DINA for the issue of February 27, 2014

	February 27, 2014 | Rabi-ul-Saani 26, 1435
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Terrorism source to be hit under new security policy By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: Announcing only a gist of a new national security policy in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the government had decided, in “a basic policy shift”, to target the source of terrorism in response to acts of militant violence anywhere in the country.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 7.63 Points: KARACHI, February 26 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 25551.98, down 7.63 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, February 26 : The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 105.75 to the US Dollar in the open market.
PM, top brass in huddle over operation By Baqir Sajjad Syed and Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and other top security aides on Wednesday for a review of air strikes against suspected militant targets in tribal areas. The meeting took place on the day Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar shared with the National Assembly outlines of the national security policy amid media reports that the army had been given an executive go-ahead for a full-scale operation to wipe out terrorist sanctuaries.
Kidnapped Levies men, polio worker set free By Our Staff Correspondent QUETTA: A polio worker and three Levies personnel, who were kidnapped two days ago in Awaran district, were released on Wednesday. Official sources said: “The three Levies personnel and the polio worker reached home in the evening.”
SC rejects plea for MI officer’s trial under army act By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court turned down on Wednesday a defence ministry’s request to allow prosecution under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952 of a serving military officer accused of having been involved in the enforced disappearance of one Tasif Ali. Instead, a two-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk ordered the Punjab police to continue its investigation against accused Major Mohammad Ali Ahsan.
Afghan Taliban have little chance of returning to power: ex-secretary By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Former foreign secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan fears that some in Pakistani establishment could still be harbouring the misplaced hope of seeing Taliban return to power in Kabul and warns against exaggerating apprehensions of growing Indian influence in Afghanistan. Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies, he said there could still be temptations of the option of “strategic depth” for countering Indian ingress in Afghanistan.
Mandatory for Pakistan to complete pipeline: Iran TEHRAN: Iran’s oil ministry said on Wednesday that Pakistan is contractually obliged to complete a major pipeline project which would allow Tehran to export gas to its neighbour. “Iran has carried out its commitments... and expects the Pakistani side to honour its own,” the deputy oil minister, Ali Majedi, said in a statement.
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