DINA for the issue of December 26, 2012

	Wednesday 26th December 2012 | Safar 12, 1434
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Caretaker set-up: PPP tasks Naek with forging consensus By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: In the PPP darbar, the legal eagles keep coming and going. Such is the pace of their comings and goings that it is difficult to keep track of who is in favour and who is not...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
FC launches operation in Awaran against BLF By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Dec 25: Several armed men and a Frontier Corps soldier were killed in clashes during a search operation in various areas of Mashkay subdivision of Awaran district on Tuesday. Official sources said the FC had launched the operation in Jebri, Mahi and mountainous area of Mashkay after the killing of its two soldiers in a recent attack in Mashkay...
Shahbaz, new governor exude cordiality By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE, Dec 25: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s friendly gestures during the oath taking of Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood as Punjab governor here on Tuesday indicated an end to rivalry between the two top offices witnessed over the past four years. The chief minister attended the ceremony along with members of his cabinet and senior PML-N leaders, including Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa, Raja Ashfaq Sarwar and Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Iqbal. Chief Justice Umer Ata Bandial of Lahore High Court administered the oath...
Qadri favours military’s role in formation of caretaker govt By Khalid Hasnain LAHORE, Dec 25: Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) chief Tahirul Qadri said on Tuesday that his party had not yet decided to contest elections because it was presently focused on accomplishing its one-point agenda: formation of an honest and trustworthy caretaker government in consultation with the military, judiciary and other stakeholders. Talking to Dawn, he said the caretaker government should hold free and fair elections in 90 days or so after introducing massive electoral reforms under the Constitution...
Future terrorists to come from various religions: report By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Dec 25: An official US report warns that future terrorists could come from many different religions, including Christianity and Hinduism. “Right-wing and left-wing ideological groups — some of the oldest users of terrorist tactics — also will pose threats,” the report adds...
Attack on cleric sparks violence KARACHI, Dec 25: Sixteen people were killed after gunmen opened fire on a car carrying a leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat in the city on Tuesday, killing four policemen and two other people. Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqui was hit in the leg by a bullet and needed hospital treatment but his injuries were not life-threatening, sources said...
Ministries at loggerheads over gas supply plan By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: With gas shortfall constantly rising, the ministries of petroleum and water and power are at loggerheads over supply of more than 200 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of gas to fertiliser or power sector. The shortfall currently estimated at about 1.7 billion cubic feet per day (BCFD) and the committed demand of about 6.2 BCFD is causing losses to the industrial sector and leading to workforce layoff and closure of a number of power plants and fertiliser units. Maximum gas supplies currently stand at about 4.3 BCFD...
Nishan-i-Imtiaz conferred on Governor Ebad By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Dec 25: President Asif Ali Zardari decorated Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad with Nishan-i-Imtiaz, the highest civil award, at a simple ceremony held at the Governor’s House here on Tuesday. The award is in recognition of Dr Ebad’s services in the field of public service as governor over the past 10 years...
Policeman, 2 militants die in Kashmir SRINAGAR, Dec 25: Police in Indian-held Kashmir say two suspected militants and a police officer have been killed in a gunbattle in the disputed region. Police officer Manoj Panditha says one Indian army soldier was wounded in the fighting on Monday night in the southern village of Dodhiporao...
Christmas celebrated across world VATICAN CITY, Dec 25: Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday called for an “end to the bloodshed” in Syria and denounced the “savage” violence in Africa, as news came in of a Christmas attack on Christians in Nigeria. Speaking in his traditional Christmas message, the pope touched on several of the world’s conflict zones...
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