DINA for the issue of November 25, 2013

	November 25, 2013 | Muharram 20, 1435
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Ulema prepare code for sectarian harmony By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Maulana Hafiz Mohammad Tahir Ashrafi, chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council and a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), has come up with a 14-point code of conduct to be observed by religious organisations to end sectarian violence in the country.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Iran accepts N-curbs for sanctions relief GENEVA, Nov 24: Iran and six world powers clinched a deal on Sunday curbing the Iranian nuclear programme in exchange for initial sanctions relief, signalling the start of a game-changing rapprochement that would reduce the risk of a wider Middle East war. Aimed at easing a long festering standoff, the interim pact between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia won the critical endorsement of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
PTI activists stop and search trucks in KP By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Nov 24: Police either watched quietly or looked the other way as activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf which heads the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hauled drivers and forcibly searched Nato supply trucks in different areas of the province on Sunday in protest against US drone strikes. The protesters held sit-ins and set up checkpoints in Peshawar, Kohat, Charsadda and Swabi, Nowshera and Dera Ismail Khan and checked customs documents listing the goods being transported to Afghanistan.
JI chief, allies assail govt’s pro-US policy By Hasan Mansoor KARACHI, Nov 24: With a barrage of accusations and scorn heaped on the ‘imperialist America’ and its ‘agents’ ruling Pakistan, leaders of three right-wing parties and a banned charity organisation vowed at a rally here on Sunday to continue their ‘peaceful protest’ against US drone attacks amid deafening chants by their cadres promising their support to the military and government if they shot down the unmanned planes. “We’ll support the government if it moves forward and declares a clear anti-drone policy, otherwise our jihad will continue and we’ll be protesting until the imperialistic programme is shut down,” Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawwar Hasan said while addressing the rally, and paused for a gulp of water.
Blast kills two troops in North Waziristan By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH, Nov 24: Two soldiers were killed and five injured in a roadside bomb explosion near Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency on Sunday while two explosive devices were defused in the same area. Officials said a military convoy was heading from Miramshah to Mirali town when the bomb exploded, killing two soldiers and leaving five others wounded.
N-plan’s progress halted: Obama By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: A few hours after the deal was clinched, US President Barack Obama told his nation his government had managed to “halt the progress of the Iranian nuclear programme”. “Today that diplomacy opened up a new path towards a world that is more secure — a future in which we can verify that Iran’s nuclear programme is peaceful and that it cannot build a nuclear weapon,” he said while presenting the deal as a major diplomatic achievement of his administration.
Altaf calls for unity against terrorists By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Nov 24: In a scathing attack on some political parties which have been holding sit-ins and demonstrations in protest against US drone attacks but have chosen to remain silent on the killing of innocent people in acts of terrorism, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has termed them “enemies of humanity” for condoning “ruthless terrorism”. He urged the government, patriotic political and religious parties and prominent persons of all schools of thought to distinguish between friends and enemies of humanity. “We have to unite against the beasts who are killing innocent people belonging to different schools of thought,” he said while speaking at an MQM meeting in London.
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