DINA for the issue of July 12, 2013

	Friday, July 12, 2013 | Ramadan 2, 1434
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President leaves for Dubai today By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 11: President Asif Ali Zardari is leaving for Dubai and London on Friday for a three-week visit, sources in the presidency told Dawn on Thursday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 226.42 Points: KARACHI, July 11: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22758.52, down 226.42 point. Forex Update : KARACHI, July 11: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 101.4 to the US Dollar in the open market.
SC calls for vigilance against Jirga system By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Supreme Court ordered law-enforcement agencies on Thursday to remain vigilant and take swift and strict action to ensure that girls and women were not exchanged to settle local disputes through the Jirga system. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry also asked the federal and provincial governments to ensure that people were protected against highhandedness by implementing the court’s previous judgments and relevant laws that discouraged the Jirga system.
Premier makes morale-boosting visit to ISI HQ By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, July 11: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made on Thursday a ‘morale-boosting’ visit to the headquarters of the beleaguered Inter-Services Intelligence that got much of the flak from the Abbottabad Commission for the May 2, 2011 raid by US Special Forces. There was no official statement on Mr Sharif’s visit either by the Prime Minister’s Office or Inter-Services Public Relations, but officials privately said it was primarily meant for consultations on the national security strategy being prepared by the government.
Agencies investigate who spilled the beans By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 11: Embarrassed by the startling revelations made in the leaked version of the OBL Commission Report, military and civilian intelligence agencies have started investigating whether the document was passed on to a media organisation by one of the Commission members, or by those involved in preparing the draft. The leaked version of report, uploaded by the Qatar-based media organisation Al-Jazeera, has blamed all government and military institutions of collective failure for their inability to track down Osama Bin Laden while he was living in the country, and for not being able to detect or prevent the unauthorised operation against the Al Qaeda chief by the US Navy SEAL’s deep inside the Pakistani territory.
ECC refuses to extend wheat export period By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet has refused to extend by three months export of 400,000 tons of wheat and declined to approve a Rs16 billion bailout for Pakistan International Airlines because of inadequate homework by the authorities concerned. But the meeting presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar agreed to take up the issue of PIA package again on Friday. He also asked ministry of commerce to complete all formalities to justify its case for extending the wheat export period.
Two killed in blast near Afghan border By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, July 11: Two people were killed and four Frontier Corps personnel injured when a bomb exploded near the Friendship Gate on the Pak-Afghan border near Chaman on Thursday. Official sources said that the explosives were in a refrigerator loaded on a cart pulled by a boy. When the cart being brought from Afghanistan crossed in Pakistan the refrigerator blew up during checking by FC personnel.
MQM chief facing probe: London police By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 11: The London Metropolitan Police have confirmed that investigations against Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain have been initiated on charges of money laundering and incitement to violence. According to a BBC Urdu Service report released on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police confirmed in a written reply that ‘a considerable amount of money’ had been found during raids on Mr Hussain’s residence and office in London, but no arrest had so far been made.
Explosion in Kohat leaves two dead By Abdul Sami Paracha KOHAT, July 11: At least two people were killed and four others injured in a bomb blast near a mosque at Kacha Pakha on the Kohat-Hangu highway on Thursday, the first day of Ramazan. The highway was closed to traffic after police and security forces cordoned off the area.
Constitutional deadline to set up CCI missed By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, July 11: Already having failed to form the National Assembly’s standing committees within the set timeframe, the government has now committed a violation of the constitution by not constituting the Council of Common Interests (CCI) within the constitutional time limit. Under Article 154(2) of the constitution, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was bound to constitute the CCI by July 5, but he failed to do so for no apparent reasons because it was solely his discretion to nominate three members of the council. The article titled “Functions and rules of procedures” for the CCI says: “The council shall be constituted within 30 days of the prime minister taking oath of the office.” Since Mr Sharif took oath as prime minister on June 5, he was bound to form this important eight-member constitutional body by July 5, the day he was in China on an official visit.
Pakistan for perseverance in peace efforts By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 11: Pakistan has called for perseverance in efforts for reconciliation in Afghanistan despite the disruption in peace negotiations caused by the Taliban’s decision to temporarily close their political office in Doha. “Peace and reconciliation is the only way forward to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. There will be challenges like the one you are referring to, but we need patience and perseverance in the larger interest of peace in Afghanistan,” Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry said at his weekly media briefing on Thursday.
PML-N govt good for Afghan peace, says US By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, July 11: The new government in Pakistan with a clear majority in parliament also presents an opportunity for promoting the Afghan peace process, a senior US official said on Thursday. James Dobbins, US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, also told a Senate hearing that the United States would reach an agreement with Afghanistan for keeping some American troops there after 2014 when the Nato combat missions ended.
PAF plane crashes; pilot safe MIANWALI, July 11: A PAF trainee aircraft crashed near Sheikhabad village in Isakhel tehsil on Thursday morning. However, its pilot managed to eject safely with minor bruises. The F-7 aircraft, piloted by Flight Officer Mohammad Talha, took off from the PAF base Mianwali on routine training flight.
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