DINA for the issue of November 16th, 2012

	Friday 16th November 2012 | Muharram 1, 1434
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Malik decrees, court disagrees: Quetta to observe restriction By Syed Irfan Raza, Tahir Siddiqui and Imran Ayub ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Nov 15: Soon after reports about Interior Minister Rehman Malik ordering over a million users of motorcycles off the road in Karachi on Friday went on the air on Thursday night, the Sindh High Court suspended the ban...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 20.28 Points: KARACHI, Nov 15: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16140.80, up 20.28 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Nov 15: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 96.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Pakistan to consider releasing Mullah Baradar By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) delegation returned to Kabul on Thursday after a ‘successful’ extended stay in Islamabad – securing release of a number of Taliban figures and a promise that the Pakistan government would also consider freeing Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the former Taliban number two. On the last day of their visit, HPC Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani and members of his delegation followed up with senior Pakistani officials on the decisions taken during their three-day talks and pressed for release of Mullah Baradar and at least three other top aides of Taliban chief Mullah Omar, including Mullah Noorudin Toorabi...
SC has cross-cutting jurisdiction, says CJ By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Thursday that the Supreme Court enjoyed cross-cutting jurisdiction that empowered it to carry out the role of oversight. This role, he said, also provided the superior judiciary the authority to ensure that no institution, department or authority interfered in the domain of the other. Presiding over a full-court meeting attended by 13 of the 15 judges, the chief justice said the apex court’s jurisdiction also allowed it to check any unlawful, unauthorised or mala fide act or exercise of the authorities...
Changing moods in NA signal exhaustion By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf went from desk to desk across the aisle in the National Assembly on Thursday in an apparent charm offensive before an important legislation is to come before the house, but seemed hardly able to spur a poorly populated house. Only four days into the present winter session and four months remaining in the present assembly’s life, most lawmakers on both sides of the political divide seemed exhausted and disinterest in the business of the house...
Rabbani presents 8-point proposal for Karachi By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik insisted in the Senate on Thursday that Karachi had been hit by Talibanisation as another senior leader of the ruling PPP presented eight proposals to bring about sanity in the city. Mr Malik could not finish his winding up speech on the prolonged debate on the law and order situation in the country, with particular reference to target killings in Karachi, because of severe cough and requested the chairman to allow him to speak again on Friday...
Rumpus in Sindh PA as local govt bill becomes law By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI, Nov 15: The Sindh Assembly witnessed on Thursday unprecedented disturbances when Speaker Nisar Ahmad Khuhro announced that the governor had given assent to the Sindh People’s Local Government Bill, 2012. The house turned into a veritable fish market with a ‘shouting match’ between members of the treasury benches and a tiny opposition during which ‘shut up’, ‘shame’ and even unparliamentarily remarks were loudly made...
Former soldier hanged By Khurshid Anwar Khan MIANWALI, Nov 15: A former soldier was hanged in the central jail here on Thursday. He had been sentenced to death. It was the first execution in the country in four years...
Polio virus ‘dying out in Pakistan’ WASHINGTON, Nov 15: One of the two types of polio viruses circulating in Pakistan could be on the verge of extinction, said a report presented at a medical conference in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this week. Dr Steven Wassilak, of the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC), told the conference that “no Type-3 cases have been reported for six months, which is the longest gap in incidence there to date.”...
Dr Suddle denies move for service extension By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Dr Shoaib Suddle, who is also investigating the Arsalan Iftikhar-Malik Riaz graft case, said on Thursday that no summary had been moved to the federal cabinet for extension of his four-year tenure ending in June next year. Addressing a press conference here, he said his tenure could not be extended under Section 6 of the FTO Ordinance...
PAC to move against organisations refusing audit By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has decided to go hard on public sector organisations which have been refusing to get their accounts audited. Sticking to its stated position that after the 18th Amendment no department established and run by the government can escape government audit, a meeting of the PAC presided over by its Chairman Nadeem Afzal Gondal decided on Thursday to file references against such organisations with the National Assembly...
CNG price should be increased: audit firm By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The consumers of compressed natural gas (CNG) may soon start paying enhanced prices for the fuel if the findings of independent auditors are found to be correct by the Supreme Court and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). Sources told Dawn on Thursday that the independent audit firm appointed by Ogra to analyse accounts of 11 CNG dispensing stations and propose a prudent price had proposed an increase of about Rs28 per kg against Rs32 per kg reduction since October 25...
Pakistan slams Gaza killings UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15: Pakistan condemned Israel’s new offensive in the Gaza Strip, and urged the Security Council, which met on Wednesday night, to demand an immediate cessation of its military action. Ambassador Masood Khan told the council that the offensive in which Hamas’s commander and nine other people were killed threatened international peace.—Masood Haider
Sex scandal didn’t jeopardise national security: Obama By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 15: President Obama has seen “no evidence” that US national security was jeopardised in the unfolding scandal between former CIA director David Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell. “I have no evidence at this point from what I’ve seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security,” President Obama told reporters at his first news conference since winning re-election...
Xi anointed as new leader BEIJING, Nov 15: Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as China’s leader on Thursday, assuming the top posts in the Communist Party and the powerful military in a once-a-decade political transition. Mr Xi was formally appointed as general secretary after a meeting of senior Communists that capped a weeklong congress. He was also appointed chairman of the military commission after Mr Hu stepped down, breaking with the recent tradition in which departing party leaders hung on to the military post to exert influence over their successors...
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