Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
The Nation in print for Saturday, April 11, 2009
Front Page
Grand committee to suggest proposals
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly has authorised the Speaker of the House to constitute an All Parties Special Committee of the Parliament to suggest recommendations for repealing the controversial amendments, including 17th amendment, from the Constitution in the light of the Charter of Democracy ...
Spat as Pakistanis quizzed in UK probe
LONDON - The scandalous exploitation of Britains lax student visas rules by a suspected Al-Qaeda cell erupted into a huge ...
More riots as strike paralyses Balochistan
QUETTA - Provincial capital Quetta and other districts of Balochistan on Friday remained in a state of shock and mourning on ...
International
Thai protesters break Asian summit cordon
PATTAYA, Thailand, (AFP) - Thai protesters laid siege to a summit of Asian leaders Friday, clashing with security forces and ...
Five US troops killed in Iraq truck bombing
MOSUL (AFP) - Five US troops were killed on Friday in the deadliest attack on American forces in Iraq for more than a year when a ...
Shoe flies again, this time at Congress MP Jindal
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Its raining shoes on Indian politicians as they approach people for votes this summer. After Home Minister ...
US urges Iran to suspend nuclear activities
WASHINGTON - The United States has called on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme and related activities, saying ...
No more secret prisons: CIA
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta has announced that the spy agency is closing the secret overseas prisons where al-Qaeda ...
Uproar over 'news story' ad on front page of LA Times
WASHINGTON (AFP) - An advertisement dressed up as a news story on the front page of the Los Angeles Times has reporters at the ...
US hostage captain makes failed break for freedom
MOGADISHU (AFP) - An American captain held on a lifeboat by Somali pirates dived into the sea Friday in a dramatic break for ...
'Hezbollah not plotting to destabilise Egypt'
BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah confirmed on Friday that a man Egypt is holding on suspicion of planning attacks ...
Christians flock to Jerusalem for Good Friday
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Thousands of Christians from around the world poured into the Holy City of Jerusalem under sunny skies on ...
Pakistani tribals more clear on US actions than elites: American columnists
WASHINGTON - A prominent American columnist says that a group of young tribal leaders, who met the two top Obama administration ...
Business
Trade deficit down 12.51pc to $12.71b in nine months
ISLAMABAD - The trade deficit went down by 12.51 per cent in first nine months (July-March) of the current financial year as ...
CPI-based inflation up 19.07 per cent in March
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Consumers Price Indicator (CPI), Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) and Wholesale Price Indicator (WPI) in ...
Cellular company may face license suspension
LAHORE - The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has cautioned the Ufone Company, a part of Etisalat Group, to pay annual ...
Govt urged to cut GST on IT products
ISLAMABAD - President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Mian Shaukat Masud has urged the government to reduce ...
Govt to compensate Mangla Dam raising project affectees: Ashraf
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday said that any impediment relating to affectees of ...
Pak rice 20 pc share in Saudi market restored
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan has received big orders for rice exports, which is expected to restore its 20pc share in the Saudi ...
KSE gains 322 points on intense buying, crosses 7,500 level
KARACHI - Intense buying was witnessed at the Karachi Stock Exchange on Friday as the KSE-100 index gained 322 points or 4.41 per ...
PTA busts illegal gateway exchange
LAHORE - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has claimed that a team of PTA alongwith FIA has busted an illegal international ...
Textiles - a deeper look at the real problems
Heavy defaults on the Pakistani textile sector are on the cards owing to various factors (global and domestic) that are adversely ...
Pakistan needs $110b private sector investment in 5 years
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is in need of substantial private sector investment requiring approximately US$ 110 billion over the next ...
Politics
Most of embassies, private schools remain closed
ISLAMABAD - Owing to threats of terror acts, a number of private elite schools, multinational companies offices and foreign ...
Taliban retreat from Buner after talks
PESHAWAR - After successful negotiations with traditional jirga, Taliban militants Friday returned from Buner district to ...
'India involved in attack on Lankan team'
Lahore - Capital City Police Officer Lahore Pervez Rathore has said that India was involved in the terrorist attacks on Sri ...
Pak, Iran, Afghan officials hold talks
ISLAMABAD (APP) - In pursuance of the decision taken by the leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran at their trilateral meeting ...
BNP ministers tender resignation
QUETTA - Balochistan National Party (BNP-Awami) ministers in Balochistan government have handed over their resignations to party ...
Muslims 'sidelined' in Indian politics: Imam Bukhari
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Imam at Indias largest mosque delivered a stinging attack against the countrys major parties Friday, less ...
Afghan battles kill 6 cops, 32 Taliban
KANDAHAR (AFP) - Taliban attackers killed six policemen in southern Afghanistan Friday, the government said, as the US military ...
Karzai slams US-led coalition
ALI DAYA (AFP) - An Afghan army colonel whose wife and children died in a US-led raid demanded action against the troops ...
Miliband, Qureshi discuss anti-terror raid
ISLAMABAD - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband telephoned Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed matters ...
Pak aid pales next to US bailouts
WASHINGTON-Pakistans Ambassador to the United States has warned against Congressional moves to attach a series of 'intrusive ...
Govt, TNSM agree to keep Swat deal intact
MINGORA (Agencies) - The members of the provincial task force on Swat and representatives of the ...
'N' workers oppose alliance at Centre
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif held a voting session on Friday to seek the opinion of party workers about PML-N ...
