DINA for the issue of April 30, 2013

	Tuesday 30th April 2013 | Jumadi-us-Sani 19, 1434
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Top brass approve deployment for polls By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, April 29: The army on Monday deployed its troops in nine sensitive districts of Balochistan and is set to complete the process in the remaining 21 districts on Tuesday, a senior military official told Dawn.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 94.86 Points: KARACHI, Apr 29: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 18822.85, down 94.86 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Apr 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 100 to the US Dollar in the open market.
PPP, MQM, ANP vow to contest elections, undeterred by terror By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI, April 29: In a rare show of unity against a common enemy, the PPP, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Awami National Party declared on Monday that they would not be deterred by terrorist threats and would contest the May 11 elections at all costs. They alleged that the terrorists were being patronised by ‘national and international establishments’. Persistent bomb attacks on their workers, rallies and election offices have forced the three liberal, democratic parties to set aside their differences and work out a plan to meet the threat. Their leaders met on Sunday night and decided to announce their plan the following day. A press conference held at the press club on Monday was addressed by PPP’s Taj Haider, MQM’s Haider Abbas Rizvi and ANP’s Bashir Jan.
Taliban’s anti-poll drive kills two in KP Dawn Report CHARSADDA, April 29: True to their words, Taliban militants continued their relentless attacks on election candidates and campaign offices of political and religious parties in several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, leaving two people dead and three injured. The main target of the attacks was the Awami National Party which has been bearing the brunt of the current acts of terror across the country, particularly in KP, Fata and Pata.
Jamaat urges APC on current situation By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, April 29: Calling upon the caretaker prime minister to convene an all-party conference on the situation in the country, Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Syed Munawar Hassan said here on Monday that elections should be held despite various hurdles because postponement of polls could have very serious consequences. QUETTA, April 29: Calling upon the caretaker prime minister to convene an all-party conference on the situation in the country, Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Syed Munawar Hassan said here on Monday that elections should be held despite various hurdles because postponement of polls could have very serious consequences.
Frenzied campaigning in a clutch of pivotal seats By Cyril Almeida MULTAN: Six National Assembly seats, 13 of provincial assembly; high-wattage candidates; PPP, PML-N, PTI and JI vying for victory; urban and rural voters with their separate dynamics; settlers and migrants versus natives; biradirism and factionalism; and the lurking issue of a south Punjab province – the intensity of the electoral race in Multan is rivalled only by its complexity. The names here are all eye-catching: Yusuf Raza Gilani’s sons Ali Musa and Abdul Qadir are up against Shah Mehmood Qureshi, PTI, and Sikandar Hayat Bosan of PML-N. Javed Hashmi is in the same race as Liaquat Baloch, secretary general of the Jamaat-i-Islami. And Shah Mehmood Qureshi is contesting a second seat in Multan city against lesser-known but strong rivals from the PML-N and PPP.
43 injured in suicide blast: Afghan officials among 9 killed in Peshawar By Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR, April 29: At least nine people, two employees of Afghan consulate among them, were killed and 43 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop on the University Road here on Monday. The blast also damaged nearby buildings and power supply system.
India wants Sarabjit freed on humanitarian grounds By Our Correspondent NEW DELHI, April 29: India made a humanitarian appeal to Pakistan on Monday to free grievously wounded death row convict Sarabjit Singh as rightwing parties and their sympathetic TV channels demanded unspecified tough action against Islamabad for the prison attack on the Indian inmate. “Based on the most recent medical bulletin put out by doctors treating Shri Sarabjit Singh it is clear that his condition remains critical,” a statement by the Indian foreign ministry said.
Judiciary reminded of its role in validating martial laws By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, April 29: A lawyer representing former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf cautioned the judiciary on Monday that if he was prosecuted for abrogating the constitution, he would not go down alone. “The role the judiciary played by validating successive martial laws in the past is also not something to be proud of,” Ibrahim Satti said before a three-judge bench, adding that the treason charges should also involve all those who had never objected or collaborated, abetted and conspired in such cases since 1956 -- the year mentioned in the High Treason (Punishment) Act of 1973.
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