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 Thursday, April 30, 2009
Front Page
Karachi explodes into violence; 27 dead
KARACHI - Fresh wave of ethnic violence in Karachi Wednesday claimed 27 lives and over a dozen vehicles were set ablaze in different parts of the metropolis while Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered to shoot at sight criminals involved in terror activities. Despite the declaration of ...
Forces retake key town in Buner
ISLAMABAD - Director General of the ISPR, Major General Ather Abbas, on Wednesday said that 50 militants including the high value ...
Balochistan crisis may go out of control: Magsi
QUETTA - Governor Baloch-istan Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi has warned that if effective remedial measures were not taken, the situation ...
International
US training of Pakistan army to grow: report
WASHINGTON - Amid Taliban's military gains, the Pakistani government has agreed to allow the U.S. a greater role in training its ...
Taliban announce new Afghanistan 'operation'
KANDAHAR (AFP) - Afghanistans Taliban insurgents Wednesday threatened a new operation against international troops in response to ...
Indian politicians shun Muslim slums in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD, India, (Agencies) - No politician campaigns for votes in the slums of Ahmedabad that are home to Muslims displaced by ...
Baghdad bombs kill 48
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A wave of near-simultaneous bombs ripped through crowded Baghdad markets and a packed minibus Wednesday, killing ...
NKorea threatens nuclear test if UN doesn't apologise
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea threatened Wednesday to conduct a second nuclear test unless the United Nations apologises for ...
Swine flu spreads to Germany amid Mexican lockdown
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - The global swine flu outbreak spread further on Wednesday as Germany became the latest country to confirm ...
UN says moving closer to swine flu alert phase 5
UNITED NATIONS - The UN health agency said Wednesday it was moving closer to declaring a pandemic alert phase 5 for swine flu, ...
Britain, France fail to secure Lanka truce
COLOMBO (AFP) - The foreign ministers of Britain and France said Wednesday they had failed to persuade Sri Lanka to end its ...
Kazakhstan, China sign major nuclear power deal
ALMATY (AFP) - Kazakhstan on Wednesday signed a deal that would see it build nuclear power plants for China, as well as provide ...
US House passes budget for 2010
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a 3.4-trillion-dollar budget for the fiscal year that ...
Business
Prices of PSM products to be linked with int'l markets
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Industries and Production Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has said the prices of the Pakistan Steel Mills ...
Board approves incentives
KARACHI - The meeting of board of directors of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has approved the financial proposals for the year. The ...
US recession shifts to business as GDP falls 6.1 per cent
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009, compared with the 6.3 percent ...
Stock market down 159 points on selling pressure
KARACHI - The stock market lost 159 points on Wednesday amid selling pressure, which was triggered by the worsening law and order ...
PTCL likely to post net profit of Rs7.7b
LAHORE - PTCL is likely to post net profits of Rs7.7 billion (EPS Rs1.52) for 9M (Jul-Mar) FY09, versus net loss of Rs6.6 billion ...
JSCL gets approval for due diligence in RBS
LAHORE - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has granted Jahangir Siddiqui and Company Limited (JSCL) the approval for conducting ...
NIT earns Rs2.550 billion net profit despite economic slowdown
KARACHI - Despite economic slowdown and financial circumstances which Pakistan confronted during the last three quarters, NIT has ...
SLIC announces bonus of Rs12.32 billion for 2008
KARACHI - The State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLIC) has allocated a sum of Rs 12.32 billion as bonus for the year ...
CDWP takes up Rs94.691 billion projects today
KARACHI - A heavy agenda of 61 development projects worth Rs94.691 billion would be taken up by Central Development Working Party ...
2 new business development publications for SMEs launched
LAHORE - The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Wednesday launched two new business development ...
Politics
6,000 Pak troops from Indian border shifted
NEW YORK - As Pakistan presses on its military offensive in Buner under intense US-led international pressure, the government has ...
US revising Pak-Afghan strategy: WP
WASHINGTON - With Pakistan struggling to stop the advancing Taliban in their tracks, the Obama administration has revised its ...
Pakistan to get 665m aid: Brown
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and said he would ...
Swine flu 'lands' in Pakistan tomorrow
LAHORE - Civil Aviation Authority officials have been intimated by a multinational IT company that three of their officials with ...
Symptoms
LAHORE-Doctors said that symptoms of swine flu in people are expected to be similar to the symptoms of regular human flu ...
Zardari calls for unity on operation
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday called on the nation to put political differences aside and give ...
National strategy needed: Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the government would use every means to protect lives of the citizens and ...
US drone attack kills 10 in Waziristan
PESHAWAR - At least 10 persons were killed on Wednesday evening when two missiles fired by a US drone hit a house in Kanigoram, a ...
Raisani defers resignation decision
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Balochistan PPP President Nawab Lashkari Raisani has deferred his decision to resign from the slot of party ...
Mass exodus from Buner after clashes
PESHAWAR - A large-scale migration was witnessed on Wednesday in Buner district when thousands of people from different parts of ...
Quetta-based Taliban move to Karachi
PESHAWAR - Fearing US drone attacks, a large number of Talibans Afghan leaders have shifted from Quetta to Karachi, Peshawar and ...
Most fuel-efficient car to compete in Germany
ISLAMABAD - Students of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI), who have manufactured a fuel-efficient car for a competition in ...
66pc regard global warming serious threat: survey
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Global warming is recognised as a serious threat by a large majority of Pakistanis. According to a recent ...
Complete strike in Kashmir ahead of vote
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - An undeclared curfew was imposed in Srinagar as Indian police and paramilitary forces locked down the ...
Al-Jazeera TV crew injured in Buner
PESHAWAR - A three-member crew of Al-Jazeera TV was injured as a result of clash between the security forces and Taliban ...
