DINA for the issue of November 24, 2013

	November 24, 2013 | Muharram 19, 1435
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PTI to block Nato trucks until drone strikes end By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Nov 23: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan declared on Saturday that his party had decided to stop Nato trucks to and from Afghanistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till a complete halt to the US drone attacks in the tribal areas and the province.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
4 teachers, 3 others kidnapped in Bara By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, Nov 23: Four teachers of a private school and three health workers were kidnapped in Bara on Thursday after a team administered anti-polio drops to hundreds of children under the protection of security forces, sources said on Saturday. A relative of a kidnapped teacher told Dawn that he was not sure about the identity of the kidnappers, but believed that the kidnapping was related to the vaccination campaign conducted in their school.
Pakistan keen to normalise ties with India, says Nawaz By Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE, Nov 23: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that his government was keen to normalise relations with India in order to realise the dream of a peaceful and prosperous sub-continent. “If India takes one step for good relations, Pakistan will take two. We even want to put an end to visa requirements between the two countries,” Mr Sharif said in an inaugural address at a literary conference at Alhamra Hall.
TTP owns Karachi attack KARACHI, Nov 23: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for twin bomb attacks targeting Shias in Karachi overnight that killed seven people and wounded many others. Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesman for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, said that the bomb blasts were carried out in revenge for violence in Rawalpindi on Ashura day.
Egypt expels Turkish envoy after row over Morsi CAIRO, Nov 23: Cairo on Saturday expelled Turkey’s ambassador and Ankara downgraded relations in tit-for-tat moves that marked a further fraying of ties after the July ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The latest row between the two US allies saw Egypt expel the Turkish envoy after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday renewed his criticism of the “coup” that ousted Mr Morsi and Egypt’s continuing crackdown on his Islamist supporters.
Nadra in a fix over verification of thumb impressions By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has received the first case from Punjab which requires verification of thumb impressions taken during the polling on May 11. The case pertains to the NA-118 constituency of Lahore where PML-N candidate Muhammad Riaz Malik was declared winner in the May general elections and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate Hamid Zaman the runner-up.
Outlaw kills three cops near Hafizabad By Our Correspondent GUJRANWALA, Nov 23: A station house officer and two constables were killed and five other policemen injured in an encounter with a notorious outlaw in Pindi Bhattian tehsil of Hafizabad district on Saturday. Police received information that proclaimed offender Sajjad Ahmad, alias Haji Samaan, who was wanted in several cases of robbery, murder and other heinous crimes, was present in Thatha Raiki village.
Suspects change lawyers By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Days before the fifth anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, suspects have changed their legal team. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind, and the suspected abettors engaged Barrister Zahid Hussain Tirmizi and Raja Rizwan Abbasi to defend them in the case being heard by an anti-terrorism court here.
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