DINA for the issue of May 21, 2013

	Tuesday 21st May 2013 | Rajab 10, 1434
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Dialogue with Taliban best option, says Nawaz By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE, May 20: Contrary to the military’s stand on the war against terrorism, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif considers dialogue with militants as the best option to restore peace in the country.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Up 277.11 Points: KARACHI, May 20: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 20814.14, up 277.11 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, May 20: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 100.05 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Poll outcome discussed with candidates: ‘Some forces’ plotted against PPP: Zardari By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE, May 20: President Asif Ali Zardari thinks that some “local and international forces” ensured that the PPP did not come to power again and accused them of stealing the “party’s mandate” in the general elections. “The PPP has been kept out of power by force as some local and international forces were against its coming to power again,” President Zardari said while addressing the party’s election candidates at the Bilawal House here on Monday.
Musharraf gets bail in Benazir case By Malik Asad RAWALPINDI, May 20: A perceivably friendly prosecution led to grant of bail to former president retired General Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case by the Anti-Terrorism Court here on Monday. ATC Judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman ordered release of the former army chief on bail on submission of Rs2 million surety bonds. But he will remain in his farmhouse till obtaining bail in cases pertaining to judges’ detention and Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murder.
Nawaz felicitated ISLAMABAD: Nine days after the elections in which the PML-N emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, President Asif Ali Zardari extended an olive branch to the party on Monday by felicitating the prime minister in waiting, Nawaz Sharif. The president also talked to ANP chairman Asfandyar Wali and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman in connection with the May 11 polls.
Kayani praises nation for defying extremists By Baqar Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, May 20: Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has praised the nation for defying the dictates of extremists and reaffirming its commitment to moderation by participating in the May 11 elections. “In these elections, people of Pakistan not only courageously withstood the threat of terrorism, they also defied unfounded dictates of an insignificant and misguided minority,” he said at an international symposium on countering improvised explosives devises (IEDs) held at the military’s general headquarters in Rawalpindi on Monday.
Levies man dies in attack on polio team By Anwarullah Khan KHAAR, May 20: A member of the Levies force was killed in an armed attack on a polio vaccination team in the Bajaur tribal region on Monday. According to a local official, the team was administrating anti-polio drops in Kalan village of Mamood area along the border with Afghanistan when militants opened fire on them from a nearby field.
Steps against IED precursors praised By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, May 20: A senior military official of the United States said on Monday that Pakistan was doing better in curbing smuggling of improvised explosive device (IED) precursors to Afghanistan as Islamabad announced a host of legal measures to deal with the threat posed by explosives. “Situation has changed since December. Government of Pakistan has done several things,” Brig Gen Robert P. Walters Jr., deputy director of the US military’s Joint IED Defeat Organisation (Jieddo), said at a symposium held at the General Headquarters.
Rs22bn more for ‘corrupt’ power sector: minister By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, May 20: As loadshedding surged across the country amid rising temperatures and declining generation, the caretaker government decided on Monday to inject another Rs22.5 billion into the power system to revive a broken down supply chain and provide some relief to the consumers. Power Minister Dr Musadik Malik announced the decision taken by the prime minister, but said injection of public money into a highly corrupt, inefficient and bottomless power sector was not the best of economic decisions.
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