DINA for the issue of November 10, 2012

	Saturday 10th November 2012 | Zilhaj 24, 1433
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Primary literacy plan launched for 3m poor children By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The government launched on Friday a four-year literacy programme under which more than three million children of poor families, especially girls, will get free education...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Masood Khalid named envoy to China By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The Presidency has finally backed down from its controversial choice for ambassadorship in Beijing. Senior diplomat Masood Khalid has now been named as envoy to China – one of the most important overseas diplomatic postings. The retreat by the Presidency over its choice of the Chief of Protocol, Ghalib Iqbal, happened as a result of intense lobbying by some senior members of the Foreign Service, who were not pleased to see the plum posting going to a relatively junior colleague. They had argued that Mr Iqbal lacked enough experience to be posted in Beijing...
CIA chief Petraeus quits for ‘personal reasons’ By Anwar Iqbal and Masood Haider WASHINGTON, Nov 9: David Petraeus, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has resigned, citing ‘personal reasons’ in his resignation letter to President Barack Obama, the White House said on Friday. “David Petraeus has provided extraordinary service to the United States for decades,” said US President Barack Obama in a message issued by his office. “Today, I accepted his resignation as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.”...
Obama and Republicans on warpath By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov 9: US President Barack Obama on Friday offered to work with his rival Republicans to prevent a fiscal crisis that can paralyse his administration and increase taxes on middle class Americans, instead of the rich he intends to tax. In his first White House appearance since re-election, Mr Obama invited congressional leaders to his office next week for talks on averting the crisis resulting from a set of measures scheduled to occur in January...
Petition urges Peace Nobel for Malala LONDON: More than 87,000 people had signed a global petition calling for Malala Yousufzai to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, campaigners said on Friday. “A Nobel Peace Prize for Malala will send a clear message that the world is watching and will support those who stand up for the right of girls to get an education,” said Shahida Choudhary, a British campaigner involved in the petition...
Steel Mills debt liability exceeds Rs82bn By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The payable debt liability of Pakistan Steel Mills exceeded Rs82 billion on Oct 31, up from Rs75bn four months ago, even after getting a Rs14.6bn bailout package from the federal government in July this year. At the same time, capacity utilisation of the country’s largest industrial entity plummeted to a historic low of six per cent in October, down from 21 per cent in July. In fact, the capacity utilisation has maintained a steady decline from a peak of 92 per cent in April 2008...
Let bygones be bygones, urges PM By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Nov 9: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Friday that “we should forgive each other” and move towards a new era of development and progress in Balochistan. Talking to reporters after attending ceremonies of a civic centre and an information technology project in the port city of Gwadar, he said: “We must forget the past and move forward with a positive thinking as has been done by PPP’s co-chairperson and President Asif Ali Zardari.”..
MNA, son among 12 injured in Dera Bugti blast By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Nov 9: At least 12 people, among them a member of the National Assembly and his son, were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast near a mosque in Dera Bugti on Friday. The banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack...
Bihar CM arrives, lays stress on peace By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Nov 9: Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of the Indian State of Bihar, arrived here on Friday with a delegation of ministers, lawmakers and senior officials on a week-long visit to Pakistan. Mr Kumar, who was received by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and senior members of his cabinet, expressed satisfaction at the thaw in relations between the two countries after suffering a serious setback in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks...
Four militants killed in Kashmir SRINAGAR, Nov 9: Indian troops on Friday gunned down four suspected militants, a military spokesman said. Lt-Col J.S Brar said the armed militants were killed in a gunbattle in Keran region, some 150km from Srinagar. “An infiltration bid was foiled by the troops on the Line of Control by killing the four militants,” Col Brar said, referring to the heavily-militarised de facto border dividing the Indian and Pakistani zones of the Himalayan region...
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