Attack destroys 6 Nato tankers
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Suspected Taliban militants planted a bomb on the outskirts of Peshawar that destroyed six tankers supplying ...
Entertainment
Chariot lets amputees 'stand tall and walk'
AMPUTEES and people with difficulty standing could soon move using a 'wearable transportation device that gives the effect of ...
Flo Rida reveals mobile No on air
RAPPER Flo Rida has stunned fans by revealing his mobile phone number during a live television interview. The star, real name ...
Kelly Brook not in Britain Got Talent
HOLLYWOOD actress Kelly Brook, who did an incredible vanishing act just a week after she appeared on ITVS 'Britain Got Talent ...
Food Fest: The landscape art that's good enough to eat
RESEMBLING a scene from the Lord of the Rings, this mystical image looks like an oil painting. But on closer inspection, with ...
Japan's emperor, empress mark 50th wedding anniversary
TOKYO (AFP) - Japans Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Friday as the media hailed ...
Last egg collected by Darwin rediscovered
AN egg collected by Charles Darwin during his voyage on HMS Beagle has been rediscovered at Cambridge University. The small dark ...
Man pretends to be girl to win beauty contest
THE Internet today is full of fake and trash. One of the latest incidents showed that net surfers can only believe what they see. ...
Sports
Pakistan to weave spin trap for Aussies
LAHORE - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has planned a spin trap for the world number one team Australia in the coming five-match ...
Camp for Australia series begins
LAHORE - A three-day training camp of the Pakistan cricket team began Friday at the Gaddafi Stadium for the one-day series ...
Pakistan to face India in Azlan Shah Cup today
LAHORE - A win against Egypt has brought back Pakistan into contention and for a place in the knock out stage of the Azlan Shah ...
Team coach promises 50 young players
LAHORE - Former Olympian and national team coach Naveed Alam has promised to give the country 40 to 50 young players in the ...
30 women players for World Twenty20 named
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board Women Wing Friday announced a 30-member provisional women players for the ICC World Twenty 20 ...
Inzamam slams PCB's U-turn on ICL players
LAHORE - Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board for its changing attitude to the eligibility of ...
India could lose World Cup hosting rights
KARACHI - Malaysia which hosted 1975 Hockey World Cup is ready to take over the hosting rights of the 2010 world event in case ...
Security remains a big issue
LAHORE - Terror incidents in India have threatened the hockey World Cup scheduled to be held in India next year. According to ...
Amir Atlas off to a flying start in National Squash
PESHAWAR (APP) - Top seed Amir Atlas was off to flying start after defeating first qualifier Aurangzeb in the opening match of ...
South Africa take series lead against Australia
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers shared a century partnership to set up a comfortable 25-run win for South ...
Islamabad
Sale of substandard, underweight ghee goes on
ISLAMABAD - Poor masses are being deceived by some shrewd ghee manufacturers who are selling the low quality edible commodity at ...
ICCI urges GST cut on IT products
ISLAMABAD - President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Mian Shaukat Masud has urged the government to reduce ...
36 child rehab centres planned across country
ISLAMABAD-Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education is reconsidering the project of establishing 36 Child Protection ...
ECP to develop online information system
ISLAMABAD - The Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Hamid Ali Mirza has said that the Election Commission of Pakistan ...
Civic society condemns Baloch leaders murder
ISLAMABAD- A large number of social and political activists, students, intellectuals and trade unionists held a protest ...
ITP recognises best cops' performance
ISLAMABADSSP ITP Dr Sultan Azam Temuri Friday awarded commendation certificates to the cops of month (March) and appreciated ...
Karachi
KESC workers continued strike triggers outages
KARACHI - The protest of the contractual employees in KESC entered second day on Friday further aggravating the situation of ...
Taliban threat: MQM mulls vigilance bodies at UC level
KARACHI - The MQM leadership has warned its party workers about the presence of Taliban in the various areas of the ...
Good Friday observed with religious sanctity
KARACHI - Good Friday with all its religious fervour has been observed all over the world, while in Karachi one of the biggest ...
Court orders milk sail at Rs37/litre till verdict
KARACHI - The division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) comprising of Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Safdar Ali Bhutto on Friday ...
Action against human traffickers ordered
KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfikar Mirza has said that human traffickers, duping and looting innocent persons for getting ...
Two blazes burn 3 minors to death
Karachi - Two incidents of fire Friday gutted scores of shanties, claimed three childrens lives in two separate areas of ...
Lahore
Death penalty for kids, women abolished
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Friday abolished death sentence to the extent of under-trial women and children arrested in ...
Consumers bear the brunt of outages, fluctuations
LAHORE - The unscheduled power outages coupled with frequent voltage fluctuation, is the basic reason behind the colossal damage ...
'Q' issues show-cause notice to Dr Tahir Ali
LAHORE-The PML-Q has issued a show-cause notice to one of its dissident member in Punjab Assembly, Dr Tahir Ali Javed, accusing ...
Private varsities express reservations
LAHORE - The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to take vice-chancellors (VCs) of all public and private universities ...
Thousands suffer at the hands of protestors
LAHORE - Blocking highways like Ferozepur Road to express outrage against police or any other department or for that matter ...
Thousands of pirated books of Textbook Board seized
LAHORE - The Chief Ministers Complaint Cell on a tip off raided a printing house and confiscated thousands of pirated books of ...
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