DINA for the issue of October 24, 2012

	Wednesday 24th October 2012 | Zilhaj 7, 1433
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Pak-Afghan strategic accord likely next year By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Pakistan-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement, being midwifed by the West, is expected to be signed next year despite the lingering mistrust between the two countries...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 5.21 Points: KARACHI, Oct 23: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15853.84, up 5.21 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 23: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
PPP rejects demand for independent commission By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Rejecting the PML-N’s demand to form an independent commission to probe distribution of money by ISI among politicians, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira asked the Sharif brothers on Tuesday to apologise to President Asif Ali Zardari and the nation for “stealing its mandate in the 1990 elections”. “You are obliged to seek an apology from the president, the nation and history for stealing people’s mandate in 1990,” the minister said while addressing a press conference at the PPP’s central secretariat...
Third and final presidential debate: Romney soft, Obama tough on Pakistan By Anwar Iqbal and Masood Haider WASHINGTON, Oct 23: “No, it’s not time to divorce a nation on Earth that has 100 nuclear weapons and is on the way to double that at some point,” said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney when asked in the third and final presidential debate if it was time for the United States to divorce Pakistan. President Barack Obama, on the other hand, took a harsh stand against Pakistan, saying that if he had sought Pakistan’s permission to raid Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, the Al Qaeda leader would have escaped...
Vested interests scuttled crucial medical project By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly took up on Tuesday a unique case of bureaucratic hurdles in which a quality research for local production of injections for hepatitis-C patients was scuttled at an advanced stage. Had the project for producing interferon injections gone ahead, the country would have saved about Rs70 billion which the government has been spending for importing the injections, the committee was informed...
Malik seeks review of SC verdict terming him ‘dishonest’ By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Interior Minister Rehman Malik filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking review of its ruling which held him dishonest and not sagacious. The filing of the petition coincided with a decision by the Election Commission not to proceed against Mr Malik for submitting a false statement about his foreign nationality. On Sept 20, the apex court disqualified 11 members of parliament and provincial assemblies and ordered the ECP to initiate legal proceedings against Mr Malik. The short order also required him to reimburse all monetary benefits drawn by him up to July 11, 2012, for the period he occupied the public office...
EEC cuts tariff for motorbike industry By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet reduced on Tuesday tariff for motorcycle manufacturing industry and approved a Rs16 billion package for Pakistan International Airlines and another of Rs7.1 billion for Wah Industries. Presided over by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, the EEC meeting approved allocation of 202 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of gas to four fertiliser plants through a dedicated 1,000km pipeline...
Dual nationality: PM among 450 MPs yet to file declaration By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf is among over 450 lawmakers who are yet to submit declarations to the Election Commission, affirming that they do not hold dual nationality. The commission decided to directly seek fresh declarations from the members of parliament in the second week of this month and warned that those failing to submit the declarations within one month would be presumed to be guilty of violating Article 63 (1)(c) of the Constitution...
Dr Asim resigns Senate seat By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain on Tuesday resigned as Senator. Talking to Dawn, Dr Hussain confirmed that he had submitted his resignation to the Senate Secretariat but declined to give any reason for it...
Plan to suspend cellphone service during Eid By Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Cellphone services may be suspended in some parts of the country during Eid days because of risks of terrorist attacks. According to sources, the ministry of interior has received warnings from security agencies about possibility of incidents of terrorism during Eid and terrorists may use mobile phones to detonate explosive devices and communicate with each other to organise attacks...
UK may take Baloch leaders to court By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: British government may take Baloch leaders living in exile in the United Kingdom to courts for fomenting separatism in Pakistan. “We have a legislation … we may look at that legislation to take Baloch leaders to courts,” British High Commissioner to Pakistan Adam Thomson told Dawn on Tuesday...
Kasab’s mercy plea submitted to Mukherjee NEW DELHI, Oct 23: India’s home ministry has recommended that the president reject a clemency plea filed by Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Last month, Kasab sent a petition to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking clemency...
NY police paid me to ‘bait’ Muslims, says informant NEW YORK, Oct 23: A paid informant for the New York Police Department’s intelligence unit was under orders to “bait” Muslims into saying bad things as he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending study groups on Islam, he told The Associated Press. Shamiur Rahman, a 19-year-old US citizen of Bengali descent who has now denounced his work as an informant, said police told him to embrace a strategy called “create and capture”. He said it involved creating a conversation about jihad or terrorism, then capturing the response to send to the NYPD. For his work, he earned as much as $1,000 a month and goodwill from the police after a string of minor marijuana arrests...
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