DINA for the issue of March 31, 2014

	March 31, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 29, 1435
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Musharraf’s lawyers hint at court boycott By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: Former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf is not likely to appear before the special court on Monday to face indictment in high treason case because of his ‘worsening health’ in the wake of hospitalisation of her mother Zarin Musharraf in the UAE.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Another grave with 3 bodies found in Khuzdar By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Another three mutilated bodies were found in a grave in Totak area of Khuzdar district on Sunday. According to official sources, Justice Noor Muhammad Maskanzai of the Balochistan High Court, who was heading a judicial tribunal investigating the discovery of 13 bodies in the area in the last week of January, went to Totak along with the deputy commissioner of Khuzdar and other officials after receiving a tip about the presence there of more corpses.
Grey traffic causes $1bn annual loss By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Within two years the recorded volume of incoming international calls has dropped from an astonishing two billion minutes to less than 500 million minutes per month, giving a massive boost to grey trafficking in the country in which illegal telephone exchanges are used. According to a Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) official, over the past one and a half years the country witnessed 75 per cent increase in grey trafficking which he mainly attributed to setting up of the controversial International Clearing House (ICH) by the PPP-led government in October 2012.
KP minister Sirajul Haq elected JI emir By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE: Sirajul Haq, Senior Minister in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet, was elected the emir of Jamaat-i-Islami on Sunday in what is being called an upset because it was for the first time in the party’s history that a sitting emir has lost the contest in an intra-party election. He will take oath as the fifth emir for a five-year term within two weeks. Announcing the result at a press conference, the party’s election commissioner Abdul Hafeez Ahmed said 30,759 Arakeen (members with voting right) had taken ballot papers and of them 25,533 were cast, showing a 85 per cent turnout.
Karzai takes allegations against Pakistan to US KABUL: In a phone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Hamid Karzai accused Pakistan of being behind a recent series of attacks and of blocking his government from striking a peace deal with the Taliban, the Afghan president’s office said on Sunday. Karzai routinely makes such accusations against Islamabad, but his tone in recent days has been particularly pointed and direct. They come after three attacks in five days in Kabul, the latest coming on Saturday when assailants fired machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades at the country’s electoral commission ahead of next week’s general election.
Minor girl raped, slain By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI: A five-year-old girl was abducted, raped and tortured to death in Napier area on Sunday, police said. City SP Sheraz Nazeer said the girl along with her parent came from Surjani Town to visit her maternal grandmother and she went missing on Friday evening. This was not reported to the police.
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