DINA for the issue of November 17th, 2012

	Saturday 17th November 2012 | Muharram 2, 1434
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Zardari acts to regain trust of estranged Gilani By Shakeel Ahmad MULTAN, Nov 16: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday the government was working on a plan to challenge the disqualification of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 54.67 Points: KARACHI, Nov 16: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16,197.74, up 54.67 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Nov 16: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 96.7 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Cellphones silenced for 8 hours in Karachi, Quetta KARACHI, Nov 16: The government on Friday night restored cellphone networks shut down for eight hours in Karachi and Quetta to prevent terror attacks at the start of the holy month of Muharram, officials said. Security was beefed up across the country on Friday, the first day of Muharram, with officials fearing sectarian attacks during the month...
Malik bemoans bike ruling, to no avail By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Hours after the Sindh High Court suspended his ban on motorbike ride in Karachi for a day, Interior Minister Rehman Malik went to both houses of parliament on Friday to bemoan the move, but to no avail. First in the Senate and then in the National Assembly, before the two houses went into a two-day weekend recess, the minister expressed his frustration both with the overnight order by the provincial chief justice, which was confirmed on Friday, and lawmakers for not passing more stringent legislation to help prosecute terrorists...
Judge says court can’t take up case concerning armymen By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: A judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), hearing a petition against an army officer on Friday, observed that the court could not take up matters related to army personnel. It may be mentioned that earlier, the judge, Justice Mohammad Anwar Kasi, was on a division bench which admitted a petition for early disposal of the case regarding extension given to Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani...
Reko Diq: SC cautions govt By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The Supreme Court warned the federal government on Friday that it would be held responsible if the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) issued an adverse verdict on a dispute between Pakistan and the Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) over Reko Diq mining lease. The ICSID had reserved its judgment on the dispute on Nov 6. The TCC had invoked the jurisdiction of the International Chamber of Commerce and the ICSID against the failure of the government of Balochistan to take a decision on its request for renewing prospective Reko Diq minerals licence in accordance with Balochistan Mining Rules-2002...
Balochistan seeks Rs2.7bn for flood-hit people By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Nov 16: The Balochistan government has said it needs Rs2.7 billion for rehabilitation of flood-affected people and reconstruction of infrastructure in Jaffarabad, Nasirabad and Jhal Magsi districts. The demand was made at a meeting on Friday with Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani in the chair...
Pakistan didn’t know whereabouts of Osama: US By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 16: An official US assessment of Osama bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad has concluded that Pakistan did not know the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader before the US raid, says Admiral William McRaven. As head of the US Special Operations Command, Admiral McRaven personally supervised the May 1 raid on OBL’s compound in Abbottabad that killed the reclusive Al Qaeda leader...
PBA slams blackout of six entertainment channels KARACHI, Nov 16: Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has complained to Pemra that six of its member channels have been off-aired by cable operators licensed by Pemra since Wednesday evening throughout Pakistan and specifically in Karachi. A press release issued by the PBA says that Pakistan’s most popular entertainment channels, including ARY Digital, GEO Entertainment, HUM TV, Express Entertainment, TV ONE and KTN Entertainment, are missing from several million households...
Lawmakers want 4.8m unverified entries taken off electoral rolls By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The disclosure by the Election Commission that as many as 4.8 million individuals had been enrolled as voters without physical verification prompted some legislators on Friday to demand that either a new verification exercise be launched immediately or all such names be removed from the voter lists. A province-wise breakdown has shown that a majority of the dubious entries pertained to Punjab (3.2m), followed by Sindh (0.662m), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (0.583m), Fata (0.167m) and Balochistan (0.163m)...
NAB chief refutes PML-N leader’s allegations By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari criticised PML-N leader Khwaja Asif on Friday for making what he called libellous remarks against him during a talk show telecast by a private television channel on Wednesday. The NAB chief said he reserved the right to initiate legal action against the PML-N leader...
UK to provide funds for drug control By Our Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The British government announced on Friday a contribution of 3.6 million pounds for the country programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime aimed at enhancing the ability of law-enforcement agencies in Pakistan. The three-year programme is mandated in the border areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to address other forms of transnational organised crime and to stem the illicit flow of substances like drugs, explosive chemicals, etc...
UN rights official assails execution By Our Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16: Navi Pillay, the UN human rights chief, is disappointed and saddened by the news that Pakistan carried out its first execution in four years on Thursday and renewed her call for a moratorium on the practice to be made permanent, according to her spokesperson. “The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) opposes the death penalty in any circumstances and has been greatly encouraged by the lengthening moratorium on executions in Pakistan,” the spokesperson, Rupert Colville, told reporters in Geneva...
Nawaz, US ambassador meet in Raiwind By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, Nov 16: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has expressed the hope that Pakistan-US relations will improve during President Obama’s second term and there will be respect for Pakistan’s sovereignty and the two states will move ahead by observing the principle of mutual respect and interest. He was talking to new US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson who had called on him in Raiwind on Friday...
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