DINA for the issue of December 2, 2013

	December 2, 2013 | Muharram 27, 1435
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Iran seeks to allay Gulf states’ fears over N-deal KUWAIT CITY, Dec 1: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif assured Gulf Arab states on Sunday his country’s nuclear deal with the West is in their interest and also announced plans to visit Saudi Arabia.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
Kidnapped doctor returns home By Saleem Shahid QUETTA, Dec 1: Senior cardiologist Dr Abdul Munaf Tareen, who was kidnapped from here about two and a half months ago, has been freed. The kidnappers dropped him near a petrol station in the Uthal area of Lasbela, police said on Sunday.
Move to review 18th Amendment By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, Dec 1: Not satisfied with some provisions of the 18th Amendment, the government and opposition parties are getting in touch to revive the parliamentary committee which had worked out proposals to amend the constitution. Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah discussed with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday possibilities of reviving the committee and setting its terms of reference.
NY train derails; four killed, 63 injured NEW YORK, Dec 1: A suburban New York train derailed on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring 63, including 11 critically, when all seven cars of a Metro-North train ran off the tracks on a curved section of the line, officials said. The crash happened at 7:20am (1220 GMT) about 100 metres north of Metro North’s Spuyten Duyvil station in the city’s Bronx borough, said Metro North spokesman Aaron Donovan.
MQM confirms Mustafa Kamal was asked to quit Senate By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque KARACHI, Dec 1: The unexplained absence of Syed Mustafa Kamal from the country and the MQM headquarters in Karachi has prompted his party to ask him to quit his Senate seat, it emerged here on Sunday. The former Karachi nazim, who got elected to the upper house of parliament in 2011, left the country in mid-August this year. His whereabouts have since been unknown and he remained in touch with some senior MQM leaders through internet/email. It is learnt that he did not call even Altaf Hussain over the last three months.
Controversy over Irsa membership deepens By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The positions of members of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) have become a contentious issue between the federal and provincial governments and may land in court for adjudication over the next couple of days. The ministry of water and power has asked the four provinces and Wapda to recommend one candidate each so that one of them could be nominated and sent to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for appointment as member (federal) of Irsa — a five-member constitutional forum for regulation and sharing of water among the provinces.
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