DINA for the issue of November 27, 2013

	November 27, 2013 | Muharram 22, 1435
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PM launches major N-power project By Hasan Mansoor KARACHI, Nov 26: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed on Tuesday the groundbreaking of the country’s largest nuclear power plant and announced that six similar projects were in the pipeline which would make N-energy the key source of power and ultimate panacea for the power crisis.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks Down 179.59 Points: KARACHI, November 26: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 23798.70, down 179.59 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, November 26: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 109.35 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Three Afghan Taliban leaders freed By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The government on Tuesday set free three more senior Taliban leaders to prop up the Afghan reconciliation process. The release of the three Afghan Taliban leaders came almost a week after a High Peace Council delegation, led by Salahuddin Rabbani, visited Islamabad for discussion on the peace initiative.
Obama seeks to delay new sanctions against Iran By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Nov 26: The Obama administration is urging Congress to hold off for another six months their plan to introduce new sanctions against Iran, US officials said on Tuesday. As his aides reached out to senior congressional leaders for delaying the sanctions, President Barack Obama told his nation that now was the time to pursue diplomacy over conflict.
Pakistan, Iran planning fresh talks on pipeline By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: After weeks of uncertainty, the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project got a fresh impetus on Tuesday when the two countries agreed to expedite negotiations on gas price and formulate a fresh implementation schedule. A government official told Dawn that a technical delegation of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources and the Interstate Gas Company (ISGC) would visit Tehran to hold talks with the Iranian government and Tadbir Energy Gaspar, the project contractor, soon after the return of Prime Minister’s Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, who is currently in Iran to attend a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the 10-member Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO).
SC orders production of 35 undeclared detainees By Wajih Ahmad Sheikh LAHORE, Nov 26: A visibly annoyed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has warned the defence minister (the post is held by the prime minister) and the defence secretary to either produce on Thursday 35 undeclared detainees taken away by the army authorities from an internment centre or face consequences. The chief justice issued the warning after the defence authorities failed to produce them and sought more time.
Khattak seeks immediate meeting with Sharif By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Nov 26: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has sought an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the growing concern and anger among the people of the province over the recent US drone attack in Hangu. The chief minister said that there was already serious resentment over the ‘unbridled’ US drone attacks in Fata and the strike in Hangu had further inflamed the situation.
Military officials fall under Army Act, MI tells SC By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The Military Intelligence (MI), one of the premier intelligence agencies of the country, reiterated its stand before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in the Tasif Ali missing person case that the military personnel involved in any offence should be tried under the Pakistan Army Act, 1952. The MI Directorate had pleaded before the court on June 11 that an army official and a subject of the Army Act should not be investigated or inquired into by police or even by the Supreme Court.
Zardari to be indicted in four cases on Dec 9 By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: An accountability court here fixed Dec 9 as the date for indicting former president Asif Ali Zardari in four corruption references. But the judge, Mohammad Bashir, directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to provide copies of the Cotecna reference to Advocate Farooq H. Naek, the counsel of Mr Zardari, after which the court would indict him in another reference.
Saudi Arabia beheads Pakistani for drug trafficking RIYADH, Nov 26: Saudi authorities beheaded on Tuesday a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs to the kingdom, the interior ministry said. The man was found guilty of attempting to smuggle an undisclosed amount of heroin that he had swallowed, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
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