Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
The Nation in print for Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Front Page
SBP cuts interest rate
KARACHI-The State Bank of Pakistan on Monday cut its monetary policy discount rate by 100 'basis points, to 14 per cent for the April-June quarter of the current fiscal year (2008-09) as anticipated by the monetary and financial experts. The new interest rate would be effective from April 21 ...
Extremism big problemOUR Staff Reporter
LAHORE/LONDON - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif left for London on Monday on four-day visit to the United Kingdom. Though ...
Nejad triggers EU walkout
GENEVA (Agencies) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of being the most cruel and racist regime, sparking a ...
International
Obama 'did not change anything': Zawahiri
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The second-ranking leader of the Al-Qaeda network, Ayman al-Zawahiri, said in a new video that US ...
Sri Lanka gives Tigers 24 hours to surrender
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka gave Tamil Tiger fighters and their leader 24 hours to surrender after tens of thousands of trapped ...
Iran orders 'quick and fair' appeal for US reporter
TEHRAN (AFP) - Irans judiciary said Monday it has ordered a quick and fair appeal for US reporter Roxana Saberi who was ...
Nations to meet on piracy: US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Representatives of 24 nations will meet next month in New York to look at legal measures in the fight against ...
B'desh gives ex-PM Zia eviction notice
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladeshs government Monday issued former prime minister Khaleda Zia with an eviction notice ordering her to ...
Suicide bomber kills 3 Iraqi cops
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - A suicide bomber disguised as an Iraqi policeman killed on Monday three officers and wounded 15 people, ...
CIA waterboarded Khalid 183 times
WASHINGTON - US interrogators used the controversial waterboarding technique 183 times in a month on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who ...
Three civilians, 3 cops die in Afghan violence
KABUL (AFP) - Three civilians and three policemen were killed Monday and more than a dozen others were wounded in the latest ...
North Korea a nuclear power: UN
BEIJING (Agencies) - North Korea must be regarded as a nuclear power, the head of the UNs international nuclear watchdog said on ...
Hawking 'very ill' in hospital
LONDON (AFP) - British scientist Stephen Hawking, the author of A Brief History Of Time, is very ill in hospital, Cambridge ...
Pakistan want to hunt Aussies in desert
DUBAI (AFP) - Pakistan, forced to play here because of concerns about safety back home, will aim to capitalise on world champions ...
Neutral venue the only option for Pakistan series: Aussie coach
DUBAI (AFP) - Australian team coach Tim Nielsen Monday said playing Pakistan at a neutral venue was the only way for the two ...
Pakistan set tight security for Australia series
DUBAI (AFP) - Pakistan have arranged unprecedented security arrangements for Australian cricketers during the limited over series ...
Nadal bags fifth consecutive Monte Carlo title
MONTE CARLO (AFP) - Rafael Nadal wrapped up a fifth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters title and is overwhelming favourite to make ...
Business
1pc cut not enough for industry revival, say businessmen
KARACHI - The businessmen of the country have maintained that one percent cut in the discount rate will not lead to the revival ...
OICCI members spend Rs2.20b on social uplift
KARACHI - The member companies of the Overseas Investors and Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) have spent a huge amount of ...
UBL profit before tax down 12 per cent to Rs4.2 billion
KARACHI - United Bank Limited (UBL) announced consolidated profit before tax (PBT) of Rs.4.2 billion for the first quarter of ...
Alfalah's profit Rs3.831b
KARACHI - Bank Alfalah Limited has posted a profit before provision and taxation of Rs 3.831billion. This announcement was made ...
KSE up 108 points on discount rate cut anticipation
KARACHI - Smooth weekend allowed the local bourses to maintain escalating tempo as the benchmark KSE-100 Index managed a triple ...
Oil slumps to 1-month low in US
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dived more than four dollars on Monday to hit a one-month low in New York on the back of a strong ...
Rate of return on financing cut to 14pc
KARACHI - The Sate Bank of Pakistan has reduced the minimum rate of return on financing facilities from 15 per cent to 14pc. The ...
