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 29, 2009
Front Page
Military guns swirl into action in Buner
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR - The Director General ISPR, Major General Ather Abbas, has said that the Frontier Corps (FC) with the help of Pakistan Army on Tuesday evening launched a full-fledged operation to eliminate and expel militants from Buner District. In a media briefing, the Army spokesman said ...
Human tragedy unfolds
PESHAWAR - Fearing threats to their lives, thousands of people from both Dir and Buner districts have stared migration to ...
PPP decides to stay in Punjab
LAHORE - Ending a month-long uncertainty about the future of Punjab coalition, Pakistan People's Party on Tuesday decided to ...
International
Key Republican senator joins Democratic Party
WASHINGTON - Senator Arlen Specter, a prominent American politician, announced Tuesday he is switching parties from Republican to ...
Deadly swine flu spreads its tentacles in world
UNITED NATIONS - Amid the rapid spread of swine flu in some countries, the UN health agency Monday night raised its pandemic ...
US, Cuban diplomats hold meeting
WASHINGTO - US Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon met with Cubas Washington representative Jorge Bolanos Monday afternoon, ...
Minorities fearing Hindu Taliban in India
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - The Catholic Church has warned that electoral victory for the hardline Bharatiya Janata Party next month ...
Lanka snubs Sweden
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka barred Swedens Foreign Minister Tuesday from entering the island on a humanitarian mission, as ...
France, Spain to set up joint body to fight terrorism: Sarkozy
MADRID (AFP) - France and Spain are to set up a joint security committee to fight terrorism and drug trafficking, French ...
Asia further tightens steps
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asia tightened its already strict measures to keep swine flu from spreading across the region Tuesday, after ...
Asian aviation in crisis, flu clouds outlook
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Top Asia-Pacific airlines have suffered big losses from slowing traffic and higher fuel costs and a ...
Iraq owes Kuwait $25.5b in war damages
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Iraq owes Kuwait 25.5 billion dollars of war reparations for the 1990 occupation of the oil-rich emirate by ...
UK, Poland discuss Afghan war
WARSAW (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk discussed troop levels in Afghanistan ...
Business
2 banks, Century in run to acquire PICIC Insurance
KARACHI - Two famous local commercial banks and a leading insurance company are in a bid to acquire PICIC Insurance Limited, ...
Low demand, high prices put auto sector in trouble
KARACHI - The local auto industry is facing tough time due to low demand and high prices of the cars, The Nation learnt on ...
Stock market gains 85 points despite profit-taking
KARACHI - Despite profit taking sentiment, the benchmark KSE 100-index managed to close in positive zone, attaining 85 points on ...
8,800MW nuclear power by 2,030
KARACHI (APP) - The Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Dr. Ansar Parvez, has spoken of the plans on the ...
843 units closed as militancy hits NWFP industry hard
PESHAWAWR (APP) - The ongoing wave of militancy and insurgency in North West Frontier Province has badly hit the industrial ...
E&T facing shortfall of Rs12b target
LAHORE - The Punjab Excise and Taxation (E&T) has fallen behind revenue collection target standing at Rs 12 during the first 9 ...
Energy crisis brings down GDP growth, hits exports
Lahore - The speakers at the inaugural session of the Energy-Asia-2009 conference called for the workable long-term sustainable ...
Call to eliminate feudalism for poverty alleviation
LAHORE - The speakers at a sitting on 'Making Pakistan a tenable state organised by Independent Planning Commission of Pakistan ...
Punjab CM hailed for taking pro-farmers decisions
ISLAMABAD - Different associations of the farmers community have hailed Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif for increasing ...
Engro Chemical posts Rs694.73m profit
LAHORE - Engro Chemical Pakistan (ENGRO) has announced its financial results for the period of 1Q/CY09. ENGRO declared a Profit ...
Politics
US mulls $400m in emergency aid to Pakistan
NEW YORK-Senior Congressional Democrats are weighing a plan to speed up emergency aid to Pakistan, and could force a vote as soon ...
