DINA for the issue of April 8, 2013

	Monday 8th April 2013 | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 26, 1434
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Appeal process begins today: Big guns down, but not out By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: The last day for scrutiny of nomination papers brought heartbreak to three big names — former president Pervez Musharraf, former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the leader of opposition in the outgoing National Assembly...	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Senator, 10 ex-lawmakers punished for fake degrees By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, April 7: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday sealed the fate of a sitting senator and 10 former lawmakers found to be possessing fake academic degrees. The commission decided to withdraw notification of their victory in the 2008 elections and asked the sessions courts concerned to initiate criminal proceedings against them...
Mengal spells out terms for contesting elections By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of the Balochistan National Party-M (BNP-M), has called for an end to the military operation, release of all Baloch political prisoners and abolition of alleged death squads before the general elections. Speaking at a public meeting at the Hockey Ground here on Sunday, he warned that the people of Balochistan could take their “own decision” if the demands were not accepted.
Appeal process begins today: Big guns down, but not out By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, April 7: The last day for scrutiny of nomination papers brought heartbreak to three big names — former president Pervez Musharraf, former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the leader of opposition in the outgoing National Assembly. However, nomination papers of a number of other heavyweights had already been accepted. Among them were Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Imran Khan and Faryal Talpur.
Seraiki leader Taj Langah passes away By Shakeel Ahmed MULTAN, April 7: Taj Mohammad Langah, the founder of the Pakistan Seraiki Party, died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Multan on Sunday. He was 73. He is survived by daughter Nukhba Langah.
Musharraf allowed to run for Chitral seat By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, April 7: Retired Gen Pervez Musharraf who returned to the country last month with a slogan to “save Pakistan” is now struggling to save himself and stay relevant in the coming polls after rejection of his nomination papers in three out of four constituencies. The rejection of the former military ruler’s nomination papers by the returning officers for the National Assembly constituencies in Islamabad (NA 48) and Karachi (NA 250) came on Sunday, a day before the Supreme Court is set to take up five petitions seeking his prosecution for high treason and for stopping him from participating in the polls.
10 militants, four soldiers killed in Tirah LANDI KOTAL, April 7: Ten militants were killed and five soldiers injured as clashes between security forces and activists of Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) continued on Sunday. Official sources said that security forces continued their offensive against LI hideouts in remote areas of Akkakhel in Tirah valley.
11 Afghan children die in Nato strike ASAD ABAD, April 7: A Nato air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 11 children, officials said on Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country. The children were killed during a joint Afghan-Nato operation in Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday.
Shortfall rises to 6,000MW: Urban areas suffer 18 hours of loadshedding By Ahmad Fraz Khan LAHORE, April 7: Urban centres endured 18 hours of loadshedding and rural areas virtually remained without electricity after a series of crises hit the power sector over the past two days with generation declining to below 7,000MW against a demand of over 13,000MW. As if that were not enough, power planners in private conversation conceded that the ground reality was even worse than what the statistics suggested. Officially, the demand and supply gap stood at 60 per cent, but consumers in areas covered by the government utilities were getting only 20pc of the required supply because of various reasons.
NAB move to punish defaulters By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, April 7: The National Accountability Bureau has recommended to the Ministry of Water and Power to sever electricity connections of more than 150,000 chronic defaulters who failed to pay their bills by the April 4 deadline it had set for the purpose, a NAB official told Dawn on Sunday. NAB Chairman retired Admiral Fasih Bokhari has made the recommendation in a letter written to the ministry, according to the official.
India test-fires ballistic missile BHUBANESWAR, April 7: India on Sunday test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, defence sources said. The test was conducted at Wheeler’s Island in Bhadrak district, around 200km from here, by army personnel as part of a training exercise, the sources said.
Foreigners in S. Arabia given 3 months to legalise their stay By Syed Rashid Husain RIYADH, April 7: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has ordered a three-month delay to the ongoing crackdown on illegal foreign workers, giving them a chance to sort out their papers. “King Abdullah directed both the interior ministry and the labour ministry to give an opportunity to workers in breach of the labour and residency regulations in the kingdom to clarify their status in a period not exceeding three months,” said a statement carried by the official media.
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