Iodine deficiency - the risks and solutions
IODINE deficiency is a major public health problem in Pakistan and is a threat to the social and economic development of the ...
Text of SBP chief's speech on Monetary Policy Statement
KARACHI (APP) - Following is the text of the speech of Governor SBP Syed Salim Raza delivered at a press conference on MPS held ...
23 units to be offloaded under PPP
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry of Privatisation has chalked out a comprehensive programme for current financial year (2008-09) to ...
Politics
Drones alienating Pakistanis: Oakley
WASHINGTON - A former American Ambassador to Pakistan has criticised US for its drone attacks against militants inside Pakistani ...
Osama, Mullah Omar shouldn't be welcomed in Swat: US
WASHINGTON - The United States believes that the violent extremists need to be confronted, not just by Pakistan but the entire ...
Draft charges submitted against accused
MUMBAI (Agencies) - Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Monday submitted before a designated court the 312-draft charges ...
LHC CJ allows de-sealing of Bhutto's trial record
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif Monday allowed de-sealing of three decades old ...
Kenyan church tries to convert grandma of Barack Obama
NAIROBI (Agencies) - A Protestant church in Kenya is trying to convert US President Barack Obamas step-grandmother to ...
Differences between PIA and PALPA mounting
KARACHI-The PIA management has called in nine general managers, who are pilots, to manage the cancellation and delay of domestic ...
Father of NWFP CM's Special Secy kidnapped
PESHAWAR - Father of Waqarul Hasan, Special Secretary to NWFP Chief Minster, has been kidnapped by some unknown armed men form ...
Hackers attack blasphemous cartoon website
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Internet hackers have attacked a website run by Denmarks Free Press Society selling prints of a blasphemous ...
Ruckus in Senate over Nizam-e-Adl
ISLAMABAD - The government had a tough day in Senate on Monday as Chairman Farooq H. Naek notwithstanding the pressure from both ...
Aid pledges a signal of regard for Tarin: WB
TOKYO (Agencies) - The World Bank while praising Pakistan government and Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin, has said the scale of ...
MQM seeks Speakers ruling on Sufi's remarks
ISLAMABAD - Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) protested in the National Assembly on Monday against the statement of ...
7 FC men abducted
Unknown armed men abducted seven personnel of Frontier Constabulary in Swat, reported a private TV channel, quoting its sources ...
President okays Rs140b projects for Karachi
KARACHI-President Asif Ali Zardari has approved three mega development projects for Karachi worth more than Rs 140 billion and ...
Holbrooke needs not to worry about Swat: PM
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said Monday that Pakistan knew well how to safeguard its national interests and the US ...
Pakistan to counter move
ISLAMABAD The launch of first Indian spy satellite into the orbit to monitor borders with Pakistan has raised many eyebrows and ...
Pervaiz casts Shujaat into his mould
ISLAMABAD PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain after a long spell of having soft corner towards Sharifs has been caught in the ...
PPP ministers pack up in Punjab
LAHORE-Though PPP has not yet made any formal announcement to sit on Opposition benches in Punjab Assembly, yet its ministers ...
Decision on Cabinet today
ISLAMABAD - A special Parliamentary Party meeting of Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab will be held here at Aiwan-e-Sadr today to ...
Entertainment
Madonna blames paparazzi for horse fall
MADONNA has blamed the paparazzi for her latest horse fall, which has left her with minor injuries and bruises. The singer was ...
Paltrow auctions off clothes
HOLLYWOOD actress Gwyneth Paltrow is auctioning off her most treasured clothes from her incredible wardrobe in a bid to raise ...
Jackie Chan worries about China
ACTION star Jackie Chan has sparked an outrage after claiming that too much political freedom in China isnt good, and that ...
Anne looks out for her prince charming
ANNE Hathaway has revealed that she believes true loves exists and her 'prince charming is out somewhere. The 'Devil Wears Prada ...
Clinton vs Slumdog woes
IF Bill Clinton had a say about it, the people of India wouldnt need to sell their children to make money. According to ...