Zardari, Kayani finalise future strategy
ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani briefed President Asif Ali Zardari on the ongoing military operation ...
TNSM rejects fresh talks offer
PESHAWAR - Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) on Tuesday rejected the NWFP governments offer for talks and said that ...
Taliban threaten media of dire consequences
SWAT/ISLAMABAD (Online) - Taliban have threatened media of dire consequences if any statement or report is published in the Press ...
Operation appropriate response: US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday welcomed Pakistans military operations against Taliban in the northwest and ...
Swine flu red alert sounded in country
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has established special counters at all international airports in the country ...
10 killed in fresh Lyari violence
KARACHI - As many as 10 people were killed and several others sustained critical injuries in Lyari after an armed clash between ...
Three Pakistanis cleared of terror plot
LONDON - A UK court on Tuesday cleared three Muslims of Pakistani origin accused of helping the July 7 bombers plan their attacks ...
Nawaz moves SC against conviction
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Former Prime Minister and chief of Pakistan Muslim League-N on Tuesday moved a petition requesting the Supreme ...
Five Swat cops kidnapped
Five policemen were kidnapped while security forces arrested 11 suspects in Swat on Tuesday, reported a private TV channel. ...
It's contagious, say experts
LAHORE - The medics Tuesday stressed the need for creating awareness among the masses about the swine flu virus, saying that it ...
Pakistan urges quick US action on aid bill
WASHINGTON -Finance Adviser to Prime Minister Shaukat Tarin said Monday that he expects the Reconstruction Opportunity Zones ...
Anti-peace elements behind murder of Balochs: Zardari
ISLAMABAD - Referring to the recent killings of three Baloch leaders, President Asif Ali Zardari said Tuesday that such incidents ...
President refuses to accept Lashkari's resignation
QUETTA - President Asif Ali Zardari has not accepted the resignation of PPP Balochistan President Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani, ...
Container case: BHC orders suspension of officials
QUETTA - The Balochistan High Court has ordered for issuance of show-cause notices to Home Secretary Balochistan and police ...
20 hurt in IHK anti-poll protests
SRINAGAR (AFP) - More than 20 people in Indian-occupied Kashmir were hurt as police fired teargas and used batons to disperse ...
NA body calls ex-CJP on May 6
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Education has summoned former chief justice of Pakistan Justice (Retd) Abdul ...
Kasab's age claim dismissed
MUMBAI (AFP) - Medical tests conducted on the lone surviving gunman on trial in India for last years Mumbai attacks show that he ...
10,000 cusecs water being stolen from dams
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Lower flows in link canals have alarmed the Ministry of Water and Power that suspects water is being stolen ...
Nasreen Jalil escapes attack
KARACHI - Nasreen Jalil escaped murder attack, The Nation learnt here on Tuesday. According to the report, a suspected man ...
Six Pakistanis drown off Malaysia
KARACHI (Agencies) - Six members of a family belonging to Quetta drowned after their boat capsized off Malaysias southern coast, ...
Entertainment
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt get married - again
THE Hills stars got married in an early evening ceremony at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, ...
Carla grabs spotlight
MADRID (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy began his first state visit to Spain on Monday but it was his pop star wife who ...
Miley wears teacher's hat
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Hollywood actress Miley Cyrus thrilled students at a British School when she turned their teacher for a ...
The life that escaped Darwin's notice
DARWIN was a brilliant observer and described everything he could perceive with the naked eye. However, the micro-organisms from ...
Jennifer Garner on Matthew's charm
JENNIFER Garner has said what you see is what you get with co-star Matthew McConaughey. The pair star in Ghost Of Girlfriends ...
Snoop Dogg 'did not strike fan'
SNOOP Dogg has told jurors he did not strike a fan, who is suing him for $22m, with a microphone with a knuckleduster-style ...
