Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Front Page
New national policy to counter terrorism
ISLAMABAD - It was the consensus view of the participants of the high-level meeting held under the chair of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani that a comprehensive and integrated policy involving all stakeholders would be devised to completely eradicate the scourge of terrorism and extremism ...
Nawaz Sharif decides to challenge convictions
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has decided in principle to challenge the controversial convictions in the cases ...
Pakistan fighting terror for survival: President
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday told the United States that the government would not succumb to any pressure by ...
International
UNSC deadlocked over N Korean rocket launch
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council, after failing to agree Sunday evening on a response to North Koreas rocket launch, is ...
Black Monday in Baghdad as car bombings kill 34
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A spate of bloody car bombings rocked mainly Shia districts of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 34 people in ...
UNGA president highlights plight of a billion hungry people worldwide
UNITED NATIONS Warning that one billion people worldwide are on the verge of starvation, the UN General Assembly President ...
US wants UN to condemn DPRK
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Monday it wanted a strong response from the United Nations condemning North Koreas ...
24 killed in Indonesian mily plane crash
JAKARTA (AFP) - Twenty-four Indonesian military personnel were killed Monday when their training aircraft crashed into a hangar ...
Palestinian state only solution: Blair
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair on Monday emerged from talks with new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
US defence budget to reform Pentagon: Gates
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said his recommended Defence budget would profoundly reform military ...
Blasts kill 8 in India
GUWAHATI (AFP) - A spate of blasts rocked northeast Indias Assam state Monday, killing eight people and wounding 60 on the eve ...
Somali pirates on hijacking spree
NAIROBI (AFP) - Somali pirates seized ships from France, Britain, Germany, Taiwan and Yemen, defying world naval powers by ...
Lanka braces for final battle against Tigers
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankas military readied Monday for a final assault on Tamil Tigers boxed into a strip of jungle with ...
Sri Lanka honour 'hero' bus driver
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka Monday rewarded a Pakistani coach driver with 21,800 dollars for his role in protecting the island's ...
Valencia eye Europe as League rivals stumble
BARCELONA (AFP) - Valencia set their sights on a top-four Spanish League finish, and a Champions League spot, on Sunday after ...
Macheda sinks Villa in United thriller
MANCHESTER (AFP) - Italian teenager Federico Macheda netted an injury-time winner on his Premier League debut as Manchester ...
Murray clinches Miami Masters title
MIAMI (AFP) - Britain's Andy Murray beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 on Sunday to win the Miami Masters and clinch his ...
Business
Trade loans plummet to bottomline in 7 months
KARACHI - The growth in trade related loans has declined sharply to 0.9 per cent in first seven months of FY09 compared to robust ...
Minister asks masses to consume less power
ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf claimed that by December 2009 there would be no load-shedding ...
KSE crosses 7,500 level as volume rises to 382m shares
KARACHI - Law and order situation in the country overshadowed the bullish sentiments at the local bourses while KSE-100-index ...
Govt grants 3 petroleum exploration licences
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government here on Monday granted three Petroleum Exploration Licenses of joint ventures to M/s Paige ...
Banks should adopt effective tools for galvanising home remittances
KARACHI - Federal Overseas Pakistanis Minister Dr Farooq Sattar on Monday urged commercial banks and other stakeholders to adopt ...
Import of over 100 items allowed through land route from India
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The import of over 100 items were allowed from India through land route of Wagha border, said a top official of ...
Pak economy can get boost by tapping CARs trade potentials
LAHORE - Pakistan, for having the shortest and quickest access to Central Asian Republics (CARs), offers huge opportunity to ...
SECP sets up Institute to promote capital market
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has established an Institute of Capital Markets that ...
9,430 out of 10,000 tractors delivered to farmers
LAHORE - Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh on Monday claimed that under the Green Tractor Subsidy Scheme at ...
PM inaugurates Attock Power Plant today
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will inaugurate the 165 MW power plant of Attock Generation Limited on ...
Politics
Establish writ in Swat: SC
ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court of Pakistan during the hearing of girls flogging case on Monday directed the Federal Interior Secretary ...
Army ready to face challenges: Kayani
ISLAMABAD - Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the army is and will remain fully prepared to meet the ...
Terrorists won't succeed in breaking country: Asif
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said extremists would never succeed to take over or break the country. In ...
Justice Bilal says he will not resign
LAHORE-Tension between PCO and non-PCO judges has boiled up after Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Mr Justice M. Bilal Khan ...
Secret voting to decide Parliamentary leader
LAHORE - The PML-N has laid down a formula of secret voting for the election of next Parliamentary leader of PML-Q Forward Bloc ...
Threat to schools Interior Ministry cautions CM and Governor
LAHORE - The terrorists may hit girls schools and English medium institutions in the City, especially those with co-education ...
US not at war with Islam: Obama
ANKARA (Agencies) - President Barack Obama declared Monday during his first visit to a Muslim nation since his election that the ...
Continued efforts needed to deal with terror threat: US
WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday said it was very pleased and relieved at the release of an American UN official after ...
Pakistani woman among 14 killed in Friday's NY shooting
NEW YORK - Police have released the identities of the 14 people killed in Friday's shootings at the American Civic Center in ...
UN chief deplores flogging of Swat girl
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday deplored the public flogging of as young girl in Swat that was video ...
Pakistanis not at the same wavelength with US: NYT
NEW YORK - Pakistans political and military circles dont agree with the United States that the threat from Al-Qaeda and the ...
150 dead as strong qauke shakes Italy
L'AQUILA (AFP) - A violent earthquake rocked central Italy on Monday killing at least 150 people, injuring 1,500 and devastating ...
