Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Front Page
Pak aid will be with strings: US
WASHINGTON - Ignoring Pakistans demands that United States not attach conditions to a non-military aid package, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday that the assistance would have to be with benchmarks. I think you would expect when the US taxpayer is providing money - assistance to a ...
Clocks advanced by one hour
LAHORE - Clocks were advanced by an hour at mid-night of Tuesday-Wednesday all over the country for the maximum utilisation of ...
Qazi courts become functional in Swat
SWAT - Welcoming the approval of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (NAR) through the National Assembly, Chief of Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Sharriat ...
International
Iran pledges to make new rockets
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday Tehran is building new rockets that can carry heavier ...
Few choices for 140m Indian Muslims
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - For many of India's 140 million Muslims, the general elections that start on Thursday (tomorrow) serve ...
Thai court issues arrest warrant for Thaksin
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra for inciting street ...
US, allies may shift Iran strategy
WASHINGTON - US and European negotiators may drop a demand that Iran close its nuclear facilities as a precondition to talks on ...
Iran puts US reporter on trial for spying
TEHRAN (AFP) - US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has been put on trial before a revolutionary court on charges of spying for ...
Uzbekistan burns half tonne of Afghan heroin
TASHKENT (AFP) - Police in Uzbekistan burned more than one and half tonnes of seized Afghan narcotics in front of UN officials ...
Somali pirates step up hijacking spree
NAIROBI (Agencies) - Somali pirates captured four ships and took more than 60 crew members hostage in a brazen hijacking spree, ...
Three arrested in nuclear smuggling plot
KIEV (AFP) - Three Ukrainians have been arrested for seeking to sell radioactive material that could have been used by ...
Algerian jailed for urine spray
LONDON (AFP) - An unemployed Algerian chemist was jailed for nine years Tuesday for spraying a mixture of his own urine and ...
'US-backed Iraqi militias plotting attacks'
PARIS (AFP) - Some of the Iraqi former insurgents recruited by US forces to fight Al-Qaeda are simply biding their time and ...
Business
Tough competition expected in bidding for RBS
KARACHI - An aggressive bidding competition is expected to be seen during the bidding for acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland, ...
Consortium gears up effort to complete Mybank-AHBL deal
KARACHI - In the context of current scenario of the domestic financial industry, the delayed acquisition deal of Mybank and the ...
Raza says banking sector has tremendous potential
KARACHI - Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Syed Salim Raza on Tuesday said that Pakistans banking industry has tremendous ...
KESC secures its future by signing amendment agreement with GoP
KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has finalised an Amendment Agreement (AA) with the Government of Pakistan (GoP), ...
Profit-taking skips KSE below 8,000 points
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange-100 index breached the 8,000 points barrier on Tuesday but the index skipped below this ...
Solar resources to be used to overcome energy shortage
LAHORE (APP) - Federal Minister for Science and Technology Azam Khan Swati has said that the government has planned to bring ...
Businessmen propose reforms to boost tax revenue collection
KARACHI - The businessmen have proposed some tax reforms which will boost the tax revenue collection of the country. G.R. ...
LCCI for cut in GST to 12 per cent
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has forwarded its proposals for the upcoming budget 2009-10 to the federal ...
Cellular co's appeal dismissed
LAHORE - The Islamabad high Court (IHC) has dismissed a private cellular companys appeal filed against the determination ...
US bank, retail news sends markets mixed signals
LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets were mixed on Tuesday, with strong gains in Europe and Asia sparked by upbeat results by ...
Politics
IMF gives go-ahead for lowering discount rate
ISLAMABAD - Agreeing to the downward revision of economic growth and inflation targets for this fiscal year, the International ...
Singh, Pranab differ on more info demand
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian Prime Minister and his Minister for External Affair gave conflicting statements on Tuesday after ...
Media to form code of conduct: Kaira
ISLAMABAD - Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira Tuesday said that Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (NAR) had been promulgated ...
Militants take Sikh leader hostage
HANGU - Militants in lower Aurakzai Agency Tuesday forcibly occupied 10 houses of Sikh minority and took their leader as hostage ...
United militants threaten Punjab: NYT
NEW YORK - Taliban militants are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, reinvigorating an alliance ...
WB expects $6b pledges at Tokyo
WASHINGTON - Pakistan is likely to receive commitments of between $4-6 billion in financial assistance at donor meetings taking ...
Swat deal may harm relations, warns Kabul
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan warned Tuesday that Pakistans deal to allow Taliban to impose Islamic law in part of the country may ...
Killings in Balochistan to destabilise Pakistan: Rehman
QUETTA - Prime Ministers Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik while terming murder of three Baloch leaders in Turbat a conspiracy to ...
Taliban execute eloping Afghan couple
HERAT (AFP) - Afghanistans extremist Taliban publicly executed a young couple who had tried to elope, a provincial governor said ...
Most Pakistanis are emotional
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - A recent poll released by Gilani Foundation shows that most Pakistanis are emotional. As many as 54 per cent ...
Avalanche kills 7 Indian troops in HK
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Seven Indian soldiers died Tuesday when an avalanche engulfed their bunker near the Line of Control, the army ...
Bogus colleges playing with students future in UK
LONDON - Hundreds of bogus colleges set up in Britain are playing with future of Pakistani students as they have long been ...
14 drown
MULTAN (AFP) - At least five people were killed and nine others were missing and feared drowned on Tuesday when a boat capsized ...
US, Nato troops threat to Pakistan, says Swati
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Science and Technology Azam Khan Swati on Tuesday asserted that the NATO forces and US troops ...
