DINA for the issue of October 9, 2013

	October 9, 2013 | Zilhaj 3, 1434
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NAB pleads for reopening references against Sharifs By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family are likely to face proceedings in corruption references as an Accountability Court of Rawalpindi again took up on Tuesday an application filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for re-opening of references against the Sharif family.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 215.62 Points: KARACHI, October 08: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22080.47, up 215.62 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, October 08: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 106.50 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Interior secretary Zaman named as NAB chairman By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The government and the PPP agreed on Tuesday to appoint a PML-N ‘loyalist’, federal interior secretary retired Major Chaudhry Qamar Zaman, as chairman of the National Accountability Bureau. But the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Pakistan Muslim League-Q and Jamaat-i-Islami rejected the decision and called it a ‘shifty deal’ between the N-League and the PPP.
15 firms face LPG quota cases By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he had instructed the petroleum ministry and the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited to refer to an investigation agency cases relating to 15 marketing companies which had been given LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) quota in a non-transparent manner in 2004. “I have written a letter to the petroleum ministry as well as the OGDCL to initiate cases against these companies,” said Mr Asif who as an opposition member had challenged in the apex court the grant of LPG extraction plant licence to Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) in a non-transparent manner in 2003.
Malala to return ‘as soon as possible’ By Zarrar Khuhro WE all know Malala the victim, Malala the activist, and Malala the icon. What we only get glimpses of, however, is Malala the 16-year old girl. Despite being catapulted into the world stage, she’s still a young lady who, like many her age, enjoys a good joke, fights with her younger brothers and is also a fan of the Twilight series of movies predominantly enjoyed by teenage girls the world over. “I like Edward the vampire, more than Jacob the werewolf because vampires live forever,” she says as she refers to the central characters of Twilight, between whom the leading lady of the series has to choose.
Pakistan wants $2bn from Iran for gas pipeline ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Pakistan has asked Iran for $2 billion in financing to build its side of a gas pipeline that has drawn threats of US sanctions, according to petroleum minister. The Iranian side of the $7.5-billion project is almost complete, but Pakistan has run into problems paying for the 780km section to be built on its side of the border.
Provinces keep powers to remove mayors & nazims By Iftikhar A. Khan and Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Although stark dissimilarities characterise the legal frameworks governing rules for holding local government elections in the four provinces, they have one thing in common -- provisions to keep the local bodies under the thumb of the provincial governments. Powers to suspend mayors, nazims and chairmen of local bodies and their deputies, the procedures for funds distribution among them and the authority to bifurcate or merge them are some of the factors that may be used by the provincial governments in this regard.
Imran urges CJ to take up PTI’s rigging complaints By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, Oct 8: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has informed the Chief Justice of Pakistan that his party had accepted the May 11 general elections for the sake of continuation of democracy but it is not ready to accept “massive riggings”. Addressing a news conference at his Zaman Park residence on Tuesday, Mr Khan announced that his party would take to streets if it did not get justice from election tribunals and the Supreme Court. But he parried a question about launching a “civil disobedience movement” if the PTI’s demands were not met even after street protests.
Cameron telephones Sharif By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: British Prime Minister David Cameron called Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday. No details of the conversation were released either by the Foreign Office or the Prime Minister’s Office. However, it is believed that the two leaders discussed bilateral relations.
Intra-Kashmir trade resumes By Tariq Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 8: Seventy trucks were seen going in opposite directions at the Chakothi-Uri crossing on the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday, when intra-Kashmir trade resumed after a gap of nearly five weeks. An official told Dawn that 25 trucks ferried goods from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to the India-held part of the territory while 45 trucks brought goods from there to AJK on the first day of resumption of cross-border trade.
Govt deports French Al Qaeda suspect ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Pakistan on Tuesday deported a Frenchman accused of links to Al Qaeda and suspected of recruiting militants, diplomatic sources said. Intelligence officials believe the man, Naamen Meziche, was once connected to Al Qaeda’s so-called “Hamburg cell”, which planned the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Indian firing injures woman By Our Staff Correspondent MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 8: A woman was injured in firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Kotli’s Deputy Commissioner Masood-ur-Rehman told Dawn that Batana Bibi, wife of Dil Muhammad, was injured in Lanjot village of Nakial sector before noon.
Just and modern societies cannot be founded on killing: abolish the death penalty! By Florence Bellivier, Karim Lahidji, and Robert Badinter “Long live death!” is how Franco’s militias sometimes celebrated their victories during the 1930s Spanish civil war. Yes, there have always been – and remain – those states that champion death over life, barbarism over reason. And what better symbol of this outmoded ideology than the death penalty? As you read this, 58 states around the globe – both developed and developing, democracies and dictatorships – continue to legally condemn their citizens to death. In 2012, twenty one of these states acted out this power to kill. Just as the highest contempt that is held for a murderer is based on their taking from their victim that which is most precious, these states violate the most fundamental and cherished right held by their subjects: the right to life. That some individuals do not respect this right is unacceptable: States must condemn murderers and prevent criminality. But in doing so, they must not reproduce the killing, must not submit to bloodlust – as the killer did. Indeed, just and modern societies cannot be founded on death ideology: the dispensation of justice as an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
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