DINA for the issue of August 12, 2014

	12 August, 2014 / Shawwal 15, 1435
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Sethi, Ramday reject allegations Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: Former caretaker chief minister of Punjab Najam Sethi has said that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is accusing him and others of rigging the 2013 elections at the behest of what he called the “third force”.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 1309.09 points : KARACHI, August 11 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 28071.41,down 1309.09 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, August 11: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.05 to the US Dollar in the open market.
In a first, NA puts AGP in the dock Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Making history, the National Assembly on Monday put the government’s top audit official, Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP), in the dock, charging him with “misconduct” for having received more than Rs4.6 million in what it called “excess salary and privileges” in about three years and demanding his removal through a presidential reference to the Supreme Judicial Council. In the first such action in Pakistan’s parliamentary history, the house unanimously adopted a special report of its Public Accounts Committee (PAC) demanding the recovery from AGP Muhammad Akhtar Buland Rana a total of Rs46,278,13 paid to him as allegedly excess pay or allowances and expenses of fuel and repair for two unauthorised vehicles.
Army’s corps commanders meeting today Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has convened a meeting of corps commanders on Monday at the military General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. The Inter-Services Public Relations announced in a one-line statement the convening of the meeting, without saying anything about its agenda.
PM to address nation today APP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will address the nation on Tuesday. According to Special Assistant to Prime Minister Irfan Siddiqui, the premier in his address will take the nation into confidence about the government’s performance and the current political situation in the country.
Imran comes up with details of alleged poll rigging Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: On Monday afternoon, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan further raised the political temperatures in the country by sharing his detailed findings on the alleged rigging carried out by the PML-N in May 2013. As the party had promised, the PTI chief presented an account of the rigging carried out during the general election, identifying a number of those who allegedly made it possible.
KSE index suffers worst ever one-day fall The Newspaper's Staff Reporter KARACHI: The stock market suffered on Monday its largest ever one-day drop in share prices with the KSE-100 index witnessing a free fall of 1,309.09 points, or 4.46 per cent. The index has lost 2,243 points, or 7.56pc, in just six trading sessions, which started the previous week, wiping out Rs486bn from the market capitalisation.
Political crisis discussed by army commanders Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The military top brass on Monday took stock of the emerging political crisis in the country because of agitation planned by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek on Aug 14. The discussion took place at the Corps Commanders Conference at the GHQ, which was presided by Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif.
Govt to avoid arresting leaders Amjad Mahmood LAHORE: The government has decided not to arrest leaders of the August 14 march but keep the situation under control with ‘administrative’ measures, as mediators continued their efforts to broker a truce between the PML-N and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. The decision was taken at a consultative meeting presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence here on Monday. It was attended by important members of the federal and Punjab governments and senior leaders of the PML-N.
Footprints: When death is celebrated Nabeel Anwar Dhakku THEY had gathered to muse over a death, but the six or seven old men showed few signs of sorrow. Into the hush came an elderly man with a thin, long, henna-dyed beard, a contented smile on his lips. “Bara afsos aye, jee [it is a matter of great sadness],” said one of the men to him, the banal phrase used to express condolences. “Don’t say that, it is wrong to use this phrase here,” reprimanded the man with the red beard. “It was the will of Allah; Allah has blessed only a few parents with such a great reward.”
Woman killed by Indian firing The Newspaper's Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The Indian deputy high commissioner was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday for receiving protest after firing by Indian forces along the Working Boundary killed a Pakistani woman. “Deputy High Commissioner of India was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today to lodge Pakistan’s protest over unprovoked Indian firing across the Working Boundary in Sialkot sector on 10-11 August 2014, which resulted in one civilian casualty and injuries to three others,” the Foreign Office said.
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