Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijazs 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 25, 2009
Front Page
No concessions to extremists
ISLAMABAD - The political and military leadership of the country once again reiterated that the government would neither compromise on the maintenance of the writ of state nor would it allow the militants and non-state actors to establish their own parallel authority in any part of the country ...
Gilani calls for national policy on security
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the National Assembly to form national policy based on the ...
Taliban in Buner retreat
PESHAWAR - After consensus reached between the provincial government and Taliban at a meeting held in Amandara near Batkhela on ...
International
Fresh bombings in Iraq kill 75
BAGHDAD (Agencies) - Two suicide bombers detonated explosives outside a shrine in northern Baghdad Friday morning, killing at ...
'Racism and xenophobia undiminished in 50 years'
GENEVA (AFP) - Racism and xenophobia are thriving as much as they were 50 years ago, fuelled by fears about growing migration and ...
Mily solution won't end Afghan war, warn veterans
WASHINGTON (AFP) - As fresh US troop reinforcements prepare to deploy to Afghanistan, veterans of the war Thursday decried past ...
North Korea to try detained US journalists
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Friday that two detained female US journalists will stand trial for unspecified crimes, in a move ...
MCB for review of anti-terrorism legislation
LONDON - The Muslim Council of Britain has written to Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer of Britains counter terrorism ...
Tamil Tiger leader trapped
KILINOCHCHI (AFP) - The leader of Sri Lankas Tamil Tiger rebels is trapped in a small strip of jungle and intends to make a final ...
Thai PM lifts emergency
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva Friday lifted a state of emergency imposed in Bangkok after violent protests, but ...
Israel losing Arab support against Iran: Hillary
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israel risks losing support from Arab nations against Iran if it does not make progress in Mideast peace talks ...
Jewish state must choose integration or isolation: Jordan King
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israel must make a choice between integrating into the region or remaining isolated, Jordans King Abdullah II ...
Indian Maoists kill five in election attack
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Suspected Maoist rebels killed five people, including four policemen, returning from election duty in the ...
Bank official sentenced to death in China
BEIJING (AFP) - A postal bank official in southern China was sentenced to death Friday for siphoning off more than 1.3 billion ...
White House, top lawmaker, douse interrogation probe hopes
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House and its top US Senate ally has poured cold water on hopes of creating an independent ...
Aussies make a gallant comeback
DUBAI - Andrew Symonds showed his intrinsic value to Australia with an all-round performance that earned his team a most timely ...
Imran calls for 2011 World Cup swap with Australia, New Zealand
DUBAI (AFP) - Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said Friday international cricket authorities should swap the 2011 and 2015 ...
Bopara stars as Punjab claim first win
DURBAN (AFP) - Ravi Bopara scored 84 as Kings XI Punjab defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets Friday to claim ...
Pathan takes Rajasthan to thrilling 'super over' win
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Yusuf Pathan slammed 18 runs off four balls as the Rajasthan Royals snatched victory over the Kolkata Knight ...
Five-star Racing dent Atletico's hopes
MADRID (AFP) - Atletico Madrid's hopes of a second successive season in the Champions League are fading fast after a thumping 5-1 ...
Keane wants Ipswich promotion at first attempt
LONDON (AFP) - Roy Keane marked his appointment as the new manager of Ipswich Town by declaring on Thursday he wanted to take the ...
Business
India providing Rs165 billion subsidy on electricity to farmers
LAHORE - Speakers at a special sitting organized by The Nation Forum on 'Inflation and wheat procurement price at Hameed Nizami ...
Private sector role vital in service provision
ISLAMABAD - Keeping in view the rising needs of infrastructure, government has embarked upon a progressive Public-Private ...
Urgent need to reset economy's direction
Pakistan seems to be squandering thousands of opportunities and billions of rupees by economic mismanagement. Ironically, the ...
Food depts, Passco to borrow Rs60b to buy wheat
KARACHI - The food departments of the provinces and Passco are set to borrow a huge amount of about Rs60 billion from the banks ...
Court restrains insurance co from conducting loss assessment claims
LAHORE - A court of civil Judge Kashif Qayum Friday restrained Atlas Insurance Company from conducting loss assessment of claims ...
Fertilizer off-take up by 14pc
KARACHI - Fertilizer off-take in the country has increased by 14 percent during first quarter of current financial year ...
Accord on July 31 as PIA-Palpa row ends
KARACHI - The confrontation between the Pakistan Airline (PIA) and Pakistan Airline Pilot Association (PALPA) has been resolved ...
Rice export up by 52 per cent in 9 months
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Rice export from the county during last nine months from July 2008 to March 2009 has showed an upward trend as ...
Investors' intense buying boosts KSE by 285 points
KARACHI - Intense buying was witnessed at the stock market on the last day of the week due to the notable participation of ...
Politics
For US now Nawaz is a better bet: WSJ
NEW YORK - With Pakistan coming under intense pressure from the advancing Taliban, alarmed US officials considered whether former ...
India asks Pakistan to rein in Taliban
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India on Friday told Pakistan to rein in the Taliban, warning the militia posed a threat to the security of ...
Majority against suicide attacks
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Around 92 percent Pakistani oppose using suicide attacks to get demands fulfilled, a Gallup Pakistan survey ...
US warns of more attacks from LT
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The banned group Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for last years Mumbai attacks, is planning to sow further ...
Pakistani gets jail in US
NEW YORK - In one of the unusual terrorism cases, a Pakistani immigrant has been jailed for nearly six years for transmitting a ...