Militants reoccupy Sikhs' village
HANGU - The armed militants reoccupied a village of Sikh community in Lower Orakzai Agency on Wednesday for not paying Rs 15 ...
3 minors dead in landmine blast
QUETTA - Three minors were killed and their father sustained injuries in a landmine blast in Jaffarabad district on Wednesday. ...
Entertainment
Anne Hathaway puts rivalry to rest
WHEN it comes to burying the hatchet, Anne Hathaway is a complete sweetheart. Last week 'The Princess Diaries star showed up to ...
800lb grizzly bear likes to eat meals at dinner table
MOST animal lovers would be happy to have a dog, or even a cat as their constant and loyal companion. But naturalist Casey ...
Rare Roman glass bowl found after 1,700 years
THIS beautiful translucent dish belonged to a wealthy East Londoner living in Roman Britain 1,700 years ago. The rare 'millefiori ...
Berlusconi's wife goes public, again, over his eye for ladies
ROME (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconis penchant for pretty women is a source of suffering for his wife, she wrote ...
Ban imposed on Spears' ex-manager
A US judge has ordered Britney Spears former manager Sam Lutfi to stay away from the star for three years. Lawyer Jon Eardley ...
Don't call me middle class: Kate Winslet
SHE is an Oscar-winner, national treasure and role model for 'real women everywhere, but Kate Winslet wonders why she is not ...
Sports
Lee raring to have a go at Pakistan
ABU DHABI (AFP) - Australia's spearhead Brett Lee said Wednesday he hoped to be at his best in time for the Ashes, saying he had ...
Saeed Ajmal fined for media comments
ABU DHABI (AFP) - Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been fined an undisclosed sum of his match fee and warned after his ...
India gives rebel ICL players a life line
MUMBAI (AFP) - India's cricket chiefs on Wednesday said players signed up with an unauthorised Twenty20 league would be allowed ...
Pakistan to make case-wise decision
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board would take decision on the ICL players and in the last Executive Board meeting of ICC, it was ...
Pakistan coaches performance under scanner
LAHORE - The performance of Pakistan's coaching staff headed by Intikhab Alam is being questioned in the wake of a series of ...
Trials for Asia Cup Hockey begin
LAHORE -The two-day trials to select the Pakistan team for the 8th Asia Cup hockey started at the National Hockey Stadium (NHS) ...
Sandep Singh to lead India in Asia Cup Hockey
KARACHI - India has picked a new look team for the Asia Cup hockey which will be played in Kuantan (Malaysia) from May 9-16. ...
Pietersen's Bangalore clinch last-over thriller
DURBAN (South Africa) (AFP) - Mark Boucher hit an unbeaten 25 off 13 balls as Bangalore Royal Challengers posted an exciting ...
British cricketers bowled over by Everest game
KATHMANDU (AFP) - After completing a record-breaking charity cricket match close to Everest base camp, the exhausted players ...
Strauss refuses to blame IPL for Flintoff injury
LONDON (AFP) - England captain Andrew Strauss said it was wrong to criticise Andrew Flintoff for playing in the Indian Premier ...
Islamabad
Preview of GR's landscapes with historic background
ISLAMABAD - After almost a decade the much awaited solo exhibition of paintings by Ghulam Rasul opens today (Thursday) here at ...
Crackdown against illegal taxis launched
ISLAMABAD - District Administration Islamabad has launched crackdown against those violators involved in using private ...
Innovation a key driver of economic growth: HEC ED
ISLAMABAD - Dr Sohail Naqvi, Executive Director Higher Education Commission said that the Innovation Strategy Working Group was ...
2 accused acquitted in Musharraf's plane attack case
RAWALPINDI - Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi No 2 Wednesday absolved two accused from the charges of firing on the plane of ...
Home care good for heart patients: Study
ISLAMABAD (APP) Home based rehabilitation is no worse than hospital- based programmes for helping patients get better after a ...
Education Policy to be resubmitted to cabinet
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Ministry of Education will re-submit the National Education Policy Draft 2009 to the federal cabinet for ...
Karachi
Concerns over rights violations
KARACHI- HRCP highlighted poor law and order situation in the country in its annual report with special focus on women rights. ...
DUHS inducts 21 new buses for students
KARACHI - Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has inducted 21 new buses in its bus fleet on the formal launching ceremony ...
Rangers' help sought against cheating mafia
KARACHI - Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) is seeking the help from Pakistan Rangers to halt interference of ...
APC demands judicial probe into Bugti murder
KARACHI - All Parties Conference (APC) on Wednesday demanded judicial investigation of the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti and other ...
Gadap Town to introduce drip system for wheat cultivation
KARACHI - Gadap Town administration is planning to introduce drip irrigation system for the cultivation of wheat and other crops, ...
Court seeks report on education policy
KARACHI - A division bench of Singh High Court, comprised of Justice Bin Yamin and Justice Malik Mohammad Aqil, directed the ...
Lahore
City experiences hottest day
LAHORE - The City experienced the hottest day of the current summer on Wednesday with the mercury crossing 41 degree Celsius mark ...
Edu policy for private sector to see little change
LAHORE - It is estimated that almost 40 per cent students study in private institutions while thousands of teachers jobs are ...
Loadshedding back again
LAHORE - The power outages have once again began to upset the routine life in City after a pause of one week, as a spell of ...
Controversy over fresh elections boils up
LAHORE - Controversy over fresh election for the Lahore High Court Bar Associations president further boiled up on Wednesday ...
Two DCOs made OSD; five posted
LAHORE - Seeing slackness during the wheat procurement, the Punjab government has directed two more District Coordination ...
Special courts have no room in Constitution: SC
LAHORE - Heading a Full Bench of the Supreme Court, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday Wednesday fell critical of the special courts ...
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