DINA for the issue of 9th January, 2013

	Wednesday 9th January 2013 | Safar 26, 1434
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PAC wants list of big gas thieves By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly asked the ministry of petroleum and natural resources on Tuesday to prepare a list of major gas thieves in the country...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 143.11 Points: KARACHI, Jan 08: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 16645.76, up 143.11 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Jan 08: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 98.8 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Army will provide security to ECP staff: Verification of voters from tomorrow By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Thanks to a prompt intervention by the defence ministry, a possible delay in the commencement of door-to-door verification of voters in Karachi has been averted. Under a security umbrella provided by the Army, the exercise will start as per plan on Thursday (Jan 10)...
Al Qaeda man killed in drone attack Dawn Report MIRAMSHAH / PESHAWAR, Jan 8: A senior Al Qaeda figure is believed to be among 12 people killed in two US drone strikes in Mirali area of the volatile North Waziristan tribal region on Monday night, a senior security official said. Drones fired eight missiles on a house in Haiderkhel village, 30km from Miramshah, killing eight people. Among the dead were Sheikh Yasin Al Kuwaiti, a senior Al Qaeda operative, his wife and daughter, the official said...
Islamabad braces itself for Qadri’s march Dawn Report ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Although the capital administration and police have started acquiring containers to seal the red zone on Jan 14, they are in a quandary over whether to let Dr Tahirul Qadri’s march proceed to the city or counter it in the absence of a clear directive from the government. Sources said the administration was waiting for the interior ministry’s advice about ways of handling the march, but there was a complete silence...
Magsi urges centre to release uplift funds By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Jan 8: Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has urged the federal government to release funds meant for Kachhi canal and other projects. Suspension of development funds by the federal government had affected several major projects in Balochistan and was causing delay in their execution, he said while inaugurating a bridge on the Kashmore-Sui road in Dera Bugti district on Tuesday...
Senior PPP lawmaker calls on Nawaz LAHORE, Jan 8: PPP’s veteran politician and its MNA from Naushahro Feroze Zafar Ali Shah called on PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif here on Tuesday and exchanged views on political situation in the country. The former deputy speaker of the National Assembly, who has been criticising his own party in the parliament for the past four years, did not formally announce his decision to leave the PPP and join the PML-N although many N-League leaders were expecting him to do so...
India accused of levelling allegation to cover up its violation of LoC By Baqir Sajjad Syed and Jawed Naqvi ISLAMABAD / NEW DELHI, Jan 8: While the army accused India on Tuesday of covering up an assault on a Pakistani post over the weekend by making counter-claims of an attack on its (Indian) patrol, senior military officials of both countries exchanged views on heightened tensions along the Line of Control (LoC). “I have checked with the commanders on ground and no such incident happened today. There were no violations of the LoC by our forces and no raids across the LoC,” a military spokesman said while rejecting Indian allegations of an attack on its military patrol in which two Indian soldiers were said to have been killed...
Political parties united on Fata electoral reforms By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: In a significant move, 10 major political parties have jointly submitted their proposals to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suggesting steps needed to ensure holding of fair, transparent and accessible party-based general election in the tribal areas for the first time in the country’s history. A letter containing five recommendations has been sent to Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim and ECP Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan by the hitherto unknown Political Parties Joint Committee on Fata Reforms or Fata Committee. It comprises members from both government and opposition parties...
Army told to prepare for full spectrum of threat RAWALPINDI, Jan 8: The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on Tuesday emphasised the need for the army to remain fully prepared to respond to the full spectrum of threat — be it direct or indirect, and overt or covert. He made these remarks during his visit to Sialkot garrison to witness the conduct of the army mobilisation exercise, said a press release issued by the ISPR here. The exercise is being conducted to validate recent changes made in the mobilisation system of army...
Filtration system being put in place to reopen YouTube By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE, Jan 8: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Tuesday the government would reopen YouTube after completion of work on a filtration mechanism. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority directed internet service providers and mobile phone firms to unblock YouTube on Dec 29 but within an hour the prime minister re-imposed the ban because the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” had not been removed...
‘Two to plead not guilty in Delhi rape case’ NEW DELHI, Jan 8: Two of the five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi last month will plead not guilty to all charges, a lawyer said on Tuesday. “They will plead not guilty to all charges,” M.L. Sharma, who says he represents Mukesh Singh and Akshay Thakur, told AFP. “Nothing has been proven yet.”...
Pakistani faces Al Qaeda plot case in US By Masood Haider NEW YORK Jan 8: A Pakistani suspect in an alleged Al Qaeda plot against New York City subways also was part of a terror campaign that would have targeted Britain and Norway, US prosecutors told a New York court on Monday. Abid Naseer, 26, pleaded not guilty through his attorney at a federal court in Brooklyn. He arrived in New York last week after his extradition from the United Kingdom...
Rocket fire near Kandahar airport delays PIA flight By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Jan 8: Twenty passengers and four crew members of a Quetta-bound PIA flight were stranded at Kandahar Airport on Tuesday for a couple of hours when the airspace had to be closed because of rocket firing in the vicinity of the airport. A PIA spokesman said all the passengers and crew of flight PK 199 were safe and flew from the southern Afghan town at around 1.20pm, when the airspace was opened. The plane landed at Quetta at 2.15pm. He said the flight was scheduled to depart at 11.20am (PST) but was stopped due to closure of the airport as a precautionary measure because of rocket fire outside the premises...
US seeks end to LoC firing By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Jan 8: The United States has urged India and Pakistan to take steps to end exchanges of fire across the Line of Control and to resume trade and travel across the disputed land. At a briefing at the State Department, spokesperson Victoria Nuland also emphasised the need for the two neighbouring states to continue to engage each other positively and also to work on issues related to the Kashmir dispute...
Three killed in attack on LPG tankers By Our Correspondent QUETTA, Jan 8: Three people were killed and two others injured when gunmen opened fire on two LPG tankers in the Mastung district on Tuesday. According to Levies sources, the attackers on motorbikes ambushed the tankers near Sheikh Wasal area on the RCD highway. The tankers, carrying gas and coming from Iran, remained safe...
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