DINA for the issue of March 20, 2013

	Wednesday 20th March 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1434
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Decision at top brass meeting: War on terror will go on, says military By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, March 19: The top military brass resolved on Tuesday to continue the fight against terrorism...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 208.06 Points: KARACHI, Mar 19: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 17700.06, up 208.06 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Mar 19: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Parliamentary committee gets down to work today By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, March 19: After Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and Leader of the Opposition in the now dissolved National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan failed to agree on a name for caretaker prime minister, NA Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza constituted on Tuesday an eight-member parliamentary committee to do the job. “The speaker has constituted the committee in pursuance of clause (1) of Article 224A of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” said a notification issued by the assembly secretariat...
FO invites foreign observers By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Foreign Office has invited international observers to monitor the general election being held in May, but says they would have to follow the requirements set for such missions. “The Government of Pakistan would welcome foreign election observers who wish to observe the transparent conduct of elections after completion of due formalities,” Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry said on Tuesday after a briefing organised for diplomatic missions on election monitoring...
Nisar foresees decision by ECP By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE, March 19: Leader of Opposition in the now dissolved National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has doubts about the parliamentary committee being able to evolve within three days consensus on the name of caretaker prime minister and believes that the matter will eventually be decided by the Election Commission of Pakistan. “Today, I’ve formally sent four nominations (from the opposition) for the parliamentary committee to National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza,” he said at a press conference here on Tuesday...
Assembly dissolved: Justice Alvi to head Sindh interim set-up By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, March 19: Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad dissolved the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday on the advice of Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and in a related development, representatives of PPP and Muttahida Qaumi Movement agreed on the name of Justice (retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi for the post of caretaker chief minister. The agreement was reached by representatives of the two parties at their second formal meeting held in the presence of the governor...
Services chiefs briefed on India trade By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD, March 19: Commerce Secretary Muneer Qureshi and his team briefed the military leadership on Tuesday about trade with India, with focus on the impediments holding up normalisation of business relations between the two countries. A source in the defence ministry told Dawn that the briefing was given to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman of the committee, presided over the meeting...
ECP defers decision on ‘arrow’ By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) allocated election symbols to 144 political parties on Tuesday, but deferred a decision on the allotment of “arrow”, sought by three parties, including the PPP-Parliamentarians. Besides it, Ghinwa Bhutto’s PPP-Shaheed Bhutto also could not get the symbol. Interestingly, the way for allocation of symbols to both of them was blocked by a party yet to be registered with the ECP...
Wapda chief’s role strengthened By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, March 19: In a major decision taken days after departure of the federal cabinet, the government partially reversed on Tuesday power sector reforms by putting all the 16 corporate power companies under the control of the Wapda Chairman Syed Raghib Shah. “The competent authority has been pleased to designate the chairman, Wapda, to act as overall coordinator for the power sector to enhance the administration and coordination. Chief executive officers of Discos (10 distribution companies) and Gencos (three generation companies), NTDC/CPPA and Pepco will report directly to him for coordination purpose,” a notification issued by the ministry of water and power said...
Malala resumes schooling LONDON, March 19: Malala Yousufzai returned to school on Tuesday for the first time since she was shot in the head by militants in October for campaigning for girls’ education. The 15-year-old said she had “achieved her dream” and was looking forward to meeting new friends at the independent Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham, central England, where she is now living...
Daniel Pearl’s family hails arrest NEW YORK, March 19: The family of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl welcomed on Monday the arrest in Pakistan of a former leader of a banned militant outfit allegedly involved in his 2002 murder. Qari Abdul Hayee, popularly known as Asadullah and from Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood, was detained in a raid on his hideout on Sunday, according to a spokesman for Rangers. Ruth and Judea Pearl, who live in the Los Angeles area, hailed the news, in a statement issued through the New York-based Daniel Pearl Foundation...
Pakistan link alleged in Kashmir attack SRINAGAR, March 19: Police in India-held Kashmir alleged on Tuesday they had arrested four people including a Pakistani member of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) over an attack that killed five policemen. Abdul Gani Mir, occupied Kashmir’s top law enforcement officer, said investigators had concluded that the attack was planned by LeT, a group blamed for mass killings in Mumbai in 2008...
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