DINA for the issue of July 08, 2013

	Monday July 8, 2013 | Shaba"an 28, 1434
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80 rounded up in Lahore blast probe By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, July 7: As the death toll in Saturday's Old Anarkali bomb blast rose to five on Sunday, police took more than 80 suspects into custody for interrogation, but without any significant breakthrough in investigation.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Positive response from Chinese firms: PM seeks help to curb power theft, losses GUANGZHOU, July 7: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked a prominent Chinese company on Sunday to offer suggestions and provide help in curbing line losses and theft of electricity in Pakistan. After arriving here in the third phase of his five-day visit, he held a meeting with Zhao Jianguo, president of the China Southern Power Grid (CSG). He told him that his government was working on building power plants based on coal, solar and wind energy as Pakistan was blessed with abundant resources.
Murray makes history at Wimbledon LONDON, July 7: Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 on Sunday to become the first Briton to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title since 1936. Murray, the second seed, broke top seed Djokovic twice in the first set on a baking Centre Court and held serve to love to clinch it in exactly an hour.
Findings of Abbottabad Commission: How US reached Osama By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, July 7: The Abbottabad Commission Report, which is yet to be made public, contains a treasure trove of information on the hunt for the world’s most wanted man – Osama Bin Laden. Its findings reveal that the arrest of Khalid Bin Attash (an Al Qaeda member who was involved in the pre-9/11 attacks such as on USS Cole and the embassies in Africa) in ‘2002’ from Karachi led to the first major breakthrough – he is the one who identified Abu Ahmed Ali Kuwaiti (the Kuwaiti born Pakistani who was OBL’s right hand man and courier and the man who led the Americans to Bin Laden.
Electricity tariff likely to be changed this week: Asif By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, July 7: The government has decided to provide uninterrupted power supply to commercial consumers during daytime and to industries at night under a staggering supply strategy and charge higher tariffs. The government has also decided to ban setting up of thermal power plants using furnace oil and diesel to stop a further increase in generation cost and instead focus on using coal, gas, hydroelectric, nuclear and renewable resources to scale down the costs.
OBL wives’ version When the compound in Abbottabad was stormed by the Navy Seals in the middle of the night, Osama Bin Laden’s first reaction was to tell his family to stay calm and recite the kalima. Putting together the account of the events of the night Osama Bin Laden was killed, the commission has spoken to the family of OBL as well as having been provided intelligence reports, allowing it to gather details of what happened.
Imran and Mengal demand fair election process By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, July 7: The clamour over alleged election rigging refuses to die down. On Sunday, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) agreed to raise the issue and jointly demand a detailed, in-depth investigation into what they claimed the theft of their mandate on May 11 by candidates of rival parties. PTI chairman Imran Khan and BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who led a four-member delegation of his party, met at the former’s residence in Banigala to discuss their plan.
Wasim Akram to wed Australian: report KARACHI, July 7: Well-known cricket commentator and former captain of Pakistan team Wasim Akram is engaged to marry a 30-year-old Australian woman, television channels citing a report in an Australian newspaper said on Sunday. The Herald Sun said in the report that Mr Akram’s fiancée, Shaniera Thompson, had already converted to Islam and decided to call Pakistan home.
‘Minus-Altaf formula’ not acceptable, says MQM leader By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 7: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader and former legislator Haider Abbas Rizvi said on Sunday that elements thinking of the MQM minus Altaf Hussain were living in a fool’s paradise. Addressing a general workers’ meeting organised by the MQM, he said leaders, activists and supporters of the party had full faith in the leadership of Mr Hussain. They had neither accepted the minus-Altaf formula in the past nor would they accept it this time, he said, adding that the MQM had adopted a legal and constitutional course to improve the situation.
JUI-F readies ‘white paper’ By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, July 7: Almost all mainstream political parties have alleged rigging and pointed out irregularities in the May 11 elections, but it is the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) which has taken lead in formulating a ‘white paper’ on what the party called “engineered polls”. The paper titled “Were Pakistan’s elections fair?” will be released by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at a news conference to be held after a meeting with a European Union delegation in Islamabad on Monday, according to the party’s spokesman, Jan Achakzai.
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