DINA for the issue of May 2, 2013

	Thursday 2nd May 2013 | Jumadi-us-Sani 21, 1434
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Imran promises to end ‘operation’ in Balochistan By Our Correspondent LORALAI/SIBI, May 1: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Wednesday that after coming to power his party would end ‘military operation’ in Balochistan and all issues pertaining to the province would be resolved through meaningful talks.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 42.30 Points: KARACHI, Apr 30: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 18982.42, up 159.57 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, Apr 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 100.10 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Nawaz refuses to forgive Musharraf By Sajjad Niazi and Kalbe Ali SARGODHA / ISLAMABAD, May 1: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has refused to soften his stance on former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, saying he cannot forgive a person who harmed the country’s integrity and economy. Addressing a public meeting in Sargodha on Wednesday, a day after comments made by Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in his address at a ‘martyrs’ day’ function that democracy didn’t mean mere retribution, Mr Sharif said he had no personal grudge against anybody, but he could not forgive a person who had harmed the integrity of Pakistan, destroyed its economy and turned it into a beggar because of mounting foreign debt.
Two contestants survive blasts: No let-up in attacks on poll offices, rallies By Rehmatullah Soomro and Saleem Shahid SHIKARPUR/QUETTA, May 1: Two candidates survived bomb attacks on their convoys and the public meeting of a religious party and the election office of a candidate came under attack in poll-related violence in Sindh and Balochistan on Wednesday. Eleven people were injured in the incidents. According to police, Dr Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi, a National People’s Party (NPP) candidate for NA-202 Shikarpur-I, was going to Zarkhail from his Napearabad village to attend an election meeting when a suicide bomber blew himself up near his motorcade on Shikarpur-Khanpur stretch of the Indus Highway, near Toll Plaza.
JUI-F opposes use of force against terrorists By Tariq Saeed Birmani DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 1: The JUI-F chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has called for tackling terrorism through political means. Addressing an election rally in Taunsa Sharif, some 85km from here, on Wednesday, he said the JUI-F was against the use of force against terrorists.
Moderates will resist backward forces: Altaf By Mohammad Hussain Khan HYDERABAD, May 1: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that liberal and enlightened forces would not let retrogressive forces impose their brand of Sharia on the nation. The MQM, ANP and PPP were in high spirits for the elections despite terror attacks, the Muttahida chief declared.
Crisis cell placed at ECP’s disposal By Iftikhar A Khan ISLAMABAD, May 1: A day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rejected observations that it was duty-bound to maintain law and order in the run-up to the general elections and asked those responsible to admit their failure, the caretaker government placed the National Crisis Management Cell, presently working under the ministry of interior, at the disposal of the ECP on Wednesday. The NCMC is a repository of different “national assets”, which include representatives of intelligence agencies and specialised services.
Sarabjit dies of cardiac arrest By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, May 1: Condemned Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was critically injured by fellow prisoners at the Kot Lakhpat Jail on April 26, died of cardiac arrest at the Jinnah Hospital late on Wednesday night shortly after his Glogow Coma Scale (GCS) dropped to zero. The Principal of Allama Iqbal Medical College, Prof Dr Mahmood Shaukat, confirmed his death.
Candidate kidnapped By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH: A candidate of the Qaumi Watan Party was kidnapped from an area near Mirali on Wednesday, officials said. Akbar Khan, who is running for a National Assembly seat (NA 40 North Waziristan), was going home near Mirali after an election rally in Khaisur village.
The Pakhtun factor in Balochistan By Naziha Syed Ali QUETTA: About forty kilometres short of Chaman on the Pak-Afghan border, and a 90-minute drive north-west of Quetta, lies the town of Qilla Abdullah. The road that runs through its market hosts a two-way complementary traffic: trucks carrying Afghan Transit Trade goods towards the west and, in the opposite direction, vehicles ferrying smuggled goods into Pakistan. Locals tell you unabashedly, “The main sources of income here are fruit farming and smuggling”. There’s also a large Afghan population in the area with towns along the route, such as Saranan and Jungal Pir Alizai, home to large refugee populations who have settled down in this part of the country. Qilla Abdullah town is part of Qilla Abdullah district, one of the eight out of the 30 total districts in Balochistan where Pakhtuns are in a majority. Named after the tribal leader Sardar Abdullah Khan Achakzai, it is the home constituency of Mahmood Khan Achakzai, leader of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP). The party has a secular, nationalist agenda, but it doesn’t advocate a breakaway state as do the more extreme Baloch nationalists. Instead it demands a loose federation, with a redrawing of provincial boundaries so that Pakistan’s Pakhtun population, currently divided in four different areas — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Punjab and Fata — is included in one province.
Non-implementation of orders irks Irsa: Unusual drop in Tarbela level By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, May 1: With water stored in the Tarbela reservoir plummeting to an amount sufficient for the country’s irrigation requirements for only three days, the Indus River System Authority’s (Irsa) capacity to manage and plan the resource has come under serious threat owing to wide variation in hydrological data and non-implementation of its orders for water discharges. An Irsa official told Dawn on Wednesday the water regulator was ‘really confused’ over variations in hydrological data coming from Wapda since early this week and perturbed over non-implementation of its instructions for water regulation in a timely manner.
Anti-Muslim riots erupt again in Myanmar OAKKAN (Myanmar), May 1: Religious violence that saw mobs attack mosques and torch homes left at least one dead in central Myanmar, officials said on Wednesday, as anti-Muslim unrest crept closer to commercial hub Yangon. A Muslim woman was among those being held after authorities said she accidentally bumped into a young monk in the street on Tuesday, sparking rioting in the small town of Oakkan, around 100km north of Yangon.
US delegation lauds Pak role in fight against terror RAWALPINDI, May 1: A five-member US Congress-ional delegation, led by Senator Joe Donnelly, called on Defence Secretary retired Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik here on Wednesday. The meeting, also attended by US Ambassador Richard Olson, discussed important issues relating to bilateral ties, said a press release.
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