DINA for the issue of April 28, 2013
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Chances of Sarabjit’s survival slim, say doctors
By Asif Chaudhry and Muhammad Faisal Ali
LAHORE, April 27: The condition of Sarabjit Singh, the convicted Indian spy who was injured in an attack on Friday, was serious, said his doctors on Saturday.
According to them, his chances of survival are slim. He has been intubated and linked to the ventilator in the intensive care unit of Jinnah Hospital.
Teachers refuse to perform poll duty
By Amanullah Kasi
QUETTA, April 27: The seeming indifference of the state to challengers of its writ in Balochistan has thrown up an unforeseen snag in polling arrangements — thousands of schoolteachers have refused to perform election duty in 11 districts because of threats from outlawed militant groups. The provincial government has already declared these districts “sensitive” vis-à-vis the May 11 elections.
The 11 districts in question are Nushki, Chagai, Mastung, Kalat, Khuzdar, Awaran, Kharan, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech and Gwadar.
Politics of acrimony
By Ismail Khan
THE two main religious political parties that joined forces under the banner of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in 2002 to achieve a historic win in the then NWFP are now at loggerheads.
Not only are the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) taking solo flights in the May 11 elections, they are also taking swipes at each other whenever possible and questioning, amongst other things, each other’s claims of representing the religious right.
ECP yet to receive data on polling stations
By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, April 27: Polls are only two weeks away but the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has not yet received data about polling stations to be made in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Even the data compiled by Punjab is incomplete as it does not mention the location of polling stations to be set up in the province.
JI’s office attacked in Sibi
By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, April 27: Attacks on election offices seem to have become a daily affair in Balochistan, with three members of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) getting injured in a grenade attack on their office in Sibi on Saturday.
According to police, assailants on a motorcycle hurled a grenade at the election office of Muzaffar Nazar Abro, a candidate for PB-21 (Sibi) seat of Balochistan Assembly, in the Liaquat Bazaar area.
Customs post blown up in Chaman
By Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, April 27: A customs checkpost in Chaman near the Afghan border was reduced to rubble by a powerful explosion on Saturday, police said. The destroyed post stood near the Customs House.
Police said the checkpost was destroyed when an explosive device placed in it by unidentified people went off.
Polling from 8am to 5pm
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced that polling for general elections will be held from 8am to 5pm.
“The ECP has decided that polling for general elections will be held from 8am to 5pm, without any interval, on May 11,” said a press release issued on Saturday.—APP
Miramshah blast destroys polls office
MIRAMSHAH, April 27: A bomb blast has destroyed an election office in an area near the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday.
No deaths were reported following the explosion which took place late on Friday at Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal region.
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