| Afghan conference boycott: No Bonn voyage for Pakistan
Abdul Manan
If the Afghan endgame is a chessboard, Pakistan is believed to be the queen; the game can't be played without this crucial piece.
_______________________________________________ National/City US preparing to vacate Shamsi air base
Reuters
The United States (US) is preparing to accede to Pakistani demands that it vacate a remote air base in Pakistan used for drone flights, but the move is not expected to have a significant impact on operations against militants, US government sources said late on Tuesday. Clinton hopes for Pakistan cooperation despite Bonn boycott
Reuters
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she regretted Pakistan's decision to boycott next week's international conference on Afghanistan but hoped to secure Islamabad's cooperation in future. 'NATO lured by Taliban into raid'
News Desk
Nato forces may have been lured into attacking Pakistani outposts in a calculated manoeuvre by the Taliban, according to preliminary US military reports on the deadliest friendly fire incident with Pakistan since the Afghanistan war began, The Associated Press reported. 'Unprovoked': DGMO gives details of aerial assault
Quatrina Hosain
The Nato attack on two military check posts in the Mohmand Agency early Saturday morning was an "unprovoked act of blatant aggression," said the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Major General Ishfaq Nadeem on Tuesday, adding that all options remained open to the government and the military. "The final decision rests with the prime minister.We are considering a range of options," he told journalists at a briefing, adding that the military will have its input into the decisions taken. A review of the incident is under way at the GHQ, he said. UN Human Development Report: Pakistan slips down development rankings
Shahbaz Rana
Pakistan has slipped into the low human development group of countries as almost half of the country's population is deprived of basic education and health facilities, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. BBC taken off air in Pakistan by cable operators
Our Correspondents
Popular British news channel, BBC World News was taken off air by a number of Pakistani cable television operators late on Tuesday after proclaiming to 'ban' the channel for airing anti-Pakistan programming following a NATO air strike on a Pakistani border check post that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. UN climate summit: Pakistan tops climate-risk index
Farrukh Zaman
Pakistan has been ranked as number one on a list of countries hit worst by weather extremes in 2010 by Germanwatch, a climate and development organisation. The index, which ranks countries affected over the last twenty years by weather extremes such as flooding and storms, was announced during an address at the United Nations Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa.
_______________________________________________ Business Reko Diq project: Tethyan Copper files for international arbitration
Our Correspondents
Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) has filed for international arbitration on Tuesday to protect its legal rights after Balochistan rejected its mining lease application. Market Watch: Bourse ends flat in dull session
Our Correspondents
The stock market closed flat on Tuesday although intraday losses were recovered as investors bought heavyweight Oil and Gas Development Company at lower levels.
_______________________________________________ Sports Only Twenty20: Spinners carve out 50-run win
AFP
A resurgent Pakistan continued their winning run to defeat Bangladesh by 50 runs in the only Twenty20 international in Dhaka after having been bowled out for their lowest total against Bangladesh. Army asked to help with boxing event
Our Correspondents
The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) will hold meetings with government and army officials in a bid to ensure tight security arrangements for the 2nd Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Championship scheduled to take place in Islamabad next month.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style Poor Rich Boy band: Get rich or die trying
Sher Khan
'Alice' could be about the friendship between America and Pakistan, a page from a book or even Alice from Alice in Wonderland. It really depends on how you interpret it," exclaims Omer Khan, one of the vocalists of Poor Rich Boy. R for recycling: I spy something useful
Taneeya Hasan
Necessity is the mother of invention' is one of the most cliched, oft repeated and freely abused adage since Methuselah's birth. However, as much as you want to roll your eyes back in your head and bawl at the repetitiveness of common home remedies, some of the eccentric, contemporary ones actually manage to make you put aside your mockery and consider the value of 'useless' things lying around in your home.
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