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Karachi weeps as fire zaps 289
* Smoke still rising from factory as rescue workers search for more bodies

* 65 workers suffer broken bones after jumping out of windows to save lives


KARACHI: More than 289 people perished in a horrific fire that destroyed a garments factory in Karachi on Tuesday.

Many people had been lining up to collect their paycheques,... Full Story
Pakistan itself invited UN working group, NA told
US envoy to Libya killed as world protests anti-Islam film

National
Raja calls for talks to resolve regional conflicts
Save the Children regrets expulsion order
Ephedrine scandal : SC grants pre-arrest bail to Shahab
42 killed as floods continue to lash Balochistan
Govt proposes setting up mobile, evening courts
Syrian rebels kill 18 soldiers as fresh bloodshed grips country
One killed, three injured in attack on Dasht AC
Rimsha family fears for life
Finance Ministry authority on POL prices, NA told
Pakistani Hindus flee to India claiming persecution
German envoy applauds role of BISP in poverty eradication
US hails Indo-Pak progress in Islamabad meeting
Malik Riaz announces cash aid for fire victims
Dual nationality case : SC seeks record of Malik’s fresh election as senator
Gilani tells son to appear before court
Horrors at ‘death trap’ Karachi factory
Families mourn as authorities pledge probe into factory fire
Baldia Town factory mishap a national tragedy: MQM chief
Malik says visit by UN delegation routine matter
Government committed to development in FATA: Zardari
Justice Iqbal twisted facts, advocated spy agencies: VBMP
Commission to probe media persons
UN team concerned about ephedrine smuggling, SC told
Fair election in FATA impossible without proper security
PM lauds Gordon Brown’s aim to spread education in Pakistan
SC requested to reject UN mission on missing persons
Five die in Karachi violence
Warsi expresses grief over deaths in factory fires
MIT takes over Cambridge in world university rankings

Islamabad
Volunteers are top polio drive hiccup
Overloaded buses endanger lives of twin cities’ commuters
Poor sanitary system vexes citizens
Non-availability of textbooks protested
Bhuttos preferred death over patch-up: minister
Students become frontrunners
Residents of twin cities raise their voice against sheesha smoking
Senator Raza Rabbani holds a portrait of Benazir Bhutto
Security concerns

    Editorial
EDITORIAL : The 9/11 lesson — recognition of necessity
COMMENT : Twisting ‘the ISI’s veritable arm’? — Dr Mohammad Taqi
ANALYSIS : Damned political parties — Harlan Ullman
VIEW : The 65-year old infant — V — D Asghar
VIEW : The Chilean 9/11: a forgotten tale — Farooq Yousaf
VIEW : Romney and the earth — J Shahzeb Khan
LETTERS:
KHALID’S CARTOON

Karachi
PML-F all set to take SA’s opposition benches
Authorities pledge inquiry into factory fire
MQM announces three-day mourning
Labour dept too responsible for factory fire: PPP
Baldia Town factory mishap a national tragedy: MQM chief
Hashmi for financial support to affected families
Chief Justice Sindh High Court takes notice of fire
KMC to bear burial expenses of victims
Arrest warrants issued for factory owners
SPLGO dilemma : SBC to observe strike in Sindh today
PML-Q opposes SBC’s strike call
‘Disputed SPLGO could hurt national interests’
Five killed in separate violent incidents in metropolis
Bodies of four more missing fishermen recovered
Karachi varsity signs MoU with Mauritius University
KU announces BA Part-I (External) exam result
PAF graduation ceremony

Lahore
Factory fires a ‘national tragedy’: CM
PML-Q moves adjournment motion on factory fire
LHC orders action against factory set up in residential area
Removal of General Hospital U-turn challenged
LHC seeks govt’s detailed reply over load shedding
Robbers arrested, valuables recovered
Court seeks reply on FJMC principal’s appointment
Rohtas 2 ‘encroached’ by ‘The Encroachment’
Words on the main plaque of Arfa Software Technology Park are missing
Out of necessity

