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 Monday, April 20, 2009
Front Page
Judicial policy to target corruption
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A two-day meeting of the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee (NJPMC) here on Sunday supported the proposal of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to declare the year 2009 as the Year for Justice for All with Focus on Justice at the Grassroots Level. The two-day meeting was held ...
Qul of Mrs Majid Nizami held
LAHORE - Qul ceremony and Quran Khawani for Begum Rehana Majid Nizami, wife of Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Nawa-i-Waqt ...
Supreme, high courts un-Islamic, says Sufi
MINGORA Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), has warned that if Islamic judicial system ...
International
UN rights chief 'shocked' at US withdrawal from anti-racism conference
UNITED NATIONS - The top UN human rights official has regretted the decision by the United States not to attend the anti-racism ...
White House officials defend release of Bush-era interrogation memos
WASHINGTON - White House officials refuted Sunday a wave of criticism that US President Barack Obamas decision to release the ...
Two authors of Bush-era torture memos under pressure
WASHINGTON - Two legal officials of Bush administration, who wrote torture memos, are under pressure to be impeached or ...
Indian Muslims facing discrimination in housing: WP
WASHINGTON - Indias Muslims face new discrimination following last Novembers attacks in Mumbai and now even Bollywoods Muslim ...
Journalist should be freed: Obama
LONDON (Agencies) - The fate of a young American journalist sentenced to eight years imprisonment for spying against Iran has ...
UK apologises for torture cover-up
LONDON - The British government has apologised to the London High Court judges after discovering that an intelligence officer of ...
World must clean up its bad banks: IMF chief
BERLIN (AFP) - Governments the world over are acting too slowly when it comes to cleaning up their banks balance sheets, IMF ...
US envoy holds talks with Saudi King
RIYADH (AFP) - US special envoy George Mitchell discussed Middle East peace efforts with Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday, on the ...
Mandela calls for unity at final ANC poll rally
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela Sunday reminded the ANC of its duty to eradicate poverty and ...
Slumdog child star up for sale?
LONDON (AFP) - The father of Slumdog Millionaire child actress Rubina Ali tried to sell his nine-year-old daughter for adoption ...
Vettori shines as Delhi win shortened game
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori took three for 15 as the Delhi Daredevils won a rain-shortened ...
Pakistan close to finalising New Zealand series switch
DUBAI (AFP) - Pakistan are considering whether to switch a home series to New Zealand after the Black Caps refused to tour the ...
Nadal eyes fifth Barcelona title
BARCELONA (AFP) - World number one Rafael Nadal bids for a fifth consecutive title at his home Barcelona Open from Monday. The ...
Roddick model Brooklyn Decker marry
LOS ANGELES (California) (AFP) - American tennis star Andy Roddick married swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker on Friday, the second ...
Emotional Strange wins Volvo China Open
BEIJING (AFP) - An emotional Scott Strange shot a closing 68 for a one-stroke victory over Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano at ...
Wolves roar back into the Premier League
LONDON (AFP) - Wolves will play in the Premier League for the first time in five years after Saturday's 1-0 win over QPR sealed ...
Politics
Western boycott blow for UN anti-racism forum
WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration will boycott next weeks United Nations conference on racism in Geneva over what it calls ...
5 Navy men die in road mishap
QUETTA - At least five personnel of Pakistan Navy were killed and two others wounded in a road mishap in Ormara, a coastal town ...
Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: McKiernan
KABUL (Agencies) - Pakistan must do more to 'erase Taliban bases inside its territory which are destabilising the entire region, ...
Musharraf calls for govt-mily joint strategy to fight terror
ISLAMABAD - While embarking upon a visit to Saudi Arabia to perform Ummrah, former president General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf ...
Shujaat rejects former boss' claim on Lal Masjid killings
LAHORE - President PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday has said that those who are asking PML (Q) leadership to apologise ...
Couple killed for honour
QUETTA - A brother killed his sister and her alleged paramour under the pretext of honour killing in Dera Murad Jamali on ...
Senate, NA sessions today
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly and Senate would resume their sessions today after a break of two days. The NA session is to be ...
Pakistan seeks Kasab testimony copy
LAHORE - Prime Ministers Advisor on Interior Rehman Malik on Sunday said that Pakistan had asked India to provide an authentic ...
Govt initiates efforts to hunt down 'bad Taliban'
Islamabad-The PPP-led coalition government has launched efforts to track down and combat what is described as 'Bad Taliban ...
