DINA for the issue of 12th January, 2013

	Saturday 12th January 2013 | Safar 29, 1434
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Desperate Hazaras want army rule in Quetta By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Jan 11: Hundreds of people belonging to the Hazara Shia community staged a sit-in on Alamdar Road on Friday and refused to bury the dead till the army takes control of Quetta. The death toll from Thursday’s three blasts rose to 104 after nine more people died of their...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 102.52 Points: KARACHI, Jan 11: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16632.44, up 102.52 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Jan 11: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 98.9 to the US Dollar in the open market.
MQM goes back on pledge to join march By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Jan 11: The MQM launched a second ‘drone’ attack in as many days, albeit of a different kind, when it suddenly announced on Friday that it would not join the Jan 14 long march of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran to Islamabad, but would continue to extend ‘moral support’ to Dr Tahirul Qadri’s initiative for electoral reforms. The announcement was made less than 24 hours after MQM chief Altaf Hussain had declared in his address to a largely-attended workers’ convention that his party would take part in the march, come what may...
Not deterred by attack threat: Qadri refuses to cancel or put off long march By Khalid Hasnain LAHORE, Jan 11: Dr Tahirul Qadri emphatically stated on Friday his Jan 14 march on Islamabad would be held as scheduled despite the Muttahida Qaumi Movement having retracted its pledge to join the Qadri caravan. “It is our long march and not of the MQM. We consider their withdrawal as their democratic right and we are very grateful to the MQM leadership for extending support to us till to date. But there should be no confusion about our move as the march will be held at all cost. We will not return from Islamabad till acceptance of our demands,” Dr Qadri said at a press conference at his party’s central secretariat in Model Town...
Indian envoy summoned over LoC violations By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Foreign Office summoned Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal on Friday over the latest ceasefire violation by India along the Line of Control in Kashmir and called for thorough investigations into recent incidents. Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, while handing over a strong-worded demarche to the Indian envoy, said the repeated attacks on Pakistani soldiers by Indian troops were “unacceptable and unprovoked”...
SP back from UAE, without suspect By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Jan 11: A senior police officer, sent to Dubai to take custody of Shahrukh Jatoi, the main suspect in the Shahzeb Khan murder case, returned on Friday without success. SP Niaz Ahmed Khosa had flown to Dubai on Jan 7 after the National Central Bureau (Interpol Office in Pakistan) issued diffusion notice to their counterparts in the UAE...
Two killed in attack on Nato terminal By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Jan 11: Two people were killed and three others injured in an attack on Nato containers’ terminal in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta on Friday night. According to police sources, assailants fired rockets and guns at the terminal on the outskirts of the city...
NAB ordered to arrest RPP scam accused By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Supreme Court directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday to arrest the people involved in the Rs22 billion Rental Power Projects (RPP) scam. But NAB has so far failed even to fix criminal liability in the case...
Hard to imagine stability in region without Pak support: Obama By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Jan 11: US President Barack Obama said on Friday that it would be very hard to imagine stability and peace in the region if Pakistan and Afghanistan did not come to some agreement. At a White House news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Mr Obama also acknowledged that he had seen “a greater awareness (of this issue) on the part of the Pakistani government”...
UN chief condemns terrorist violence By Masood Haider UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the “terrorist violence” in Pakistan and reaffirmed the world body’s support for the country in countering terrorism. He also condemned targeted killing of Syed Riaz Husain, head of PPP at Kurram Agency...
Pakistan, India working for peace: US By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan 11: India and Pakistan are both working for peace, says the US State Department, disagreeing with the suggestion that the two governments are exploiting an already explosive situation in the region. “I think we’re all for peace, and what’s important is that the governments are talking,” said the department’s spokesperson Victoria Nuland when asked to comment on reports that Indian and Pakistani governments were using recent clashes on the LoC to fan differences...
Four major generals promoted By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Army Promotion Board announced on Friday the promotion of four major generals to the rank of lieutenant general. The four major generals are Major General Maqsood Ahmad, Major General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Major Ganeral Syed Wajid Hussain, Major General Najib Ullah Khan...
Congress, BJP spar over LoC flare-up By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, Jan 11: India’s ruling Congress party and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sparred on Friday over the government’s handling of the flare-up on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, both sides accusing each other of being meek in dealing with Pakistan. “If you look at the manner in which the Pakistani High Commissioner was summoned, the very terse manner in which the matter was conveyed to him, the response of the Defence Minister and the External Affairs Minister speaks for itself in so far as how the government has taken it,” Information Minister Manish Tewari said...
Zardari greets Obama KARACHI, Jan 11: President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to having a long-lasting, broad-based, cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States. In his message of felicitation to US President Barack H. Obama on assumption of the office for the second term, President Zardari said he looked forward to working with him for bringing the two countries closer and building a strong partnership for advancing shared goals and objectives for peace, security and prosperity of the people of the two countries. He invited the US president to visit Pakistan.—Staff Reporter
Door-to-door verification: Voters deprived of CNIC by bogus ECP officials By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Election Commission of Pakistan has received a few complaints from Karachi against some unknown people posing themselves as ECP officials and taking away original computerised national identity cards (CNICs) of voters in the name of verification. A senior ECP official told this correspondent that telephonic complaints had been received from some voters in Karachi that they had been deprived of their CNICs by people introducing themselves as staff of the commission...
Court seeks FIA report on Qadir’s complaint By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Supreme Court directed the Federal Investigation Agency on Friday to submit a report on a complaint moved by Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Qadir Gilani, who is facing allegations of being involved in the 2010 Haj scandal, had sought a restraining order for FIA officer Hussain Asghar investigating the validity of his graduation degree...
Commission on new provinces seeks time By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Having failed to complete its task within the given time, the parliamentary commission on new provinces has decided to seek more time from the National Assembly speaker to finalise its recommendations on the issue of carving out one or more new federating units in Punjab.“The 30-day period has ended today. The NA speaker will be requested under the rules to extend the period to allow the commission to complete its task,” said Senator Farhatullah Babar, chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on New Provinces in Punjab, on Thursday Talking to reporters after a meeting of the commission here, he said the commission’s members had decided to hold its meetings on a daily basis from Jan 16 so that they could finalise their recommendations for onward presentation to the National Assembly as early as possible...
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