DINA for the issue of November 28th, 2012

	Wednesday 28th November 2012 | Muharram 13, 1434
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US special envoy Grossman steps down By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 27: US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman is stepping down as of Dec 14, diplomatic sources told Dawn...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 94.29 Points: KARACHI, Nov 27: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16,364.77, up 94.29 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Nov 27: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 97 to the US Dollar in the open market.
PAC gears up to examine SC accounts By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: After seeking advice from independent jurists and the law division, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly decided on Tuesday to put the Supreme Court registrar on notice and insist on his personal appearance before the committee. “The committee, through a unanimous vote and on the basis of legal opinion it has sought from the law ministry and constitutional experts, has decided to take up administrative expenditures of the superior courts. Therefore, it has asked the SC registrar to appear before the committee,” PAC Chairman Nadeem Afzal Gondal said while presiding over a meeting of the committee in the Parliament House...
Kaira against move to disqualify Nawaz By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE, Nov 27: Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has indicated having a soft corner for Mian Nawaz Sharif, saying that those harbouring the idea of keeping the PML-N chief out of the political process are living in a fool’s paradise. Mr Kaira made the politically significant remark on Tuesday with reference to the Asghar Khan case in which Mr Sharif is accused of having received Rs3.5 million from the ISI during the 1990 elections. Some PPP leaders, including Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa, have called for disqualification of the Sharif brothers for allegedly using the money to stop the PPP from winning the elections and coming to power in 1990...
Alliance with PML-Q triggers rift in Sunni Ittehad By Muhammad Saleem and Khalid Hasnain FAISALABAD / LAHORE, Nov 27: An election alliance between the Pakistan Muslim League-Q and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) announced at a press conference by SIC chief Sahibzada Fazal Kareem in Faisalabad on Tuesday in the presence of PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Deputy Prime Minister Pervaiz Elahi has triggered a fissure in the SIC. A few hours after the press conference, some parties in the Sunni Ittehad dissociated themselves from the decision taken by Sahibzada Fazal Kareem, suspended his chairmanship and appointed Jamaat Ahl-i-Sunnat (Swad-i-Azam) chief Pir Syed Mahfooz Mushhadi as officiating chairman...
HRW urges courts not to muzzle media with contempt powers By Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: An international human rights organisation based in the US has voiced its concern over use of “contempt of court powers” by the judges in Pakistan to stop criticism of judiciary in the media. “Pakistani judges should cease using their contempt of court powers to prevent the media from airing programming critical of the judiciary,” says a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report issued on Tuesday...
Political parties outnumber election symbols By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: As a result of a big increase in the number of political parties, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fallen short of election symbols as the registered parties have outnumbered the available symbols. The number of registered parties reached 216 on Tuesday with the addition of another 19. This coincided with the receipt of a communication by the ECP about approval by the president of its summary on election symbols...
Arafat’s remains exhumed RAMALLAH, Nov 27: The remains of iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed on Tuesday, eight years after his death, with experts set to test for evidence he was poisoned by polonium. Shortly after the grave was briefly opened for forensic experts to take samples, an official warned that if there was evidence that Arafat was poisoned, the Palestinian leadership would petition the International Criminal Court to open an investigation. The exhumation process began before dawn and was carried out in secrecy, with the grave carefully shielded from the public eye...
Armed forces’ needs being met despite crunch: minister By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: With armed forces having almost gone public about how much under-resourced they were, Defence Minister Naveed Qamar said on Tuesday that the government was doing all it could to meet their requirements despite the financial crunch. “We have been giving them what we could give,” Mr Qamar said while talking to Dawn...
NAB will serve notice on Turkish firm for $120m By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will serve a fresh notice on a ship-mounted Turkish power plant Karkey within a couple of days for recovering $120 million as directed by the Supreme Court. “We will serve a fresh notice on Karkey in two days,” NAB’s spokesman Zafar Iqbal told Dawn on Tuesday...
TTP owns up bid to kill TV anchor PESHAWAR, Nov 27: Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Tuesday for planting a bomb under the car of Hamid Mir, a television anchor, and warned him of a second assassination bid. Mr Mir was criticised by the Taliban last month in the wake of the shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousufzai...
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