DINA for the Issue of May 01 2013

	Wednesday 1st May 2013 | Jumadi-us-Sani 20, 1434
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‘We must not harbour any doubts’ about May 11 elections It is Pakistan’s war, says Kayani By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, April 30: Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani used the occasion of ‘Youm-i-Shuhada’ (martyrs’ day) to send more than one message to more than one audience.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 94.86 Points: KARACHI, Apr 30: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 18822.85, down 94.86 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Apr 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 100 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Article 6(2) needs amendment: PHC Musharraf barred for life from contesting polls By Waseem Ahmad Shah PESHAWAR, April 30: The Peshawar High Court banned for life former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf from contesting election for parliament and provincial assemblies and termed him an opportunist who had no respect for the law and constitution. A four-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan ruled that the former military ruler had twice trampled the constitution under his feet, imposed emergency on Nov 3, 2007 and placed the Chief Justice of Pakistan and about 50 judges under house arrest along with their families.
Parties on ‘hit list’ resolve to defy terrorists By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI, April 30: A day after the PPP, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Awami National Party declared that they would not leave the electoral ground to militants and their political wings, the three parties alleged on Tuesday night that they were being compelled to boycott the May 11 elections. Senator Shahi Syed of the ANP, Rehman Malik of the PPP and Dr Farooq Sattar of the MQM addressed a joint press conference at the MQM’s ‘Nine Zero’ headquarters.
Candidate killed in Jhal Magsi By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, April 30: An independent candidate, along with his two associates, was shot dead in the Jhal Magsi area on Tuesday. Levies sources said that armed men opened fire on Abdul Fateh Magsi, a candidate for PB 32 (Jhal Magsi), when he was campaigning in Goth Shanmbani.
Diversity and divisions within south Punjab ‘sooba’ By Nasir Jamal BAHAWALPUR: In April 2011 Salahuddin Abbasi, the heir to the title of the Nawab of Bahawalpur, launched his Bahawalpur National Awami Party (BNAP). The new party was to strive for the revival of the old Bahawalpur state reincarnated as a province. It was to consist of the three southern most districts of Punjab – Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan – as the state of Bahawalpur existed at the time of its merger with Pakistan and before the formation of the One-Unit in 1954. Two years later the Nawab is struggling to field his candidates for the May 11 election. He himself decided to stand down after he failed to gain the support of any of the two major political parties – the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. His party, however, says he is not contesting because his younger brother is not well these days.
Announcement THE offices of Dawn will remain closed on Wednesday (May 1) on account of Labour Day. Arrangements have, however, been made to bring out the newspaper on Thursday.
Prices of petrol down by Rs4.7, diesel by Rs2.5 By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, April 30: Ignoring recommendations by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) for up to 7.2 per cent cut in oil prices, the caretaker government on Tuesday reduced the rates of petrol and diesel by 4.6pc and 2.32pc respectively with immediate effect to pass on to consumers the impact of lower international prices. The government also increased petroleum levy on almost all oil products to earn higher revenue and also protected comparatively higher GST on them.
SC freezes development funds By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Supreme Court restrained the caretaker government on Tuesday from disbursing development funds because of apprehensions that the action might influence the coming elections. “Only elected representatives should disburse development funds. Therefore, the caretaker government should not grant any amount until the May 11 elections,” a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said.
Sarabjit goes into ‘deep coma’ By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, April 30: Indian spy Sarabjit Singh, who was severally injured in an attack by inmates in a prison, went into ‘non-reversible’ coma on Tuesday and was heading to ‘brain death’, said the doctors struggling to save his life. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) had dropped to a critical level which showed that he was moving towards ‘brain death’, a senior doctor at the Jinnah Hospital told journalists. The GCS is a neurological scale that records the level of consciousness of a person.
Sindh calls out army for poll security By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI, April 30: The Sindh government has called out the army under Article 245 of the Constitution to help the civilian government in holding peaceful elections. In Karachi, troops will be deployed within 48 hours, but in the interior Sindh the deployment will take place when and wherever required by the civil administration. This was stated by caretaker Information Minister Noorul Huda Shah at a Press Conference after a government-convened Multi-Party Conference (MPC) held in the Sindh Assembly building on Tuesday.
Most people in Muslim world want Sharia: survey WASHNGTON, April 30: Large majorities in the Muslim world want the Islamic legal and moral code of Sharia as the official law in their countries, but disagree on what it includes and who should be subject to it, an extensive new survey says. Over three-quarters of Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia want Sharia courts to decide family law issues such as divorce and property disputes, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life said on Tuesday.
Rs1.34 per unit raise in power tariff approved By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, April 30: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved on Tuesday an increase of Rs1.34 per unit in electricity tariff and directed the National Transmission and Dispatch Company to decrease supply to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to below 300MW. Presided over by its vice chairman Khawaja Mohammad Naeem, Nepra’s public hearing at the request of the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) on behalf of power distribution companies decided that the price increase would not apply to domestic consumers of less than 50 units per month and the consumers of the KESC for their March bills.
20 years on, world’s first web page being reborn GENEVA, April 30: The world’s first web page was being dragged out of cyberspace and restored for Internet browsers as part of a project to celebrate 20 years of the Web, organisers said on Tuesday. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said it had begun recreating the website that launched the World Wide Web, as well as the hardware that made the groundbreaking technology possible.
Rising global demand behind opium surge: Afghan FM TALLINN, April 30: Afghanistan, the world’s largest grower of opium poppies, should not shoulder all the blame for its surge, its foreign minister said on Tuesday during a visit to Estonia. “It’s not only Afghanistan but the global demand for drugs that should be blamed for illegal narcotics from Afghanistan,” Zalmai Rassoul told reporters in Tallinn.
Panel urges US to refuse visa for Modi WASHINGTON, April 30: A panel on Tuesday urged the United States to maintain a ban on visa to the leader of the Indian state of Gujarat over anti-Muslim riots, even though he is a favourite to run for prime minister. In a wide-ranging annual report, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said that Gujarat’s Chief Minister Narendra Modi should be “inadmissible to the United States” due to “severe violations of religious freedom”.
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