DINA for the issue of 24th December, 2012

	Monday 24th December 2012 | Safar 10, 1434
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Bashir Bilour laid to rest Outpouring of grief and rage at funeral Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Dec 23: Amid tears and sobs, senior minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmed Bilour — who was assassinated in a suicide attack here on Saturday — was laid to rest in a local graveyard on Sunday...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Qadri wants electoral reforms, interim govt in three weeks By Khalid Hasnain LAHORE, Dec 23: Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has given Islamabad three weeks to announce an independent interim government which could hold fair and transparent elections within 90 days or more if required for the sake of meeting all mandatory constitutional conditions/obligations to have an honest, sincere and trustworthy leadership to steer the country out of crises under a real democratic system. He also asked the government to ensure representation of the judiciary, military and all other stakeholders in the process of constituting an honest interim set-up and avoid keeping the exercise limited to only two political parties (PPP and PML-N)...
Will new governor of Punjab give PPP a boost? By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: After handing over the party’s reins to Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo in Punjab, who joined the PPP only in May 2008 after winning a National Assembly seat in last elections as an independent candidate, President Asif Ali Zardari has brought another outsider as new governor of the province. Many within the PPP and outside are agog over the selection of governor-designate Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood who, until his nomination as new constitutional head of the province a few days ago, was the provincial president and MPA of the Pakistan Muslim League-F...
Commission on new provinces meets today By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Pakistan Seraiki Party (PSP) chairman Taj Muhammad Langah is among the experts and stakeholders who will be appearing before the Parliamentary Commission on Creation of New Provinces in Punjab on Monday (today) to present their viewpoints on the proposed division of the province, Dawn has learnt. Mr Langah is a strong supporter of the creation of Seraiki province comprising all the Seraiki-speaking areas of the country and has been leading the campaign for such a federating unit for more than 40 years...
Tendulkar decides to quit ODIs NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday announced his retirement from One-Day International cricket after scoring a record-breaking 49 centuries in the 50-over format. “I have decided to retire from the one-day format of the game,” Mr Tendulkar said in a statement...
Army’s Afghan policy changing WANA/ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and western diplomats say. According to commanders deployed in the border region, he is backing dialogue partly due to fears that the end of the US combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014 could energise a resilient insurgency straddling the shared frontier...
India rocked by deadly protests over sex attacks NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Police shot dead a journalist on Sunday during a protest over a sex assault on an actress in northeast India as security forces in New Delhi fired tear gas at new demonstrations over a student’s gang-rape. After the victim of last Sunday’s gang-rape in Delhi began recounting her ordeal to police, a wave of revulsion over sex crimes spread to the remote state of Manipur where a protest was held over the attempted rape of the actress...
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