DINA for the issue of November 14th, 2012

	Wednesday 14th November 2012 | Zilhaj 28, 143
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Raisani strikes back, wins assembly trust By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, Nov 13: The embattled Chief Minister of Balochistan, Nawab Aslam Raisani, struck back at his detractors on Tuesday by managing a unanimous vote of confidence in the provincial assembly...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 83.96 Points: KARACHI, Nov 13: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16129.72, down 83.96 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Nov 13: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 96.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Zardari calls for war against heroin By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: A regional ministerial conference on efforts to counter narcotics, held in the Presidency here on Tuesday, formed a contact group to develop a comprehensive mechanism to counter national and regional threats posed by drugs. Addressing the conference, President Asif Ali Zardari called for collective efforts in the region to eliminate drug trade being used to finance terror operations...
Pakistan agrees to set free Taliban leaders By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: In an unprecedented gesture of support for Afghanistan’s struggling reconciliation process, Pakistan agreed on Tuesday to release several Taliban leaders detained in the country’s jails. The development, which hasn’t been made public by either side, came on the second day of Afghan High Peace Council Chief Mr Salahuddin Rabbani’s three-day visit to Islamabad to re-start the peace process which has been in the limbo for over a year now...
NA adopts bill on free school education By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The National Assembly adopted on Tuesday a bill which after the president’s assent will guarantee all children of five to sixteen years of age free quality education. The Senate has already passed the bill: ‘Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012’...
Allies lash out at govt over Karachi bloodbath By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The government continued to face the wrath of its allies in both houses of parliament for the second day on Tuesday over continuing violence in Karachi and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement threatened to boycott the proceedings if it did not get a positive response from the authorities by Wednesday. Walkouts by the MQM members first from the National Assembly in the morning and from the Senate in the evening provided an opportunity to the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N to criticise both the MQM and the Awami National Party for lodging protests and, at the same time, sharing power with the Pakistan People’s Party at the centre and in Sindh...
Naek tells National Assembly: No bar on judges with dual nationality By Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: While the Election Commission is collecting fresh affidavits from legislators about dual citizenship and the Supreme Court has disqualified about 12 lawmakers, the National Assembly was informed on Tuesday that judges could hold dual nationalities. Replying to a question from MNA Syeda Sughra Imam of PPP on whether individuals holding dual citizenship were eligible for appointment in the judiciary, Law Minister Farooq H. Naek said there was no bar on a citizen of Pakistan holding dual nationality from appointment in the judiciary...
Bicycle bomb kills two in Quetta QUETTA, Nov 13: Two passers-by were killed and 12 people injured on Tuesday in a remote-controlled bomb blast aimed at a vehicle of paramilitary Frontier Corps, officials said. Three FC personnel were among the wounded. According to police sources, the bomb was planted in a bicycle which was parked in the Almo Chowk area on Airport Road. The bomb was detonated when the FC vehicle passed through the area, killing two passers-by and injuring 12 others...
PIA suffered Rs119bn loss last year, SC told By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the Pakistan International Airlines had suffered a whopping Rs119 billion loss last year alone. “I cannot say all is right with the PIA as its balance sheet for 2011 shows losses of Rs119bn,” said Raja Bashir, the counsel for the national flag carrier. He was assisted by the airline’s legal adviser Asim Rauf...
Gilani summoned by FIA in Haj scam probe By Shakeel Ahmad MULTAN, Nov 13: The Federal Investigation Agency has summoned former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday in the Haj scam probe. The notice No FIA/SIU/C-3/2011/067, received by the Gilani House here on Tuesday, was issued on Nov 8 under the signature of PSP Director/Commandant Husain Asghar...
PPP move to evaluate performance of its Sindh legislators By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI, Nov 13: The Pakistan People’s Party on Tuesday formally initiated preparations for the coming general election in an attempt to respond to challenges posed by nationalists and other opponents in Sindh and issued a pro forma to all its lawmakers in the province to evaluate their performance. According to sources, the lawmakers have been told to converge with the filled-in pro formas in Nawabshah where President Asif Ali Zardari, the PPP co-chairman, is due to arrive from Islamabad on Wednesday afternoon to preside over their meeting...
Kayani’s extension: Plea accepted for early disposal of petition ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Islamabad High Court accepted on Tuesday an application seeking early disposal of a petition relating to extension given to Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and put off the hearing till the third week of this month. A division bench of the IHC comprising Justice Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi and Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had taken up the petition filed by Col (retd) Inamur Rahim, legal adviser of the Ex-Servicemen’s Society...
Nitish for better coordination between judiciary and executive By Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has said that his government has been able to restore law and order in the Indian state by ensuring better coordination between the executive and judiciary. During a meeting with Imran Khan and other leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf at the PTI chief’s residence here on Tuesday, Mr Kumar said speedy justice could strengthen people’s trust in the democratic process...
Riaz questions commission’s legality By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: Complying with the fifth order of the Dr Shoaib Suddle Commission, real estate tycoon Malik Riaz appeared before it on Tuesday, but refused to accept any commission as legitimate, because no such commission would “provide me justice in the Arsalan Iftikhar graft case”. On one hand Malik Riaz rejected the Suddle Commission, but on the other he submitted a written statement suggesting that a statement filed by him earlier in the Supreme Court could be used by it for investigation, the registrar of the commission said...
Steps for free, fair polls discussed ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: As opposition parties near a consensus on the caretaker set-up, the Election Commission and the government discussed on Tuesday the constitutional position about setting a date for the general election and steps required for holding free, fair and credible polls. An official of the election commission told Dawn after a meeting between Law Minister Farooq H. Naek and Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim that holding polls for national and provincial assemblies on the same day was not discussed at the meeting. “The meeting had one-point agenda of legal position about setting an election date,” he said...
Pentagon’s Greek tragedy entangles another general By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 13: The sex scandal that brought down the CIA chief also involves another general who succeeded Gen David Petraeus as the commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, the White House and the Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday. “On Sunday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation referred to the Department of Defence a matter involving Gen John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan,” Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters in Washington...
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