DINA for the issue of June 04, 2013

	Tuesday 4th June 2013 | Rajab 24, 1434
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Shahbaz meets army officers By Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI, June 3: Chief minister-designate of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif met some senior military officials at Chaklala Garrison on Monday night.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 295.08 Points: KARACHI, June 03: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 22118.13, up 295.08 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, June 03: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 100.00 to the US Dollar in the open market.
House elects new custodians: Renewed vows in NA against dictators By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, June 3: All major parties made high-sounding vows on Monday to resist future dictators as the new National Assembly elected nominees of the majority Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party as house speaker and deputy speaker, who got votes also from the main opposition party. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which headed the previous coalition government for a full five-year term as the largest single party in the then lower house but was reduced to nearly a third of its size in the disastrous May 11 elections, said it had withdrawn its own candidates and voted for the PML-N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for speaker and Murtaza Javed Abbasi for deputy speaker as a gesture not to make their offices controversial.
Lawmaker of PTI killed; curfew in Hangu By Abdul Sami Paracha KOHAT, June 3: In a painful reminder to the harsh reality that restoring peace in the violence-plagued Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and adjoining tribal region could be a distant dream for the new government, a newly-elected MPA from Hangu was assassinated in Mohallah Sangerh along with his secretary on Monday. Officials said that gunmen opened fire as soon as Fareed Khan, who was elected as an independent candidate from KP-42, Hangu, but joined the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf afterwards, disembarked from his vehicle.
Dubai court orders Sadiq’s deportation By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, June 3: A Dubai court ordered on Monday deportation of Tauqeer Sadiq, former chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), to Pakistan within one month. According to an official of the National Accountability Bureau, the court passed the order on a request from the government of Pakistan.
JUI-F washes its hands of talks with Taliban By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, June 3: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said his party is no more interested in playing any role in bringing the Taliban to the negotiation table after concluding that the establishment is not in favour of any such process. The JUI-F’s spokesman, Jan Achakzai, on Monday quoted Maulana Fazl as having said that after the withdrawal of offer for peace talks by the Taliban and because of “disinterest shown by the establishment, there is no opportunity or atmosphere for the negotiations and the JUI-F playing any role in this regard is out of question”.
Caretaker premier makes another controversial move By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, June 3: Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso continues to create controversies with ill-timed decisions. The incoming PML-N government is scheduled to take charge on Wednesday evening. But retired Justice Khoso approved on Monday deputation of 100 officers from Balochistan, his home province, to various ministries, divisions and departments of the federal government in grades 17 and above.
Treason charges: SC requested to hold Musharraf guilty By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, June 3: A petitioner seeking prosecution of retired General Pervez Musharraf on treason charges requested the Supreme Court on Monday to close the doors of military intervention for all times to come by holding the former dictator guilty of subverting the constitution. Advocate A. K. Dogar, representing Maulvi Iqbal Haider, argued before a bench comprising Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan hearing a set of petitions seeking initiation of high-treason trial against Mr Musharraf by the federal government.
Pakistan protests to India over diplomat’s beating By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan protested on Monday with the Indian government against beating of its diplomat in New Delhi and demanded security for the High Commission staff. “A protest has been lodged with the Indian government with a call to investigate the matter thoroughly and bring perpetrators to book,” Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry said. The High Commission in Dehli made a demarche to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs over what was described as a “planned attack”.
MQM to back Nawaz for PM’s slot By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, June 3: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has decided to extend its unconditional support to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif in the election of the prime minister. According to an MQM statement on Monday, party chief Altaf Hussain endorsed a decision of the coordination committee to give support to Mr Sharif as ‘a goodwill gesture’.
Pakistani among five sentenced to death CAIRO, June 3: An Egyptian court sentenced five foreigners, including a British sailor, to death on Monday after they were convicted of drug smuggling, a court official says. The official says the court in Red Sea Province ruled the defendants were “an international gang” that tried to smuggle three tonnes of hashish into Egypt via its southeastern coast. In addition to death sentences, the court imposed a fine of $12 million, according to the official. The condemned are all sailors who were arrested aboard a ship near the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam, and include a Pakistani and three individuals from Seychelles.
Balochistan Assembly speaker, deputy speaker: Jan Jamali, Qudoos Bizenjo elected unoppose By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, June 3: Mir Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali of the PML-N and Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo of the PML-Q were elected unopposed as speaker and deputy speaker of Balochistan Assembly on Monday. They will take oath of their offices on Tuesday after official announcement of the results. Outgoing speaker of the provincial assembly Syed Mantilla Agha will administer the oath.
Blast razes post; two injured By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH, June 3: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a security checkpost in Razmak area of North Waziristan on Monday, leaving two security personnel injured. It was raining hard when the bomber hit a wall of the Dam Del checkpost at around 3:30pm. Two security personnel were injured but others escaped unhurt as they were sitting inside a nearby bunker because of rain.
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