DINA for the issue of June 2, 2013

	Sunday 2nd June 2013 | Rajab 22, 1434
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First civilian transition, at last By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, June 1: On the surface, it was all cordiality and little rancour about the May 11 elections as the new elected National Assembly was formally born with an oath on Saturday, heralding the return of a potentially thumping rightist rule.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Musharraf cases pose early test for Nawaz By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, June 1: The shortage of electricity is not the only worry which the PML-N leadership will be grappling with. Former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf’s presence in the capital is another major concern which the party will have to address soon after taking over the charge on June 5. Since the May 18 meeting between army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and incoming prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, top leaders of the PML-N have repeatedly broached the cases of Gen Musharraf which the coming government, willy-nilly, will be stumbling into, according to an aide to the leadership.
BNP-M boycotts Balochistan PA’s session By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, June 1: Amid the Balochistan National Party-M’s boycott of the inaugural session of the provincial assembly, newly elected members of the house took oath here on Saturday. Sardar Akhtar Mengal, president of the BNP-M, has convened a meeting of his party’s central committee on Sunday to decide whether the party’s legislators-elect would take oath or not.
341 Punjab MPAs take oath By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, June 1: Three hundred and forty-one newly elected members of the Punjab Assembly were administered oath by outgoing Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal on Saturday. The total strength of the house is 371, but notifications of election to seven seats reserved for women and five other seats have been withheld by the Election Commission for various reasons. The remaining seats fell vacant after those candidates who had won from more than one constituency kept one seat and resigned other(s).
Between promise and peril: privatising the power sector By Khurram Husain BETWEEN the finances and the technicals, reforming the power sector is clearly amongst the top priorities of the new government. But many of the reforms that are being talked about have been tried unsuccessfully by many others before, including by Mr Sharif’s last government.
Companies assure SC of equitable power distribution By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, June 1: The heads of electricity distribution companies (Discos) told the Supreme Court on Saturday that the problem of enforced and prolonged outages caused by tripping of Guddu, Uch, Foundation and Habibullah Coastal power plants had almost been solved. They submitted a joint statement to the court in compliance with its directive to the managing director of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), Zargham Ishaq Khan, to hold a video conference with the MDs of the Discos, chairman of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) and secretary of water and power ministry to ensure implementation of its order of May 21 that had called for equitable distribution of power among all categories of consumers.
No let-up in Kurram clashes; 35 militants killed By Our Correspondent PARACHINAR, June 1: Clashes continued in Parachamkani area of Kurram agency with officials claiming that 35 militants were killed and several others wounded on Saturday. Two soldiers also lost their lives and five suffered injuries. Officials said an outpost of security forces came under rocket attack early in the morning in which two soldiers were killed and five others injured.
JI rejects Munawar’s resignation By Khalid Hasnain LAHORE, June 1: The Jamaat-i-Islami came close to losing its supreme leader on Saturday but its Shura rejected a resignation offered on moral grounds by Syed Munawar Hasan over the party’s crushing defeat in the general elections. According to sources, the JI chief offered his resignation during a meeting of the party’s consultative body at Mansoora after the participants discussed the reasons behind the defeat.
Nawaz, Hashmi retain hometown seats By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, June 1: Many of those elected on more than one seat of the National or provincial assembly, including Nawaz Sharif, have vacated additional seats but some are yet to take a decision. Mr Sharif chose to keep NA-120 (Lahore) seat and vacated NA-68 (Sargodha.
Price hike for SSGC, cut for SNGPL proposed By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, June 1: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has reduced prescribed natural gas price for the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and raised it for the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL). Ogra forwarded the decision to the ministry of petroleum on Saturday and sought its permission for notifying the new prices. If approved, the decision would be enforced from July 1.
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