Headings 17 August 2009
1. PMLN Quaid Nawaz Sharif urged Washington to support Pakistan ’s efforts to finalise a Free Trade Agreement with the US . The News.
2. Distancing from Nawaz Sharif to hamper US interests says US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke.Nation.
3. PMLN Sindh leaders say Musharraf must face the law for his crimes.N.Waqt.
4. PMLN NWFP women wing leader Shazia Aurang Zeb says Musharraf can’t dare return to
Pakistan . Frontier Post.
Rest of Pakistan:
5. BJP leader Jaswant Singh admits Jinnah great Indian, blames Nehru for partition.N.Waqt.
6. Pak militants plotting new attacks in India: Manmohan Singh.Nation.
7. Pakistan Ulema Council, announced 3-day mourning on Ali Sher Hyderi’s killing.TN.
8. Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed demands repeal of NRO.Khabrain.
9. ‘Lawyers gave dictatorship a decisive blow’.Daily Times.
10. PML-Q dissidents summon general council meeting.Jang.
11. Senator Kamil Ali Agha new PML-Q information secy.N.Waqt.
12. ANP wants federal govt to eliminate terrorists in Fata.Khabrain.
13. Extremists threaten Sheikhupura Christian moot.Daily Times.
14. PML-Q rebel leader Humayun Akhtar Khan denies link with sugar mills owned by brothers.Nation.
15. Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman says JUI-F favours repeal of 17th Amend.N.Waqt.
16. Flash floods kill 15 in Mardan, Swabi.Jang.
17. Former PM Shaukat Aziz says no hand in Musharraf’s crimes.The Post.
18. US not to hinder Musharraf’s trial.Khabrain.
19. Decision over LG system: Listen to nazims’ viewpoint: MQM(A).Daily Times.
Government:
20. President Asif Ali Zardari meets PPP think tank and discussed issues of national and party interest.Jang.
21. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif sings for children.Daily Times.
22. Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah orders action against hoarders .N.Waqt.
23. Intelligence agencies reports warn of possible TTP retaliation.Daily Times.
24. Punjab to enroll all school going children by 2011.N.Waqt.
Law & Order:
25. Allama Sher Ali, chief of banned outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba, aide dead in Khairpur firing.N.Waqt.
26. Benazir’s ex-adviser Naveed Malik arrested in fraud case.Nation.
27. Islamabad Police going slow on FIR against Musharraf.Jang.
28. Electricity tower destroyed in Balochistan.N.Waqt.
29. Two newsmen kidnapped in Wana .The Post.
30. Baitullah Mehsud’s men kill 17 rival militants in SWA, Three killed, 25 hurt in NWA firing.Jang.
31. 6 killed in separate incidents, 3 MQM(A) activists injured in firing in Karachi.Daily Times.
32. 17 held after rocket attack in Kohat.The News.
33. 18 bodies of suspected militants recovered in Swat, Two dead in suicide attack .N..Waqt.
34. Beauty parlors threatened in Mansehra.The News.
Business:
35. 800,000 sugar bags seized in crackdown on hoarders.The News.
36. Govt to import another 100,000 tons of sugar.Nation.
37. Govt consulting foreign banks on hedging of POL price.The News.
38. Lithium development could cost
Bolivia ’s Salar de Uyuni, $800m.The Post.
39. Sindh Govt asks traders to sell sugar at Rs50/kg.Nation.
40. Doha deal could boost world GDP $300-700b.Frontier Post.
41. NLC to supply sugar to Utility Stores.The News.
42. Utility Stores to provide sugar at Rs 38.The Post.
43. 1,200 new cars in Beijing every day.Frontier Post.
44. FBR to detect sales tax evasion by sugar tycoons.Jang.
World:
45. Turkey seeks support for Kurd peace deal.The News.
46. Afghan pre-vote strike kills 30 Taliban.Daily Times.
47. Iran plans women ministers in cabinet.The Post.
48. US to fight Taliban with FM radio, cell phones.Daily Times.
49. Nato,
Russia joins forces in hunt for missing ship.The Post.
50. North Korea makes nuclear threat over US, South Korean military drills.Dawn.
