DINA for the issue of April 2, 2013

	Tuesday 2nd April 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1434
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SC lays down strict rules for candidates By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, April 1: The Supreme Court laid down on Monday stringent rules for legislators and suggested to them to disclose everything while filing nomination papers because they would have to be chosen by electors as their representatives. There was no room for an incorrect statement or mis-declaration in the papers, it said...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 228.80 Points: KARACHI, Apr 01: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 18272.11, up 228.80 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Apr 01: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.2 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Kayani, Isaf chief want improved coordination By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, April 1: The latest Pak-Afghan cross-border shelling incidents and continuing Taliban infiltration dominated the meeting between the chiefs of Pakistan Army and the international forces in Afghanistan on Monday as the two commanders’ explored ways to strengthen their border coordination mechanisms. “He (Gen Kayani) urged Isaf to help Pakistan check cross-border attacks launched from inside Afghanistan,” a military spokesman said after a meeting between Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the new commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, Gen Joseph Dunford.
Caretaker PM names 15-member cabinet ISLAMABAD, April 1: Caretaker Prime Minister retired Justice Mir HazarKhan Khoso announced his 15-member cabinet on Monday. According to a press release, seven ministers of the cabinet are from Punjab, three each from Sindh and Balochistan and two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
PPP chief Bilawal returns to Karachi By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, April 1: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari returned here on late Monday night, a week after he had gone to Dubai because of “security concerns”. A senior PPP leader said Bilawal Bhutto was likely to stay in Karachi for “a day or two” before flying to Larkana to attend the 34th death anniversary of his grandfather, former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, to be held in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on April 4.
Badam Zari vows to project soft image of tribal areas By Anwarullah Khan KHAR, April 1: Badam Zari, the first tribal woman to come forward to contest for a National Assembly seat from Bajaur Agency, has said that she wants to become a powerful voice of women of tribal areas. Addressing a press conference at her house here on Monday, she said that her decision to contest the election was the result of comprehensive consultations with women of different areas of the region.
Poll scrutiny turns into Islamic studies test By Imran Ayub KARACHI, April 1: Before joining the race for parliament, candidates for the May 11 elections may have to prove their ‘adequate knowledge’ of Islamic teachings and the Quran and may be requested to recite a ‘Sura’ or particular Quranic verses and answer questions about the number of ‘rakats’ in any of the five daily prayers. But according to some political parties, this is an “astounding addition” to the process of scrutiny. However, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has described it as being in conformity with ‘constitutional’ requirements.
Hour of trial looms for ex-PM in road case By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, April 1: Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf may find himself in hot water in a Rs9 billion case relating to two under-construction road projects in his constituency (NA-51), to be decided by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday. Some retired military officers associated with the National Logistic Cell (NLC) and bosses of the Pak-Public Works Department (Pak-PWD) may also be in trouble because the contracts awarded to the NLC are believed to be illegal and in violation of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority rules.
ECP begins scrutiny of nomination forms By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, April 1: After preliminary verification involving financial integrity of candidates, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) sent electronically about 5,000 nomination forms back to the returning officers (ROs). Briefing newsmen on Monday, the first day of scrutiny of nomination papers, ECP’s Additional Secretary Mohammad Afzal Khan said that 10,478 nomination papers for national and provincial assemblies, which had been received from ROs, had been for-warded to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to get details about the spouse and dependants of the candidates verified.
Ex-MNA indicted in fake degree case By Malik Tahseen Raza MUZAFFARGARH, April 1: District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rehman Khan farmed charges here on Monday against a former MNA, Jamshed Dasti, in a fake degree case. Mr Dasti, who is contesting the May 11 elections as an independent candidate, appeared before the judge who after the proceedings adjourned the case till Tuesday.
FIA’s plea for separate trial of Musharraf rejected By Malik Asad RAWALPINDI, April 1: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Rawalpindi rejected on Monday an application filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking separation of the trial of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf from that of other accused being tried in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. The court, however, decided to try Gen Musharraf de novo (afresh) and to reframe charges against him because he had been absent from ATC proceedings since 2011 when the FIA implicated him in the case.
Altaf seeks comments on MQM’s manifesto By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, April 1: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party’s election manifesto promising to empower people contains solutions for basic problems being faced by the people and that it will help ensure progress, prosperity and stability of democracy in the country According to a party statement released from London on Monday evening, Mr Hussain termed the manifesto, which was released by MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar at a press conference in Karachi earlier in the day, realistic and practicable.
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