DINA for the issue of October 20, 2012

	Saturday 20th October 2012 | Zilhaj 3, 1433
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Beg, Durrani face legal action By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The PPP finally stands vindicated after a long wait of 16 years. The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the 1990 general elections had been polluted by dishing out Rs140 million to a particular group of politicians only to deprive the people of being represented by their chosen representatives...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 115.79 Points: KARACHI, Oct 19: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15794.98, up 115.79 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 19: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Three FC men killed in Quetta QUETTA, Oct 19: Three Frontier Corps personnel were killed and 10 people injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast on Sariab Road here on Friday, police said. The bomb planted on a bicycle was detonated by remote control when an FC patrol reached Chakki Shahwani area. The dead personnel were identified as Nawab, Sarmast and Wajid Hussain...
Rigging culprits will be brought to book, says Raja By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: It turned out to be a perfect weekend for the ruling PPP. With the heat gone and the city experiencing drizzle, PPP leaders breathed fresh air and walked taller after the Supreme Court on Friday vindicated the party’s two-decade-old stance that the 1990 general elections were staged by the then establishment. At a hurriedly called press conference at the PM Secretariat, a beaming Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf lauded the SC ruling on Air Martial (retd) Asghar Khan’s petition and termed it a great victory for the PPP which, he said, was a target of the then establishment...
Implications of apex court’s verdict for Presidency By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Although the 16-year-old saga of the ISI doling out funds to politicians in the 1990s finally ended on Friday with the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Asghar Khan case, apprehensions are being expressed if the verdict marks the end of political activities in the presidency forever. In a four-page short order, the court accepted that the mandate of the PPP had been stolen in the 1990 elections, but at the same it observed that the president was expected to rise above political leanings and play an impartial role...
Malala able to stand with help, starts communicating LONDON, Oct 19: The British hospital treating Malala Yousufzai raised hopes for her recovery on Friday when doctors said she was able to stand with some help and to write. She was unable to talk because a breathing tube had been inserted into her windpipe but she was communicating by writing, said Dave Rosser, the medical director at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham...
Pay commission calls for doing away with salary distortions By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: The Pay and Pension Commission has sought an end to payment of ‘special’ salaries to employees of institutions like the Prime Minister’s Secretariat and recommended that a government official’s various allowances be merged to form a pay package that reflected his or her true monthly income. The proposal is aimed at ensuring equal treatment of all civil servants...
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