DINA for the issue of July 22, 2013

	Monday July 22, 2013 | Ramadan 12, 1434
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CCI meeting tomorrow to discuss new energy policy By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD, July 21: The government has convened a meeting of the Council of Common Interests on Tuesday.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Aziz seeks to allay Afghan concerns KABUL, July 21: Pakistan is willing to help jumpstart long-stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban to try to end the more than 12-year war in Afghanistan if the parties request its help, Sartaj Aziz, Special Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs, said here on Sunday. He said during his daylong visit to Afghanistan that Pakistan had in the past helped persuade some Taliban factions to discuss peace and also had played a role in helping the group’s representatives travel to Qatar before those efforts stalled.
Two die in attack on Karachi ANP office By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 21: An activist of the Awami National Party was killed and two others were injured when the party’s office in Landhi’s Gulshan-i-Buner area came under attack on Sunday night. However, the party claimed that its two workers had been killed. “An explosion occurred at the ANP’s office and it was followed by an attack by gunmen,” said DIG East Capt Tahir Naveed. “Bomb disposal officials have been sent to determine the nature of the explosion.”
Tragedy befalls Iranian mountain climbers By Farman Ali Baltistani SKARDU, July 21: An Iranian climber has died, another has gone missing and yet another has been stranded at about 7,800 metres while descending from the Broad Peak after conquering it. According to sources, nine climbers from different countries scaled the peak and began descending. Six of them reached the base camp.
Donors urge govt to build Dasu project first By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, July 21: Donor agencies are urging Pakistan to build the Dasu hydro-power plant before the Diamer Bhasha dam as they see the latter project as “unworkable”. A document obtained by Dawn shows that donor agencies have accepted the government’s position that the major underlying reason for current power crises is the shift in use of fuel for generating electricity, from hydro-power to furnace oil.
Manoeuvring by bureaucrats over key posts alleged By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, July 21: A group of professionals working in regulatory bodies have alleged smart manoeuvring by some bureaucrats during the process of selection for top posts in more than two dozen public sector enterprises and regulatory bodies. A senior official told Dawn that the Prime Minister’s Secretariat and the Cabinet Division had received a number of representations from senior professionals who felt having been elbowed out of the competition process through manoeuvring of age-limits to pave the way for their juniors to become top bosses in key organisations.
London-bound PIA plane develops fault, lands in Moscow By Bhagwandas KARACHI, July 21: A London-bound PIA aircraft with at least 128 passengers on board had to make an emergency landing at Moscow airport on Sunday after one of its engines ceased to function, according to information reaching here. Sources in the PIA said another aircraft with over 200 passengers on board had been diverted to the Russian capital to take the passengers stranded there to Manchester. From there, they would be transported to London, probably by road because of night ban on flights over the British capital.
Groundbreaking of 147MW hydel plant likely on Aug 15 By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, July 21: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to perform the groundbreaking of 147MW Patrind hydropower project in Azad Kashmir on Aug 15. The Korea Water Resources Corporation of South Korea is the sponsor and developer of the country’s second independent hydropower project in the private sector.
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