Solar superstorm can send us back into dark ages in three years
THE catastrophe, when it comes, will be beautiful at first. It is a balmy evening in late September 2012. Ever since the sunset, ...
Islamabad
Garbage heaps irk Pindi residents
RAWALPINDI - The residents of Ahmed Abad Area, near Qasim Aviation Base, are facing serious health hazards owing to the heaps of ...
Lack of people's perspective main hurdle in true account of history
ISLAMABAD - Executive Director Sustainable Development Policy Institute DR Abid Qayyum Suleri Monday said that re-writing the ...
Police arrest six outlaws
ISLAMABAD Capital police have arrested 6 accused including 3 women accused involved in robberies, and recovered valuables worth ...
World Earth Day tomorrow
ISLAMABAD (APP) - World Earth Day will be observed on April 22 it is the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe ...
IHC moved against advancing of clocks
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A writ petition seeking reversal of the government decision by which clocks were advanced by an hour on April ...
Who will kill these rats scaring the cats?
RAWALPINDI - Rat is a delectable food for cat and the latter is considered the worst enemy of the former but now-a-days these ...
Karachi
770 Hepatitis, 22 AIDS patients in Sindh jails
KARACHI - Medical tests, conducted during present tenure in all the jails of Sindh, proved that at least 770 prisoners are ...
Justice Sabihuddin laid to rest in Karachi
KARACHI - Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed of Supreme Court of Pakistan, who had died on Sunday, was laid to rest here on Monday. Chief ...
Battlefield Karachi University; 10 injured
KARACHI - Karachi University (KU) has become a battlefield on Monday, as the accidental death issue of a NED girl student turned ...
Korangi Police arrest 224 suspects
Karachi (PPI) - Korangi Town Police arrested 224 culprits and recovered huge quantity of illegal ammunition and stolen valuables ...
Nasreen for protection of mangroves at City coast
Karachi (PPI) - City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has observed that to protect Karachi from sea storms it is imperative to take ...
600 lecturers still await postings, Assembly told
KARACHI - Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Monday advised legislators to take more interest in business of the House ...
Lahore
LUMS students protest death of colleague
LAHORE - Hundreds of students of Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) staged a strong protest demonstration shortly ...
Outlaws kill guard, loot Rs0.6 million
LAHORE - Robbers shot dead a local security guard of a multinational company and injured another over resistance in Ghaziabad ...
Inquiry ordered into allegations
LAHORE - Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry into the allegations levlled by a citizen against the Islamia ...
'Military action forced Baloch to leave homes'
LAHORE - Speakers at seminar here Monday said that the burning issue of Balochistan was purely political and constitutional ...
PPP, PML-N both US horses, says Sh Rashid
LAHORE - Terming both the Pakistan Peoples Party and the PML-N as the US horses, Former federal minister and Awami Muslim League ...
Not law but implementation is a question
LAHORE- The statement by Sufi Muhammad of TNSM to declare the present superior judiciary un-Islamic and putting a question-mark ...
Akhtar has no fitness issues, says manager
LAHORE - Pakistan cricket team manager Yawar Saeed has dismissed reports that controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar was facing ...
Pakistan ICL players may play for country
LAHORE - Many of the Pakistani players who had signed for the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League (ICL) are likely to be considered for ...
Wajid clinches All Pakistan Ranking Badminton
LAHORE - National champion Wajid Ali and Ayesha Akram won the singles titles of the first Micro Furniture Sialkot All Pakistan ...
Pakistan's Saadi Abbas notches up bronze
LAHORE - Pakistan's Saadi Abbas won bronze medal in 22nd Bosporus International Karate Championship being held at Istanbul, ...
PEL impose 5-0 win over Hyderabad
LAHORE - Front-runner Asmat Ullah Khan became joint leading scorer as Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) recorded impressive 5-0 win over ...
Bank Alfalah claims Super Challenge Karting Championship
LAHORE - The Bank Alfalah team lifted the Super Challenge Karting Championship trophy here late Sunday night at the Lake City ...
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