DINA for the issue of 2nd February, 2013

	Saturday 2nd February 2013 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 20, 1434
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Endorsement of governor’s rule: Govt plans joint sitting of parliament By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The government has decided to convene a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament on Feb 6 to endorse imposition of governor’s rule in Balochistan...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 23.49 Points: KARACHI, Feb 01: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 17,266.23, up 23.49 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Feb 01: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.5 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Pakistan, Italy sign accord on defence cooperation By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Pakistan and Italy signed on Friday a Strategic Engagement Plan (SEP) under which the two countries committed to increase bilateral cooperation particularly in the fields of defence and security. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who is visiting Italy, and her Italian counterpart Giulio Terzi di Sant’ Agata signed the agreement in Rome...
Muted protest in NA over report on new province By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The National Assembly saw only isolated protests, and no major outburst, as it received on Friday a controversial parliamentary commission’s report for the creation of a new province in south Punjab, though the fate of a proposed constitution amendment bill to do this remained uncertain. The main opposition to the proposed Bahawalpur Junoobi Punjab province, aimed to ameliorate perceived deprivations of southern Punjab, comes from the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party, which rules Punjab, and it announced filing a privilege motion with the National Assembly secretariat to challenge the scheme of the commission which it had boycotted...
SC returns NAB’s objections to hearing on Faisal By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The Supreme Court office has declined to accept a set of objections made by the National Accountability Bureau to the court’s decision to investigate the mysterious death of NAB Assistant Director Kamran Faisal. The information was placed on Friday before a two-judge bench comprising Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain which had taken up the case...
Suicide bomber slays 26 outside Hangu mosque By Abdul Sami Paracha KOHAT, Feb 1: At least 26 people were killed and 56 injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a Shia mosque in Pat Bazaar area of Hangu district on Friday when people were leaving after offering Friday prayers. According to a Reuters report from Hangu, a Sunni community mosque is located nearby where anti-Taliban Sunni Supreme Council occasionally holds its meeting. But a senior official said the target of the attack were Shias and some Sunni victims were unintended victims...
Partial strike in Balochistan By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, Feb 1: A partial strike was observed in the provincial capital and several district headquarters on a call by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) and Balochistan National Party (Awami) in protest against the imposition of governor’s rule in the province. Trading centres and shopping plazas remained closed in the main bazaars and suburbs of the city. However, vehicles plied on the roads as usual...
Major shake-up in Balochistan’s bureaucracy as 16 DCs replaced By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Feb 1: In another major reshuffle in the bureaucracy after the imposition of governor’s rule in Balochistan, the provincial government has changed a number of deputy commissioners and officers of various departments. “The deputy commissioners of 16 of the 30 districts have been changed,” said a notification issued by the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) on Friday...
New weather system to bring rain, snowfall By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE, Feb 1: An active westerly weather system which is expected to generate widespread rain and heavy snowfall over the hills will enter the country on Saturday. Weather experts told Dawn on Friday the new system would generate more rain and snowfall than last month’s system of comparatively less intensity...
Two FC men hurt in attack on Qatari dignitary’s convoy By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA, Feb 1: Two Frontier Corps personnel were injured when a convoy of a Qatari royal dignitary came under attack in Kech district on Friday. According to sources, Sheikh Ali Bin Abdullah was in the Mirani dam area when assailants opened fire from nearby mountains on FC personnel escorting his convoy...
Salary, judicial allowance of five officers stopped By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: In an interesting turn of events, the Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) stopped on Friday salary of three top officers and judicial allowance of two others because of objections raised by the Auditor General of Pakistan. A senior government official told Dawn that salary of Finance Secretary Abdul Wajid Rana, Adviser to the Ministry of Finance Rana Asad Amin and Law Secretary Yasmin Abbasi had been stopped because they were working in the highest grade-22 positions on a contract basis allegedly in violation of the Supreme Court order in the Haj scandal case...
Malala’s case for Nobel nomination gets boost OSLO, Feb 1: Malala Yousufzai and ex-Eastern bloc activists are among those known to be nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, as the deadline expired on Friday. This year’s award will be announced in early October, but speculation was already under way as the deadline for nominations ran out on Feb 1...
Six militants killed in shelling LADHA, Feb 1: Six militants were killed on Friday when a mortar shell fired by Nato and Afghan troops from across the border hit a bunker in Zeba Ghar area near Angoor Adda, some 60km from Wana in South Waziristan. Sources said 30 shells had been fired from Macha Dad camp across the border in Afghanistan. One shell hit the bunker, killing six militants and injuring three. They belonged to Maulvi Nazir group...
Security forces allowing extremists to attack minorities: HRW By Our Reporter ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The Human Rights Watch has accused the government of having failed to act against abuses committed by security and intelligence agencies which are letting extremist groups to attack religious minorities. “The authorities did little to address attacks against journalists and human rights defenders, and committed serious abuses in counter-terrorism operations,” the HRW said in a report...
11 peace committee members killed By Our Correspondent LANDI KOTAL, Feb 1: Eleven members of the Kamarkhel Peace Committee were killed as clashes with Lashkar-i-Islam militants intensified on Friday, sources said. The fighting intensified when LI activists attacked Kamarkhel tribe’s strongholds of Lakai Sar, Madai and Tor Lagad in Takhtaki...
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