Officers' never-fading fad for 'fancied' offices
LAHORE - The Punjab seemed to be like an open field for all during the Governor Rule when the officers were even allotted ...
India signs defence deal with Israel
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Close on the heels of a $2 billion missile deal with the Israeli Aerospace Industry (IAI), India has signed ...
Extra US troops will not end fighting: Taliban
KABUL (AFP) - Thousands of extra US troops headed to Afghanistan will not stop the Taliban insurgency but fuel further attacks, ...
Defence budget to be used effectively: Tarin
KARACHI-Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Shaukat Tarin has said the defence budget is ...
Dr Ansar takes over as PAEC Chief
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Newly appointed Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Dr Ansar Pervez has assumed the charge of ...
6-member UN team arrives today to probe BB's murder
ISLAMABAD (Online) - A 6-member UN team consisting of technical experts would reach Islamabad today (Tuesday) to investigate the ...
GC University efforts for reconciliation fail
LAHORE - The issue of the faculty and staff members of Computer Science Department of the Government College University (GCU) is ...
Entertainment
Carrie Underwood tops country awards
AMERICAN singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood has taken the coveted entertainer of the year title at the Academy of Country Music ...
World's smallest dog
HE weighs in at just a few ounces - but this tiny puppy could be a big deal when it comes to world records. The miniscule ...
Suri becomes style icon at just age of 3
HANG up your handbag, Posh; make way, Kate. Theres a hot new style icon in town. And theres no hope of outlasting her, seeing as ...
Snapper files case against Gisele's security guard
TWO paparazzi photographers have accused a security guard placed at supermodel Gisele Bundchen and footballer Tom Bradys wedding ...
Visual attention: how brain makes most of visible world
THE visual system has limited capacity and cannot process everything that falls onto the retina. Instead, the brain relies on ...
Islamabad
PIMS updates security of doctors, visitors
ISLAMABAD - In the wake of recent terror threats, administration of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, (PIMS) has ...
Showers, winds bring mercury down
RAWALPINDI - Continuous spell of rain Sunday night and during Monday as well has forced people to use warm clothes along with ...
Street crimes on the rise
RAWALPINDI (Online)- In the first three months of 2009, as much as 827 incidents of dacoity occurred while 588 vehicles and 97 ...
SAARC countries urged to gear up process
ISLAMABAD- Experts call upon the SAARC countries to accelerate the process of establishing a South Asian University to foster the ...
12 car lifters arrested; vehicles recovered
ISLAMABAD: Anti-Car Lifting Cell of Capital police have busted 3 gangs comprising 12 accused and recovering 6 vehicles including ...
Physicists' moot at NCP starts
ISLAMABAD: The first four-day long Scientific Spring has kicked off at National Centre for Physics (NCP) on Monday. Eminent ...
Karachi
KWSB mulls raise in water charges
KARACHI - Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) is considering to increasing the water charges in order to pay-off KESCs ...
Strict action to be taken against quacks: Jakhrani
KARACHI - Federal Minister for Health, Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani, has said that present government was spending huge funds to ...
Call to withdraw lease tax in Gadap Town villages
KARACHI - Gadap Town nazim, Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, has said that hike in the lease tax for farmers has added to their problems ...
Committee constituted to implement health by-laws
KARACHI - The city council, through a unanimous resolution, has formed a committee to finalise legal formalities for the ...
Police fail to tackle militants in Gadap Town
KARACHI - Police have failed to take action against the militants hiding in various localities of Gadap Town, sources complained ...
SHC issues notices to City Govt in land occupation case
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday issued notice to City District Government Karachi (CDGK) and other elected ...
Lahore
Shoaib back for Australia series
LAHORE - Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was named Monday in Pakistan's 15-man squad for this month's series against ...
ICL rebels Rana, Razzaq, Nazir named in Twenty20 World Cup squad
LAHORE - Pakistan named three rebel Indian Cricket League players in the preliminary 30-man squad announced Monday for the ...
Pakistan crash to second successive defeat in Azlan Shah Cup
LAHORE - Pakistan hockey team's miserable run continued in the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia as they crashed to a 3-2 against New ...
Former PCB chief lambasts board over Akhtar's inclusion
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday came under a scathing attack from one of its former chiefs who said the ...
Sohail insists he quit marketing job himself
LAHORE - Pakistan former Test skipper Aamir Sohail has dismissed reports that he was relieved of the additional responsibility ...
Safi propels Pakistan to 6-0 win over Brunei
LAHORE - Dir-born Safiullah Khan, who returned to international arena after a lapse of three years, struck four times as ...
Pakistan Steel announce squad
LAHORE - Pakistan Steel Sports Control Board (PSSCB) announced their football team for PFF-NBP National Football Challenge Cup ...
Chaudhrys under fire for 'autocracy'
LAHORE - PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain and former Punjab Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi have alleged that the government ...
'Q' legislators decry lotas
LAHORE - The PML-Q legislators and workers, mostly females, on Monday took out a small procession on The Mall to condemn members ...
Intermittent rain makes weather pleasant in City
LAHORE - Various parts of the country including the City received intermittent rain on Monday, making weather pleasant by ...
Media has yet to achieve its goal: Nizami
LAHORE - President Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) and Editor The Nation Arif Nizami has said that after the ...
Resolution passed against govt's decision amidst tears
LAHORE - Vice Chancellor King Edward Medical University (KEMU) Prof Dr Zafar Ullah Khan literally burst into tears during the ...
Jashan-e-Baharan in full swing
LAHORE - The Jashan-e-Baharan Mela, celebrated traditionally to mark the spring season, is in full swing in the City. ...
All problems emanating from poor governance: Piracha
LAHORE - Chairman Good Governance Forum Mumtaz A Piracha has said that the root cause of all the problems Pakistan is facing ...
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