DINA for the issue of November 22, 2012

	Thursday 22nd November 2012 | Muharram 7, 1434
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Sectarian, militant attacks jolt nation Dawn Report THE country was rocked on Wednesday by explosions and targeted attacks in main cities in the four provinces, claiming lives of at least 25 civilians and security personnel...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 5.18 Points: KARACHI, Nov 21: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16256.97, up 5.18 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Nov 21: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 96.9 to the US Dollar in the open market.
D-8 leaders meet today at eighth summit ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Leaders from the Developing-Eight countries will join heads on Thursday at the 8th D-8 Summit to find ways for a sustainable prosperity for their peoples. The heads of state and government of the member states, Turkey, Malaysia, Iran, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nigeria, Egypt and host Pakistan are attending the summit whose theme is ‘Democratic partnership for peace and prosperity’....
BRA claims Quetta blast By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Three security personnel and two civilians were killed and 28 others injured when a powerful explosion ripped through a vehicle escorting a school van in the Shahbaz Town area on Wednesday afternoon. The victims included a woman and a man who happened to be in the area at the time of the blast...
Ajmal Kasab hanged secretly By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, Nov 21: Mumbai terror mascot Ajmal Kasab was hanged in a clandestine operation in Pune’s Yerawada Central Jail early on Wednesday, officials said. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said neither Prime Minister Manmohan Singh nor Congress president Sonia Gandhi were in the loop about the date of his execution, which was decided on November 7. Only a handful of officials were privy...
3m Karachi residents enrolled in their native towns: SC asks Election Commission to rectify error By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission on Wednesday to transfer at least three million voters now registered in their native towns to Karachi where they have been living for many years. “There are credible complaints and the ECP, subject to all just exceptions, may also examine the possibility of reversing the names of voters back to Karachi where their names were previously recorded,” the court said...
23rd Amendment Bill ready, says Naek: Bureaucrats also to face dual-nationality bar By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: When the upper house of parliament meets on Thursday to legislate on the issue of dual nationality and strike down a provision in the statute which bars a person holding dual nationality from getting elected to legislatures, other power-wielders in the system will be in for a shock. Dawn has learnt that the government has managed to mobilise the numbers required to pass not one but two constitution amendment bills, to drag down everyone, except judges, in the higher echelons of the establishment holding foreign nationality...
Engagement in Pakistan key to defeating terror: US By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 21: A continued engagement in Pakistan and following through on US commitments to Afghanistan’s long-term stability are essential for defeating terrorism, says US Defence Secretary Leon E. Panetta. The new US commander for Afghanistan, Gen Joseph Dunford, also emphasised at a congressional hearing the need to assure Pakistan that the US would stay engaged with the region after 2014 as well...
Govt turns down KESC request By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The government has turned down a request by the Karachi Electric Supply Company to reconsider a recent decision of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to divert 350MW electricity it received from Wapda under a 2010 agreement back to the national grid. “No further discussion, debate or going back on CCI decision,” Water and Power Secretary Nargis Sethi was quoted as telling the chief executive officer of KESC, Tabish Gohar, at a meeting on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by Water and Power Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar and attended by provincial chief secretaries, the chairman of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority and officials of the finance and petroleum ministries...
From one Karzai to another Karzai? By Cyril Almeida & Hasan Khan KABUL: A favourite parlour game in the Afghan capital is predicting what will happen in the presidential election scheduled for April 2014. Alongside the scale of the West’s commitment to Afghanistan post-2014, the presidential election — and also the parliamentary election slated for later in 2014 — is seen as critical to the next phase of Afghanistan’s political and security future...
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