Monday, April 26, 2010

DAWN April 26, 2010 [Text form]




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Commitment with IMF stops govt from passing on benefit to people Fuel cost declines but power tariff cut unlikely
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By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, April 25: It may be possible to reduce the power tariff on May 1 by at least 65 paisa per unit on account of declining fuel costs, but the government is not likely to pass on this benefit to consumers because of a commitment made to the International Monetary Fund.
The government amended the Nepra Act of 1997 through finance bill 2009-10 under International Monetary Fund directives to pass on the impact of variation in fuel cost to consumers every month through a fuel adjustment formula. Over the past many months, the tariff has been continuously rising because of increase in oil prices in international markets...

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Six dossiers on Mumbai case handed over
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Despite last-minute efforts by Pakistan to convince India of actions it has taken against alleged Mumbai attackers, uncertainty about a meeting between Prime Ministers Yousuf Raza Gilani and Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Saarc summit in Bhutan continues.
"We are keeping our fingers crossed. No meeting has been scheduled yet," a senior Pakistani diplomat, who is in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu for Saarc meetings, told Dawn on telephone on Sunday...
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Altaf greets MQM bid to make inroads into Punjab
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By Amjad Mahmood
LAHORE, April 25: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has warned 'oppressive' feudal lords of Punjab of 'retribution' and promised to people that their problems will be solved if they support his party.
Addressing by telephone from London 'Punjab convention' of MQM workers held in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan on Sunday, he said the event marked the 'beginning of a revolution' in Punjab...
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Call for joint Saarc action on water crisis
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ISLAMABAD, April 25: Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said on Sunday that South Asia needed a regional approach to effectively tackle water issues.
Addressing the 37th session of the standing committee of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) in Thimphu (Bhutan), he said South Asia had become a water-stressed region and should adopt a regional, cooperative approach to address the issues of glaciers, water management and pollution on an urgent basis...

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Uncertainty and war mar Pakistan's progress: WB
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, April 25: Political uncertainty and fighting continue to disrupt economic activity in Pakistan while other South Asian nations are expected to emerge stronger from the current global crisis, says a World Bank report.
In its Global Monitoring Report for 2010, the bank places Pakistan among the conflict-affected countries where "political uncertainty and fighting continue to disrupt economic activity"...

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People asked to vacate village ahead of army operation
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By Abdul Sami Paracha
KOHAT, April 25: People of the village of Tootkas, said to be a hub of militants in Hangu district, were asked to leave the area by Monday because a military operation was to be launched there.
Security forces decided to get the area vacated after local people expressed their inability to form a lashkar against militants hiding in their area. Earlier, the villagers had been given a three-day deadline which was later extended till Monday...

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3 policemen killed in Nasirabad
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, April 25: Three policemen were killed in an attack by militants on a checkpost in Chattar tehsil of Nasirabad district early on Sunday morning.
DPO Sadullah Khetran said the assailants used automatic weapons, killing three policemen on the spot...

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15 militants killed
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KALAYA, April 25: Security forces claimed to have killed 15 militants and injured nine others in clashes and air attacks in the Orakzai tribal region on Sunday.
Troops are reported to have repulsed an attack on a convoy in Govein area. The clash there left eight militants dead and three others injured...

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Al Qaeda confirms death of two leaders
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BAGHDAD, April 25: An Al Qaeda front group in Iraq has confirmed the killing of its two top leaders but vowed in a statement that its members were not cowed by their death and would continue to fight.
"After a long journey filled with sacrifices and fighting falsehood and its representatives, two knights have dismounted to join the group of martyrs," the statement said. "We announce that the Muslim nation has lost two of the leaders of jihad, and two of its men, who are only known as heroes on the path of jihad."..

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PML-Q to table 19th amendment in parliament
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By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, April 25: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) has announced that it will table the 19th constitutional amendment in parliament because it wants to do away with the clauses of the 18th Amendment on which it expressed its reservations.
Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said the ruling coalition should avoid repeating the mistakes it made while formulating and approving the 18th amendment. It should create a national consensus in an effort to resolve the problems of price hike and loadshedding...

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Toll collection regime to be introduced in Balochistan
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By Bakhtawar Mian
ISLAMABAD, April 25: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has decided to introduce a toll collection regime in Balochistan and to make all its toll collection centres in the province operational.
For this purpose, bids have been invited for 102 toll collection centres which will be auctioned in a transparent manner. The roadside tax collection centres will be run by local contractors...

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Gilani finally gets his brother a PPP ticket
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has finally succeeded in getting a People's Party ticket for his brother Syed Ahmed Mujtaba Gilani, but for a Punjab assembly seat.
According to an announcement from the Prime Minister House on Sunday, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Parliamentary Board headed by President Asif Ali Zardari decided to award the ticket for the PP-206 constituency of Jalalpur Pirwala (Multan district) to Ahmed Mujtaba Gilani...

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