DINA for the issue of May 13, 2014

	May 13, 2014 | Rajab 13, 1435
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Gas reserves found in Sujawal By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The Mari Petroleum Company, a joint venture of the government and the Fauji Foundation, announced on Monday a ‘significant’ gas and condensate discovery with estimated reserves of about 20 billion cubic feet (BCF) in Sujawal district of Sindh.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 150.66 Points: KARACHI, May 12: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 28343.88, down 150.66 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, May 12: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.45 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Pakistan, Iran vow to strengthen ties TEHRAN: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei and discussed with him issues of mutual interest. They agreed to work jointly for development of the region. The prime minister said Pakistan-Iran relations had historical perspective and the two countries had common traditions. “These common bonds make our relationship special,” he added.
Govt offers to set up all-party electoral reforms committee By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: A day after a big protest in Islamabad by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) over alleged rigging in last year’s general elections, the government offered an all-party committee in the National Assembly on Monday to propose electoral reforms. The offer came at the fag-end of the day’s sitting when the PTI hardly expected it after an earlier clash with the ruling PML-N — and gave no immediate response — when the Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, cited political stability and continuity as an essential requirement for economic progress.
Govt wants SC to allow re-appropriation of development funds By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to seek Supreme Court’s permission for re-appropriation of development funds before the end of the fiscal year. The government believes that 38 ongoing development projects, including the ambitious metro bus service and some power sector schemes, will be adversely affected if it was not allowed to immediately re-appropriate Rs12.5 billion.
Two new polio cases detected Dawn Report KARACHI / MIRAMSHAH: Two new polio cases have been detected in the country. An 18-month-old girl of a family which had shifted to Karachi from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in recent months is the latest victim of polio virus, sources in the Sindh health department and Prime Minister’s Polio Cell confirmed to Dawn on Monday.
REVOLUTION VIA A VIDEO LINK By Aurangzaib Khan AT 3pm on Sunday afternoon, the construction site of the PML-N’s Metro Bus service that runs through Rawalpindi’s Murree Road looks abandoned. A long line of concrete pillars run all the way to Islamabad, iron rods jutting into a blinding sky. The midday heat rises in waves, transforming the broken roads and industrial machines into a shimmering, monochromatic capitalist dystopia.
All senators walk out as May 12 tragedy recalled By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: In a rare display of unity, all members of the Senate staged a walkout from the house on Monday to condemn the May 12 massacre of political workers on the arrival of the then deposed chief justice of Supreme Court in Karachi seven years ago. Four members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the party which was blamed by the members in their speeches for the May 12 mayhem, also joined the walkout.
Punters rule India as exit polls predict big win for BJP By Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI: There was little difference between India’s mainstream TV channels and its bourses after a month-long general election came to a close on Monday and paved the way for what will be a punters’ rule until results are out on Friday. Nearly all the four or five exit polls, rarely to be trusted, have given the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies a comfortable majority. Billions of rupees are said to be involved in betting and that itself seems to be a good enough reason to carry on with the business.
Boko Haram offers to swap abducted girls for prisoners MAIDUGURI: The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his men last month in exchange for prisoners, according to a video seen on YouTube. About 100 girls wearing full veils are shown at an undisclosed location in the 17-minute video in which Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau speaks.
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