Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Front Page
US plan for joint operation rejected
ISLAMABAD -Pakistan on Tuesday told the United States that it would not accept foreign troops on its territory in manhunt for Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants and would not give any blank cheque to Washington. Islamabad has flagged 'certain red lines that cannot be crossed by the US, said the ...
US wants to break up Pakistan, says minister
ISLAMABAD - American policies are not of a friend but of a foe and Richard Holbrooke and Mike Mullen are in Pakistan to put a ...
Violence erupts in Buner
PESHAWAR The authorities Tuesday confirmed the killing of around one dozen people including eight Taliban miscreants during ...
Three policemen, 8 Taliban among 12 killed
PESHAWAR The authorities Tuesday confirmed the killing of around one dozen people including eight Taliban miscreants during ...
International
Protesters attack Thai PM's car as tensions rise
PATTAYA, Thailand, (AFP) - Anti-government protesters attacked Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajivas car and trapped him inside ...
Peru ex-president gets 25 year jail for organised killings
LIMA (AFP) - Peruvian former president Alberto Fujimori, 70, was Tuesday convicted by a court here of crimes against humanity for ...
Moldovan parliament, Presidency stormed
CHISINAU (AFP) - Thousands of young protesters stormed the parliament and presidency in Moldova Tuesday after a rally against a ...
Baby survives bombing in slain mother's lap
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A baby miraculously survived a Baghdad car bombing cradled in his mothers lap as she was burned alive in a blast ...
US President reaches out to Muslim world
ISTANBUL (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged a new chapter of American engagement as he wound up a visit to ...
Medics joined CIA 'torture' sessions: ICRC
WASHINGTON - A confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross says that US personnel, including medical ...
CJP lives up to his reputation as rights' champion: NYT
NEW YORK - The dressing down in the Supreme Court of top Pakistani officials for the failure to take up of the case of Swat woman ...
Summit on economic crisis in June: UNGA president
UNITED NATIONS - A top-level global conference will take place here in the first week of June to deliberate on the crisis that ...
Most Americans give high marks for Obama's foreign trip
WASHINGTON: - A majority of Americans gave U.S. President Barack Obama high marks for his diplomatic skills during his first ...
Gates cuts back weapons projects to bolster Iraq, Afghan missions
WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended ceasing production of the radar-evading F-22 Raptor jet fighter, ...
India secure first New Zealand series in 41 years
WELLINGTON (AFP) - India secured their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 on Tuesday despite rain cheating them of a huge ...
Advantage Australia as Ashes looms
LONDON (AFP) - England do know what it is like to win the World Cup on Australian soil and they have had the measure of their ...
Business
SECP discontinues CFS MK-II
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has decided to discontinue CFS Mk-II and Deliverable Futures ...
Promise of less loadshedding for textile sector not fulfilled
LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said that Pepco is not fulfilling its commitment of smooth power ...
Market gains 117 points as volume hits 11-month high
KARACHI - Intense buying at the stock market, especially in banking sector, boosted the KSE-100-index by another 117 points on ...
653 companies registered in first quarter of '09
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has registered 653 companies during the first quarter of the ...
Assemblers plan cut in cars prices to boost sale
KARACHI - The prices of locally-manufactured cars are being slashed to boost sale of the vehicles as the industry is facing a ...
Hopes for recession turnaround take a hit
BRUSSELS (AFP) - A grim forecast for East Asia and news of a deeper than feared recession in the eurozone unsettled investors ...
2,76,000 tons wheat procured in Sindh
ISLAMABAD (APP) - About 2,76,000 tons wheat has been procured in the Sindh Province during current wheat procurement campaign to ...
Excessive rains may harm wheat crop
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The harvesting season is yet to approach and agriculturists are concerned that excessive rains across the ...
World stocks plunge on gloomy forecasts, data
LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets plunged into negative territory Tuesday on gloomy growth forecasts in Asia and news that the ...
Finance Ministry asked to make monitoring system effective
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly on Tuesday directed the Finance Ministry to make ...
