DINA for the issue of October 23, 2012

	Tuesday 23rd October 2012 | Zilhaj 6, 1433
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EC can’t act against ISI funds recipients By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Election Commission will not act against the politicians accused of having received funds from Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency prior to the 1990 general election...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 56.42 Points: KARACHI, Oct 22: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15849.17, up 56.42 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 22: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Abbottabad Commission clears govt, military: UK paper LONDON, Oct 22: The Abbottabad Commission headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Javed Iqbal, which was set up to investigate the US raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed, has cleared the Pakistan government and military establishment of allegation of having protected the Al Qaeda chief. The Daily Telegraph in a report by Rob Crilly from Islamabad, quoted a senior official as saying that no-one else in the town knew the world’s most wanted man had taken up residence there...
‘Onus of reviving peace talks on Kabul’ By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: With a stalemate in the Afghan reconciliation process lingering, Pakistan has insisted that it has already done enough and the onus of putting the peace process back on track lies with Kabul. “The reconciliation process got stalled because the Taliban were not offered any tangible incentive,” an official said on Monday during a background discussion on the peace talks with insurgents in Afghanistan -- a process that has been virtually on hold since March...
World’s largest flag record set in Lahore LAHORE, Oct 22: Pakistan made it to the Guinness Book of World Records on Monday with another two records, one for forming the world’s largest national flag by youths and the other a human mosaic of the Lahore Fort at the National Hockey Stadium on Monday. About 24,200 school and college students took almost two and a half hours to complete the formation of the national flag, breaking the previous record set in Hong Kong in 2007 by 21,726 people...
Wattoo vows to wrest Punjab from PML-N By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE, Oct 22: Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, the newly-appointed president of PPP for central Punjab, claimed on Monday that he would take back Punjab from the Sharifs in the next elections and for that he needed the support of ‘angry’ workers. “I want the support of the party workers and those who are angry I will try to win them back. We will go along with the PML-Q on an equal basis and defeat the PML-N in the coming elections with its (Q-League’s) support,” he said while addressing PPP workers outside the Nasser Bagh...
CEC unhappy over SC verdict’s timing By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim has expressed reservations over the timing of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Asghar Khan case and said he feared it would add to “political polarisation” in the country. “The court has given the judgment near the elections after keeping the case pending for 16 years,” he said in an interview to BBC Urdu on Monday...
GIK’s grandson regrets delay in justice By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Senator Osman Saifullah Khan, a grandson of former president Ghulam Ishaq Khan, said on Monday that the Supreme Court had “summarily executed” the reputation of his late grandfather through its verdict in the Asghar Khan case and he could have defended himself if the case had been heard during his lifetime. “The inordinate delay in the dispensation of justice denied him justice,” Osman Saifullah, who was elected senator from Islamabad on a PPP ticket in March, said in a statement emailed to Dawn from London...
PML-Q expresses concern over Wattoo’s elevation By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: While the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is celebrating Mian Manzoor Wattoo’s selection as president of its central Punjab chapter, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, its main ally, is ‘unhappy’ over the decision. According to sources in the two parties, unfriendly relations with Manzoor Wattoo and his recent suggestion that the PML-Q should contest next general elections with the PPP’s election symbol (arrow) are said to be main causes of concerns for the Chaudhrys of Gujrat...
Fortnightly oil price review likely By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: When the Supreme Court of Pakistan resumes hearing of the case of oil and gas pricing on Oct 24, the government is expected to revert to fortnightly fixation of oil prices later this month from weekly adjustments as part of partial implementation of a unanimous resolution of the National Assembly. A formal decision to this effect is expected to be taken by the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet which meets on Tuesday...
Acceptance of polio drops increases PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The World Health Organisation, Unicef and the Prime Minister’s Polio Cell said on Monday that polio teams across the country had recorded a major decline in the number of families refusing oral polio drops during the recent vaccination campaign. According to data released by partners in the polio eradication programme, the number of refusing families has declined from 80,330 during the first national polio round held in January to 45,122 in October, implying that 35,208 families that had previously refused polio immunisation for their children have now been covered...
Lawmakers briefed on defence allocation By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Lawmakers on Monday got a rare peep into details of the most debated component of the country’s budget – the defence allocation. A three-member team of the defence ministry led by Defence Secretary Lt Gen (retd) Asif Yasin Malik made a presentation to the Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production about the defence component of the federal budget in an in-camera session...
PML-N mulls legal options to counter fallout of verdict By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The PML-N is mulling over multiple legal options to counter the adverse fallout of the Supreme Court judgment in the Asghar Khan case. However, a final decision will be made after the apex court released the detailed judgment. Sources in the party told Dawn that options being considered included moving defamation suit against former ISI chief Gen Asad Durrani, who on oath had informed the SC that PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif was one of the politicians belonging to the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad who received money in the 1990 elections...
SC seeks details about TV criticism of armed forces By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Supreme Court on Monday asked for complete details before it could issue notices to media personnel and anchorpersons on a petition moved against scathing media criticism of security forces after the US operation in Abbottabad and terrorist attack on Mehran Base in Karachi. The petition filed by Advocate Sardar Mohammad Ghazi in June sought a ban on the media from questioning the performance of the armed forces, intelligence agencies and other defence and security institutions...
‘Another schoolgirl threatened’ PESHAWAR, Oct 22: After the deadly attack on activist Malala Yousufzai a few weeks ago, another schoolgirl from Swat, Hina Khan, who was a pioneer in raising voice against Taliban atrocities in the Malakand Valley, is now claiming to be on the Taliban’s hit list. What is more worrying for her and her family is that despite repeated requests for security no steps has been taken to protect them after they fled from Swat and moved to Islamabad...
Court allows NAB probe against BPSC officials By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, Oct 22: The Balochistan High Court hearing a case relating to alleged irregularities in the selection of candidates by the Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) allowed the National Accountability Bureau on Monday to continue with its inquiry against the BPSC officials. A division bench comprising Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel and Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal announced the verdict on a petition filed by the BPSC chairman challenging the investigation by NAB...
Commission wants Aziz confirmed as IHC judge By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Judicial Commission (JC) on Monday recommended confirmation of Justice Shaukat Aziz on the regular strength of Islamabad High Court. He had been working as an additional judge of the court for the last one year. Presided over by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the commission extended the tenure of additional judge Noorul Haq for six months. However, Justice Azeem Afridi, whose name was also on the list for confirmation, was not confirmed as the judge, nor his tenure as the additional judge was extended...
Pakistan on the agenda of final presidential debate in US By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 22: Pakistan is one of the five main subjects that the moderator of Monday night’s US presidential debate wants President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney to focus on. The debate at Lynn University, Florida, is devoted to foreign policy...
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