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Govt bows to Lal Masjid mullahs
* Lal Masjid frees two abducted policemen, four of mullahs’ men to be released on Monday
* Ghazi says remaining two hostages will be freed after all arrested students are released

Staff Report


ISLAMABAD: The Lal Masjid administration on Saturday night freed two of the four policemen who were abducted on Friday in return for... Full Story
6 women among 9 officials kidnapped in Waziristan
Fresh clashes in Hyderabad
I won’t participate in PML-N APC: Benazir
Load-shedding to continue all year
Drinking farm milk may cut asthma risk

National
8 US soldiers killed in Iraq
3 German troops killed in Afghanistan
Bannu police seize ‘suicide jackets’
All FATA MPs will join Afghanistan peace jirga
New Gaza truce takes effect
PR to start e-ticketing from August
Sharia should reflect today’s needs, says UNGA chief
Govt doesn’t confirm or deny Nilofar resignation
Blair’s blind support of Iraq war major tragedy for world
No regrets about my part in Iraq invasion
CPJ condemns assault on Pakistan’s press
Bara tribesmen accuse Lashkar of running parallel government
Jirga to discuss ‘Talibanisation’ of Mohmand Agency today
‘Peshawar suicide attack Taliban’s revenge’
PPP will support Musharraf’s re-election: Sheikh Rashid
Musharraf cannot get re-elected unconstitutionally: PML-N
Parliamentarians to attend NATO session from 25th
Musharraf still in power but much weaker: Teresita Schaffer
Akhtar says he ordered blockade of Shahra-e-Faisal
MQM has no complaints against govt: CM
‘Diarchy major problem with local govt system’
Those sirens of yesteryears
DEO says DSP detained him over official vehicle
Lawyers’ strike continues for 58th day
Musharraf following Jinnah’s vision: Hunt
‘Terrorism bringing bad name to Islam’
Durrani tells police to protect industrialists
Civilian deaths threaten Afghan stability: Karzai
‘Comprehensive strategy needed to resolve ME crisis’
Christian couple re-united after converting to Islam
Tank curfew relaxed for 12 hours
Ethiopia says 1,000 insurgents killed in Mogadishu clashes
FBI, Pakistani agencies jointly probing insider-trading scam
Iran building first ‘indigenous’ nuclear power plant
NTS to give all entry tests in universities: gov
Imran fears CJP may not be reinstated
Thaheem briefs Musharraf on ‘conspiracies’
Romanians set to back reformist president in vote

Islamabad
24 cars stolen in twin cities in one week
‘Student’s murder was pre-planned’
14 hotels fined in Rawalpindi
Ministry reviews environment projects
Lawyers condemn attack
NA committee takes note of irregularities in housing societies
University singers perform at NUML
Faizabad-Rawal Dam road opens for traffic
OIC moot on population put off
Frequent power breakdowns
Partly cloudy weather forecast for twin cities
Insecurity keeps devotees away from Bari Imam Urs
Desperate remedies

    Editorial
Editorial: An “extra-constitutional” threat?
VIEW: Confrontation and political change —Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi
POSTCARD USA: Ironing our troubles away —Khalid Hasan
THE OTHER COLUMN: Collective (im)morality —Ejaz Haider
Book review: Janus-faced globalisation by Paul Freedman
PURPLE PATCH: Rationality and social life —Reinhold Niebuhr
LETTERS:
ZAHOOR'S CARTOON:

Karachi
Not Governor House | de novo
5/12: Court orders FIR against Sindh govt
Gov more loyal to the MQM than the province: Asfandyar
MQM displays its own May 12 ‘video’ clips
Power interruptions today
May 12 dialogue battle set for Fri
MQM has no complaints with govt: CM
No summer vacations... just exams for some students

Lahore
Moral police on the prowl in parks
Walter Fazal blasphemy case takes a new twist: Over 100 Muslims demand ‘fair investigation’
Light rain likely today
Ban on two-stroke rickshaws delayed
MTS decides to ban two-stroke rickshaws by 22nd
Senior police officers’ email addresses released
The beggar’s legacy
Making hay while the bulbs don’t shine
Just in case

Business
Design, cost review of KKH uplift project demanded
Overall external debt up 4.35% in nine months
Govt may increase minimum wage of labourers
Leather industry’s proposals for next budget: Duty-free imports sought
Cotton output target likely to be achieved
CRA concerned over rising prices of essential items
Bangladesh approves state airline privatisation
PVMA proposes 50% duty cut
Money market: Funds shortage to persist next week
High-priced imported tractors causing woes to farmers
World economy doing fine, say G8 powers
China door to widen for foreign travel agencies
Jordan urges easing of debt burden
Alcoa plans Alcan aerospace, auto sales
Japan plans regional body to revive firms
Ottawa rules out direct stake in Arctic pipeline
German construction sector agrees 3.5% wage rise
Beijing censors target housing billboards
G8 ‘concerned’ by high, volatile energy prices: draft statement
Bolivia plans to hike mining taxes to 50 percent
KSE review: Stock market consolidates despite political turmoil
US market review: Dow scales new peaks as merger mania persists
UAE announces $10 billion education fund
LONDON market review: Investors await results after record week
Airlines to emerge from bankruptcy
Japan plans regional body to revive firms
Crude oil prices mixed amid profit taking
MONEY market review: Dollar to gain further ground
‘Hedge funds drive markets’
COTTON market review: Prices decline amid rising imports
Commodities review: Commodities rattled by supply woes, strong US dollar

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Foreign
Muslim world views US negatively, Congress told
Don’t try to split EU, Barroso tells Russia
US House seeks tighter US-Israeli missile defences
Saudi Arabia, Morocco agree on anti-terror ties
Japanese activists protest extended Iraq mission
Immigration uproar: Bush rushes to patch up rift with allies
Military lawyer jailed six months for Gitmo leak
Pregnant women set world record
Dubai ruler sets up $10 billion Arab education fund
Miracle of evolution fights for survival in Death Valley
R E G I O N: ‘No country can be wiped off map’
Army census in Kashmir villages causes panic
Fighting in northern Sri Lanka kills 3
Serial killer leaves another headless torso at Delhi jail
Iran-EU nuclear talks likely in Spain this month
Bride turns down ‘dark’ Indian groom
Bangladesh making digital voter list
Family of five hacked to death in Sri Lanka feud
Militants kidnap 3 Indian oil workers in Nigeria
Iran’s voice at the UN speaks with an American accent

    Sport
Afridi blitz leads Pakistan to victory over Sri Lanka
West Indies save follow-on against England
Beijing seeks African linguists
Tendulkar, Ganguly make tons on rain-hit day
Flintoff to play for Lancashire
A view from midwicket: Inzamam’s fall from grace
Former captain hits back at probe committee report: I never behaved in dictatorial manner, says Inzamam
Kuwait Open Tennis Championship: Aisam qualifies for semi-finals
Mexico defender Carmona gets life ban
Schnyder sends Serena crashing out of Italian Open
Federer and Nadal through to Hamburg semi-finals
British club lifts WWI ban on Germans
Global soccer appeal to help find missing girl
AFC chief issues legal warning on Manchester United row
Ochoa surges into tie with Lee for Sybase lead

Infotainment
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Karan Johar At New Store
Life in a Metro
Jessica Simpson
Nude car wash gets police all-clear
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Latin American jewel thieves active in US
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