Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
The Nation in print for Sunday, August 10, 2008
Front Page
Face or resign
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Pervez Musharraf has said that he was reviewing political developments in the country and will decide future course of action after considering the charges levelled against him. Musharraf was talking to PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain who called on him ...
President summons NA tomorrow
ISLAMABAD- The President, in exercise of the powers conferred by Clause 1 of Article 54 of the Constitution, has summoned the ...
US warplane violates Pak territory
LANDI KOTAL - An American warplane had a flight over Pakistani territories on Saturday morning. The plane came in Tirah ...
Establishment to stay away this time
ISLAMABAD - In the background meetings with the 'real power brokers' in the country, the political dispensation have made it ...
International
Russian troops raid Georgian towns; scores dead
GORI, Georgia (Agencies) - Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province of South Ossetia and bombed ...
Tropical storm Kammuri leaves 100 dead, missing in Vietnam
HANOI (AFP) - More than 100 people were dead or missing in flash floods and landslides as heavy rains brought by tropical storm ...
N-attack anniversary marked
TOKYO (AFP) - Nagasaki on Saturday demanded North Korea fully abandon nuclear weapons, while urging India to sign nuclear ...
Time to end war in Iraq: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday reiterated his call for ending the Iraq war and ...
Taslima returns to India
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, on the run from death threats from hardliners, has returned to India to ...
Canada again comes up with Arctic claim
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada says it has scientific proof of its territorial claims over a vast portion of the Arctic, amid debate ...
Khaleda Zia to be freed soon: minister
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's military-backed government is close to freeing ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia, a minister said ...
Mbeki heads to Harare for talks wrap-up
HARARE (AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki heads to Harare Saturday for meetings with the country's political rivals as ...
Dozens killed in fierce Sri Lanka fighting
COLOMBO (AFP) - Some 48 Tamil Tiger rebels and seven soldiers were killed in ground battles across Sri Lanka's war-ravaged ...
AU to suspend Mauritania following coup
DODOMA, Tanzania, (AFP) - The African Union will suspend Mauritania from the bloc following this week's coup in the west African ...
Business
Weekly inflation for lowest income group further up
ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on August 7, for the lowest income group up to ...
Market down 3pc amid political turmoil (KSE weekly review)
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has shown another monotonous week on account of political uncertainty, as the both ...
Iraq resumes exploration of oil after break of over 20 years
BAGHDAD - Iraq said it was resuming exploration of its immense oil reserves after a break of nearly 20 years due to ...
Iran in new oil money move to dodge sanctions
Tehran - Iran's government has ordered the state oil company to deposit oil revenues only in selected banks in a bid to dodge ...
Oil prices turn bearish, but the bulls may yet return
NEW YORK - In less than a month crude oil, which some saw hitting 200 dollars a barrel by year-end, has plunged 32 dollars ...
GM to export hybrid SUV to Europe, China, ME
DETROIT, Michigan - General Motors Corp. said it plans to export its newest hybrid, a version of the Cadillac Escalade ...
Pak imports decline by 11.81pc
ISLAMABAD - Imports into the country during July 2008 decreased by 11.81pc compared to imports during June 2008, the last ...
HK shares to face turbulence next week
Hong Kong - Hong Kong share prices will face turbulence next week amid continued volatility in China shares, dealers said. ...
Japan Inc sees bigger profit fall than expected
TOKYO - Japan Inc has forecast a bigger profit decline than its earlier estimate for the year to March 2009 due to price ...
Politics
Pak diplomat meets Aafia Siddiqui
NEW YORK - A senior Pakistani Embassy diplomat, who met with Aafia Siddqui in the Brooklyn detention center on Saturday, assured ...
19 immigrants die
QUETTA (APP) - At least 19 people were reported killed while five others saved after a boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized ...
Entertainment
Trigger for brain plasticity identified
Researchers have long sought a factor that can trigger the brain's ability to learn - and perhaps recapture the "sponge-like" ...
McCartney is camping
SIR Paul McCartney has shunned expensive hotels in favor of camping. The 66-year-old musician is currently on a U.S. road trip ...
Google 'gadgets' called gateways for hackers
LAS VEGAS (Nevada) - HACKERS turned computer security specialists accuse Google of setting users up for online disasters by ...
Organic food has no more nutritional value than food grown with pesticides
NEW research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows ...
US team creates stem cells of 10 incurable diseases
WASHINGTON - US scientists have cultivated a new line of stem cells that reproduce the genetic defects responsible for 10 ...
Newman only has 'few weeks' to live
PAUL Newman has reportedly told loved ones he wants to die at home after being told by doctors that he only has "a few weeks to ...
Islamabad
Poor drainage system causes trouble in rains
ISLAMABAD - Every time when it rains a bit heavy in the federal capital, the city turns into a wide-stretched pond of ...
Phase-I of GRAP to be completed with little achievements
ISLAMABAD - The stipulated time of a three-year development project of Ministry of Women Development, Gender Reform Action Plan ...
Rescue 15 put on red alert
ISLAMABAD - The Senior Superintendent Police, Captain (Retd) Ahmad Latif has directed Rescue 15 officials to remain alert round ...
ITP awareness efforts about traffic rules lauded
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) is providing traffic education to drivers aimed to provide safer road environment to ...
Unauthorised agents fleecing visa-seekers
ISLAMABAD - Majority of people who wish to fly to Europe are being brutally fleeced by unauthorized and fake visa agents. People ...
University of Cambridge to announce results today
ISLAMABAD - The results of University of Cambridge International Examination (CIE) will be announced today (Sunday) The CIE ...
Karachi
Zardari gets nod from 19 'Q' MNAs
KARACHI - More than 19 MNAs of the PML-Q assured PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari of their full support against President Pervez ...
Minister angry on lapse of Rs 400 million funds
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Works and Services Manzoor Hussain Wassan has expressed his anger over laps of development funds ...
Minister dissatisfied over dept performance
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Agriculture Minister Syed Ali Nawaz Shah has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of market ...
Venice Beach, Santa Monica
My last week in San Diego was totally relaxed. Most of the time was spent with the children and eating at my favourite terrace ...
Hike in fares termed 'cruel decision'
Karachi (PPI) - Pasban leaders strongly condemning the official notification of rise in fares of public transport, announced ...
Private schools won't be allowed to mint money
KARACHI - Senior provincial minister for education, Peer Mazhar-ul-Haq has said that PPP has always encouraged and promoted ...
Lahore
Medics left in lurch
LAHORE - Senior doctors, working in King Edward Medical University (KEMU) have been left in the lurch, as the Provincial ...
'Q' claims support of 42 PPP MNAs
LAHORE - PML-Q Punjab Secretary-General and Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheeruddin has said that over 42 PPP ...
Relief goods being supplied to flood affectees on war-footing
LAHORE- On the directives of Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif relief activities continued for the second ...
No teachers training course this summer
LAHORE - The election 2008 and ensuing political uncertainty put many issues and development on the back burner, including the ...
Peace, uplift a must to make Pakistan invincible
LAHORE - Research scholar, Nazaria Pakistan Trust Dr Sarfraz Hussain Mirza has said that though Muslims and Hindus were living ...
300 new family welfare centers to be set up: Neelam
LAHORE - The Punjab Population Welfare Minister, Mrs Neelam Jabbar Ch has said that more than 300 new family welfare centers will ...
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