DINA for the issue of April 04, 2013

	Thursday 4th April 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1434
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Portfolios allotted: Surprise addition likely in caretaker cabinet By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, April 3: While caretaker Prime Minister Retired Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso allocated portfolios to members of his cabinet, he kept finance, foreign affairs and defence amid reports that he is still looking for suitable people for the key slots...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 222.20 Points: KARACHI, Apr 03: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 18567.94, up 222.20 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Apr 03: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.1 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Prominent lawyer kidnapped in Quetta By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, April, 3: A prominent lawyer and former advocate general of Balochistan, Salahuddin Mengal, was kidnapped by unknown armed men from Sariab Road area, on Wednesday. Balochistan caretaker Chief Minister Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Barozai ordered the administration to take steps for his early recovery...
Karachi action’s blowback Four die in bomb attack on Rangers By S. Raza Hassan KARACHI, April 3: At least four Rangers personnel were killed and three others injured when an improvised explosive device went off at the entrance of their offices in Korangi No 5 on Wednesday night. The attack came at a time when the paramilitary force is carrying out widespread search operations across the city after its officials were taken to task by the Supreme Court over the precarious law and order situation in Karachi...
ECP reopens fake degree cases, summons 24 By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, April 3: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reopened on Wednesday cases of 24 lawmakers accused of holding fake academic degrees and asked them to appear before it on Friday. And in what is being described as an innovation in the electoral history of the country, the commission has decided to introduce a new column “none of the above” in the ballot paper. While some political observers term it a move to discredit politicians, others defend the ‘blank box’ and say that it gives a wider choice to citizens who would want to cast their votes but not for any of the candidates in their constituency...
Report terms passport backlog deliberate By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, April 3: An investigation by senior officials of the interior ministry and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) held the senior hierarchy in the ministry and the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports (DGIP) responsible for passport backlog that has affected hundreds of thousands of people. The investigation report revealed that officials had deliberately kept pending the bidding process to create an “extreme urgency” because they wanted to give the contract for procuring laminate patches for the passports to a company after relaxing the procurement rules...
Another long day for holders of dodgy degrees Dawn Report KARACHI, April 3: Academic degrees facing legal challenges landed one lawmaker in prison on Wednesday, another got himself declared a proclaimed offender, judgments against five were reserved and arrest warrants were issued for two former MNAs. Also on Wednesday, hearing on a case relating to fake degree against a former MNA, Jamshed Dasti, was adjourned till Thursday and he said he had decided against contesting for the two National Assembly seats as he had announced earlier...
Bilawal in appeal for people’s support GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, April 3: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appealed to workers of his party and the people of Pakistan late on Wednesday night to support the struggle of the party and stand by former prime ministers Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf in their hour of distress. He was addressing a meeting held here after midnight to commemorate the death anniversary of the PPP founder and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Mr Bhutto was executed early on April 4 morning in Rawalpindi during the regime of military dictator Ziaul Haq...
ECP approves code of conduct for media By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, April 3: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has approved a ‘code of conduct for media’ — the guidelines to be observed by media, political parties and even the state institutions while covering the general elections. The code of conduct has 15 guidelines covering all segments and stakeholders about media coverage of election activities from the start of campaigning till the announcement of results...
PPP, PML-N reluctant to move against Musharraf By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, April 3: Although fuming and seething with anger over Gen Musharraf’s return to the country and his plans to contest elections from several constituencies of the country, both PPP and PML-N appear reluctant to take the former army chief to the Supreme Court for abrogating the constitution, and instead rely on the ECP and the judiciary to do the job. In background interviews a number of prominent leaders of the two parties said they considered Gen Musharraf guilty of committing treason under Article 6 for abrogating the country’s constitution, but want the judiciary to take suo motu action against him...
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