| Damning details?: 'Nato assault lasted two hours, pleas went unheard'
Agencies
 The alleged details of the Nato cross-border air strike on Pakistani military posts are more startling than the strikes themselves.
_______________________________________________ National/City Shamsi Airbase: Zardari turns down UAE request to review decision
Kamran Yousaf / Suhail Chaudhry
Pakistan, it seems, is not yet ready to let go and is still seething over the pre-dawn Nato air raid that killed 24 of its soldiers on Saturday. PPP warns Qureshi against censuring Zardari
Abdul Manan
Shah Mahmood Qureshi's announcement to join Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf is not the only thing that seems to have bothered his former party. Mumbai attacks: India names judicial panel for joint probe with Pakistan
Asad Kharal
Three years after the siege that rocked Mumbai, India has finally nominated a judicial commission to work with the Pakistan government to investigate the attacks on its financial capital. PTI sets its sights on prominent Karachi seats
Saba Imtiaz
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has deferred all talks of an electoral alliance for now, but the party is confident it will be able to give political parties a headache by challenging key constituencies, especially in Karachi. No more business as usual between Pakistan and US, says Gilani
Our Correspondents
Following the 'unprovoked' attack by NATO forces on Pakistani border checkposts, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani warned the United States, that their relations had gone south and that 'business as usual will not be there' now. PM recommends Abdul Sattar Edhi for Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Our Correspondnents
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has recommended renowned philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi for a nomination of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. May 2 raid: Abbottabad panel to quiz Haqqani on Dec 14
Our Correspondents
The inquiry commission on the May 2 US raid in Abbottabad will interview Pakistan's former ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani on December 14, officials said. Express 24/7 bows out amidst revenue drop
Shehzad Baloch
Pakistan's only 24-hour English news channel, Express 24/7, part of the Express Media Group (of which The Express Tribune is a sister organisation) bowed out on Monday night after three years of transmission. CEO Sultan Lakhani in an e-mail to 24/7 staffers said that the decision had been taken as despite the company's best efforts "we simply have not been able to make Express 24/7 self-sustaining from a financial and commercial standpoint."
_______________________________________________ Business Oil and gas exploration: UK asks Pakistan to resolve income tax issue
Shahbaz Rana
The United Kingdom (UK) on Monday urged Pakistan to resolve the longstanding issue of income tax on British oil and gas exploration companies, cautioning any further delay may hurt foreign investment in the country. KESC fails to keep promise, industrialists may resume protests
Farhan Zaheer
Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Mian Abrar Ahmed has announced that industrialists would resume their protest if the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) did not end the 12-hour power outages immediately.
_______________________________________________ Sports Blind cricket: Pakistan a safe country for cricket, says Indian captain
APP
India Blind cricket team captain Shekher Naik has termed Pakistan a safe country for staging international matches and has urged boards from across the world to send their teams to the country. Aisam no more: Bopanna to team up with Bhupathi in 2012
AFP
India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi have ended their successful tennis doubles partnership, which was hailed as a symbol of friendship between the rival nations.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style Seedlings: Taking root
Rafay Mehmood
This year has proved to be a good year for Pakistani cinema; from Bol to Bhai Log, viewers had the chance to experience different genres. A number of other films such as Rafina, Waar and Kaptaan are underway and one film that has a lot of expectation attached to it is Seedlings. The film is an initiative of the makers of Kolachi; a sci-fi film that shows Karachi's state after an apocalypse-like disaster hits the city. Art beyond boundaries: The Novaro touch
Saadia Qamar
As you walk into the Unicorn Gallery, remarkable glass sculptures catch your eye. The glass art exhibition, which commenced on November 24, continues till December 2. Founder of Unicorn Gallery Seemah Niaz spoke passionately about Novaro's work, "The work whether it is an ashtray or a sculpture in the shape of a fish, has been made by a glass blowing technique which Novaro learned 40 years ago."
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