DINA for the issue of March 28, 2013

	Thursday 28th March 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 15, 1434
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Interior ministry’s assessment: Militants determined to sabotage elections By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, March 27: The Ministry of Interior has warned of a massive terrorist threat in the coming elections...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 25.75 Points: KARACHI, Mar 27: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 17897.90, up 25.75 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Mar 27: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.4 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Removal of SBP’s deputy governor: Ministry refuses to abide by ECP order By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, March 27: The controversy over the recent appointment of deputy governor of State Bank of Pakistan deepened on Wednesday when the Ministry of Finance declined to de-notify Ashraf Mahmood Wathra’s appointment despite Election Commission of Pakistan’s orders for his removal ‘within 24 hours’. Sources told Dawn that the ministry flatly declined to implement the ECP order, saying the appointment had been made in accordance with the law and in consultation with the SBP governor after Mr Wathra had met the required criteria...
Musharraf facing petitions galore By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, March 27: Difficult days seem to be ahead for retired Gen Pervez Musharraf with one petition after another being moved against him in the Supreme Court. A reference was made in the court on Wednesday and senior counsel A.K. Dogar recalled the apex court’s July 31, 2009 verdict holding the Nov 3, 2007 emergency unconstitutional and argued that Gen Musharraf stood convicted on the basis of the judgment...
Army to lead security plan By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: The army will lead ‘integrated security arrangements’ for the May 11 elections. The security plan for the elections was one of the major issues discussed at the 159th corps commanders meeting held on Wednesday. It was one of rare occasions for the corps commanders to have formally assembled for the second time in 20 days. The top brass had last met on March 7 and the meeting is usually a monthly affair...
After drubbing in 2008, JUI-F poised for comeback By Cyril Almeida DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Forty-three years ago, two rising political stars went head-to-head in the election for NW-13, then the sole National Assembly seat from this southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district. Their names: Maulana Mufti Mahmood and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Mahmood, father of Fazlur Rehman, defeated Bhutto by a narrow margin and went on to become the president of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam...
Reconciliation efforts: Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of changing goalposts KABUL, March 27: Afghanistan is shocked by Pakistan’s “complacency” in the nascent Afghan peace process and is ready to work without Islamabad’s help on reconciliation, Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin said on Wednesday. This is the first time that Afghanistan has suggested the possibility of going it alone without its neighbour. Pakistan is seen as critical to stabilising Afghanistan...
Afghan army cancels Pakistan visit over ‘shelling’ KABUL, March 27: Afghanistan cancelled on Wednesday a planned visit to Pakistan of some army officers in protest against alleged cross-border shelling, in a sign of worsening relations between the neighbours. The Pakistan Army had invited 11 Afghan officers to take part in a military exercise and drill in Quetta, the Afghan ministry of foreign affairs said...
Sethi plans a small non-political cabinet By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, March 27: The caretaker government is a non-political set-up with no political agenda and no authority of policy-making, said the caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Najam Sethi, after being sworn in here on Wednesday. The well-known journalist and TV anchor was administered the oath of his office by Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mahmood at the Governor House...
Cable damage hits internet service By Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, March 27: Subscribers of most internet service providers faced inconvenience on Wednesday after a submarine cable was damaged, affecting services from north Africa all the way to Pakistan and India. According to some service providers struggling to make alternative arrangements to provide an uninterrupted service, the internet speed was down by 40 to 50 per cent, causing difficulties in browsing...
Ministers, top parliamentarians among phone bill defaulters By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, March 27: The National Telecommunication Corporation has provided to the Election Commission of Pakistan a list of the senators and members of the now dissolved National Assembly who had not paid their telephone bills. The list includes prominent names and the numbers installed in important offices, including the chairman of the public accounts committee, chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate, offices of several ministers apart from the numbers in personal use of ministers and parliamentarians...
Raja’s letter to CJ: court to look into intentions By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, March 27: The Supreme Court made known on Wednesday its intention of examining the contents and intentions of former prime minister Raja Parvez Ashraf behind writing a letter to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for the transfer of investigation into the rental power projects (RPP) scam from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to a commission. “We have to express a mild displeasure over writing the letter to the chief justice to influence the court,” the chief justice observed while heading a three-judge bench which had taken up the matter. ..
Murderer executed RIYADH, March 27: Saudi authorities on Wednesday beheaded a Yemeni man and then crucified his body after he was convicted of murdering a Pakistani national, the kingdom’s interior ministry said. “Yemeni citizen Mohammed Rashad Khairi Hussein killed a Pakistani, Pashteh Sayed Khan …,” said a statement carried by state news agency SPA...
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