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 Friday, August 01, 2008
Front Page
Foreign pressure destroying peace deals: Aurakzai says Pak partners should 'do more'
RAWALPINDI - The government strategy for combating trends of violence and militancy through peaceful and political means is a right step to a right direction. Pakistan did a lot in the ongoing war on terror and other partners in the coalition need to do more," the former NWFP Governor Lt Gen ...
LoC clashes can't affect talks with India: PM
LONDON - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that sporadic firing incidents on Pak-India border could not affect the ...
Haj to cost Rs200,000
ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi has said that Haj expenses have been increased ...
Pakistan keeps guessing ahead of IAEA meet
Vienna - A day before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors is scheduled to meet here to adopt a ...
International
Bush orders overhaul of US intelligence agencies
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W Bush has given his national intelligence director greater powers to manage rival US spy ...
Palestinians see Olmert resignation as big blow
RAMALLAH (AFP) - Palestinian negotiators said on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's resignation would deal a ...
US may be seeking to kill me, says Karadzic
THE HAGUE (Agencies) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, known as "Butcher of Bosnia" made a combative first ...
Barack Obama damns McCain
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrats Thursday accused a "desperate" John McCain of offering voters a paucity of hope, after the ...
Turkish Premier under pressure to reconcile
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey's prime minister came under increased pressure Thursday to reconcile with secularist opponents after his ...
Thaksin's wife convicted of tax evasion
BANGKOK (AFP) - The wife of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion ...
Saudi held for having six wives
RIYADH (AFP) - Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested a man working for the country's vice squad who is accused of having six ...
Gilani to look into allegations of ISI-militants collusion
WASHINGTON - Reiterating his firm denial about links between some members of the Inter-Services Intelligence and militants, Prime ...
Pentagon study says Bush's 'war on terror' off target
WASHINGTON: - A Pentagon-commissioned study published Wednesday said the Bush administration's 7-year-old war-on-terror is off ...
Strike on Iran still possible, U.S. tells Israel
WASHINGTON -- U.S. government officials have reassured Israel that the option of attacking Iran over its nuclear programme ...
Sharapova wins, then pulls out
MONTREAL (AFP) - Russia's Maria Sharapova withdrew from the WTA Rogers Cup Wednesday just moments after winning a marathon ...
Lure of gold leaves Olympics prone to doping
LONDON (AFP) - The Beijing Olympics will see the biggest anti-doping effort in history but the omens for a drug-free Games are ...
Sri Lanka hit back after Sehwag misses rare feat
GALLE (Sri Lanka) (AFP) - Ajantha Mendis and Chaminda Vaas led Sri Lanka's fightback after Indian opener Virender Sehwag missed ...
Aussie head coach predicts fastest Olympics ever
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Australian head coach Alan Thompson on Thursday predicted the Olympic swimming competition will be the ...
Business
Sugar price jumps to Rs35 in Karachi
KARACHI - Despite ban on the export of sugar imposed by the government at least Rs3 per kg increase had been witnessed in the ...
Bears return to stock market; down 269 points
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Market could not sustain the sharp recovery seen a day earlier and KSE-100 index on Thursday fell 269 ...
Cell phone cos 'violating' country's norms
ISLAMABAD - Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology noted with concern that the cell phone companies were ...
Meezan, Eden Builders sign Rs2b financing
KARACHI - Meezan Bank Limited and Eden Builders Limited have signed Rs 2 billion Islamic financing facility mandate. Irfan ...
Euro jumps on eurozone inflation
LONDON - The euro rallied against the dollar on Thursday after official data revealed record high inflation across the ...
Oil prices slide after strong rebound
LONDON - World oil prices slid Thursday on profit-taking after a rebound of more than four dollars the previous day that ...
Govt collects 5.3pc of total revenue in July
ISLAMABAD - The government's heavy reliance on indirect taxes has brought in revenue of Rs 66 billion in July, the first month of ...
IPDF seeks ownership of uplift projects from PC
ISLAMABAD- The Infrastructure Project Development Facility has sought ownership of 20 development projects of Rs 165 billion from ...
Car assemblers urged to follow set policy
ISLAMABAD - Asad Elahi, Chief Executive Officer of Engineering Development Board (EDB), has urged the car assemblers to strictly ...
FPCCI against export of cotton
LAHORE - President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Tanvir A. Sheikh has strongly reacted on the news ...
Politics
Blast at Pak Consulate in Herat: Afghan envoy summoned
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Afghan Ambassador Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai to the Foreign Office and lodged a strong ...
Leased out vehicles: LHC bans cars recovery thru contractors
LAHORE - Justice Kazim Ali Malik of the Lahore High Court has ruled illegal the recovery of leased out vehicles from the ...
US to go ahead with F-16s upgrade plan
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has indicated that it would go ahead with its "considered decision" to divert money ...
Free judiciary inevitable for good governance: Iftikhar
DASKA - The deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary has said that the independence of judiciary is inevitable for good ...
Partial solar eclipse in Pakistan today
LAHORE - Total solar eclipse will occur on Friday (today) and will be visible in countries from Canada, Central Russia, Magnolia ...
Gates' new strategy to fight terrorism
WASHINGTON - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has approved a new National Defence Strategy that recommends making fighting al ...
