DINA for the issue of May 17, 2013

	Friday 17th May 2013 | Rajab 6, 1434
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Balochistan miracle: 544 votes enough for PA seat By Iftikhar A. Khan and Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, May 16: The overall voter turnout in the recent elections was impressive, but not in most of the constituencies in Balochistan.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 6.65 Points: KARACHI, May 16: The KSE-100 index was at 20560.04, down 6.65 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, May 16: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.9 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Election referee was Mehsud, not CEC, says Asfandyar By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, May 16: ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has credited the Taliban for successfully engineering the rout of his party in recent elections. At the same time, he fired a broadside at the Election Commission of Pakistan which, according to him, was so ineffective in providing a level playing field to all the parties that it appeared the actual referee in the fight was Hakimullah Mehsud and not Justice Fakhruddin Ibrahim.
Zardari invites Nawaz, Imran to lunch for Chinese PM By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, May 16: President Asif Ali Zardari has invited heads of all political parties, including PML-N’s Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Imran Khan, to a luncheon he will be hosting in honour of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang at the Presidency next week. The Chinese premier is arriving in Islamabad on May 22 on a two-day state visit on the invitation of President Zardari.
Fazl fails to get PML-N support to form KP govt By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, May 16: Desperate to join government at the centre and in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman received a cold response from the PML-N on Thursday on his request to make joint efforts to stop the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf from forming its government in KP. “PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has already categorically stated that the PTI has the first right to form the government in KP as it is the single largest party there,” former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif told reporters after his meeting with a delegation of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), headed by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, at the farm house residence of Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, an MNA-elect from Islamabad.
Plea to send Punjab staff for NA-250 rejected LAHORE, May 16: The Punjab government has declined a request by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to depute staff for supervising re-polling at 43 polling stations of Karachi’s NA-250 constituency on the grounds that this will create bad blood for the province. Elections at these polling stations could not be held on May 11 because of violence and allegations of rigging or mismanagement.
PTI, allies want KP govt to be role model for other provinces By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, May 16: Leaders of an alliance of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) hammered out on Thursday a formula for the formation of government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “We have formed the alliance only to solve the problems of the people and bring about an improvement in health and education sectors. Ministries are not important for us. We want the KP government to be a role model for other provinces,” PTI’s Pervez Khan Khattak, who is likely to head the provincial government, said at a press conference held at the residence of QWP chairman Aftab Khan Sherpao. JI leader Sirajul Haq also attended the press conference.
Indian cricket rocked by spot-fixing scam NEW DELHI, May 16: Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested three cricketers, including ex-Test pace bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, after they allegedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars for spot-fixing. Eleven bookmakers were also arrested in connection with the inquiry, said Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, as he gave details of three games in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) at the centre of the corruption probe.
Peace process with India likely to gain pace, says FO By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that it expected the peace process with India to gain pace after the installation of the new government. “We hope that the dialogue process would pick up momentum in all areas,” Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry said at the weekly media briefing.
Balochistan should have consensus CM, says NP By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, May 16: National Party chief Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has suggested to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif to opt for a consensus chief minister in Balochistan in view of the sensitive political situation prevailing in the province. Speaking at a press conference along with NP’s secretary general Tahir Bizenjo and MNA-elect Sardar Kamal Khan Bangulzai here on Thursday, he complained about rigging in the provincial assembly’s constituency PB-50, Kech-III.
Whale shark released by fishermen By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, May 16: A juvenile whale shark, which got trapped in a net near Sonmiani Bay in Balochistan, has been successfully released by fishermen. World Wide Fund of Nature (WWF) officials said on Thursday that the 3.5-metre-long whale shark got entangled in the gillnet during tuna fishing near Sapat area, part of Sonmiani Bay, two days ago. Captain of the vessel (Al-Saira) Mohammad Ismail and his crew took more than an hour to release the shark.
Kidnappers of Haider Gilani identified, claim police By Suhail Kakakhel NOWSHERA, May 16: Police expanded their search from Nowshera to the neighboring Mardan district on Thursday to track down Ali Haider, the kidnapped son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who appears to have been held by a group of Afghan and local criminals. According to an official, police were put on the trail following an accidental clue that came their way after a raid to recover another kidnapped person from Peshawar. Peshawar police raided Misri Banda, near Akora Khattak, to recover Abdul Wahab, who had been kidnapped from the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Economic experts vie for foreign ministry By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, May 16: With PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif getting down to selecting his team for running the next government, a lot of diplomatic and media focus has been on his likely choice for the foreign ministry. The choice will set the tone for his handling of foreign policy during his third term in office.
Cases against Fafen for misreporting poll results By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, May 16: Punjab police are reported to have registered at least 16 cases against the Fair and Free Election Network (Fafen), a polling observer organisation, for allegedly misreporting results of some polling stations in the province and releasing them to the media. DIG (operations) Jawad Ahmad Dogar told Dawn on Thursday that up to 10 FIRs had been lodged in as many city police stations on the instructions of district returning officers who stated that the results of some polling stations had been misreported by Fefen which claimed that the number of votes cast had exceeded the total number of votes.
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