20 fishermen held
KARACHI (Online) - The Maritime Security Agency on Tuesday arrested 20 Indian fishermen for violating the sea limits of Pakistan ...
Holbrooke visits China today
BEIING (Agencies) - US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke will visit China from April 15 to 16, Chinese ...
ISI chief arrives in US
WASHINGTON (Online) - ISI Chief Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha Tuesday arrived in America for two-day visit. During his stay, the ISI ...
Swat deal contradicts '73 Constitution: MQM
KARACHI - The MQM leadership has expressed serious reservations over the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (NAR) in Swat and termed it ...
NKorea to quit talks; reopen nuclear plants
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea announced Tuesday it would quit six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and restart its atomic weapons ...
CM, Governor shake hands after 10 months
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shabaz Sharif Tuesday visited Governors House after a gap of 10 months to participate in the ...
Entertainment
Jackson sale to go ahead despite lawsuit
BEVERLY HILLS (AFP) - A hotly anticipated auction of Michael Jackson memorabilia will go ahead as planned, organisers vowed ...
Barrymore debuts a chic new plaited look
Actress Drew Barrymore stepped out in a chic new plaited look last night, showing shes streets ahead when it comes to hair ...
Aniston is hard at work
It might have been the day after Easter, but Jennifer Aniston was still hard at work. While others enjoyed an extended break the ...
Man who had a fir tree inside his lung
Shocked Russian surgeons claim they found a five-centimetre fir tree growing inside a mans lung as they operated on him for ...
Phil Spector guilty of murder
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Legendary US music producer Phil Spector on Monday was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting ...
An army of nannies, a frenzy of feeding
Having six children to care for would give any mother sleepless nights. But that was before Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets ...
Islamabad
Students vent talent through creative art
RAWALPINDI - Students Week of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAUR) Rawalpindi was commenced here at the ...
How property dealers get plot owners data?
ISLAMABAD - Countless plot holders and land owners are made to land in deep trouble owing to the leakage of their personal ...
Govt yet to manage waste disposal
ISLAMABAD - The overflowed waste bins installed at different public points and residential areas of the twin cities present a ...
Student moves IHC against professor's act of plagiarism
ISLAMABAD - A student of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has moved the Islamabad High Court seeking justice against his professor ...
Bids for Lehtrar Road project opened
ISLAMABAD- Capital Development Authority (CDA) Tuesday opened tenders sought for the Rs 560 million Lehtrar Road project. Six ...
WAPDA directed to pay compensation
RAWALPIND - A Division Bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Tuesday directed Water and Power Development Authority ...
Cricket among 45 disciplines in Asian Games
ISLAMABAD - As many as 45 countries will compete in 42 various sports disciplines during the 16th edition of Asian Games, which ...
PSF elects Qamar as new chief
ISLAMABAD - The general council of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) unanimously elected Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief ...
Karachi
Performance of women MNAs lauded
KARACHI - The five-year legislative record of previous National Assembly showed that women had played a key role in picking up ...
Financial meltdown spreading tentacles to news industry
KARACHI - Financial meltdown has also hit the media industry and is currently under going crisis, said a report of the Asia ...
High treason charges: SHC issues notices to Musharraf, Qayyum
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to former President General (r) Pervez Musharraf and former Attorney ...
Book bank for needy students
KARACHI - A group of Christian community has established a Book Bank Project to help the needy and poor students of the ...
FUUAST publishes 47 books in four years
KARACHI - Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST) has published about 47 books in Urdu language for ...
FAL to organise study tours for school kids
KARACHI - Community Development Department (CDD) of the city government has planned to organise study tours at the newly ...
Behram leads UBL fightback in Patrons Trophy
KARACHI - Opener Behram Khan hammered a superb 133 as UBL gave a strong reply to KESC on the second day of the Patrons Trophy ...
Performance, not age based selection to help Pakistan sports
KARACHI - A former international athlete who wore national colours during Pakistan's golden era of fifties and sixties has asked ...
Lahore
LHC remains dissatisfied over report
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over a report submitted by the PCSIR laboratory about mixing of ...
Ex-Secy Assembly responsible
LAHORE-The mystery about who locked Punjab Assembly building on February 26, following imposition of Governors rule in the ...
Corruption will not be tolerated at all: LHC CJ
LAHORE - Newly appointed Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has vowed to root out corruption ...
'Sorry donkey'
LAHORE - The might of the law is such that it makes one to apologise even from an animal no matter it is a donkey. It may be ...
'IJT campaigning to bring rusticated students back'
LAHORE - Punjab University students held a rally to protest the raise in free structure and expulsion of some students from the ...
Landscapes come to life at Royaat
LAHORE - The River Ravi that once was the popular spot for picnickers. The beautiful mustard fields, the panoramic views of ...
PCB exploring legal avenues to recover money from Shoaib
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sought legal help to recover the Rs. seven million fine from Shoaib Akhtar, who was ...
Asif off to England for training
LAHORE - Drug-taunted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who is under one year ban for the use of banned substance, has left for ...
PCB trying to keep hosting rights of World Cup matches
LAHORE - Pakistan's cricket authorities will brief the International Cricket Council about its security plan for the 2011 World ...
PCB transfers money to stable banks
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has transferred its money from instable banks to triple A category banks. PCB Chief ...
Wapda, NBP in badminton women team event final
LAHORE - WAPDA and National Bank of Pakistan reached the team events final of men's and women's of the first Micro Furniture ...
Patron's Trophy matches timings changed
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board due to change in Pakistan Standard Time, has rescheduled the match timings of the Patrons ...
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