Sports
India to get the biggest share of World Cup booty
KARACHI - It was like hungry vultures sweeping down to get the biggest share of the booty of the world cricket cup 2011 when the ...
Intikhab likely to escape ICC penalty over Ajmal comments
LAHORE - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam is unlikely to face any sanctions for accusing the International Cricket Council (ICC) of ...
Clarke denies Watson complained about Ajmal
ABU DHABI (AFP) - Australian captain Michael Clarke has denied teammate Shane Watson approached umpires to complain about ...
Tendulkar, Jayasuriya win it for Mumbai
PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa) (AFP) - Senior pros Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya produced vintage strokeplay to give ...
Kaneria regrets missing IPL
LAHORE - The ongoing second Indian Premier League would have been the ideal platform to prove his mettle in the shortest format ...
KRL edge out PIA 1-0 in final
LAHORE - Lanky Islamabad-born winger Muhammad Qasim turned out to be the hero as Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) edged out ...
PCB says its biomechanical lab is working
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Broad said on Tuesday that its biomechanics laboratory was installed in summer last year and the ...
Birthday girl Safina targets Grand Slam title
STUTTGART (Germany) (AFP) - World number one and birthday girl Dinara Safina said on Monday she is determined to underline her ...
Islamabad
'PRCS committed to serve humanity'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - As part of a global campaign, Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in collaboration with International Red ...
Capital to have modern hospital soon
ISLAMABAD - To lessen the ever-increasing patients burden on the existing public sector hospitals, a state of the art 220-bed ...
National Volunteers Movement goes down the tubes
ISLAMABAD - The high-ups of the Ministry of Youth Affairs as well as employees of National Volunteer Movement are arbitrarily ...
Govt cuts 33pc budget of Education Ministry
ISLAMABAD- Facing budgetary shortfalls the government Tuesday imposed a cut of 33 per cent on the budgetary allocation of ...
Call to discourage rising tobacco use
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Health experts on Tuesday urged to take sincere steps to ensure 100% smoke-free environment to protect the ...
Construction activity in 17 sectors banned
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has banned the construction activity in all 17 sectors in Zone-I of ...
National
PCB chief returns home after meeting ICC officials
LAHORE - After holding talks with the ICC officials in Dubai, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has returned home ...
Karachi
Stolen mobiles being smuggled to Afghanistan
KARACHI - The ratio of snatched mobile phones buying at major mobile markets has been found remain static despite claims of ...
Wheat procurement target up by 1.5m tons
KARACHI - On the directive of the federal government, Sindh government has increased wheat procurement target from 1.2 million ...
CDGK approves Rs 52.141 billion budget
KARACHI - The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) on Tuesday has presented the draft budget of Rs52.141 billion for financial ...
Diverse ethnicity vital for any State
KARACHI - The Area Study Centre for Europe has organised a lecture on Ethnicity and other factors: State formation, deformation ...
SHC deletes objectionable contents of petition
KARACHI - A five members bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC), comprising Acting Chief Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Khilji Arif ...
Sugar prices surge once again
Karachi (PPI) - Sugar prices have suddenly surged by Rs6 per kg across the city with the start of summer season increasing the ...
Lahore
Cattle eviction campaign fails
LAHORE - The City District Government has failed to get desired results from its much-hyped cattle eviction campaign aimed at ...
Lawlessness intolerable: SC
LAHORE - Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday of the Supreme Court Tuesday observed lawlessness would not be tolerated at any costs in ...
Govt leaves growers at the mercy of agents
LAHORE - The farmers across the Punjab have been left at the mercy of middlemen, who are purchasing wheat from the growers at Rs ...
Accused passes away after bail cancellation
LAHORE - A Supreme Court Bench Tuesday gave a fraud accused to police custody after he had sought bail before arrest. The ...
Students hold demo against raise in fee
LAHORE-The students of Punjab University Hailey College of Banking and Finance (old Campus) staged a protest demo outside the ...
CM for upholding rights of workers
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that honour and self-respect is as important as economic prosperity ...
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