Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
The Nation in print for Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Front Page
Pakistan, UK united in war on terror
ISLAMABAD - Britain and Pakistan reiterated their commitment against terrorism with UK Premier Gordon Brown acknowledging the role of Pakistan in war on terror and the difficulties it was facing in counter-terrorism pursuits and put his countrys weight behind Islamabad to root out this ...
Sufi suspends peace talks
PESHAWAR - Maintaining the stance that the Taliban are not bound to lay down arms, Spokesman Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Swat ...
Pak nukes are safe
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday ruled out the possibility of his countrys nuclear weapons falling ...
International
US braces for worsening swine flu outbreak
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US officials Monday urged Americans to stay calm but warned there will likely be more cases of swine flu, and ...
UN to combat swine flu: Ban
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has taken steps to lead the fight against the sudden outbreak of swine flu, mobilising its ...
President Karzai will run for re-election
KABUL (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai ended months of uncertainty Monday by announcing that he intended to run for ...
Ban calls on NAM to forge consensus on global crises
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday urged the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of 118 developing States to forge ...
US and Cuba planning informal talks
WASHINGTON - American and Cuban diplomats are planning informal meetings in the United States to discuss expanded relations ...
Hamas, Fatah meet in 'last' bid to end feud
CAIRO (AFP) - Rival Palestinian delegations from president Mahmud Abbass Fatah party and the Hamas met in the Egyptian capital on ...
World concerned by Lankan civilian deaths
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The international community is distressed by the scale of civilian deaths in Sri Lanka, British Foreign ...
Time running out in global warming fight: Prince Charles
ROME (AFP) - Time is quickly running out in the battle against global warming, and history will judge the worlds response to the ...
Death toll rises to 149 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico City officials said Monday another seven people were believed to have died from swine flu, as they ...
Abbas refuses to recognise Israel as Jewish state
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Monday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus ...
From total domination to tame surrender
ABU DHABI -From a position of total domination to tame surrender in less 20 overs, this was Pakistan's woeful story here Sheikh ...
Ajmal has been through rehab before
ABU DHABI- There may be some truth in the insinuation that the Aussies may be behind Saeed Ajmal's being reported for suspect ...
Ajmal, Inti invite ICC's wrath
ABU DHABI - Uncoached about the laws and the Code of Conduct, of both the ICC and the PCB, the Pakistani cricketers so often find ...
Boycott, Raja urge ICC to legalise doosra
ABU DHABI (AFP) - Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja and England batsman Geoff Boycott on Monday urged the game's governing body ...
Brett Lee to beef up Aussie attack
ABU DHABI - Those who thought Australia was taking this series against Pakistan casually need to stand corrected. Brett Lee, the ...
US league signs Hadlee, Hick, seeks breakthrough
NEW YORK (AFP) - A new attempt to bring limited-overs cricket to American audiences has started signing talent in hopes of a ...
Umar, Babar in Twin City Squash semis
ISLAMABAD - Umar Balaj, Babar Ghafoor, Bilal Yousaf and Wajid Rasool moved to the semi-finals of the Twin City Squash Tournament ...
Ochoa holds off Pettersen to defend LPGA crown
MORELIA (Mexico) (AFP) - Lorena Ochoa fired a five-under par 68 on Sunday to hold off Norway's Suzanne Pettersen and win her ...
Business
WB, IMF vow to alleviate crisis impact on developing countries
WASHINGTON - The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) vowed here at the joint meeting of the Development ...
Indian IT services may see over 0.1m layoffs by Sept
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Indian IT services sector may see up to five per cent layoffs amounting to more than one lakh job cuts ...
UBL Principal Protected Plan-II
LAHORE - UBL Fund Managers has announced the launch of its second principal protected product, UBL Principal Protected Plan-II ...
Pakistan's political instability brings macroeconomic calm
PAKISTAN is one of the few countries in the world that enjoys more macroeconomic stability today than it did on September 14th, ...
MIF outperforms its benchmark in KSE
KARACHI (PR) - Meezan Islamic Fund (MIF) has substantially outperformed its benchmark Dow Jones Islamic Index and other indexes ...
Pakistani industrialists shifting units to China
KARACHI- Some local exporters and industrialists have shifted their industrial units from Pakistan to China due to numerous tax ...
MDGs unlikely to be met: World Bank
WASHINGTON - World Bank President Robert Zoellick has said that the ant-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are unlikely ...
Hubco earnings to go up by Rs765 million
LAHORE - The Hub Power Company (Hubco) is likely to register an additional earning of Rs765 million during third quarter of ...
Cut in development budget pushes down cement price
LAHORE - In the aftermath of the reports about significant cut in development budget and drastic decline in coal prices globally ...
KSE down 276 points on growing militancy, $6.27m outflow
KARACHI - Limited activity by investors and current law and order situation of the country led to negative movement at the ...
Politics
Forces regain Dir control
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Interior Minister Rehman Malik Monday said Lower Dir was now in complete control of the security forces ...
Taliban picked up arms after deal: Mullen
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Admiral Michael Mullen, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is very alarmed by the growing ...
Present mess result of Soviet invasion: Owais
ISLAMABAD - NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani has said that the present situation in the country originated from the Soviet attack ...
Rift in Nawaz League over coop with centre
LAHORE-In the aftermath of fresh move by foreign powers and establishment seeking PML-N-PPP coalition in Centre and Punjab, PML-N ...
America can't dictate Pakistan: Sen Levin
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The US should persuade India to pull back its troops from Kashmir so that Pakistan could focus more ...
Pak, Afghan, Iran renew commitment against terrorism
KABUL (APP) - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran in a joint statement Monday resolved to enhance cooperation against terrorism, ...
Gunny bags be recovered from 'agents': Shahbaz
SHEIKHUPURA (APP) - Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Monday made an unannounced visit to a wheat procurement centre ...
