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 Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Front Page
Autonomy panacea for Balochistan ills
ISLAMABAD - Senators from both treasury and Opposition benches Tuesday said only provincial autonomy could pacify the deteriorating situation in Balochistan and could wipe out the sense of deprivation among smaller provinces. The lawmakers also demanded judicial inquiry into the murder of three ...
10,000 foreign militants in Fata causing terror
ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said that Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammedi (TNSM) chief ...
Nizam-e-Adl Regulation under fire
LAHORE-The Speakers who addressed the main Iqbal Day meeting organised by Markazia Majlis-i-Iqbal at Alhamra on Tuesday called ...
International
Sri Lankan troops 'killed 1,000 civilians'
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Tuesday seized more ground from the Tamil Tigers, as the rebels ignored a deadline to ...
No basis to cut strategic arsenal, says Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) - A top Russian official on Tuesday accused the US administration of President Barack Obama of intensifying missile ...
Obama to pursue Iran diplomacy despite tirade
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to continue pursuing tough, direct diplomacy with Iran, despite the ...
US border posts screening slammed
WASHINGTON - US civil liberties groups are renewing calls for the Obama administration to change screening at border posts by ...
Inter-Korean talks last just 22 minutes
SEOUL (AFP) - Rare talks between North and South Korea ended without agreement late Tuesday after just 22 minutes, Seouls ...
Statement 'answer' to Ahmadinejad, says UN rights chief
GENEVA (Agencies) - A United Nations meeting on racism shunned by the United States on Tuesday adopted a final declaration ...
29 die as Kenya town battles violent gang
karatina (AFP) - Vigilantes in a central Kenyan town took up arms against a violent gang, sparking fierce battles in which at ...
Nobel laureate accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing'
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Nobel peace laureate Mairead Maguire on Tuesday accused Israel of ethnic cleansing policies in annexed east ...
Turkey detains 37 in anti-Qaeda raids
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish anti-terror police Tuesday rounded up 37 people with suspected links to the Al-Qaeda extremist network in ...
Egypt summons Iran envoy over Hezbollah spat
CAIRO (AFP) - The foreign ministry summoned an Iranian official on Tuesday after Iran criticised Egypts claim that it had ...
We are at home in UAE
DUBAI (AFP) - Security-hit Pakistan finds shelter in the United Arab Emirates as they host Australia in the first one-day ...
Business
Dubai real estate prices plunge 50pc
KARACHI - The property prices in Dubai have further fallen by 50 percent due to lack of interest of investors and global crisis. ...
IMC profit after tax down 70pc to Rs566m in 9 months
KARACHI- The profit after tax of Indus Motor Company declined by 70 per cent to Rs 566 million during the first nine months ...
Banking spreads likely to face tough time ahead
KARACHI - After enjoying robust growth, the banking spreads are likely to face tough time during the remaining months of 2009 in ...
Agri credit disbursement up 9.57pc in 9 months
KARACHI - Disbursement of credit to the agriculture sector by commercial and specialised banks has increased by 9.57 percent ...
Profit-taking pushes stock market down
KARACHI - Profit-taking interrupted the positive rhythm of the Karachi Stock Exchange as the KSE-100 Index shed 69 points on ...
Pilots' go slow call costs PIA Rs20 million in five days
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan International Airlines PIA has endured around Rs 20 million losses in the last five days due to 'go ...
250MW being saved daily by advancing clock: Ashraf
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Tuesday said that 250-mega watt electricity was being saved ...
Rice exporters hail cut in interest rate
KARACHI - The Rice Exporters Association Pakistan (REAP) has welcomed the announcement of State Bank Governor Syed Salim Raza for ...
Power tariff for industry up 60pc in 1 year: Aptma
LAHORE - In light of recent decision of the Lahore High Court which upheld governments notification to increase the textile ...
Govt aims developing indigenous energy resources
KARACHI - Federal Water and Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf here on Tuesday visited PSOs Bio Diesel Nursery. Pakistan State ...
Politics
MNAs demand Musharraf trial
ISLAMABAD The Members of National Assembly have demanded of the government to take action against the former President General ...
Swat extremists expand operations
PESHAWAR - After getting successful entrance into strategically important Buner District, the Taliban militants have started ...
Taliban want to control more areas, says Nawaz
NEW YORK - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has urged Pakistani political leaders to set aside their quarrels and work together to find ...
SC declares relief to police officers void
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared null and void the decision of giving relief to the police officers ...
World concerns over Swat hold no ground, says Owais
ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Tuesday urged the US, UK and other world powers to support its efforts against terrorism while describing ...
Good news on NFC Award soon: Gilani
QUETTA - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has declared the three districts of Balochistan including Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi and ...
Nizam-e-Adl challenged in Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - A petition challenging the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Shahid Oarkzai ...
Ghazal singer Iqbal Bano passes away
LAHORE - Subcontinents legendary ghazal and classical singer 74-year-old Iqbal Bano breathed her last here on Tuesday at a local ...
Britain gives access to Pak students
LONDON - Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hassan has said that seven out of ten Pakistani students arrested by ...
We've not entered Kashmir, say Taliban
Islamabad (Online) - Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has dismissed the reports that its cadres had entered Jammu and Kashmir, saying ...
