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 Thursday, April 09, 2009
Front Page
Clocks to be advanced from 15th
ISLAMABAD - Giving nod to the purchase of natural gas from Iran to meet domestic needs, Federal Cabinet here on Wednesday accorded approval of the construction of Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline. The Federal Cabinet has decided to make gas import agreement with Iran and utilize the imported gas ...
UN team gets down to business
ISLAMABAD - A six-member technical assessment team of the United Nations, which met the Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior ...
PPP asks 'N' to join Centre first
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party has linked their stay in the Punjab government with Pakistan Muslim League-Ns becoming a part ...
International
New Israeli govt policies dangerous: Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia on Wednesday slammed the policies of Israels new right-wing government as dangerous and an obstacle ...
Iran not seeking nuclear bomb, says Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on Wednesday that Tehran has no plans to build a nuclear bomb, in a ...
'Sea of Red Shirts' piles pressure on Thai PM
BANGKOK (AFP) - More than 100,000 protesters rallied in Bangkok Wednesday in their biggest bid yet to topple Premier Abhisit ...
Bangladesh govt to evict ex-PM Zia from home
DHAKA (AFP) - The Bangladeshi cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, announced Wednesday that former premier Khaleda Zia ...
Chavez says world now revolves around China
BEIJING (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared here Wednesday that the world now revolved around China, as he praised ...
Syria ready for Israel talks on basis of Golan pullout
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria is ready to resume indirect peace talks with the new Israeli government on the basis of a total pullout ...
US to attend N. talks with Iran
WASHINGTON In another significant shift from former President George W. Bush's policy of isolating Iran, the Obama ...
Ban briefed on findings of UN probe into Israel's Gaza attacks
UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was briefed Thursday by members of the U.N. Board of Inquiry, which is probing ...
UN technical team for BB probe commission returning to N.Y. next week
UNITED NATIONS - A UN technical team is to report to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon soon on its preparatory work in Pakistan for ...
Australia rests Ponting, Hussey for Pakistan series
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australia omitted a trio of star players from its squad to face Pakistan this month, preferring to rest them ...
Embarrassed Strauss rubbishes omission
LONDON (AFP) - Andrew Strauss is adamant he has no qualms about being left out of hosts England's squad for the upcoming World ...
Business
KSE sheds 296 points due to CFS MK-II elimination
KARACHI - Elimination of CFS MK-II invited correction at the Karachi Stock Exchange and the benchmark 100-Index witnessed red ...
End of political turmoil means surge for stocks
KARACHI (AFP) -The stock market has rebounded 27.5 per cent in three weeks, taking advantage of some welcome political stability, ...
Textile composite sector posts earnings growth of 61 per cent
LAHORE - Textile sector of the country has depicted strong earnings growth of 23 per cent in first half of fiscal 2009. Analysts ...
US pushing world into another crisis by printing excessive money
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Wednesday said US was pushing whole world into another crisis by ...
70 per cent sacked workers reinstated, says minister
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower, Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah said up to 70 per cent sacked employees ...
Businessmen divided over save-energy plan
KARACHI - The business community seemed divided over the federal governments decision to move clocks one hour ahead from 15th of ...
Pact approved to boost transit trade with Uzbekistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Cabinet on Wednesday accorded approval for the ratification of agreement on cooperation in the field of ...
Iraq may invest in oil, gas sectors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Iraq has offered to invest in the re-construction of Pakistan besides the oil and gas sectors. Iraq Ambassador ...
Pakistanis enjoy cheapest broadband service worldwide
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A recent survey has found that Pakistani broadband users enjoy very inexpensive broadband internet compared to ...
Pak private sector urges US to provide market access
LAHORE (APP) - Pakistan private sector Wednesday urged USA to provide direct market access to Pak products on zero rate duty to ...
Politics
Focus efforts on improving dispensation of justice
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry has sent a letter to Presidents of all the Bar Associations in the ...
5 terrorists held in Karachi
Karachi - Karachi police apprehended five suspects belonging to a banned outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and recovered huge quantity ...
Despite differences, US-Pak talks in Islamabad 'constructive'
WASHINGTON - Even though Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke of differences between the positions of Pakistan and the ...
China concerned over militant activity in Fata
LONDON - After the United States, now China has also warned Pakistan that East Turkestan Islamic Movement (Etim), a separatist ...
SC has exclusive jurisdiction: IHC
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in its detailed verdict over NWFP governments plea against the Federal ...
UN to help BD war crimes trial planning
DHAKA (AFP) - The United Nations said Wednesday that some of its top war crimes experts would advise Bangladesh on how to try ...
Special force to fight terror: Asif
ISLAMABAD/LONDON - Ruling out any possibility of taking over the country by militants, President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday ...
American envoys tout Indian role in AfPak
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said the threat posed by ...
Drones may have hurt more than helped: US officials
WASHINGTON - Concerns are growing among US intelligence and military officials that the increasing drone attacks in Pakistans ...
Taliban vow to capture Islamabad
TALIBAN have said they will take their war to Islamabad after moving into Swat Valleys Buner District where scores of militants ...
'Bush-Mush' policy fanned terror: Nawaz
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that the continuity of 'Bush and Mush policy is basic cause behind ...
US drone kills four in Wana
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - A suspected US missile strike killed four militants and wounded four other people in Wana Wednesday, ...
