DINA for the issue of July 30, 2013

	Tuesday July 30, 2013 | Ramazan 20, 1434
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Comfortable victory likely for Mamnoon By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, July 29: In the presidential election that has become controversial by the PPP boycott, PML-N’s candidate Mamnoon Hussain appears to emerge as clear winner on Tuesday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 181.92 Points: KARACHI, July 29: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 23315.15, down 181.92 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, July 29: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 103.30 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Militants storm jail in D.I. Khan By Irfan Mughal DERA ISMAIL KHAN: July 29: Militants stormed one of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s oldest and largest central jails in the city close to midnight on Monday with rockets and heavy weapons and unconfirmed reports said they succeeded in breaking the prison wall and helping some of their jailed colleagues escape. The British-era central prison located close to Dawn’s district correspondent’s office has the capacity to house thousands of inmates and had around 250 militants affiliated to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi.
PPP’s boycott has set a bad precedent: Nawaz By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, July 29: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif criticised the main opposition PPP on Monday for boycotting the presidential election and said the party which was ruling the country till the other day had set a bad precedent and its leaders would surely regret in the years to come for having taken the decision. “Throughout the PPP’s tenure, we supported the government and in the process was branded friendly opposition by our critics. Now look at them, what they are doing with us, creating an issue out of non-issue,” a PML-N lawmaker quoted Mr Sharif as saying at a meeting of the party’s parliamentary committee held at the Parliament House.
SC, ECP come under fire in parliament By Raja Asghar & Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, July 29: Both the Supreme Court and the Election Commission came under opposition fire in parliament on Monday for a perceived wrong done in cutting short the schedule for presidential election due on Tuesday, with some upper house members demanding that Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim resign. In simultaneous one-day sessions of the National Assembly and Senate, the PPP, which has boycotted the controversial election and withdrawn the candidature of Senator Raza Rabbani, its nominee for the country’s top, but figurehead, office, led the attack on both political and legal grounds against what some leading figures of the main opposition party called a “tyrannical” violation of the constitution and rigging.
Talks with insurgents soon, says Baloch By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA, July 29: A committee comprising elected representatives and tribal elders would be constituted to initiate dialogue with separatists and religious extremists for peacefully resolving the Balochistan issue, Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said in the provincial assembly on Monday. Answering legislators’ questions, he said the committee would contact the militants soon after Eid.
JUI-F to support Mamnoon IN a late-night development, the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl announced after a meeting of its parliamentary party in Islamabad that its lawmakers would vote for Mamnoon Hussain, the PML candidate, in the presidential election today.
Mamnoon accuses PPP of exerting pressure on judiciary By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, July 29: The PML-N’s presidential candidate, Mamnoon Husain, alleged on Monday that the PPP had boycotted the election in a bid to bring the judiciary under pressure. Talking to reporters at the Lahore airport, he said the boycott was aimed at putting pressure on the judiciary before it took up (corruption) cases against the PPP leadership. He said the PPP leadership knew that since there was ample evidence, the court’s verdicts could be against them. Hence, as a pre-emptive measure, they have started maligning the judiciary.
CCI to take up power dues deduction issue tomorrow By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, July 29: Even though the provinces are sticking to their stance of not allowing at-source deduction of electricity arrears from their share in the divisible pool, a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) has been convened on Wednesday to find a way to end the deadlock. At a recent meeting of federal secretaries for finance and the Prime Minister’s Secretariat and provincial chief secretaries presided over by Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Dr Mussadik Malik, the provinces had insisted that the federal government and its distribution companies should improve their efficiency and reduce line losses instead of mixing up the functions of two constitutional forums — the CCI and the National Finance Commission (NFC) — for narrow objectives.
Rawalpindi’s famous hotel to be handed over to Punjab By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD, July 29: The government is set to start the process of handing over assets of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation free of cost to the provinces. Sources told Dawn on Monday that a meeting would be held at Flashman Hotel in Rawalpindi to hand it over to Punjab on Tuesday.
Kerry’s visit may bring major developments By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, July 29: The Pakistani government is expecting important announcements, including resumption of ministerial-level bilateral strategic dialogue, by US Secretary of State John Kerry when he finally reaches here on July 31. Secretary Kerry’s official engagements, meanwhile, are scheduled for Aug 1. No official announcements about the visit have been made as yet because of security concerns.
PSO MD sacked after inquiry By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 29: The government fired on Monday Naeem Yahya Mir, managing director of Pakistan State Oil, and appointed Amjad Parvez Janjua in his place on a temporary basis. A former Kuwait Petroleum Company consultant, Mr Mir was hired by the then prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in December 2011 and his contract was valid until July next year, according to a PSO spokesperson. The decision came following completion of an inquiry into the affairs of the company.
No alliance with MQM: Sana By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, July 29: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that PML-N has not changed its stance on the MQM despite the visit of a party’s delegation to the MQM headquarters to seek support for its presidential candidate Mamnoon Hussain. Talking to a TV channel on Monday, Mr Sanaullah said PML-N had not changed its views about the MQM as the case of bogus voting in Karachi was still pending with the Election Commission.
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