DINA for the issue of November 13, 2013

	November 13, 2013 | Muharram 8, 1435
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Ban likely on export of tomato, onion for a few weeks By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The government is considering to ban exports of onion and tomato to end sharp increases in their prices.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 78.62 Points: KARACHI, November 12: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 23302.46, down 78.62 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, November 12: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 108.50 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Sharif terms martyrs ‘our benefactors’ By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: It was Benazir Bhutto who had famously said ‘democracy is the best revenge’ — the words later became her party’s slogan — but it was Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who visited the General Headquarters (GHQ) and felt the benefit of democracy as he received a guard of honour there on Tuesday. Mr Sharif was booted out of power in October 1999 by the then generals, headed by former president Gen Pervez Musharraf. As a third-time prime minister, it was his first visit to the seat of military power in Rawalpindi.
NA’s 2nd challenge to hurried LG polls By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Soon after suffering its first legislative defeat in the present National Assembly on Tuesday, the government joined hands with the opposition to pose a second challenge to hurried local government elections on Supreme Court’s orders. The demand, in a unanimous resolution, to fix a new “practical date” for the elections in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan – while a schedule for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is yet to be announced – was made to the Election Commission of Pakistan, but the swipe was indirectly directed at the Supreme Court on whose orders the ECP issued the controversial schedules.
No takers for increasing judges’ retirement age ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: There were no takers in the National Assembly on Tuesday for a private constitution amendment bill seeking to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court judges to 67 years from 65. The bill, widely seen as linked to the retirement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Dec 11, was sought to be introduced by Jamshaid Ahmad Dasti, a volatile independent house member from south Punjab and a former PPP turncoat.
No two opinions on martyrdom: JI By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami secretary general Liaquat Baloch says there is no difference of opinion on the issue of martyrdom of civilians and personnel of security forces in the ‘war on terror’. “There are no two opinions on the issue of martyrdom of the military personnel,” he said while replying to journalists’ questions after a seminar at the JI’s headquarters on Tuesday.
ECP to approach SC again after rejection of appeal by registrar By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided to approach the Supreme Court again after the SC registrar rejected on Tuesday its application seeking postponement of local government elections in Punjab and Sindh. The registrar contended that the ECP’s concise statement could not be entertained because the constitutional petition No 77/2010 had already been disposed of with an order on Nov 5.
Iran pipeline contractual obligation, US told By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 12: As top US and Pakistani officials met here on Tuesday to consider plans for helping Islamabad overcome its energy crisis, Pakistan reminded the Obama administration that it was under “contractual obligations” to complete the Iran gas pipeline project. Talking to Dawn, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif expressed the hope that improved relations between the United States and Iran would also ease American pressures on this issue.
Call for contempt proceedings against Sharif By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: A former president of the Rawalpindi High Court Bar filed on Tuesday a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and some government officials for not complying with its order of prosecuting former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf for treason. In his petition, Sheikh Ahsanuddin also sought a court order restraining Gen Musharraf from leaving the country till the conclusion of legal proceedings against him. Proceedings for committing contempt of court in respect of the July 3 order should be initiated against all respondents and, if found guilty, they should be punished under the law, the petition said.
Options for cantonment poll under consideration By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: A week after the framing of contempt charges against Defence Secretary retired Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik, the government indicated on Tuesday that it wanted local government elections in all the 43 cantonment boards in the country under the existing laws, instead of waiting for amending them. Some progress had been made because the government was considering the first option suggested by the apex court at the last hearing, Additional Attorney General Shahkhawar told a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
SHC hears Musharraf’s Dubai plea By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI, Nov 12: The Sindh High Court issued notice on Tuesday to the federal law officer, the chief provincial law officer and prosecutor general, asking them to submit their comments on an application filed by retired Gen Pervez Musharraf seeking removal of restrictions on his travel abroad because he wanted to see his ailing mother in Dubai. A division bench, headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, heard the application filed by the former president, praying to the court to modify its earlier order restraining him from leaving the country without permission of the trial courts.
Aziz-Hurriyat meeting strains ties with India By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, Nov 12: India and Pakistan seem to have settled for populist posturing until the Indian elections due next year are over. It became clear on Tuesday as Islamabad produced a glum statement on the meeting of their foreign ministers, and New Delhi slammed a largely pro-forma meeting between Sartaj Aziz and the Hurriyat leaders to berate it as counter-productive. The belated compulsion for Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid to adopt a tough posture towards Sunday’s meeting here involving different factions of the Hurriyat and Pakistan’s foreign policy adviser Sartaj Aziz had at least two clear triggers. His own party hawks, led by Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, do not want to be accused of befriending Pakistan. Anything less would leave them open to the by now familiar vitriol of the opposition
Pakistani citizen faces federal charges in US RALEIGH (North Carolina), Nov 12: A Pakistani living in the US is facing federal charges that he sought to join an Al Qaeda-linked militant group fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Basit Javed Sheikh, 29, of Cary, is charged in a federal criminal indictment with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation. He was arrested on Nov 2 before boarding the first of a series of flights that would take him to Lebanon.
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