DINA for the issue of April 07, 2013

	Sunday 7th April 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1434
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Imran rules out electoral alliance with any party By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, April 6: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has ruled out entering into an electoral alliance with any political party and said “electable and alliance politics is for power while our politics is to usher a change in the country”.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Government official files nomination papers By Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Election Commission (ECP) has received an application against Mir Shahjahan Khetran, managing director of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), stating that in spite of being the head of a government organisation, Mr Khetran has filed his nomination papers to contest election for a provincial assembly seat (PB 17) from Balochistan. The complainants have accused Mr Khetran of using government vehicles and other resources for his election campaign.
Last day for scrutiny today: Returning officers face uphill task By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, April 6: The returning officers face an uphill task of scrutinising thousands of nomination papers on Sunday — the last date for the process — and observers fear that many forms might be cleared in haste without examining questions of tax evasion, loan default, clearing of utility bills and other government dues. An official of the Election Commission (ECP) told Dawn that it had completed the process of receiving nomination papers from 425 ROs across the country for preliminary verification. He said 24,094 nomination papers had been received from the ROs so far, of which 20,743 had been sent back along with reports of the State Bank of Pakistan, Federal Board of Revenue and National Accountability Bureau.
Banks to remain open today KARACHI, April 6: The State Bank of Pakistan advised all banks on Saturday to open their offices and branches dealing with the credit information on Sunday from 8am to 12 midnight to address issues about credit information of the contesting candidates. A statement issued on Saturday said this would help the banks issue clearance certificates to those borrowers who had cleared their overdue liabilities, update eCIB system of the SBP and address any other issues.
100 ex-legislators fail to get degrees verified By Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD, April 6: Over 100 former lawmakers who were unable to submit their documents to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) by Friday for verification are now likely to be out of the electoral race. According to a list available with Dawn, out of 183 former lawmakers given an opportunity to get their educational papers authenticated, only 80 did so by the April 5 deadline. This leaves 103 facing the prospects of disqualification.
Man injured in attack on polls office By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, April 6: One person was injured when the office of the District Election Commissioner Nushki was attacked with a grenade on Saturday, sources said. Unidentified men on a motorcycle hurled the hand-grenade into the backyard of the DEC’s office, leaving a man injured and damaging part of the building.
‘Independent’ Qureshi gets Pagara’s support By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, April 6: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s vice-chairman, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, has said he has filed nomination forms for the May 11 general elections from two constituencies of Tharparkar district, NA 228 and NA 230, as an independent candidate. Addressing a press conference at the Raja House here along with PML-F chief Pir Pagara, Mr Qureshi expressed gratitude to the latter for inviting him to contest elections from Sindh.
Amin Fahim’s fate to be decided today By Our Staff Correspondent HYDERABAD, April 6: A decision on the acceptance or rejection of the nomination papers of Makhdoom Amin Fahim, president of the PPP-Parliamentarians, was reserved by the returning officer of NA-218 (Matiari) till Sunday, following lengthy proceedings on Saturday on objections to his candidature raised by Abdul Razaq Memon, a candidate of the PML-F. However, the nomination papers of Mr Fahim’s sons Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman and Makhdoom Habibullah for NA-218 and PS-43 were accepted.
Scrutiny of Musharraf’s papers for Karachi seat deferred By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, April 6: Scrutiny of nomination papers of retired Gen Pervez Musharraf for a National Assembly constituency in Karachi was deferred till Sunday because he did not appear before the returning officer on Saturday. Over 10 objections have been filed against the former military ruler’s candidature. Syed Ikramur Rehman, the returning officer for NA-250, asked Gen Musharraf to appear before him on Saturday for the scrutiny of his nomination papers. A lawyer informed the returning officer that Gen Musharraf was out of the city.
Six Americans killed in Afghan attacks KANDAHAR, April 6: Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the US military’s top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said. In the south, three US service members, two US civilians and the doctor were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives just as a convoy with the international military coalition drove past another convoy of vehicles carrying the governor of Zabul province.
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