UN takes notice of honour killings
KARACHI - The United Nations (UN) has taken the notice of frequent killing of women on account of honour killing (Karo Kari) in ...
Sharifs case hearing put off till Aug 21
RAWALPINDI - Judges of a Special Accountability Court No 4 Khalid Mehmood here on Thursday adjourned the hearing regarding ...
Qaeda leaders leaving Iraq for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Several Al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq have left the country for Afghanistan in a sign of weakness in the insurgent group, ...
Altaf Hussain warns against victimisation
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged the Sindh government not to victimise the opposition ...
Malaysia withdraws visa facility
ISLAMABAD - The Government of Malaysia has abolished visa on arrival for 27 countries including Pakistan. According to ...
20 Taliban killed in Nato strikes
KABUL - NATO-led ground troops backed by air power killed more than 20 Taliban-linked militants in a battle in central ...
Entertainment
Sharon faces $1b lawsuit over 'Karma' remarks
EVEN though she has already apologized, Sharon Stone apparently isn't getting any forgiveness. She faces a whopping $1 billion ...
Ancient Greek eclipse calculator marked Olympics
AN ancient Greek astronomical calculator that showed the positions of the sun, Earth and the moon, and outshined any known device ...
Bugs save pest-controller's life in Australian desert
SYDNEY - An Australian pest controller who got lost in the desert while prospecting for gold survived by turning for help ...
World's biggest jigsaw
ERIC Smith is celebrating after spending the last six months completing the world's biggest jigsaw. The 73-year-old used ...
New materials for microwave cookware
YOU may soon be enjoying microwave popcorn and other 'nuked' foods and beverages faster than ever before, while saving on ...
'No new order' for Spears manager
BRITNEY Spears' lawyer has said the singer will not seek an extension for a restraining order against her former manager, Osama ...
Islamabad
Pakistan Olympic contingent off to Beijing
ISLAMABAD-As many as 31 members of the Pakistan contingent comprising 16 hockey players, two swimmers, two athletes, one shooter ...
Chinese embassy holds reception for Pakistan squad
ISLAMABD - The Chinese embassy in Pakistan on Thursday hosted a reception in honour of Pakistan contingent, which is going to ...
Weather becomes pleasant after cold winds, rain
ISLAMABAD - Weather became pleasant after the cold winds brought the mercury down on Thursday morning, followed by an hour-long ...
PC planning to privatise 26 motels
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Tourism has asked for delisting 15 motels out of 26, being privatised through the Privatisation ...
539 atta smugglers arrested
RAWALPINDI - During a special campaign against the flour and wheat smuggling, police have registered 307 cases and arrested 539 ...
Birth anniversary of Fatima Jinna
ISLAMABAD - The 115th birth anniversary of Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation.) Fatima Jinnah was celebrated on Thursday ...
Vehicles with armed cops to patrol M-1
ISLAMABAD (APP) - To root out crime on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway (M-1), National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) would ...
Who is who
Charles Lamb used to work in Indian Library office. Once his boss said: "Charles You always come late to office". "Sir You ...
Karachi
Pakistan's female athlete hopes to uphold Olympic spirit
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's sole female athlete Sadaf Siddiqui has modest ambitions for the Olympics and says simply competing ...
Private schools beat govt institutions
KARACHI - The educational standard of the government schools has once again been exposed by the results of the Secondary School ...
Handing over of Dr Afia Siddiqui to US 'shameful'
KARACHI - Jamat-e-Islami central leader Prof Ghaffor Ahmed has lashed out at President Pervez Musharraf for handing over Dr Afia ...
CDGK gears up for new ways to generate funds
KARACHI - City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has decided to seek new and different ways to generate revenue, as Sindh ...
Peasants courts to be set up in Sindh: Minister
KARACHI - Sindh Government will establish Hari Courts across the province to provide immediate justice to agriculture workers, ...
Altaf against victimisation
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged the Sindh government not to victimise the opposition ...
115th birthday of Fatima Jinnah
Karachi (PPI) - Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto has said Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah gave a broad vision ...
Lahore
Pakistan, India kabaddi series from August 7
LAHORE - The Pakistan and India kabaddi series will be held in different cities of Punjab from August 7 to 16. The Indian ...
Aisam victorious in marathon match
LAHORE - Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan had a marathon day in Belo Horizonte, Brazil ATP Challenger Championship as he was ...
PHF flays exclusion of hockey
LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation women wing secretary has criticised the organisers of the Inter-provincial Games for ...
Showbiz events latest casualty
LAHORE - Turbulent politics, unprecedented inflation and security concerns have led to cancellation and postponement of a number ...
Nominations sought from provinces for NFC Award
LAHORE - Leader of the House in the Senate Raza Rabbani has said the federal government has sought nominations from the provinces ...
EC restrained from announcing PP-10 result
LAHORE - A full bench of the Lahore High Court Thursday restrained election commission of Pakistan from announcing official ...
Overhead expressway from Kot Lakhpat to Niazi Chowk
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that in order to reduce traffic load on Lahore roads, a ...
High Court suspends prosecutors termination orders, refers case to CJ
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday restored number of deputy, assistant and deputy prosecutors general ...
Weather makes lawyers vibrant
LAHORE - Pleasant weather on Thursday brought out more protesters including lawyers and activists of civil society and different ...
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