Wednesday, April 29, 2009

DINA for the issue of April 30, 2009

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April 30 2009          Thursday        Jamadi-ul-Awwal 04, 1430
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•25 lives lost •20 vehicles torched •Altaf appeals for peace: Widespread violence afflicts Karachi
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By Tahir Siddiqui
KARACHI, April 29: At least 25 people were killed and over 40 others injured in a fresh wave of ethnic violence in different parts of Karachi on Wednesday. About 20 vehicles were torched.
Tension and panic gripped parts of the city as unidentified attackers went on a shooting spree, killing most of the victims at point-blank range...
 
 

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Forces regain control of Daggar
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By Abdur Rahman Abid & Haleem Asad
BUNER / TIMERGARA, April 29: Army's helicopter-borne units landed in Daggar, the Buner district headquarters, on Wednesday and secured all government buildings in the town and adjoining areas.
 
The deployment was backed by helicopter gunships and a curfew was imposed for an indefinite period, officials said...
 
 

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'Shoot at sight' orders issued
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By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, April 29: The Minister of State for Ports and Shipping, Nabeel Gabol, has said that Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Home Minister Zulfiqar Ali Mirza have issued 'shoot at sight' orders to security forces in Karachi. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered an inquiry into the new wave of violence in the city.
 
Talking to Dawn here on Wednesday, Mr Gabol said: "Rangers and other security forces have been ordered to shoot miscreants carrying out indiscriminate firing, killing innocent people and burning public and private property."..
 
 

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18 of 70 kidnapped security men recovered: ISPR
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By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, April 29: Military spokesman Maj-Gen Athar Abbas said at a press briefing here on Wednesday that two 'high-value targets' — Qari Quraish and Maulvi Shahid — were among 50 militants killed during the operation in Buner.
 
He said 18 of the 70 security personnel kidnapped from Sultanwas had been recovered from Karakar...
 
 

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Resolution in Senate on Charter of Democracy
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By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, April 29: The Senate adopted a resolution on Wednesday, authorising Chairman Farooq H. Naek to nominate members from all parties to the proposed committee for implementation of the Charter of Democracy (CoD), amid protests by PML-Q which has reservations over various clauses of the CoD.
 
Leader of the House Nayyar Bukhari moved the resolution when senators were speaking on the presidential address to a joint session of parliament...
 
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/resolution-in-senate-on-charter-of-democracy-049
 

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Magsi urges urgent steps to save Balochistan
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, April 29: Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi warned on Wednesday that the situation in the province would get out of control if the federal government did not take immediate corrective measures.
 
"The law and order situation in Balochistan is alarming and it needs immediate steps," he told reporters after laying down the foundation stone of a squash court in the Ayub Stadium...
 
 

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Six militants killed in US drone strike
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By Our Correspondent
WANA, April 29: A missile attack by a suspected US drone killed six militants, two of them foreigners, in a village in the Ladha sub-division of South Waziristan on Wednesday.
Sources said the militants belonged to the group of Baitullah Mehsud.
 
Local people said that the six were going from Samm area to Asman Manza in a pick-up when the pilotless plane fired two missiles at about 7pm...
 
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/six-militants-killed-in-us-drone-strike-049
 

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Police party ambushed on motorway
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By Yaqoob Malik
"Around 30 militants hiding behind trees ambushed the patrol vehicle and fired a rocket-propelled grenade which did not hit the target," official sources said.
 
The wounded officer was shifted to a hospital in Peshawar...
 
 

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Situation in conflict-hit areas quite serious: ICRC chief
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By Zulfiqar Ali
PESHAWAR, April 29: The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross,  Jakob Kellenberger, has described the humanitarian situation in the conflict-hit areas of NWFP and Fata as quite serious.
 
He was talking to journalists after inaugurating a 60-bed surgical field hospital here on Wednesday. The hospital has been built and will be run with the support of the Finnish Red Cross. People injured in conflicts in tribal areas, NWFP and parts of Afghanistan are being treated in the hospital. Its capacity will be increased to 100 beds by the end of the year...
 
 

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Srinagar put under unofficial curfew
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SRINAGAR, April 29: Shops, businesses and government offices remained closed in the occupied Valley on Wednesday as Kashmiri leaders called for a strike against national elections.
 
Indian troops flooded the streets in a show of strength in the main city of the Himalayan region...
 
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/srinagar-put-under-unofficial-curfew-049
 

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US confirms death as swine flu spreads
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WASHINGTON, April 29: Virulent swine flu spread to 10 US states from coast to coast on Wednesday and swept deeper into Europe, extending its global reach as the US was hit with the first flu death outside of Mexico, a Mexican toddler who had travelled with his family to Texas.
Total American cases surged to nearly 100.
 
The World Health Organisation said the outbreak was moving closer to becoming a full-scale pandemic. But in Mexico City, the mayor said the outbreak there seemed to be stabilising...
 
 

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Toy copter lands in forecourt of India parliament
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NEW DELHI, April 29: A Chinese-made toy helicopter landed in India's heavily-fortified national parliament on Wednesday, sparking a scare and a high security alert, police said.
 
The remotely-operated toy whizzed over the high walls of the parliament building in New Delhi and landed in its forecourt, setting off security alarms, police officials said...
 
 

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'Pakistan must be part of solution to Afghan crisis': UK pledges £665m for anti-terror war
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By M. Ziauddin
LONDON, April 29: Stating that Pakistan must be a part of a solution to Afghanistan's problems, Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday pledged £665 million over the next four years to help Islamabad with counter-terrorism operations as well as education and economic assistance.
 
Of this amount £125 million will be earmarked for supporting education projects in the border area "in an effort to stop the spread of extremism"...
 
 

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Taliban plan to launch 'operation victory'
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KANDAHAR, April 29: The Taliban on Wednesday threatened a new operation against international troops in response to a surge of thousands of extra US soldiers due in the coming weeks.
 
"Operation Nusrat" (Victory), to be launched on Thursday, would also target Afghan officials and international diplomats with a wave of suicide bombings and attacks, claimed a statement from the militia...
 
 

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Two jailed for planning to attend terror camps
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LONDON, April 29: Two men cleared of helping to plot the London suicide bombings in July 2005 were jailed for seven years on Wednesday for planning to attend terrorism training camps in Pakistan.
 
Mohammed Shakil and Waheed Ali, along with a third defendant Sadeer Saleem, were found not guilty on Tuesday of helping the London bombers to scout potential targets in the capital after a retrial at Kingston Crown Court...
 
 

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PAF plane takes geologist's body to Warsaw
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WARSAW, April 29: The remains of a Polish geologist beheaded by militants in Pakistan were returned on Wednesday to Poland in a casket draped in the two countries' flags and covered in flowers.
 
Piotr Stanczak's body was flown to Warsaw's military airport on a Pakistan Air Force plane. In a short ceremony on the tarmac, a Roman Catholic priest prayed over the white casket...
 
 
 
 
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'Single-most direct threat'
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ARNOLD (Missouri): Al Qaeda and the Taliban are the "single most direct threat" to US national security, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.
 
"In Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan we do have real problems with the Taliban and Al Qaeda," Mr Obama said at a town hall meeting in Missouri. "They are the single most direct threat to our national security interests. ... As commander in chief, it is my job to make sure that (Osama) bin Laden and his cronies are not able to create a safe haven within which they can kill another 3,000 Americans or more."—Reuters..
 
 
 
 
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Karachi Stocks Down 167.12 Points:
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KARACHI, April 29: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7262.96, down 167.12 points.
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Forex Update:
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KARACHI, April 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 81.20 to the US Dollar in the open market.
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