DINA for the issue of October 2nd , 2012

	Tuesday 2nd October 2012 | Ziqa'ad 14, 1433
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Russian FM due tomorrow on 2-day visit By Baqir Sajjad Syed and Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is arriving here on Wednesday for bilateral consultations...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 123.91 Points: KARACHI, Oct 01: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15568.73, up 123.91 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 01: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
NP to contest elections, says Malik Baloch By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, Oct 1: Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, president of the National Party, which boycotted the polls in 2008, announced on Monday that his party would take part in the coming elections. Addressing a press conference, he said the NP is a progressive nationalist party which believes in the democratic process and constitutional struggle to achieve rights...
Zardari, Altaf discuss electoral alliance By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI, Oct 1: As the Sindh Assembly adopted the Sindh People’s Local Government Bill on Monday, President Asif Ali Zardari and MQM chief Altaf Hussain met in London and discussed the possibility of an alliance between the PPP and MQM for the next general election. President Zardari met Mr Hussain during a stopover to London on way home after attending the UN General Assembly session in New York...
New local bodies law polarises Sindh KARACHI, Oct 1: The Sindh Assembly passed on Monday the new local government law amid uproar as lawmakers belonging to the estranged coalition partners, who have parted ways over the promulgation of the Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance, 2012, raised slogans against the bill and staged a sit-in on the floor of the house, while major cities and towns in the interior of the province remained shut on a call by nationalist parties in protest against the law. Enraged protesters blocked roads, burnt tyres and demonstrated on roads in the interior of the province during the strike called by the Sindh Bachayo Committee and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz...
PTI denied permission for S. Waziristan rally By Zulfiqar Ali PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The administration of South Waziristan Agency has refused to allow the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf to hold a rally in Kotkai area of the conflict-hit region. “Neither the condition in Waziristan is favourable nor the political administration has the capacity to provide security to about 100,000 participants of the rally in Kotkai,” an official said on Monday...
PML-N chief warns against inducting fake Baloch leadership By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE, Oct 1: Seeking an end to secret agencies’ role in Balochistan, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has warned that situation in the province will worsen if attempts are made to introduce a fake leadership through the general election. “The coming elections can become a ray of hope if the exercise is held in a fair and free manner and no force plays any role in hampering real representatives of the masses,” Mr Sharif told reporters after meeting Talal Bugti, chief of Jamhoori Watan Party and son of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti, on Monday...
Brother of BSO leader shot dead By Our Correspondent QUETTA, Oct 1: A brother of Amin Baloch, chairman of the Baloch Students Organisation (Pujar group), was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Khuzdar on Monday, sources said. Jan Muhammad Buledi, press secretary of the National Party, said that Sanaullah had suffered serious bullet injuries in the attack and died on his way to hospital...
Court refers woman to Imam for counselling Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Oct 1: In an unprecedented move, the Peshawar High Court’s chief justice granted bail on Monday to five persons, including four women, allegedly arrested from a brothel, with a directive that the woman accused of running the place should daily attend a class of religious teachings conducted by a prayer leader (imam) of a mosque in Hayatabad Township. Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan accepted the bail petitions on the condition of furnishing two sureties of Rs50,000 each...
India criticises Zardari’s speech UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1: India’s external affairs minister slammed Pakistan at the United Nations on Monday for raising the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. S.M. Krishna told the General Assembly that India had resumed dialogue with Pakistan and wanted to normalise relations. But he severely criticised a speech made by President Asif Ali Zardari last week, saying Pakistan had no business meddling in “India’s predominantly Muslim state of Jammu and Kashmir”...
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