symbol of the federation...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 22.15 Points: KARACHI, Oct 17: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15652.15, down 22.15 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 17: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Allies lend conditional support: Drug authority bill sails through Senate By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The government succeeded in getting the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) Bill passed by the Senate unanimously on Wednesday, though its coalition partners said they were supporting it “conditionally”. The bill was adopted without any hindrance after the Minister for National Regu- lations and Services, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, assured senators that their recommendations would be included in the bill later through amendments...
Shahbaz’s son-in-law courts arrest Dawn Report LAHORE, Oct 17: Ali Imran Yousaf, the son-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, courted arrest on Wednesday in connection with what is known as the bakery torture case. A police investigator told Dawn that following the CM’s orders, Mr Yousaf went to the Defence-B police station, where he was arrested. He said Mr Yousaf would be produced before court on Thursday...
Biggest-ever voter verification exercise By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: About 33,000 people, including Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, have checked their particulars on the voters list through SMS on the National Voters Day observed in the country on Wednesday. This brings the total number of the voters who have so far used the Nadra service to 9.258 million. The service was launched in February this year...
Nisar asks govt to arrest Malala attack mastermind By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N stalwart Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan asked the government on Wednesday to approach the US administration or the Afghan government to arrest the mastermind of the attack on Malala Yousufzai, instead of planning a military operation in North Waziristan. Talking to reporters outside the Parliament House, Chaudhry Nisar questioned the logic of launching an operation in Waziristan because of the attack on Malala when Interior Minister Rehman Malik had himself announced that the mastermind of the attack was in Afghanistan...
Malik for talks with two Baloch leaders By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday the Senate should form two committees comprising representatives of all political parties to hold talks with estranged Baloch leaders Harbayar Khan and Barhamdagh Bugti. In a brief policy statement in the house on last week’s terrorist attack on Malala Yousufzai and the law and order situation in Balochistan, he said the government would facilitate the committees in visiting the troubled province and arranging meetings with the two nationalist leaders. But he suggested that the committees should be given 15 days to come up with their recommendations...
Moon sighted, Eid on 27th KARACHI, Oct 17: The Zilhaj crescent was sighted on Wednesday and, therefore, Eidul Azha would be celebrated in the country on Oct 27, the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced after a meeting. The meeting was presided over by Mufti Munibur Rehman, the chairman of the committee.—APP
Licences of 28 brands of water cancelled By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority cancelled licences of 28 companies found involved in marketing substandard bottled water for a couple of years. Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali has provided to the National Assembly names of the brands whose licences had been cancelled. The water marketed by the companies, he said, had been declared unfit for human consumption by the PSQCA...
KESC tariff reduced ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved on Wednesday a 44 paisa per unit reduction in tariff of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) under monthly fuel adjustment charges, providing a partial relief on a 51 paisa increase for the month of November. At a public hearing, the regulator approved two requests by the KESC to reduce tariff by about 7 paisa per unit for July and 37 paisa for August...
Raja invites Kuwait Amir, Bahrain King KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17: Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah told Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday that he was looking forward to visiting Pakistan since a huge Pakistani community was working in Kuwait and making valuable contributions to its economy. During bilateral discussions held here on the sidelines of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit, the prime minister expressed the hope that the Kuwaiti leader would provide an opportunity to the government and the people of Pakistan to reciprocate the hospitality extended to him...
Malala stable; support messages pour in LONDON, Oct 17: Malala Yousufzai was in a stable condition in a British hospital on Wednesday as well-wishers from around the world left her messages of support. Doctors said Malala spent a second comfortable night at the highly specialised Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham...
Australia, India take first steps towards N-deal NEW DELHI, Oct 17: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday agreed to open negotiations to export uranium nuclear fuel to energy-hungry India after meeting her counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. The deal, which will provide a boost for India’s civilian nuclear ambitions, comes after Australia reversed its policy of refusing to sell uranium to India as it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
US freezes assets of three terror accused By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 17: The United States froze on Wednesday the assets of three Pakistan-based terrorist facilitators who work with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. The US Treasury Department identified the three individuals as Maulvi Adam Khan Achakzai, Aamir Ali Chaudhry and Qari Ayyub Bashir...
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