DINA for the issue of December 11, 2013

	December 11, 2013 | Safar 7, 1435
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Chaudhry leaving an invigorated court By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: After serving in the Supreme Court since Feb 4, 2000, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is spending his last working day in the apex court on Wednesday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Secret detention has no legal cover By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: A day before taking off the robe after eight-year eventful tenure as the country’s top judge, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry handed down on Tuesday two judgments, both relating to missing persons. In one verdict the chief justice categorically ruled that no intelligence or security agencies, including the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Frontier Corps, could secretly detain a person for a long time without sharing information relating to his whereabouts with his relatives.
Gas project with Iran to be pushed forward: govt ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Pakistan will push forward with a pipeline to import natural gas from Iran, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. The pipeline will link Iran’s gas fields to energy-starved Pakistan.
Sharif seeks better ties with Europe ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that Pakistan was looking forward to enhancing its cooperation with its European partners in important areas, including trade, investment, energy, infrastructure development, education and human resource development. “European countries, as our largest trade and investment partners, enjoy a unique position in our priorities,” the prime minister said while addressing ambassadors of European countries at a luncheon hosted in their honour at the PM House.
Man without a legal legacy By Arifa Noor BEFORE Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry came along, the one resurrection known to mankind had been deemed a miracle. But Pakistan’s chief justice managed it twice — in 2007 and then in 2009. And since his second coming, what a rollercoaster ride the inhabitants of the big white building on Constitution Avenue have been on. From the NRO to the prime minister’s appointments to missing people, nothing proved too small or too controversial.
Imran threatens street protests against ‘vote rigging’ By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan asked the government on Tuesday not to create hurdles in the way of verification of thumb impression of voters as ordered by election tribunals, otherwise his party would be left with no option but to come on roads. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Khan said the PTI was watching patiently how the government had so far hampered the verification of thumb impression in constituencies where losing PTI candidates have challenged poll results.
Defence ministry may seek SC verdict review By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that it might seek a review of the Supreme Court verdict in the case of 35 missing persons. “We are waiting for the detailed judgment of the honourable court so as to be able to analyse it after which we may go for a review petition which is our legal right,” a defence ministry official said after the verdict held that the military authorities had unlawfully taken away detainees from an internment centre.
SC snubs plea against Malik’s appointment By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to hear a government plea against appointment of Mohammad Tariq Malik as Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) and referred the matter back to the Islamabad High Court with directives to decide it preferably within a month. The government had challenged an interim order of the IHC suspending the termination of the service of the Nadra chief. It said the order had been issued on Dec 3 on a petition filed the same day without fulfilling the formality of issuing notice to the attorney general.
Pak-India N-war can cause global famine: report By Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: More than two billion people — a quarter of the world’s population — would be at risk of starvation in the event of a limited nuclear exchange, such as the one that could occur between India and Pakistan, or by the use of even a small number of nuclear weapons held by the US and Russia, says a report by an organisation founded by experts from the US and the former Soviet Union. The second edition of the report, titled ‘Nuclear Famine: Two Billion People at Risk — Global Impacts of Limited Nuclear War on Agriculture, Food Supplies, and Human Nutrition’ released on Tuesday by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning ‘International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War’ (IPPNW), explains how the use of even relatively small nuclear arsenals of countries such as India and Pakistan could cause long lasting, global damage to ecosystems.
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