Top Stories & Columns - 19 April 2011

Here are some "Top Stories" of the day.

Mohmand Operation - Dead bodies of 30 alleged militants buried by Tribals (Daily EXPRESS)

SC may summon PM if Govt Lawyers dont show up (Daily The News)

A PIA Boss getting Millions for Doing "Nothing" (Daily The News)

Gunfire in "Locked Down" Syrian City (Aljazeera English)

Pentagon Clears McChrystal for Wrongdoings (Aljazeera English)

Pak (financial) Team Returning Without Money (from IMF talks) - (Daily DAWN)

Rehman Malik Running Spy Agency in Britain? - (Daily DAWN)

villagers Live in Fear of a Crop (with Explosve-laden Vehicles - (Daily DAWN))

FIA Official fired to woo PML 'Q' - (Daily DAWN)

Wall Street shares slump as S&P downgrades US debt outlook (Guardian, UK)

Here are some good Newspaper columns of the day. 

Beggers (A tale of Corrupt Ruler's lust) - By Javed Chaudhry (Daily EXPRESS)

Dealing with Disaster - By Naseer Memon (DAWN)

The Endgames of the British Empire - By Madeleine Bunting (DAWN, Guardian)

Libya's rebels (in Misurata) learned in a Hurry - By CHARLES LEVINSON (Wall Street Journal)

Tehran supports the Arab spring ... but not in Syria - By Saeed Kamali Dehghan (Guardian, UK)

Talks on U.S. Presence in Afghanistan After Pullout Unnerve Region - By ROD NORDLAND (New York Times)

In besieged Misurata (Libyan city), nowhere to run - By Leila Fadel (Washington Post)

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