DINA for the issue of March 25th, 2013

	Monday 25th March 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 12, 1434
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ECP’s majority decision knocks out Justice Zahid: Khoso takes oath today By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, March 24: There was a tie on Saturday, but a majority decision on Sunday. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) finally picked retired Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as caretaker prime minister by a 4-1 majority.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Raja leaves Prime Minister House By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, March 24: Soon after the announcement about retired Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso having been selected as the caretaker prime minister by the Election Commission of Pakistan, Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf left the PM House. He was given a farewell guard of honour. “I have tried to discharge my responsibilities to the best of my abilities as the chief executive of the country,” Mr Ashraf said.
Musharraf lands in Karachi, alleges conspiracy By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, March 24: Retired Gen Pervez Musharraf returned home on Sunday after about four years of self-exile only to find that his expectations about a rousing welcome were not quite realistic. An Emirates airline flight carried Gen Musharraf and a corps of local and foreign media personnel and leaders of his All Pakistan Muslim League from Dubai and landed at about 12:55pm at the Quaid-i-Azam International Airport.
As Mengal lands, pressure builds to boycott elections By Mahvish Ahmad “THESE elections are nothing but a tool deployed by the central government in Islamabad to suppress the voices and demands of the Baloch people,” says Dr Allah Nazar, a commander in the separatist Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), in an exclusive interview with Dawn. Akhtar Mengal, the leader of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), will be landing in Pakistan on Monday amid pressures from Baloch separatists and radical nationalists calling on him to boycott the 2013 elections.
PTI, JI form committees for seat adjustment By Khalid Hasnain LAHORE, March 24: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) constituted committees at the central and provincial levels on Sunday to decide within four days about seat adjustment in various constituencies for the coming elections. The decision came after a JI delegation led by Syed Munawar Hasan met PTI chief Imran Khan at his residence in Zaman Park.
Checkpost suicide attack death toll rises to 17 By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH, March 24: The death toll from Saturday evening’s suicide attack at a checkpost in the North Waziristan tribal region jumped to 17 on Sunday with more than 40 others injured. Sources said the suicide attacker rammed his explosive-laden tanker into the Esha checkpost, around 15km east of Miramshah, the main city of North Waziristan. The checkpost is jointly manned by the army, paramilitary soldiers and the Khasadar personnel.
Police vans fired upon in Kashmir; civilian dead SRINAGAR, March 24: A civilian was killed and a policeman injured on Sunday when militants opened fire at two police vehicles caught in a traffic jam at Sopore town in India-held Kashmir. Abdul Rashid Dar, a resident of Rafiabad in Sopore, who was critically injured in the attack at Iqbal Market, later succumbed to injuries, a police officer said.
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