ANP leader shot dead
KARACHI - Unidentified assailants killed a local leader of Awami National Party (ANP) on Friday night. The deceased was ...
UNHCR official abducted from Mardan
MARDAN -Unidentified persons Friday kidnapped a UNHCR officer Fazal Mehmud Khan from District Mardan and took him to an ...
Ajmal Kasab to undergo age test
MUMBAI (AFP) - An Indian court ruled Friday that the lone surviving gunman of Mumbai attacks should have medical tests to ...
Mullen worried over advances by militants
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview broadcast Friday that hes 'extremely ...
APC urges Taliban to lay down arms
PESHAWAR - All Parties Conference (APC) has observed that there is no justification for armed activities after the promulgation ...
Nawaz asks PM to call national moot
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has called the mindset of Taliban and Musharraf as identical, saying that Taliban ...
Security threats, NAR delay MPs body formation
ISLAMABAD - Rising security threat due to Taliban activities in northwest Pakistan and the emergence of huge controversy on the ...
Law and order eats up Rs118b of PSDP
ISLAMABAD - The government is likely to make Rs 118 billion reductions in the public sector development programme (PSDP) during ...
US admits role in present Pak crisis
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday said that the US was also partly responsible for the present ...
Entertainment
Weekly inflation up 14.70pc
ISLAMABAD - The inflation for the poor has soared up by 14.70 per cent during the last week as compared to the corresponding ...
Music giants' 'fortunes dwindle'
THE wealth of most of Britains top music millionaires has fallen by at least 10%, according to the Sunday Times annual rich list. ...
Pamela seeks Putin's help
FORMER Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has made a personal plea to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin asking him to help her ban ...
Stewart romance rumours bizzare: Pattinson
TWILIGHT actor Robert Pattinson has dismissed rumours that he is romancing co-star Kristen Stewart as really bizarre. The couple, ...
Angelina lands never-ending role
ACTRESS Angelina Jolie has landed a role that could go on and on. The stunner has been signed up to portray the forensic ...
Arab pop star says 'I do'
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe was set to celebrate her wedding at a star-studded bash on Friday, a day after a ...
Model village made entirely of wool
A MODEL village, which took 23 years to create entirely from wool, has gone on sale. Many of the landmarks of Mersham near ...
Islamabad
Financial crunch behind shelving of 27 projects
ISLAMABAD - As many as 27 development projects of Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) have been put on hold due to ...
Aziz exhorts youth to rise against social evils
ISLAMABAD-The number of faithful who had assembled in the premises of Lal Masjid on Friday to listen to the second Jumma sermon ...
Salsa training session delights special kids
ISLAMABAD - National Institute of Cultural Studies (NICS) Friday offered an opportunity to special children as well as general ...
Young married couple commits suicide
ISLAMABAD - A married couple on Friday committed suicide in the jurisdiction of Bhara Kahu Police Station. According to details, ...
Demand to relocate twin cities dry port at Chaklala
RAWALPINDI - The twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad Dry Port lacks modern technology as well as basic facilities causing ...
New system for driving licence seekers
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Friday installed state-of-the-art 'Touch Screen System for conducting road signal ...
Karachi
Fahad Academy wins Jacob Harris Shield Inter School Cricket
KARACHI - Fahad Academy won the first Jacob Harris Shield Inter School Cricket Tournament by beating Shaheen Public School by 29 ...
Candidates protest poor arrangements
KARACHI - Sindh Education Department has failed to make proper transparent arrangements for conducting tests for the vacant posts ...
Riots grip City after PSF worker's killing
KARACHI - Riots gripped the City on Friday after the killing of a worker of Pukhtoon Students Federation (PSF), a student wing of ...
PA defers bill to revive Commissionerate system
KARACHI - The government bill to revive Commissionrate system was once again deferred till next session of Sindh Assembly as ...
Assembly concerned over law, order
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Friday expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the province and ...
Health experts hail FSC verdict on organ sale
KARACHI - Experts and representatives of health societies on Friday applauded the role of Federal Shariat Court (FSC) for giving ...
Court stays filing of case against Jatoi
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued a stay-order about filing any further case against former chief minister Sindh ...
Lahore
Security threats in India can't be equated with Pakistan: ICC
LAHORE - ICC chairman David Morgan remains confident that the World Cup 2011 will still be held on the subcontinent, believing ...
Explore neutral venues, ICC tells Pakistan
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council has urged Pakistan to explore overseas venues for their home matches after foreign ...
ICC warns players on joining 'rebel' US league
LAHORE - The ICC has warned players against signing up for a new unauthorised league being established in the USA. According to a ...
Court orders to maintain status quo of CDGL workers
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Friday ordered to maintain Status Quo about 87 grade-1 to 4 city district government employees who ...
A forgotten affair
LAHORE - The office of pro-vice chancellor of the Punjab University is vacant for the over a decade now but no one is seemingly ...
Ethanol banned in fruit drinks
LAHORE - The Punjab Government has decided in principle to ban use of ethanol in fruit drinks, previously allowed in the revised ...
One-wheeling kills another youngster
LAHORE - One-wheeling claimed the life of another youth when he lost control and his bike collided with a footpath in Model Town ...
Corrupt officials list being prepared
LAHORE - Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) is busy in preparing lists of the corrupt officers performing in various provincial ...
Power capacity to be enhanced every month
LAHORE - Dilating upon various measures being taken for bridging the gap between demand and supply of electricity, Pakistan ...
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