DINA for the issue of April 20, 2013

	Saturday 20th April 2013 | Jumadi-us-Sani 9, 1434
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90pc of voter lists sent to provinces, Fata By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, April 19: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has dispatched over 90 per cent of final electoral rolls (FERs) 2012 to the four provinces and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) for the May 11 elections.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 16.85 Points: KARACHI, Apr 19: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 18631.21, up 16.85 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Apr 19: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.2 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Ex-army chief ends up in police custody By Munawer Azeem and Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, April 19: Former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf was finally arrested on Friday in judges’ detention case and was shifted to the Police Line Headquarters from his Chak Shahzad farmhouse. Interestingly, the former military dictator has been detained at a place which is opposite a graveyard where unidentified bodies of people killed during Lal Masjid operation had been buried. The general who is the first former army chief and head of state to be arrested has been kept at the Officers’ Mess and given the suite of Inspector General of Police. Sources said Gen Musharraf who was wearing a light brown Shalwar Kamiz looked depressed.
Senate wants Musharraf tried under Article 6 By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, April 19: Anti-Musharraf speeches continued to dominate the Senate’s proceedings for the second day on Friday. Senators from across the political spectrum reiterated their Jan 23, 2012, resolution, demanding arrest and trial of the former military ruler under Article 6 of the constitution. The house also passed a second resolution, asking the government to remove all portraits of Gen Musharraf from government buildings as the former president of the country.
Poll rally in Wana attacked; two killed LADHA, April 19: Two people died and 25 others were injured on Friday when rockets hit the election rally of an independent candidate in Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan tribal region. The public meeting organised by the supporters of Naseerulah Wazir, who is running for NA 41, in Mughul Khel Maidan near the scouts camp was about to start when five rockets were fired by unidentified people at around 10.30am. Two rockets hit the venue of the rally, killing two people and injuring 25 others.
Where biradri mingles with party By Intikhab Hanif FOR a party committed to change the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf did something very conventional recently: it asked three men belonging to the same family to choose one of them for the PTI ticket in a Lahore constituency. Clearly, the individual did not matter, the biradri did. NA-128 is a Lahore constituency that retains its link with the rural and, significantly, with tradition. In 2008, Afzal Khokhar won here beating his distant relative Karamat Ali Khokhar, then with the PPP, now with the PTI. Karamat’s nephew Zaheer Abbas Khokhar had won in 2002 on a PPP ticket and later joined the PPP-Patriots.
Electricity, gas shortages go through the roof By Ahmad Fraz Khan LAHORE, April 19: The country was hit by a severe energy crisis on Friday, as electricity shortage swelled to beyond 60 per cent and one of its two major gas utilities faced a shortfall of 30 per cent. With an attack damaging a pipeline in Kashmore, the shortfall faced by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) increased to 850 million cubic feet (mmcf) or around 30pc of its total demand.
Call for stopping gas supply to CNG sector By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, April 19: While the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has taken notice of supply of natural gas to inefficient captive power plants (CPPs), the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources is considering a request by the industrial sector, particularly the fertiliser industry, to stop gas supply to transport sector. A government official told Dawn on Friday a crucial meeting of all major stakeholders of the gas sector has been convened by minister for petroleum and natural resources in Lahore to consider further reduction in supply to compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing stations.
Judiciary a bulwark against bad governance: CJ By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, April 18: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said frequent military interference, unstable economy and weak political culture have contributed to the “catastrophic” state of affairs and lack of good governance in the country. “Pakistan since its creation in 1947 is confronting with severe issues of governance,” he said at an international judicial conference at the Supreme Court building on Friday. The theme of the three-day conference is “No virtue is greater than justice” which is the greatest interest of mankind and holds civilised nations and societies together.
Two Levies men injured in attack on polio team By Our Correspondent TANK, April 19: Two Levies personnel escorting a polio vaccination team were injured on Friday when their vehicle came under fire in Gomal area of Tank, sources said. The vaccinators were returning after covering parts of Kot Khadak when unidentified men opened fire on their van, inflicting injuries on Lance Naik Ayaz and Sepoy Jan Alam. Other members of the team remained unhurt.
Few election alliances this time By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, April 19: Although the number of political parties has gone up over the past few years, the trend of forming electoral alliances seems to have vanished. This is evident from the fact that almost all major political parties keep discussing seat adjustments for the coming general elections, but no effort is seen by them to form an electoral alliance to contest the polls from one platform and under one symbol.
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