DINA for the issue of October 5th, 2012

	Friday 5th October 2012 | Ziqa'ad 17, 1433
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Russia backs Pakistan’s stance on drone strikes By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Pakistan and Russia agreed on Thursday to arrange a high-profile bilateral visit to either of the two country’s capitals to showcase improvement in their ties that suffered a temporary setback after President Vladimir Putin cancelled his keenly awaited visit to Islamabad earlier this week...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 76.75 Points: KARACHI, Oct 04: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 15788.96, up 76.75 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Oct 04: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 95.2 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Presidency made party in ISI case By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: There may be something more in store in the continuing executive-judiciary saga. Thursday’s proceedings of the case about the ISI doling out funds to politicians in the 1990s took a new twist when the Supreme Court decided to focus its attention on political activities in the presidency. In an unexpected move, a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain which had taken up the 1996 petition of Tehrik-i-Istiqlal chief Air Martial (retd) Asghar Khan made the president’s office a necessary party through his Secretary General Salman Farooqi...
PM orders assessment of global reaction to tax amnesty plan By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has asked the architects of tax amnesty scheme to discuss it with officials of the finance ministry to assess its international implications, sources told Dawn on Thursday. Reviewing salient features of the scheme at a meeting with top tax officials at the FBR headquarters here on Thursday, he suggested that the finance ministry should screen the amnesty scheme in its true perspective so that no one could raise finger at the international level, referring to a possible whitening of money raised through drugs, etc...
Shahbaz summoned on issue of nationality By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif may also face the charge of holding dual nationality although it is his party which is leading the agitation on the issue. On Thursday, the Supreme Court summoned the chief minister of the country’s largest province and directed him to appear in person on Oct 17 and explain whether a claim made by Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz Ahmad he held the citizenship of a foreign country was correct...
Govt makes changes in draft of Swiss letter: Kaira ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: On the directives of the Supreme Court, the government would submit an amended draft of the letter to be written to Swiss courts on Friday, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Thursday. Talking to reporters at the Parliament House after attending a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, he said the government was sincere and wanted to settle the issue to the satisfaction of the court...
Dual nationality issue: Govt plans to move bill in NA By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: With the Supreme Court aggressively pursuing parliamentarians holding dual nationality, the government is considering to move a bill in the National Assembly. Insiders close to the development told Dawn that the coalition partners were seriously considering a proposal to get a bill in favour of holders of dual nationality adopted during the National Assembly session beginning on Friday...
BD-model govt running country, says Gilani LAHORE, Oct 4: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that a Bangladeshi-model government, although unannounced, is functioning in the country. “An unannounced Bangladeshi-model government is functioning in the country as decisions are taken somewhere else and the parliament is helpless. The opposition also wants such kind of a government...
Lanka edge out Pakistan COLOMBO, Oct 4: Mahela Jayawardene and his lion-hearted spinners powered Sri Lanka to their second World Twenty20 final following the team’s 16-run win over 2009 champions Pakistan in the first semi-final on Thursday. Opting to bat first, Jayawardene (42) added 63 runs with Tillakaratne Dilshan (35), but Sri Lanka could not capitalise on the strong start on a sluggish track and posted 139 for four wickets...
PTI will go ahead with Waziristan march, says Imran By Bakhtawar Mian ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan declared on Thursday that he would go ahead with his planned peace march to South Waziristan despite security fears and government’s refusal to give permission. He said the PTI did not want a confrontation with the government. “It is a peace march and we are not going for any confrontation,” Mr Khan said at a press conference, two days ahead of the march which is scheduled to start from Islamabad on Saturday morning...
Pakistan GDP growth projected at little over 3pc by IMF By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct 4: The International Monetary Fund projected on Thursday 3-3½ per cent GDP growth for Pakistan during the current fiscal year, lower than the 4.2pc target set by the government. The report by an IMF mission which visited Pakistan this week noted that the energy problems facing the country were perhaps “the largest single impediment” to higher economic growth and were a major factor behind macroeconomic imbalances...
Pak-India thaw should lead to effective Kashmir talks: US WASHINGTON, Oct 4: The United States has said it wants to see the recent improvement in Pakistan-India relations lead to a meaningful dialogue on Kashmir dispute. The US comments came after Pakistan raised the issue forcefully at the United Nations General Assembly when President Asif Ali Zardari characterised the dispute as a failure of the UN system...
Kayani begins Russia visit RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: On the first day of his visit to Russia on Thursday, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani laid floral wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Moscow. According to a statement issued by the ISPR here, he was received by the Commander-in-Chief of Russian Ground Forces, Colonel General Vladimir Chirkin...
Karzai sets terms for strategic accord with Pakistan KABUL, Oct 4: President Hamid Karzai has set conditions for a strategic pact with Pakistan, which he accuses of harbouring Taliban militants. Addressing a news conference on Thursday, he also criticised the western media for gloomy predictions about Afghanistan’s future once US-led foreign forces withdraw from the country in 2014...
Novelist Razia Butt is no more LAHORE, Oct 4: Famous Urdu novelist Razia Butt passed away here on Thursday night. She was 88. Born Razia Niaz in Rawalpindi in 1924, she spent most of her childhood in Peshawar. Her name first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens. She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila...
Anti-pneumonia vaccine added to EPI regime By Asif Chaudhry LAHORE, Oct 4: After successful launch in 45 countries, pneumococcal vaccine has finally been added to the index of Pakistan’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). With the addition of the vaccine, the EPI would help develop immunity among children against nine deadly diseases — polio, measles, BCG, diphtheria, tetanus, pertusis, Hib, hepatitis B and pneumococcal disease...
Egyptian court frees children CAIRO, Oct 4: An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release of two Coptic Christian children accused of insulting Islam, a source in the prosecutor’s office said. He said that prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud took the decision because the accused were minors. Police arrested the children after a complaint from residents in southern Egypt, for allegedly desecrating a paper containing verses of the Holy Quran.—AFP
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