2.       Nawaz Sharif met Osama five times: Khwaja.Nation.

3.       PMLN MNA Ahsan Iqbal PML-N denies Nawaz-Laden meetings.Nation.

4.       PMLN senior leader Javed Hashmi urges government to regularize the contractual employees of NHA. Khabrain.

5.       PML-N NWFP Chapter seeks referendum on NWFP renaming.The News.

Rest of Pakistan :            

6.      US Drone strike kills 10 Taliban in NWA.Jang.

7.       Pak nukes safe from terrorists, says US.The Post.

8.       US to respond to attack on its citizens, warns Mullen.Jang.

9..      Indian PM to meet top intelligence officials on 21st.Daily Times.

10.   Now India ’s turn to expand its embassy.Nation.

11.   16 staffers quit to protest Arif Nizami’s exit.The News.

12.   Appointment of new EC secretary by PM raises objections.Daily Times.

13.   Jamil Bugti moves BHC against Musharraf; says his petition a challenge for independent judiciary.Daily Times.

14.   Musharraf to meet Obama in October.The News.

15.  Qadianis should be allowed to preach: Altaf .Daily Times.

Government:                                                

16.   President Asif Ali Zardari says 17th Amendment decision likely this parliamentary year.Daily Times.

17.  President Zardari spent 94/365 days out of country. Daily Times.

18.   Was Midnight Jackal offered IB chief’s post by president?.The News.

19.   Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani says Taliban ‘enemy of Islam.Khabrain.

20.   Cabinet to approve declaration of war to prevent new Kargils.The News.

21.   Water and Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf rejects purchase of flat in London.The News.

22.  Administrators will replace nazims on Oct 17.Daily Times.

23.  No cantonment in Kohlu: ISPR.N.Waqt.

24.  Pak-Afghan border crossing at Chaman sealed.Jang..

Law & Order:

25.   30 militants killed in Bara, Orakzai Agency.Daily Times.

26.   Four schoolchildren killed in Orakzai.The News.

27.   Father of NWFP minister injured, guard killed.Khabrain.

28.   46 terrorists nabbed from Islamabad Madaris.The News.

29.   NATO tankers attacked in Quetta , Peshawar.N.Waqt.

30.   FC seizes explosives from Balochistan University hostel.Daily Times.

31.  Gunmen abduct Greek man from Chitral.Daily Times.

32.   Troops arrest 35 Taliban from various areas of Swat.N.Waqt.

Business: 

33.   KSE 100-Index down by 114.30 points and closed at 8,821.56 points.Jang.

34.   PSMA rules out selling sugar at Rs 40 per kg.Daily Times.

35.   Rs 2 bn Malakand development package soon.Jang.

36.   Pakistan Railway to run six special trains on Eid.The Post.

37.   Federal govt to charge 100% sugar price as penalty.The News.

38.  Traders seek duty free import of machinery.The Post

39.   Nepal seeks $1bn loan from China.Dawn.

World:            

40.   Afghan president Hamid Karzai passes key 50% mark in Afghan vote.Daily Times.

41.  India questions detained UAE Air Force crew.Dawn.

42.   4 US, 10 Afghan soldiers killed in Kunar province of Afghanistan.Nation .

43.   US defence secretary Robert Gates says Arabs must strengthen military relations with US.The News.

44.   Iran shuts down office of defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi.The Post.

45.     Israel accused of trafficking Palestinians organs.Nation.

46.   Suicide bomb blast kills 3 at Kabul airport.The News.

47.  UAE denies $40b nuclear contract award imminent.Nation.

48.   Latin America moves to reduce reliance on US weapons, plans to buy French fighter jets.Dawn.

49.   More sanctions on Iran will be counterproductive: China.The News.

50.   Russia denies cargo ship seized by pirates had missiles for Iran.The Post.

51.   US ship eyes risk of missile war.The News.