Politics
PAC asks President Forego monetary discretionary powers
ISLAMABAD - Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has said that President Asif Ali Zardari should set an ...
Taliban blow up music shop
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Suspected Taliban militants planted a remote-controlled bomb that blew up a music shop and neighbouring stalls ...
No let-up in flour smuggling
ISLAMABAD - Despite the media reports pointing to an alarming upsurge in the flour smuggling, theres no letup in the illegal ...
S Arabia breaks up 'terror' network
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it had broken up an 11-strong terrorist cell planning attacks and kidnappings and seized ...
Aftershocks rattle Italy as toll hits 228
LAQUILA, Italy, (AFP) - Earthquake aftershocks rocked the Italian city of LAquila on Tuesday, raining fresh lumps of debris as ...
UN team arrives to devise security for investigators
ISLAMABAD- A six-member preparatory delegation of the UN Commission investigating the assassination of late Prime Minister ...
SC rejects govt appeals in Aziz bail case
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals of the federation against grant of bail to Maulana Abdul Aziz by ...
Four killed as train hits passenger van
JHANG - Four persons were killed while 12 got seriously injured when a train hit the passenger wagon during crossing the rail ...
India building new airbase
SRINAGAR (PPI) - After reopening Daulat Beg Oldi and Fuk Che airfields in Ladakh, last year, India is now working aggressively to ...
Washington intends to step up drone strikes: NYT
NEW YORK - Despite threats of retaliation from militants, the United States intends to step up its drone strikes in tribal areas ...
2 Nato troops die in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - Two soldiers in the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan died in attacks while troops killed four militants in a ...
ISI chief refuses to meet US envoys?
ISLAMABAD - Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Athar Abbas has denied that ISI chief ...
Nawaz asks US to stop missile strikes
ISLAMABAD - PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif Tuesday exhorted the US to give up drone attacks policy, as it is counter-productive to ...
CJ asks IGPs to address citizens, prisoners' woes
ISLAMABAD - In a letter dispatched to provincial police chiefs, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ...
Indian home minister in copycat shoe attack
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - An irate Sikh journalist threw a shoe at Indias home minister on Tuesday in an echo of the attack on ...
Sindh Food Secy sidelined for saying 'no' to millers
KARACHI - Provincial Food Secretary of Sindh Allah Dito Shar is stated to have been sidelined from the ministry in the context of ...
National policy to stem terror in final stage: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said that the national policy to root out terrorism from the ...
300 Pashtuns held in crackdown
LAHORE - City police Tuesday launched a massive crackdown against Pashtuns belonging to NWFP and Afghanistan and arrested ...
Dr Tahir Javed elected 'Q' rebel leader
LAHORE - PML-Q Forward Bloc has elected Dr Tahir Ali Javed as its Parliamentary leader after a stiff contest with the other ...
Entertainment
Miley Cyrus still adjusting to life as a superstar
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Miley Cyrus has become a teen idol playing the squeaky-clean heroine of Hannah Montana, the smash-hit ...
Nicolas Cage sells German castle
BERLIN (AFP) - The global recession has forced Hollywood star Nicolas Cage to tighten his purse strings and sell his sumptuous ...
World's rarest shark caught and eaten: WWF
MANILA (AFP) - A megamouth shark, one of the worlds most elusive species, was caught, carved up and eaten by fishermen from a ...
World's oldest person celebrates 115th birthday
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The worlds oldest person celebrated her 115th birthday here Monday with music, cake and a letter of ...
Lebanon's MTV returns after seven years off air
BEIRUT (AFP) - A private Lebanese television shut down in 2002 by a then Syrian-backed government is to return to the airwaves on ...
Gravity satellite feels the force
EUROPES innovative Goce satellite has switched on the super-sensitive instrument that will make ultra-fine measurements of Earths ...
Islamabad
Budding minds visualise real facet of environment
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Students from various institutions of the twin cities here Tuesday displayed their innovative ideas in an art ...
