Dina for the issue of February 26, 2014

	February 26, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Saani 25, 1435
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Production of seven missing persons in court ordered By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday to produce before the court on March 4 seven of 35 missing persons in the same manner in which an equal number of missing persons had been produced before the court on Dec 7, 2013.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 214.20 Points: KARACHI, February 25 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 25559.61, down 214.20 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, February 25 : The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 105.75 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Cabinet approves national security policy By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet approved on Tuesday the much-awaited and talked-about national security policy. However, on the insistence of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan the sitting agreed to formally unveil the policy document in the National Assembly on Wednesday (today) instead of announcing it through the media.
30 reported dead in fresh attacks on hideouts By Baqir Sajjad Syed and Sailab Mahsud ISLAMABAD/LADHA: The military on Tuesday launched fresh strikes against Taliban hideouts in South and North Waziristan in which, according to security officials, 30 militants were killed. “Thirty terrorists were killed in early morning air strikes on Taliban hideouts in Prayghar and Razan Nala areas of Pasht Ziarat in Shawal Valley. Simultaneous strikes were carried out also in Ghariom village,” a military spokesman said, adding that a number of hideouts were destroyed.
Shift in Syria policy denied; opposition unconvinced By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: The government vehemently denied in the National Assembly on Tuesday making a policy shift over the Syrian crisis from neutrality to a pro-rebel tilt, but could hardly convince its opponents, who piled more blame on it for following what they saw as a dubious foreign policy. Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister’s adviser on national security and foreign affairs, read out a prepared statement to reject what he called a “totally baseless and misleading” impression given in the house on Monday by some opposition lawmakers, some of whom saw signs of a policy about-turn after a visit to Pakistan last week by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.
Stopping trucks taking goods to Afghanistan illegal: PHC By Waseem Ahmad Shah PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court ruled on Tuesday that a campaign by activists of PTI and its allied parties to stop and check trucks and containers taking goods to Afghanistan was illegal and unconstitutional. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Malik Manzoor Hussain issued the verdict on a petition of Haji Lal Mohammad, a trader who had sought an order against the checking of trucks and containers loaded with goods by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf activists.
Conference urges govt, Taliban to adopt path of peace By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: Representatives of 28 Muslim and non-Muslim organisations and political parties, who attended a conference on Tuesday, appealed to Taliban to stop suicide attacks and urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to hold talks with extremist groups which stood for reconciliation and peace in the country. The conference organised by Pakistan Ulema Council chief Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi issued a joint statement which said any initiative aimed at bringing about reconciliation should be within the parameters of the Constitution.
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