DINA for the issue of July 28, 2013

	Sunday July 28, 2013 | Ramazan 18, 1434
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PPP calls for resignation of chief election commissioner By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, July 27: Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, has called for resignation of the chief election commissioner and all four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for “failing to protect their independence”.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Gunmen kill seven coast guards By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, July 27: Seven Pakistan Coast Guards personnel were killed and seven others injured when gunmen attacked a PCG checkpost in Kuldan area of Gwadar district early on Saturday morning. The banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) organisation claimed responsibility for the attack.
Over 70 pro-Morsi protesters shot dead CAIRO, July 27: At least 74 unarmed supporters of Egypt’s deposed president were shot dead during clashes with security forces, officials said on Saturday, as anti-military and pro-military rallies were staged. In the heaviest bloodshed since Mr Morsi’s July 3 overthrow by Gen Abdel Fattah al Sisi-led military coup, Ahmad Aref, spokesman for Mr Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, said 66 people died in the violence and another 61 were left “clinically dead”.
Soldier dies in LoC firing By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 27: Pakistan lodged a protest with India on Saturday over an unprovoked attack from across the Line of Control (LoC) in which a Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured. “Pakistan strongly condemns the unprovoked firing by Indian soldiers along the LoC near Rawalakot this morning which resulted in the killing of a Pakistani soldier and serious injury to another,” Foreign Office Spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry said.
LNG permit of three firms revoked By Sohail Iqbal Bhatti ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has cancelled the permit of three companies because of their failure to take steps for import and sale of 1,400mmcfd of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Cancellation of terminal construction licences assigned to these private companies is also likely soon. Pakistan Gasport Limited, Global Infrastructure Limited and Elengy Terminal Pakistan Limited (Engro Corporation) did not submit a $5 million performance bank guarantee and also didn’t fulfil six other conditions of a contract to import gas.
Bomber shot dead By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, July 27: Private security guards foiled an attempt to attack an Imambargah in Hazara Town on Saturday and killed the suspected suicide bomber. Sources said the guards told the three suspects to prove their identity after they saw them moving surreptitiously near the Imambargah. But they ignored the warning and instead started running towards the place of worship.
SC sets aside LHC order, allows woman to live with father By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Supreme Court has expressed disappointment over what it has called a ‘subjective sense of morality’ shown by a Lahore High Court (LHC) judge through an order which overshadowed his responsibility of protecting a citizen’s constitutional right to liberty. “We may observe that we have felt saddened by the fact that through the impugned order a judge of a high court had allowed his responsibility of protecting a citizen’s constitutional right to liberty to be overshadowed by his own subjective sense of morality,” Justice Asif Saeed Khosa of the Supreme Court said in a verdict.
ECP moves to protect secrecy of presidential vote By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised arrangements for holding the presidential election on July 30.Mamnoon Hussain, the PML-N candidate, and retired justice Wajihuddin Ahmed of the PTI are now left in the field after withdrawal of candidature by Mr Hussain’s cover candidate, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra. An ECP official told Dawn that transportation of about 2,000 ballot papers would be completed by Monday. If required, C-130 planes and helicopters would be used for the purpose, he added.
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