DINA for the issue of December 2, 2012

	Sunday 2nd December 2012 | Muharram 17, 1434
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Gas price hike recommended By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Gas prices are set to increase for all categories with the advent of the new year as the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has recommended a price hike of Rs31.12 per million British thermal unit (mmbtu).	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Four Sindh ministers, two MPAs resign By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Dec 1: Six members of the Sindh Assembly, including four ministers, submitted their resignations on Saturday. The six MPAs were asked by the Election Commission to clarify their position by submitting an affidavit that they did not hold dual nationality.
PM on Kalabagh dam verdict: Judicial order not enough to launch project ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: A judicial or executive order was not enough to launch a controversial project like the Kalabagh dam, the prime minister said on Saturday. “Projects of national import are executed only after thrashing out a consensus of all stakeholders,” Raja Pervez Ashraf said in reply to a question about the Lahore High Court’s verdict ordering the federal government to go ahead with the construction of dam.
Election considerations hold up border trade with India By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Pakistan has missed a self-imposed deadline for allowing all tradable items through land routes from India because of stiff resistance from land-owning elite in the federal cabinet. The two countries had agreed in September to open the Wagah border and other land routes for trade in all commodities, including agricultural produce, by the end of October.
Kickbacks in arms inspection: army sacks four officers By Malik Asad RAWALPINDI, Dec 1: In September, a colonel and three majors were sacked from military service after it emerged that they had accepted kickbacks while inspecting arms purchased by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for the police in 2010. The sacked officers are alleged to have accepted Rs11 million from a contractor to give a clean bill of health to weapons, ammunition, bullet-proof jackets and bullet-proof helmets which were then supplied to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police department.
Mehsud IDPs, militants told to vacate Wazirs’ areas By Sailab Mehsud LADHA, Dec 1: Local Taliban leaders and elders of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan asked the Mehsud tribesmen on Saturday to leave their territory by Dec 5 and warned that stern action would be taken against them if they failed to comply with the decision. Displaced people and militants belonging to the Mehsud tribe should leave Ahmadzai Wazirs’ area within five days. Otherwise, they will be expelled, a jirga decided.
Two brothers of Pakistan origin charged in US plot MIAMI, Dec 1: Two men of Pakistani descent had been charged with plotting to provide material support to terrorists and to use a weapon of mass destruction within the US, federal prosecutors said on Friday. The men were identified as brothers Sheheryar Alam Qazi, 30, and 20-year-old Raees Alam Qazi. Both were naturalised US citizens originally from Pakistan and both were arrested in the Fort Lauderdale area, prosecutors said.
Rescuers perish in Neelum; 15 bodies found By Tariq Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 1: Rescuers from the Pakistan army, civilian administration and local people recovered 15 bodies of soldiers and civilians who were buried under two avalanches over the past 48 hours in a remote snow-capped area of Neelum valley, an official said. “By Saturday evening, the bodies of nine army personnel and six civilians have been retrieved from beneath the huge mass of snow and mud,” Neelum deputy commissioner Saqib Munir told Dawn on return from the site of the incident.
Turkey calls for early settlement of Karkey issue By A Reporter ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Babur Hizlan has said the failure to resolve the Karkey issue soon may adversely affect the economic and business relations between Turkey and Pakistan because the barge-mounted rental power unit represented the biggest Turkish investment in Pakistan to date. During a visit to the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Saturday, Mr Hizlan said the dispute should be resolved as soon as possible because some of the advanced devices on the ship could get damaged with the passage of time.
Asif enters world snooker final KARACHI, Dec 1: Premier cueist Mohammad Asif reached the final of IBSF World Snooker Championship being held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Saturday after beating Alex Borg of Malta in the semi-final, according to a private television channel. He won the semi-final by seven frames to one. Asif will now play the winner of second semi-final to be played between Gary Wilson and Noppon Saengkham.
Bhootani refuses to chair assembly session By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Dec 1: Speaker of Balochistan Assembly has refused to preside over the session of the legislature convened by the governor on the advice of chief minister on Monday. Talking to journalists at a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of a private television channel on Saturday, Muhammad Aslam Bhootani linked his decision to an order of the Supreme Court.
Three killed in drone attack By Our Correspondent LADHA, Dec 1: Three people, among them a foreigner, were killed when a US drone targeted a moving vehicle near Wana in South Waziristan on Saturday, officials said. Two missiles fired by the drone hit the vehicle in Ghwa Khwa area, some 10m west of Wana.
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