DINA for the issue of March 29, 2013

	Friday 29th March 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1434
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Khoso taking time in naming his cabinet By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, March 28: It has been four days since caretaker Prime Minister retired Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso took oath, but he has not appointed his cabinet as yet...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 17.57 Points: KARACHI, Mar 28: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 17943.71, up 17.57 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Mar 28: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.3 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Nomination filing date extended by two days By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, March 28: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the last date for submission of nomination papers by two days, to March 31. According to a notification issued here on Thursday, the ECP has revised various parts of the election schedule on the demand of political parties from Balochistan...
CEC meets political leaders in Quetta: Nationalist parties to take part in polls By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, March 28: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has assured the angry Baloch leaders of its full support and urged them to fully participate in the coming general elections. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) retired Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim held a meeting with the leaders of 13 nationalist and other parties here on Thursday and appealed to them to contest the elections and bring about change through ballot, instead of bullet...
SC issues contempt notice to Raja By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, March 28: Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf may have saved himself from the contempt charges earlier by writing a much-demanded letter to the Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against the president but could not escape a second time. The Supreme Court issued on Thursday a contempt notice to Raja Ashraf under article 204 of the constitution, read with sections 3 and 17 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003, for writing a letter to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on the issue of rental power projects (RPP) scam...
Returning to a helping hand, and old fears By Cyril Almeida JANDOLA (South Waziristan): Depending on whose perspective is given more credence, the gradual resettlement of South Waziristan’s IDPs is either one of the best-managed programmes for displaced persons in Fata or a veneer that barely masks deep unease among the Mehsud population. The army line is clear: 82,000 families, mostly Mehsud, left South Waziristan before the start of Operation Rah-i-Nijat in Oct 2009 and over the last year 11,000 families have been resettled, while a further 15,000 will be resettled by the end of the summer. What awaits the returning population, according to the army, is security and the chance to rebuild their lives...
Some politicians rolling in fabulous wealth By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, March 28: Pakistan’s enterprising politicians have varied interests, not only at home but also across the globe. According to the statements of assets and liabilities for 2011-2012 submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by senators and members of the dissolved National Assembly, former interior minister Rehman Malik owns a house in London worth Rs339.75 million...
Afghan govt alleges Pakistan abandoned peace process KABUL, March 28: The Afghan government on Thursday accused Pakistan of wrecking efforts to end the Taliban’s 11-year insurgency, in the latest sign of worsening bilateral relations. Pakistan is seen as having a crucial role in negotiating a political settlement with the Afghan Taliban...
‘Kabul overreacted’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday accused Afghanistan of overreacting after Kabul cancelled a military visit in protest against cross-border shelling, in the latest sign of worsening relations between the neighbours. “We believe that Afghanistan overreacted to a small incident,” foreign ministry spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said...
Malala to pen $3m life story LONDON, March 28: Malala Yousufzai is to tell her story in a book due out later this year, the publishers said on Thursday, in a deal reportedly worth around $3 million. The book will be entitled “I Am Malala”. “I hope the book will reach people around the world, so they realise how difficult it is for some children to get access to education,” the 15-year-old girl from Swat said in a statement...
Dual nationality case haunts 20 former lawmakers By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, March 28: Former legislators of different political shades may have resigned to escape disqualification for having dual nationalities, but the Supreme Court has summoned 20 of them on April 1. The members are: former petroleum adviser to prime minister Dr Asim Hussain, Tayyab Hussain, Nadeem Ahsan, Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi, Fauzia Ejaz Mohammad Khan, Sabin Rizvi, Areesh Kumar, Donya Aziz, Arif Aziz Sheikh, Jameel Ahmad Malik, Fauzia Asghar, Dr Tahir Ali Javed, Jameel Ashraf, Javed Tarki, Murad Ali Shah, Sadiq Ali Memon, Abdul Moeed Siddiqi, Dr Syed Mohammad Ali Shah, Askari Taqvi and Raza Haroon...
Ministry agrees to remove SBP official By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, March 28: The finance ministry has finally accepted the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) order and requested the caretaker prime minister to withdraw a notification about appointment of Ashraf Mahmood Wathra as deputy governor of the State Bank of Pakistan. A finance ministry official confirmed that Finance Secretary Abdul Khaliq had moved a summary on Thursday to Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso seeking de-notification of Mr Wathra’s appointment. He said the decision to seek the prime minister’s approval for de-notifying the appointment had been taken following a firm order issued by the ECP on Wednesday for withdrawal within 24 hours of the order appointing Mr Wathra...
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