DINA for the issue of November 23, 2012

	Friday 23rd November 2012 | Muharram 8, 1434
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D-8 declaration lays stress on energy security By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Expressing commitment to creating a framework of cooperation for long-term energy security, the Developing Eight (D-8) countries agreed on Thursday to broaden collaboration in research, development and production of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 30.85 points: KARACHI, Nov 22: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16264.04, up 30.85 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Nov 22: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 97 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Malik fearful of more attacks By Aamir Yasin RAWALPINDI, Nov 22: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has issued a grim warning — the next three days will be critical and more terrorist attacks may take place in different parts of the country. Talking to newsmen on Thursday during a visit to the district headquarters hospital to inquire after the health of people injured in Wednesday night’s suicide attack on a Muharram procession in the Dhoke Syedaan area of Rawalpindi, he said: “Intelligence agencies and other law-enforcement agencies have received reports that the terrorists were preparing to hit other sites in the country.”
Dual nationality: PPP fails again to put bills for vote in Senate By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Despite succeeding in winning the support of its estranged ally, the ANP, and some of the independent senators from Fata for two bills relating to dual nationality, the PPP again could not go ahead with voting in the Senate on Thursday after failing to muster the required number. A dejected Law Minister Farooq H. Naek sought deferment of the consideration of the 22nd and 23rd Constitution (amendment) bills after the PPP could not ensure the presence of the minimum 70 senators on the treasury benches in a 104-member house.
Army chief rules out military operation in Karachi ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday said there was no need of an army operation in Karachi and Rangers were performing their duties well in the city, DawnNews reported. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the D-8 Summit, the army chief expressed satisfaction over the security arrangements made for the city.
Gas pipeline to be ready by ’14: Ahmadinejad By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the much-awaited Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project would be completed by 2014. Speaking at a press conference at the Iranian embassy, he said work was in progress at a good pace for laying gas pipelines in Iran.
Taliban seen as unlikely to overrun Afghanistan By Cyril Almeida & Hasan Khan KABUL: The insurgency undeniably exists but is weaker than often portrayed; the Taliban will not sweep through Afghanistan after 2014; and the Bonn-era political framework is not on the verge of collapsing into a bitter civil war --- the line taken by the Afghan government and western military forces is well-known enough. Less well known, and in contradiction to the dominant narrative on Afghanistan, is that many Afghans --- in government and outside, Pashtun and non-Pashtun, Taliban sympathisers and opponents --- also share much of that view.
ECC increases wheat support price By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: In an apparent move to woo the farming community in the lead-up to the general election and formalise a barter trade deal with Iran, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Thursday raised the support price for wheat by Rs150 per 40 kilograms to Rs1200, up by 14.3 per cent over the existing price of Rs1050 per 40kg. The hurriedly called and thinly attended meeting of the ECC, presided over by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, also allowed export of 400,000 tons of sugar, took measures to discourage import of cars, restored subsidy on agricultural tubewells in Balochistan and directed public and private companies to utilise services of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation so that it could tide over its financial crisis.
Pakistan told about Kasab’s execution in advance: FO By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: India had informed Pakistan in advance about the hanging of Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab following rejection of his mercy plea. “We were informed about execution of Ajmal Kasab a day before his execution,” Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said at a press briefing here on Thursday.
Transfer of 3m votes: MQM questions veracity of claim By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement said in the Supreme Court on Thursday that it had doubts that three million votes could have been transferred out of Karachi. “I don’t think that there is a transfer of such a huge number of votes, otherwise Karachi will be deserted,” Senator Dr Farogh Naseem of the MQM argued before a three-judge bench hearing petitions moved by PTI chief Imran Khan, Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Munawar Hassan, Jehangir Badar of the PPP and Irfanullah Khan Marwat of the PML-N complaining that votes of a sizeable number of people living in Karachi had been registered in their native towns of Swat, Mingora, Mansehra and Attock, although they had been living in the city for 10 to 15 years.
Taliban say they’re behind blasts near Imambargahs PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for the bomb explosions targeting Shias in Rawalpindi and Karachi and threatened to avenge the execution in India of Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab. “We carried out the attacks (on Wednesday) in Rawalpindi and Karachi because the Shia community is engaged in defiling the prophet (peace be upon him),” spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP by telephone.
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