Swat huge wake-up call: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON - Stating that Pakistan is confronted with a 'dangerous situation as it confronts with spreading militant influence, ...
US fair approach towards allies urged
LAHORE - PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has said that his party will keep on cooperating with PPP no matter whether it becomes part of ...
PM says energy crisis hurting economy
KARACHI - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday formally inaugurated Pakistans first wind power project at Jhampir in ...
Drone kills 8 in Wana strike
PESHAWAR - At least eight persons were killed and several others injured when two missiles, allegedly fired by a US drone, hit a ...
Justice Sabihuddin passes away
ISLAMABAD - The sitting judge of Supreme Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed died in Karachi on Sunday due to brain haemorrhage. He ...
Orakzai air raid leaves 12 dead
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Jets and helicopters attacked suspected militant bases in a tribal area on the Afghan border Sunday, killing at ...
Zardari condoles with Nizami
LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed his profound grief over the sad demise of wife of Majid Nizami, ...
Islamabad
Old books offer new vistas of learning
RAWALPINDI - Among other things, Sadar is known for its makeshift old books bazaar that has been a Sunday feature in twin cities ...
Artists' group show continues at PNCA
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A group show of photography, sculpture and ceramic art entitled Beyond The Frame by the 20 artists is on ...
ICT launches drive against profiteers
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory Administration have launched a vigorous anti-profiteering drive in the federal capital ...
Tremendous potential in transport sector
RAWALPINDI - There is a big scope in transport sector in Pakistan especially in bus and truck manufacturing, TheNation has ...
Police confused over student's death
ISLAMABAD (APP)-Bhara Kau police Islamabad seemed confused into the investigation of an accident case in which a student of ...
Skilled workers not affected by financial crunch
ISLAMABAD - Even under prevailing financial crunch, skilled labourers and workers find themselves at easy to cope with the bread ...
Karachi
Wozniacki stuns top seed Dementieva
CHARLESTON (South Carolina) (AFP) - Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki stayed on course for back-to-back claycourt titles when she ...
UBL grab comfortable win
KARACHI - UBL registered comfortable nine wickets win over Pak Saudi which following on in second innings were bowled out for 293 ...
Navy, Pak Steel match ends in a tame draw
KARACHI - Navy for the second time scored 300 plus runs when they posted 303 for eight in its second innings before the tall ...
Army, PIA into last eight of NBP Challenge Cup
KARACHI - Late strike from Imran Khan carried PIA into quarter-finals of NBP National Football Challenge Cup when they registered ...
Poor transport system exposes Varsity's negligence
KARACHI - Defective transport system of the two largest public universities of the country, Karachi University (KU) and NED ...
MQM Ulema convention condemns Nizam-i-Adl
KARACHI - At the MQMs 'Ulema and Mashaikh Convention, hundreds of religious scholars and custodians of shrines of Muslim saints ...
Murder of ANP worker sparks violence
KARACHI - Violence erupted in Gulistan-e-Johar area, following the killing of a worker of Awami National Party (ANP) here within ...
PALPA refutes strike; demands 12-hour rest, 10 monthly holidays
KARACHI - The management of Pakistan Airline Pilots Association (PALPA) has strictly denied the perception that they are on ...
MQM-PPP discord persists over Commissionerate system
KARACHI - The Sindh government has decided to bring changes in the rules relating to protect amenity plots in the province, The ...
Deforestation on the rise in Sindh
KARACHI - The forest resources especially that of Sindh are depleting due to the natural, social and official constraints, the ...
Lahore
Power theft at Wasa tubewells takes its toll
LAHORE - The incidents of power theft at the tubewells of Wasa in different parts of the city is on the rise making mockery of ...
'Politicians should play role in pacifying Baloch'
LAHORE - Speakers at a special sitting organised by Nazria Pakistan Trust at Aiwan-e-Karkunan Tehrik-e-Pakistan on Sunday were of ...
6.4m gunny bags for wheat procurement
LAHORE - Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has said that the food department is distributing ...
Worst loadshedding makes people hysteric
LAHORE - The people are becoming patients of hysteria after spending sleepless nights and irksome days due to unannounced 12 to ...
Martial laws stifled spirit of progress in Pakistan: Kurd
LAHORE - President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Ali Ahmed Kurd has said that martial laws had stifled the spirit of ...
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