200m people affected by man-made calamities in '08
ISLAMABAD - Around 200 million people were affected by the natural and man-made disasters worldwide in 2008 and half of them ...
Teams formed to immunised 5,600,780 kids
RAWALPINDI - Health Department, Rawalpindi had constituted 1288 mobile teams to administer polio drops to 5,600780 under five ...
CDA's inability imperils decades-old pine trees' survival
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The fate of decades-old pine trees is under threat due to ill-equipped Capital Development Authority which, ...
Youth Ministry to launch internship programme
ISLAMABAD (APP) Ministry of Youth Affairs has planned to launch the National Internship Programmes (NIP) soon providing ...
Election schedule for IHC Bar announced
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The maiden elections of Islamabad High Court Bar Association will be held here on April 18. The Election Board ...
Karachi
From 'I' to 'We'
We certainly live in exciting times and there is never a dull moment in Pakistan's Soap Opera politics. You can switch TV ...
Sindh growers at the mercy of middlemen
KARACHI - The majority of small growers in Sindh are getting less than the official support price of wheat of Rs950-40, sources ...
Cancer Hospital cures 55pc children patients
KARACHI - Children Cancer Hospital (CCH) has become the only charity-based health facility in the country with 55 per cent ...
Chief Justice summons NJPMC meeting
KARACHI - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Tuesday summoned a two-day meeting of National Judicial ...
City Council flays hike in flour price
KARACHI - The City council in its meeting, chaired by Nasreen Jalil, on Tuesday protested the hike in flour prices to Rs5 per kg, ...
CDGK to set up drug rehab centres in City
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has directed the authorities concerned to allot land for the establishment of rehabilitation ...
Court moved for issuance of verdict certified copy
KARACHI (APP) - At least three miscellaneous applications were filed on behalf of PML-N chief and former Prime Minister Mian ...
Pakistan wants decision on status of ICL players
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan will not field any rebel cricketers until it receives clarification on the status of their contracts ...
Karachi, Punjab co-favourites in Inter varsity Basketball
KARACHI - Karachi University and title holders Punjab University are co favorites of the 12-team Inter varsity Basketball title ...
Lahore
Police conduct surveys of education institutes
LAHORE - Police have started the survey of schools and colleges in the City to collect the information about the strength of ...
Academicians vie for addl secretary post
LAHORE - The post of additional secretary academic higher education has become hot favourite for some educationists due to ...
LHC seeks directions from Assembly Speaker
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday directed provincial law officer to seek clear directions from the Speaker Punjab ...
Irregularities on the rise in Town Planning Branch
LAHORE - Massive irregularities in Town Planning Branch of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), notorious as the best ...
Petition filed again against Musharraf
LAHORE - A petition seeking high treason action against former President Pervez Musharraf has again been moved in the Supreme ...
Planning, preparation needed to deal with disasters: Speakers
LAHORE - Vice Chancellor King Edward Medical University (KEMU) Prof Dr Zafar Ullah khan has said wars, cyclones, earthquakes, ...
Pakistan, Australia series itinerary announced
LAHORE - The Pakistan and Australia five-match ODI series will roll into action on April 22 with a day and nighter at the DSC ...
Rauf's five wickets put question mark on PCB selection
LAHORE - The first innings lead of 15 runs earned Income Tax valuable three points in a drawn match of the Patrons Trophy Grade ...
Railways and Service Industries match drawn
LAHORE - Railways and Service Industries match of the Patrons Trophy Grade-II ended in a draw here at the Railways Stadium on the ...
Pakistan players seek participation in IPL
LAHORE - The organisers of the Indian Premier League (IPL) continue to snub Pakistani cricketers and are unlikely to consider ...
Buoyant Pakistan eye win over Sri Lanka today
LAHORE - Pakistan will go all out for three points when they will take on 2006 Silver medallist Sri Lanka in the third AFC ...
Pakistan, Sri Lanka announce squads
LAHORE - Pakistan and Sri Lanka announced their squads for the third AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers (Group-D) match on Wednesday, ...
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