DINA for the issue of October 22, 2012

	Monday 22nd October 2012 | Zilhaj 5, 1433
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Operation without national accord to backfire: Zardari By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that the opposition was not in a mood for negotiations to forge a common stance on key national issues, including a military operation in North Waziristan.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Pakistan asks Afghanistan to hand over Fazlullah ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Pakistan is reported to have sought extradition of Maulvi Fazlullah who led the brief Taliban occupation of Swat and fled to Afghanistan after a military operation in the valley. Television channels quoted diplomatic sources as saying on Sunday night that Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar made the demand during a meeting with US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman...
PML-N rejects investigation by FIA By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Pakistan Muslim League-N came out on Sunday with a clear stance on the Supreme Court verdict in the Asghar Khan case and said it accepted the decision but rejected an investigation by the FIA into distribution of money by the ISI among politicians in 1990. Two days after the court decision which declared that the 1990 elections had been “polluted”, party stalwart and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said at a press conference that his party wanted investigations through an “independent judicial commission” and not by the FIA which was under the control of the ministry headed by Rehman Malik...
SC verdict didn’t address real issues: experts By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Supreme Court verdict, which censured former army chief Aslam Beg and former head of ISI Asad Durrani for rigging the 1990 elections and directed the PPP government to investigate the politicians named in the scam through the Federal Investigation Agency, has divided public opinion across the country and independent political observers and neutral legal experts are of the opinion that coming days may witness an intensification in political polarisation. More specifically, they said, the ruling PPP and the opposition PML-N would get involved in further mudslinging as was witnessed on Sunday when Leader of Opposition Chaudhry Nisar lashed out at the PPP and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf continued his tirade which he launched against the PML-N immediately after the Supreme Court verdict...
Prices of petrol and CNG reduced By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The government nominally reduced on Sunday prices of all petroleum products and CNG for a week in line with a decline in prices in the international market. The price of petrol has been reduced by Rs2.33 to Rs101.07 per litre...
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