National Security Policy draft sent to Parliament
ISLAMABAD - All the members of a Special Parliamentary Committee on National Security have signed the draft of recommendations ...
Militants ban naswar, divorce in Darra
THE local Taliban have set up an illegal FM radio station in Darra Adamkhel and allegedly banned divorce without their ...
Entertainment
Julia feels for Hollywood's Gen Y
HOLLYWOOD superstar Julia Roberts said she feels the starlets of today have a much harder time than she ever did, with every ...
Two-time space tourist returns to Earth
MOSCOW (AFP) - US millionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi met with his wife in the Kazakh steppe after returning safely to ...
Family car surrounded by lions at UK safari park
WHEN you are driving around a safari park, there is no doubt you want to get up close to the interesting animals loping around ...
Madonna makes Italian quake donation
MADONNA has made a 'substantial donation to a fund for victims of the recent earthquake in Italy. The singer, who is the ...
Dramatically backlit dust in giant galaxy
THE NASA/ESAs Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of NGC 7049, a mysterious looking galaxy on the border between ...
I'm in absolute hell, says Lindsay Lohan
LINDSAY Lohan has admitted that she is in absolute hell following her split from girlfriend Samantha Ronson last weekend. ...
Islamabad
Rain adds beauty to capital, paralyses life in Pindi
RAWALPINDI - Although the federal capital betrayed fresh looks of lush green with persistent rains on Wednesday yet the daily ...
Surgery to reduce obesity performed
ISLAMABAD Shifa International Hospital added another feather in its cap by performing Laproscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery of ...
Robaiyat-e-Omar Khayam launched
ISLAMABAD - Robaiyat-e-Omar Khayam (Takhleeq-e-Nau) launching ceremony held here on Wednesday in the premises of Pakistan Academy ...
Call to project national culture
ISLAMABAD - PNCA Director General Naeem Tahir stressed the need of projecting the national culture and heritage at international ...
Middleman's role central in govt offices
ISLAMABAD - The money mongering manoeuvres have become an order of the day in the government sector, with new innovative ...
Moot to handle crises ends
ISLAMABAD - A three days 'International Conference on State of International Relations in Pakistan of Qauid-i-Azam University ...
National
Solecki returns home
UNITED NATIONS - John Solecki, an American UN official who was kidnapped and held hostage for two months in Balochistan is back ...
Karachi
Corruption on the rise in police dept
KARACHI - Rampant and unchecked corruption have badly affected the performance of the police officials, who even lobby for their ...
Paint factory catches fire; no casualty
KARACHI - A paint factory, located near the Siemens Chowrangi within the jurisdiction of SITE Police Station, caught fire ...
Artist decries end to stipend programme
KARACHI - Renowned playback singer of Saleem Shahzad who is also a Radio and TV artist has been deprived of Rs 3,000/ monthly ...
Petitioner asked to submit rejoinder
KARACHI - Sindh High Court has asked the petitioner to submit rejoinder within fifteen days after having information through ...
PAC finds irregularities in educational institutes' record
KARACHI - A number of anomalies in the financial records of the universities and education boards of Sindh were seen during the ...
Prison Dept asked to pay salaries
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh High Court Wednesday ordered payment of withheld salaries for 12 months to computer operators working in ...
Younus regrets Australia's selection
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan captain Younus Khan Wednesday said he regretted that Australia had rested some of its best players from ...
Sargodha outplay Iqra Karachi
KARACHI - Sargodha outplayed Iqra Karachi by big 79-33 margin to enter the quarter final of the twelve team Inter varsity ...
FIH intervention sought in Indian hockey elections
KARACHI - As many as 30 hockey associations of India have requested the president of the FIH Leandro Negre to intervene in the ...
Lahore
Citizens perturbed over daylight saving initiative
LAHORE - The daylight energy conservation programme of the government on one hand may decrease the consumption of electricity ...
No gadget to measure purity of milk, LHC told
LAHORE - The chief analyst of food laboratory told the Lahore High Court on Wednesday that the laboratory has no gadget to check ...
Ouster of lotas won't affect party: Shujaat
LAHORE - PML-Q President and Senator Ch Shujaat Hussain has said that ouster of some members would not affect the party as a ...
10 hoax calls alert security in City
LAHORE - Pranksters have surfaced again in the city in the wake of looming security concerns, causing panic among the patients ...
NH&MP committed to bring down ratio of fatal accidents
LAHORE - Inspector General National Highways and Motorways Police (NH&MP) Dr Wasim Kauser has said that his prime focus is to ...
Unification Bloc seeks parliamentary leader
LAHORE-Members of unification bloc, a new nomenclature for PML-Qs forward bloc in Punjab Assembly, called on Speaker Rana ...
No ICL players in revised squad
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has excluded the names of players who signed up for the rebel Indian Cricket League in the ...
Giving in to rebels would set wrong example
LAHORE - Former captain Ramiz Raja opposed the inclusion of Indian Cricket League players in the Pakistan national team, saying ...
Give contracts, we would end it with ICL, says Rana
LAHORE - Banned Pakistan fast bowler Rana Navedul Hassan has urged Pakistan Cricket Board to guarantee central contract prior to ...
Intikhab insists team was picked on merit
LAHORE - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam finds the announced team for the Australia team as balanced mixed with youth and ...
PCB to ensure top security for Australia series
LAHORE - A senior Pakistan Cricket Board official on Wednesday said all security related matters had been sorted out with their ...
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