Business
Facilitating investors : FBR issues CGT Rules on Securities’ Trading
NYSE GE appoints Sheikh CEO of GE Pakistan
SAARC region : Badar, Dar emphasise on closer cooperation
Waran Canal Irrigation System in KP
Misusing authority in awarding contract
IWCCI, Indian chamber sign MoU to intensify cooperation
Tehran chamber offers help to overcome energy shortage
Automobile industry in hot water
Auto industry reps refuse to attend MoI meeting
APDMA demands to ease policy for imported cars
Two-day Annual Wheat Planning meeting
Trading remains range-bound at cotton market
Seminar on EU funding under FP7
Pakistanis search over 8m queries on on Google daily
ICCI lashes out at Petroleum Ministry
Need to properly understand dangerous debt burden situation
KSE gains 64.46 pts on issuance of Rs 82bn TFCs
ISE rises 24 points
Dollar falls vs rupee
Euro rallies after German court verdict
Indian shares hit 7-month closing high
European chips close at 14-month high
Wall St gains after German court backs rescue fund
Asian markets up ahead of Fed meeting
India’s industrial output barely grows
Oil gains on eurozone bailout
Economists cut Singapore 2012-2013 GDP outlook
US economic data points to stronger start to Q3 growth
China aims to boost exports as eco slows
Platinum at 5-month high
Brazil inflation under control
New investment in renewable energy projects in Japan
Britain out of recession in Q3 but more QE coming

Region
UN nuclear agency board set to rebuke Iran: diplomats
China, Japan dig in heels as rhetoric escalates over islands
Indian cartoonist charged with sedition freed on bail
US urges Nepal to ‘do more’ to pursue war criminals
Hundreds protest against Myanmar mine
Nepal’s anti-monarchy bomber dies
China maintains silence on Xi; rumour mill in overdrive

Briefs
BUSINESS PERISCOPE : Mobilink, SCO ink MoU to initiate sharing
Bank Alfalah to launch student ISIC debit card
Best Corporate Report award on Oct 8
Jehanzeb Khan elected HCCI president
Zong offers LBC offer 24/7

Foreign
South Africa mine protests hit top world platinum firm
Jordanian king says Israel disrupted nuclear plans
Korean reunification ‘inevitable’: South president
Somalia’s new president survives Shabab assassination bid
Japan to abandon nuclear power by 2030s
Nigeria arrests 11 Boko Haram suspects, seizes guns and bombs
Sudanese flee conflict to grim life in South Sudan camps

    Sport
Afridi carries Pakistan hopes at World Twenty20: Hafeez
Windies wary of World T20 favourites tag
Squad delay gives Pietersen hope of recall
To boycott ICC awards ceremony is childish: Mani
Nasir wins POF Squash title
Cameron apologises for 1989 soccer stadium disaster
Golf : PGA blames Spanish politics for Andalucia Masters axe
Football : Bulgarian prosecutor investigates match-fixing claims
Andy Murray’s triumph the antithesis of British failure
Mike Tyson says he wants to ‘dance and sing’
Congolese Olympic, Paralympic delegates seek UK asylum
Tennis : Former world number one Ferrero to retire next month
London Marathon breaks charity fund-raising record
World Cup Qualifiers : Argentina snatch draw in Peru, Colombia win in Chile

Infotainment
Odd ways 9/11 changed the world – happy whales, sad babies
Porn producer to recall DVDs punning on Ben & Jerry’s flavours
Woman finds ex-boyfriend living in her attic
Fisherman survives 26hrs floating in fish crate
Elephants play truant from Copenhagen circus
Poetry compostions reveal layers of depth
Britain’s Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge,
Director Sam Keller
Gwyneth named best dressed woman
Suave SRK, sophisticated Saif together on TV!
‘Talaash’ trailer starring Aamir Khan, Kareena, Rani is intriguing
Paraguay’s lone film thrills Toronto festival
Ali Zafar steals limelight at Vogue Fashion Night Out in Delhi
Treat yourself to Cotton & Cotton’s luxury men’s apparel
Bollywood actors Priyanka Chopra (L) and Ranbir Kapoor (R) pull the arms of actress Madhuri Dixit
UN refugee agency’s special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie,
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