Hum sub Pakistani: 12/03/11

Today's Headlines

December 04, 2011

Memogate: Court's commission falters but PM braces for fire
Abdul Manan / Qaiser Zulfiqar

As the embattled government's chief executive placed himself squarely in the line of potential fire, the memogate offensive appeared to falter on its own, with the chief justice's nominee refusing to head the commission to probe the scandal.
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National/City reports

Haqqani changed BlackBerry handsets thrice to cover tracks: Mansoor Ijaz
News Desk
Writing for the popular American magazine, Newsweek (over his much preferred Financial Times) Mansoor Ijaz has claimed that Husain Haqqani had changed his BlackBerry handset and pin code three times since May to cover up his involvement in the Memogate scandal.

Neither Pakistan, nor any other govt informed of OBL raid in advance: White House
Huma Imtiaz
US has refuted claims by Pakistani-American businessman, Mansoor Ijaz that Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari, and former Ambassador Husain Haqqani had advance knowledge of a covert raid deep into Pakistan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.

JI eyeing alliance with Imran's party: Baloch
Umer Farooq
Amidst growing popularity of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, a right-wing party has said that it may form an alliance with the party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.

SC notices: Will the president, military respond?
Faisal Shakeel
President Asif Ali Zardari has not yet made up his mind on filing a reply to the Supreme Court in the memogate case, Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq told The Express Tribune.
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Business

Weekly Review: Bourse drops amid tension after Nato bombings
Our Correspondent
Local investors remained cautious while foreigners offloaded stocks as tensions between Pakistan and the US reached a new peak following the Nato attack on a Pakistani checkpost.

Election year: Provinces see budget surplus slashed by 600%
Shahbaz Rana
Balancing the budget deficit could becoming a tough task for the centre this year as provinces have failed to keep expenses in check and are far behind in the projected level of savings. The fact that this is election year could have been a factor behind the 600% drop in the combined budget surplus of all four provinces at the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year.
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Sports

2nd ODI: In 6th heaven
AFP
Ruthless Pakistan handed Bangladesh a 76-run drubbing in the second One-Day International (ODI) to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Falling flat at the first hurdle
Our Correspondent
Pakistan failed to hold on to their early lead and suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of Great Britain in their Champions Trophy opener yesterday.
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Life & Style

Veena bares all and then tries to cover up
Saadia Qamar
Controversy queen Veena Malik is making the headlines once again with her nude photograph on the cover page of Indian magazine FHM's December edition, that was revealed on December 2. To top it all off Malik, who is posing nude, has an Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) tattoo on her bare arm.

'Evergreen' actor Dev Anand dies in London
IANS
Evergreen star Dev Anand, one of the icons of Indian cinema, died Sunday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest in London. He was 88.
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Magazine

No you can't
Sher Khan
Inside a small courtroom in the Californian city of Santa Ana, Palestinian-American Shaheen Nassar and his 10 friends stood tall as a six-man jury found them guilty of conspiracy.

10 things I hate about ET blogs
Hammad Ali
They think they're actually making a significant difference in the world. No, they are not. Hugh Hefner thinks he's advocating for women's rights. If he is, then I'm signing up for women's rights as well. So no, your 300-word post on African kids makes no difference to them.
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