DINA for the issue of October 3rd, 2012

	Wednesday 3rd October 2012 | Ziqa'ad 15, 1433
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PML-N to support Baloch parties if they contest polls By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The PML-N has assured Baloch nationalist parties of its complete support if they decide to contest the next general election...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 86.49 Points: KARACHI, Oct 02: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15646.43, up 86.49 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 02: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
NA secretariat not to collect affidavits By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: In what may be the beginning of another round of confrontation between the legislature and the judiciary, the National Assembly Secretariat has refused to carry out the Election Commission’s directive to obtain declarations from members of the house affirming that they do not hold any foreign nationality. According to sources, the commission had sent letters to the secretaries of the Senate and the national and provincial assemblies on Sept 24 in pursuance of a Supreme Court order, asking them to obtain fresh declarations from the members that they did not hold dual nationality...
Adviser warns of gas shortage By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain has forecast “a tough winter” this year in terms of gas shortage and described completion of a gas field in Sindh as a success of the petroleum policy 2012 announced about a month ago. “This is going to be a tough winter,” he said at a news conference on Tuesday...
Well done Pakistan, thank you S. Africa! By Rishad Mahmood VILLAINS one day, heroes the other. They are world cricket’s most unique phenomenon — the Pakistan team. Once described by former England skipper Mike Atherton as the most predictably unpredictable outfit in the game, the Pakistanis have only one mystery to unravel: themselves...
Plea to stop Riaz-Arsalan case probe rejected By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Supreme Court turned down on Tuesday a request to stop the court-appointed commission from investigating allegations of a Rs342 million business deal between property tycoon Riaz Malik and Dr Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Advocate Zahid Bokhari, the counsel for Riaz Malik, insisted that the court should recall its August 30 order in which it had appointed Federal Tax Ombudsman Dr Mohammad Shoaib Suddle as a one-man commission on a petition of Dr Arsalan. Instead, he said, the court should enforce its June 14 ruling in the supreme interest of justice in which it had ordered Attorney General Irfan Qadir to set the state machinery in motion and investigate the matter...
HMC to produce ‘Class-I nuclear safety equipment’ By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Pakistan has joined a group of countries which are certified to produce ‘Class-I nuclear safety equipment’, allowing it to locally manufacture spare parts for its nuclear power stations under embargo conditions and contribute towards a long-term nuclear energy programme. The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) granted a licence to a unit of Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) on Tuesday to manufacture specialised equipment related to core nuclear island that are directly linked to controlling and maintaining activities in a reactor...
SC orders Punjab govt to halt road project By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Supreme Court ordered the government of Punjab on Tuesday to immediately halt its ambitious Lahore Canal Bank Road widening project because it had ignored the court’s earlier order that the green belt along the road should not be damaged. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani issued notices to the chief secretary and Advocate General of Punjab Ashtar Ausaf for Oct 16 with a direction to ask the chief minister why the court’s Sept 15, 2011, verdict was not being implemented in letter and spirit.
Russia likely to invest $500m in Steel Mills By Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Russia is reported to have agreed to invest up to $500 million for expansion, rehabilitation and modernisation of Pakistan Steel Mills and a Pakistani delegation will visit Moscow to finalise financial and technical terms of the project as agreed in a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries on Monday. Addressing a joint news conference here on Tuesday, Chairman of the Board of Investment Saleem H. Mandviwalla and Russian Trade Representative in Pakistan Yuri M. Koslov said a formal contract would be signed in December...
Banned group kills ‘renegade’ leader By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Oct 2: A firing squad of the banned Lashkar-i-Islam militant organisation killed one of its former commanders on Tuesday after keeping him in their custody for almost 18 months. Sources said the firing squad shot Ghuncha Gul Zakhakhel dead in Spin Drand area of Sipah on the orders of its leader Mangal Bagh...
India will be patient about Mumbai case: Krishna By Our Correspondent NEW DELHI, Oct 2: India will show patience and perseverance in dealing with the 26/11 case with Pakistan with which it has a “difficult relationship”, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna said in New York on Monday. “In a difficult relationship like the one we have had with Pakistan, one should have lots of patience,” Press Trust of India quoted him as saying. “India is known for its patience and perseverance. Patiently we will move in the direction in which we want.”...
80 new cases reported of missing persons By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Supreme Court-appointed commission on missing persons disclosed on Tuesday that 80 more cases of disappearance had been reported to it during the past three months. The announcement contrasts sharply with a claim government officials made last month during their meetings with a United Nations mission on enforced disappearances that the number of such incidents had dropped sharply over recent months...
US, Pakistan trying to rebuild ties By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Oct 2: The United States and Pakistan are trying to get their relationship back on track, said the US State Department while commenting on recent meetings between leaders of the two countries. The department’s spokesperson Victoria Nuland told a briefing in Washington that the United States was also helping Pakistan and Afghanistan in resolving their border disputes...
‘Militants shifting focus to N. Africa’ CAIRO, Oct 2: Militants are shifting their focus from southwest Asia to Arab North Africa and stepping up violence in the region, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said in an interview published on Tuesday. Moderate Islamists who were suppressed by Arab dictators have gained political power or prominence following popular uprisings in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt...
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