Most Pakistanis don't 'fully understand' Taliban threat, says NYT
NEW YORK - Claiming that most Pakistanis still do not "fully understand" the Taliban's "mortal" threat to their country, a ...
DSP among two killed
LAKKI MARWAT - Deputy Superintendent of Police Asmatullah Khattak and a civilian were killed, while five cops got injured when a ...
5 rebels killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - US-led and Afghan troops killed five suspected militants during complex operations targeting rebels in southern ...
No compromise on national security: Gilani
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has made it clear that no compromise shall be made on issues relating to ...
Taliban kill 'US spy' in NW
MIRANSHAH (AFP) - Taliban militants in North Waziristan Monday killed a man they accused of spying for the US forces stationed ...
Pakistan, Nato start joint naval exercises
KARACHI (Agencies) - Pakistan and Nato on Monday begun two days of joint naval exercises off Karachi coast in a bid to enhance ...
Man killed in Dera violence
A man was gunned down and two others were injured in different incidents of sectarian violence in Dera Ismail Khan, reported the ...
PM condoles with Majid Nizami
LAHORE - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani called on Editor-in-Chief Nawa-i-Waqt Group Majid Nizami at his residence 43 ...
Do not panic over Taliban: Qureshi
KABUL (Agencies) - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday asked US officials to not panic over Taliban advances in ...
PPP and PML-N set to hold APC
LAHORE-Top leaders of both PPP and PML (N) have decided to hold an All Parties Conference proposed recently by former prime ...
President to showcase Pak point of view in US
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said that he would showcase Pakistans point of view in the fight against militancy ...
Zardari snubs Gordon Brown
LONDON - The British Government has presented a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to the Pakistani authorities under which the UK ...
Entertainment
Girls Aloud's Cheryl Cole to go solo
GIRLS Alouds Cheryl Cole is set to embark on a solo career while her band take a break this year. The bands spokesperson ...
Attenborough, Branagh honoured at Baftas
LONDON (AFP) - Naturalist David Attenborough, actor Kenneth Branagh and comedy duo French and Saunders were honoured Sunday with ...
Freida, Dev are a couple: Dev's mom
SLUMDOG Millionaire star Dev Patels mum has confirmed her sons off-screen love with Freida Pinto. Patel and Pinto have always ...
Sheep gives birth to six healthy lambs
A supermum sheep has given birth to six healthy lambs. The sextuplets were born to two-year-old Dolly, a pedigree Lleyn ewe on ...
Man living in same flat for 100 years
A RETIRED ice cream seller is celebrating today after living in the same flat for a century. The 107-year-old moved from Italy to ...
Kylie Minogue makes it to UK's rich list
DESPITE losing money in the ongoing economic crisis, pop princess Kylie Minogue has managed to land a spot in the UK rich list. ...
Islamabad
Unfair demands by school admin irk parents
ISLAMABAD - The deplorable condition of government schools can be judged by the fact that administration of a girls school ...
Steps underway to curb street crime
ISLAMABAD (APP)-People living in middle class areas of Islamabad over the last few weeks have been complaining of increase in ...
Govt committed to guard workers' rights: Minister
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khurshid Shah here Monday said that the government was fully committed to ...
Five liquor dealers arrested, 827 bottles seized
ISLAMABAD: Capital police have arrested 5 accused and recovered 876 bottles of liquor from their possession while two vehicles of ...
Dir operation against peace accord: JI
RAWALPINDI - City Amir Jammat-e-Islami Raja Abdul Waheed Advocate has termed the ongoing military offensive in Dir district ...
Karachi
MQM councillor gunned down
Karachi (PPI) - A Councilor of Union Council-9 and MQM activist, Jamshed Town, Zaffar Ahmed, 44 was gunned down while a personnel ...
Tap water causes liver disorders at KU campus
KARACHI - Residents of the Karachi University (KU) campus are being infected with liver disorders due to the supply of ...
Government starts training workshops for women
KARACHI - Federal Planning and Development Division has released a prospectus titled 'Gender Based Governance Systems aimed at ...
Misinformation part of electronic media: AMF
KARACHI - Asia Media Forum (AMF) reports that misinformation is part of the Pakistani electronic media, which has widely slated ...
Children take the heat as Karachi sizzles
Karachi (PPI) - The persisting heat weave in Karachi is causing problems for everybody, but the children are particularly hit ...
Role of media in projecting Pakistan
Image and reputation have become essential parts of a states strategic capital. Like branded products, branded states depend on ...
Lahore
PCB wants to host World Cup matches in Dubai
LAHORE - Facing the stark reality of not being able to host any international teams at home, the Pakistan Cricket Board is keen ...
Former stars ask Shoaib to call it a day
LAHORE - Pakistan's former Test captain Zaheer Abbas believes controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was now a mere shadow of ...
ACE waits nod to nab corrupt representatives
LAHORE - Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) Faisalabad Region is waiting for permission from Chief Ministers House or DG ACE to ...
'Passive police played with country's fate on 3/3'
LAHORE - Coward, careless, irresponsible, indifferent, liars, lethargic and apathetic are a few adjectives aptly describing the ...
Punjab govt set to experiment again
LAHORE - The Punjab government is set for another misadventure by privatising the sanitation and cleanliness system, primarily a ...
Gaza victim's life at the alter of law
LAHORE -The Ghaza kidney patient brought to Pakistan for kidney transplantation and admitted at the Jinnah Hospital has become ...
Chief Secy, DG LDA, Dist Nazim summoned
LAHORE- A full bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan headed by Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday here Monday called for Tuesday ...
'Law, order maintenance top priority'
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif here on Monday visited. Rangers Headquarters. Director General Punjab Rangers, ...
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