Terrorists next generation to come from Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON - An American South Asia expert has suggested that President Barack Obama shift the focus of his Afghanistan-Pakistan ...
Federation moves Qazi court in Swat
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) has filed a plea in a Swat Qazi court highlighting the fact that Gul Bostan, ...
PM approves clearance of ad bills of media
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Taking cognizance of the financial difficulties being faced by the print media due to non-payment of bills of ...
Entertainment
Chan's remarks 'out of context'
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chans comments about whether freedom was a good thing for China were taken out of context, his ...
Kate Winslet tops natural beauty poll
Kate Winslet has topped a new poll to find out the ultimate natural beauty. The Revolutionary Road actress beat screen icon ...
Brooke Shields' aging woes
American actress Brooke Shields has opened up about the hardships she is facing. In an exclusive interview with More magazine, ...
First-timer gets Orange nomination
Author Samantha Harvey has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel. Harvey, whose book The ...
Breaking the animal kingdom's colour code
Research spearheaded by the University of York has used computer models to explain the evolution of the distinctive colouring of ...
World treasures go on-line in global digital library
PARIS (AFP) - A global digital library allowing scholars and cybersurfers to scroll through such unique works as the 13th-century ...
Islamabad
Capital gets residential facility for orphan girls
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education, Samina Khalid Ghurki here Tuesday opened 'Sofia ...
Solid steps needed for special children's rehab
ISLAMABAD - Federal Government has not taken any step for the welfare of the disabled persons during last three years and even no ...
Probe into selection process of youth delegates demanded
ISLAMABAD - Representative of 'Voice for Youth Rights on Tuesday demanded of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to probe into ...
Preventive measures against sun heat advised
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Health experts have advised the citizens to take preventive measures during hot weather that is gripping the ...
Dancing angels captivate Indonesian Embassy
ISLAMABAD - The pride of any nation is strongly interlinked to the extent to which it keeps its rich legacies and envied ...
Legislation on HIV/AIDS soon, NA told
ISLAMABAD - State Minster for Health Mohammad Afzal Sindho Tuesday told the National Assembly that the ministry would soon ...
Karachi
Assembly raps Sufi's statement
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Tuesday echoed with the voices of protest against the statement of TNSM leader Sufi Muhammad, in ...
One gunned down; 8 PSF members injured
KARACHI - Unidentified man killed a teashop owner near Urdu Science College while at least 8 students were seriously injured when ...
ISO blames Jamiat for KU clash
KARACHI - Leaders of Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) has accused that Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) is desecrating the dignity of ...
Altaf slams political leaders' silence over Sufi's remarks
KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain has expressed his concern over the silence of political and religious leaders on the open ...
12,138 schools to be made functional under WB plan
KARACHI - The World Bank under its soft-loan Sindh Education Reforms Programme has set certain conditions for recruitment of ...
Pre-arrest bail granted to Jatoi
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday granted the plea of pre-arrest bail of former Chief Minister Sindh Liaquat Ali Jetoi ...
Pakistan's sports isolation a hard sell
KARACHI (AFP) - With five sons, four daughters and a wife to feed, Mohammad Rasheed has become a casualty of Pakistan's descent ...
Lahore
Green belts vanishing from City
LAHORE - The green belts, spreading out in different parts of the City, are fast disappearing or being damaged, which negates the ...
Govt awakes to avert China-like crisis
LAHORE -The Punjab Government has decided to bring further changes in the recently revised Pure Food Rules-2007 to check ...
LHC orders submission of list
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the Interior Ministry and IG Punjab to submit the list of accused persons who ...
Lawyers split over High Court Bar President
LAHORE - On the question of filling in the seat of President Lahore High Court Bar, the Bar members particularly the PML(N) ...
Packed milk quality better than companies' claim, LHC told
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court through a rejoinder by a petitioner has been informed that the PCSIR laboratorys report about the ...
Govt notifies security measures for people, property
LAHORE - The Punjab government, under the Punjab Shops & Establishments (Security) Act 1999, has notified measures for the ...
A glance at today's game
Advantage Australia Today sees the arrival of a new venue on the international scene when Pakistan and Australia start their ...
New Zealand wants decision on rescheduled Pakistan fixture
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has been asked by their New Zealand counterparts to take a final call on rescheduling their ...
Inzy confirms American League deal with ICL rebels
LAHORE - Pakistan former captain Inzamamul Haq confirmed Tuesday that he along with six other players who have been playing for ...
Spirited airmen surpass HEC 6-1
LAHORE - The 1986 national champions Pakistan Air Force (PAF) finally earned their first win in NBP National Football Challenge ...
Pakistan hockey training camp gets underway
LAHORE - The camp training of the Pakistan hockey team for the preparations of 8th Asia Cup commenced here at the National Hockey ...
Hockey kits for Sheikhupura camp trainees
LAHORE - The District Hockey Association Sheikhupura's executive body met here at the residence of Olympian Naveed Alam Tuesday ...
Guard Group romp to easy win over Sakuf
LAHORE - Guard Group romped to easy 8-5 1/2 goals win against Sakuf in the Two Goals Cup at the Lahore Polo Club here Tuesday. ...
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