DINA for the issue of June 07, 2013

	Friday 7th June 2013 | Rajab 27, 1434
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Up to 12 ministers to be sworn in: Federal cabinet takes oath today By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, June 6: Federal ministers will be sworn in at a ceremony at the presidency on Friday afternoon.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 184.28 Points: KARACHI, June 06: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22276.70, up 184.28 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, June 06: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.6 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Nawaz’s message to Pak missions: No major shift likely in foreign policy By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, June 6: Foreign policy priorities spelt out by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday made it amply clear that his third term in office would not usher in a significant shift in policy; rather there would be an enhanced emphasis on diplomacy to cope with domestic challenges of economic meltdown, energy shortages and terrorism. But significantly Mr Sharif took a strong line on terrorism directing security agencies to block financing of terrorism from other countries. He also appealed for global and regional cooperation to deal with the menace which has claimed thousands of innocent Pakistani lives.
Militants blow up themselves, 2 women and child By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, June 6: At least two militants, two women and a child were killed and 15 security personnel injured during an operation in Kharotabad on Thursday morning. The Frontier Corps, Anti-Terrorism Force, police and Balochistan Constabulary carried out the pre-dawn operation after receiving information about the presence of militants in a house.
Shahbaz becomes CM for third time By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE, June 6: PML-N’s Mian Shahbaz Sharif became on Thursday the chief minister of Punjab for the third time. He took oath of office at a ceremony in the sprawling lawns of Governor’s House in the afternoon. Governor Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood administered the oath.
Anti-state elements have no basic rights, argued caretakers By Wajih Ahmad Sheikh LAHORE, June 6: A week before the end of its tenure, caretaker government had directed its law officers to maintain a firm stance in superior courts on cases about missing persons, terrorism and drone attacks in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), Dawn has learnt. In its May 29 directive, the government through the Ministry of Law and Justice asked all deputy attorneys general and standing counsel to stick to their “line of argument” before the courts.
Which authority let COAS to proclaim emergency, asks SC By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, June 6: The Supreme Court hearing a set of petitions seeking prosecution of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf asked on Thursday which authority empowered an army chief to proclaim emergency when he himself did not feature in the constitution. Whence this power to issue proclamation of emergency by the army chief had come, asked Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, who heads a three-judge bench seized with the case. The army chief did not feature in the constitution, he observed.
FO rejects Indian allegation of fanning Sikh militancy ISLAMABAD, June 6: Pakistan on Thursday firmly rejected Indian allegations that its intelligence agency was exporting terrorism to India. During his weekly briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry refuted the allegations by the Indian home minister against the Pakistani agency, terming his statement uncalled for and counter-productive.
Aftab appointed PM’s chief spymaster By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, June 6: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appointed Aftab Sultan, a BS-22 officer of the Police Services of Pakistan (PSP), as his chief spymaster. He will head the intelligence bureau as its new director general. Mr Sultan had also served at this position under the previous PPP government from Oct 2011 to July 2012. He left the post after former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was removed from office as a result of a Supreme Court decision.
SC urged to review its order on missing persons By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, June 6: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) requested the Supreme Court on Thursday to review an order of disposing of a petition filed in 2007 for recovery of a large number of victims of enforced disappearance. Through a short order on May 18, the court had disposed of HRCP’s constitutional petition and said the petitioner could pursue the matter before a commission established to deal with the issue of missing persons.
Judges’ detention case: ATC fixes June 15 for Musharraf indictment By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, June 6: While an anti-terrorism court (ATC) fixed June 15 for indictment of retired General Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case, the special police prosecutor told the Islamabad High Court on Thursday that there was no evidence that the former president had issued orders to detain the judges. During the hearing of a bail plea of Mr Musharraf, special prosecutor Amir Nadeem Tabish told the court that a joint investigation team had not received any response to two letters it wrote to the SC registrar seeking necessary documents and statements of seven apex court judges deposed after proclamation of emergency on Nov 3, 2007.
Talks with Taliban: JUI-F asks govt to create conducive environment By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, June 6: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) which has already decided not to play any mediatory role in peace talks with Taliban warned the PML-N government on Thursday of a “complex situation” after withdrawal by the militant organisation of its offer for talks. It urged the government to create “conducive environment for reconciliation”. “Let us try to create a conducive environment for talks and reconciliation, otherwise we will end up fighting insurgency for years and the chance for national building will be lost for decades,” a JUI-F spokesman Jan Achakzai quoted Maulana Fazlur Rehman as saying.
UN concerned over falling aid for Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, June 6: A UN humanitarian relief official has said he is concerned about the falling international community’s response to meet Pakistan’s requirements to provide relief to its citizens in times of emergency. The situation in Pakistan is also “very complex” because of a drop in funding in recent years, John Ging, Director of Operations of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told journalists in New York on Wednesday. The humanitarian appeal in 2010 was 70 per cent filled, but only 44pc in 2011 and 29pc last year. “This is again evidence of failing of the international commitment to do what we are there to do,” Mr Ging said. “As a humanitarian organisation, it is frustrating to work with productive partnerships and not be able to deliver.”
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