ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has forwarded a summary to the Ministry of Petroleum recommending a major increase of Rs6.20 per litre in petrol price.According to sources, OGRA has also proposed a rise of Rs6 and Rs7.50 per litre in the prices diesel and kerosene oil respectively.
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Jackson's toxicology tests will disprove rumors, attorney says
(CNN) -- Toxicology reports from Michael Jackson's body will disprove rumors that the singer's personal physician injected him with powerful painkillers, the attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray said Monday.
The cause of pop star Michael Jackson's death has not been determined after Friday's autopsy.
"Dr. Murray never prescribed Demerol, never administered Demerol, never saw him -- Michael Jackson -- take Demerol," attorney Edward Chernoff told CNN's "American Morning."
"And that goes as well for Oxycontin. I think those are just rumors. When toxicology comes back ... that's going to be all cleared up," Chernoff said.
Murray met voluntarily for several hours with detectives over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department said late Saturday.
"We've let them know we're available to them any time they need us, any questions they have," Chernoff said. "We have told them that the medical examiner is free to call us. We'll be available to them. If they have any questions once toxicology comes out. I expect they will have some questions, and we'll be ready to answer them." 
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Murray found Jackson not breathing in bed when he entered the 50-year-old singer's estate on Thursday, Chernoff said. Jackson did have a slight pulse when Murray found him and tried to resuscitate the singer as he awaited paramedics, a representative with Chernoff's Houston, Texas, law firm said Sunday.
Jackson was rushed to a Los Angeles medical center, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy performed by a county medical examiner was inconclusive, although officials said there were no indications of external trauma or foul play. The Los Angeles County coroner's office has said toxicology results are needed before a cause of death can be determined. That could take four to six weeks.
Detectives impounded Murray's car, which was parked at the singer's rented home. Authorities said the vehicle may contain evidence related to Jackson's death, possibly prescription medications. Police have released no information on what they may have found.
Chernoff said there was nothing in Jackson's medical history that Murray was aware of "that would lead him to believe he would go into sudden cardiac arrest or respiratory failure."
"There was no red flag available to Dr. Murray, which led him to believe he would have died the way he did," Chernoff said. "It's still a mystery how he died to Dr. Murray.
"It was Dr. Murray ... as you know, that requested that the family ask for an autopsy, because he needed to know as well as his physician what caused Michael Jackson to stop breathing."
Five out of nine local staff from the UK embassy detained in Tehran have been released, Iranian officials say.
Iran's media earlier said local employees at the UK mission were held over their role in protests against June's disputed presidential election.
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has dismissed the allegations as baseless.
Separately, Iran's top legislative body began a partial recount of the poll - a move rejected by defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
 |  There is no plan at the moment to close any embassy or downgrade ties with them  Hassan Ghashghavi, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman |
"Out of nine people, five of them have been released and the rest are being interrogated," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said at a news conference, state television Press TV reported.
Iran's Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hoseyn Mohseni-Ezhei on Sunday said "the British embassy played a crucial role in the recent unrest both through its local staff and via media", Iran's Irna news agency reported.
"We have photos and videos of certain local employees of the British embassy, who collected news about the protests.
"The embassy sent staff among the rioters to direct them in order to escalate the riots so that the rioters could file fabricated reports about the [rallies] to the world from various locations," the Iranian minister added.
Britain has protested strongly over the arrests, which have now been been confirmed by the BBC. Mr Miliband described them as "harassment".
The British foreign office has not said what the four staff still in custody do at the embassy, but the BBC understands that one of them has the job of reviewing local news sources and keeping abreast of political developments, our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen in Tehran says.
He says that none of the nine who were detained has dual Iranian-British nationality.
Despite the releases, the fact that some employees are still being held means the issue remains a serious problem for the UK, our editor adds.
On Sunday, the European Union warned Iran that "harassment or intimidation" of embassy staff would be met with a "strong and collective" response.
| IRAN UNREST 12 June Presidential election saw incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected with 63% of vote Main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi called for result to be annulled for electoral fraud Street protests saw at least 17 people killed and foreign media restricted  |
Iran has repeatedly accused foreign powers - especially Britain and the US - of meddling after the 12 June election.
The poll was won by a landslide by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but his opponents said the victory was achieved by massive fraud. Some 17 people are thought to have died in subsequent street protests.
In the fallout from the crisis, Tehran has expelled two British diplomats and the UK has responded with a similar measure.
However, Mr Ghashghavi said on Monday that "there is no plan at the moment to close any embassy or downgrade ties with them".
Some 17 people are thought to have died in street protests after the disputed presidential poll, which the opposition complains was rigged.
At least 1,000 opposition supporters are reported to have staged a noisy rally outside a mosque in Tehran on Sunday evening before it was broken up by police and militia.
Riot police used tear gas and clubs to disperse the crowd outside the Ghoba Mosque, Iranian eyewitnesses said.
The report could not be independently verified because of reporting restrictions on foreign media.
Poll verdict due
In a separate development, Iran's state TV said the recount had started on Monday in the capital Tehran as well as in the provinces.
Iran's Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the election.
The process was expected to be completed later on Monday and the result would be announced shortly afterwards, al-Alam television said.
But Mr Mousavi insists the poll was rigged and therefore should be annulled.
On Sunday, Mr Mousavi met members of a committee set up by the Guardian Council to examine the disputed poll, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.
It said Mr Mousavi was expected to present his proposal on the issue, without giving any further details.
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