DINA for the issue of April 6, 2014

	April 6, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Saani 5, 1435
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Afghans defy Taliban threat, vote in big numbers By Mahvish Ahmad in Kabul voters began to trickle in as soon as poll stations opened their doors in Kabul at 7am on Saturday. Yellow-vested police officers and khaki-clad Afghan soldiers stood guard in front of polling stations, cordoning off many of the capital’s entry and exit points, and tightly regulating its streets.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Peace process on track, says Nisar By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that the peace process is moving in the right direction. Speaking at a press conference after presiding over a meeting of the committees representing the government and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan on Saturday, he asked critics of the peace process to see its achievements.
Public sector defaulters bleed power network dry By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: To go through the list of public sector defaulters of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is to realise that virtually every single government department at both the central and provincial levels has contributed towards bankrupting the power sector. Documentary evidence available with Dawn explains, list after list, which government departments, starting from defence forces to autonomous bodies, provincial government departments, and down to municipal corporations, owe hundreds of millions of rupees to Wapda.
16 killed, 46 hurt as van plunges into ravine By Nabeel Anwar Dhakku CHAKWAL: Sixteen people, three children and three women among them, were killed and 46 injured as a van plunged into a ravine near Matan Khurd village in the hilly terrain of Salt Range on Saturday. “The victims belonging to an extended family from Sahiwal village in Sargodha district were going to the shrine of Pir Khara on Chakwal-Sargodha road,” DPO Dr Moeen Masood told Dawn.
Legal wrangles hit Nacta’s revival By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: Reservations shown by senior officials of the interior ministry and intelligence agencies over the government’s plan to restructure the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) have jeopardised the revival of this key organisation. Because of the internal and external opposition to the process for Nacta’s revival, at least three petitions have been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) over the last couple of months.
Campaign fails to broaden tax base By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government’s talk of bringing the rich into the tax net has failed to produce any noticeable results in the nine months of current fiscal as only a few hundred people have filed their returns on a voluntary basis. In its first budget, the government announced that it was launching a project to broaden the tax base.
FEMALE WARDENS BACK ON BIKES By Mina Sohail IT was peak midday rush hour and the day had warmed up to about 24°C in Lahore. A female traffic warden on a 250cc motorbike zoomed through a busy intersection on Mall Road. Ignoring several gaping onlookers, she parked her bike near a traffic signal opposite the Punjab Assembly. At about five foot five with a strong build and an air of confidence, 24-year-old Aroosa Hussain slid off the bike and walked up to a group of reporters waiting to interview her.
Govt officials working for donors, NGOs By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: A number of top bureaucrats are involved in making money by extending their services to non-governmental organisations or foreign agencies, often at the cost of the ethics of their public offices and in violation of rules, sources in Establishment Division have revealed to Dawn. The government has flexed its muscles against such officials, though.
Baby no more among murder suspects By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: Muslim Town police discharged on Saturday nine-month-old Mohammad Musa from a case of attempted murder lodged by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines. The case had been registered against members of a family and dozens of other inhabitants of Muslim Town after they allegedly attacked a bailiff and raiding team of the SNGPL after it went there to arrest people involved in gas theft.
Five crew members of hijacked tanker return Dawn Report KARACHI/LAHORE: Five Pakistani crew members of the Morning Glory oil tanker that was hijacked by Libyan rebels returned home on Saturday morning. The vessel set off for Tunisia on Feb 25, but it changed course after reaching Egypt and made a turn towards Libya after receiving clearance from its Dubai-based owners.
Seven injured in Jaffarabad grenade attack By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA: Seven people were injured in a hand-grenade attack on a shop in Usta Mohammad town, Jaffarabad, on Saturday. Two masked men on a bike hurled the device at a greengrocer’s shop and fled, sources said.
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