DINA for the issue of October 30, 2012

	Tuesday 30th October 2012 | Zilhaj 13, 1433
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18 militants killed in Khyber, Orakzai By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Oct 29: Ten militants were killed when helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in Bara area of Khyber Agency on Monday, official sources said...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Hizbut Tahrir made three attempts to penetrate army By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The conviction of Brigadier Ali Khan and four other army officers for their links with Hizbut Tahrir (HuT) was the third attempt of the banned organisation to penetrate into the military in the past 10 years. On August 3, a military court convicted Brigadier Ali Khan, Major Sohail Akbar, Major Jawad Baseer, Major Inayat Aziz and Major Iftikhar for having links with HuT and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for terms ranging from 5 years to 18 months...
Monster storm lashes US East Coast By Anwar Iqbal and Masood Haider WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 29: Almost 60 million people braced themselves for any eventuality as Hurricane Sandy began to lash the densely populated US East Coast on Monday, bringing tidal waves and gusty winds while incessant rain drenched cities from Boston to Washington. For the first time since the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, the Wall Street also closed its doors. Manhattan looked deserted. The government in Washington shut down. Thousands of schools asked students to stay home on Monday and Tuesday...
British, UAE ministers visit Malala at hospital LONDON, Oct 29: Pakistan’s interior minister and the foreign ministers of Britain and the UAE on Monday visited the English hospital treating Malala Yousufzai. Britain’s Foreign Office said the trio also met the father of 15-year-old Malala, who was flown from Pakistan on Oct 15 for treatment at the specialist hospital in Birmingham in an air ambulance provided by the United Arab Emirates...
Senior judge, son booked in double murder case By Mohammad Hussain Khan HYDERABAD, Oct 29: Saleem Qambrani, a senior civil judge of Jacobabad district, and his son have been booked for their alleged role in a plot to murder a young couple. SSP Pir Farid Jan Sarhandi, who had detected the case following a presidential directive, said Samia Detho and her husband Isthiaq Ahmed Sheikh had been allegedly killed by the girl’s parents and their accomplices about two months ago in Mori Mangar area of Tando Hyder. He said the judge’s son, Bilawal Qambrani, had been arrested...
Balochistan minister Bashardost passes away By Our Correspondent QUETTA, Oct 29: Balochistan Minister for Local Bodies Abdul Khaliq Bashardost died of cardiac arrest early on Monday, family sources said. He was buried in his ancestral graveyard in Zhob district in the afternoon...
Imran completes US tour despite interrogation Dawn Report WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 29: Imran Khan reached Los Angeles on Monday to complete a four-city tour to collect funds for his Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf party, three days after he was offloaded and interrogated by US immigration officials in Canada. Mr Khan has already held three fundraisers in New York, Seattle and San Francisco, collecting more than $600,000 for his election campaign. He expects to raise another $200,000 in Los Angeles on Monday night before flying out to Dubai...
Two killed in Pishin clash By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, Oct 29: Two people were killed and two security personnel injured in an exchange of fire in Malazai village of Pishin district on Monday, sources said. The incident took place when the police, Levies Force and anti-terrorism force personnel raided a house in the village to arrest some wanted men...
British expert to brief PCNS on anti-terror laws By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Members of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) will have an ‘in-camera’ discussion with Lord Carlyle, a British lawyer and an expert on anti-terrorism laws, here on Wednesday. “The meeting is being held to meet Lord Alexander Charles Carlyle, a practising barrister from the UK and a former independent reviewer of British anti-terrorism laws” and to “discuss legislation with respect to terrorism”, says a notice for the meeting received by the members of the committee headed by PPP stalwart Senator Raza Rabbani and a copy of which is available with Dawn...
Hundreds protest against Nowshera shrine attack By Suhail Kakakhel NOWSHERA, Oct 29: A bomb attack on the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Kaka Saheb on the second day of Eidul Azha, leaving four people dead and 32 others wounded, drew widespread condemnation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sources said 16 suspects had been arrested during a search operation launched after the blast. But police officials did not confirm any arrest...
Saudis plan Islamic centre in Kabul KABUL, Oct 29: Saudi Arabia would build a massive Islamic centre complete with a university and a mosque in Afghanistan, an Afghan minister said on Monday, describing the project as “grand and unique”. Estimated to cost up to $100 million, the centre on a hilltop in central Kabul would house up to 5,000 students, Dayi-ul-Haq Abed, the acting Haj and religious affairs minister said. It would be named after Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, he added...
Sarkozy aide charged in ‘Karachi’ corruption scandal PARIS, Oct 29: An aide to France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Monday charged in an illegal political funding scandal known as the `Karachi Affair’, a complex probe into alleged kickbacks on arms deals. Nicolas Bazire, the current number two of luxury group LVMH, was heard by judges for four hours and accused of handling illicit funds used for political campaigns...
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