Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- 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
The Nation in print for Monday, August 10, 2009
Front Page
Keep pressure on militants: US
NEW YORK - US President Barack Obamas National Security Adviser Gen James Jones said Sunday the United States believes that Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistans top Taliban leader, is no longer in this world despite conflicting reports to the contrary. Gen James Jones told Fox News Sunday that Baitullah ...
No resolution needed for Musharraf's trial
ISLAMABAD - PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif is retuning to Pakistan from Duabi today (Monday). According to the party sources, ...
19 dead as guns blaze
MOHMAND AGENCY - At least 19 people, most of them militants, were killed in shootouts in different parts of NWFP and Mohmand ...
International
Pennetta, Aussie Stosur reach Los Angeles final
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Italy's Flavia Pennetta brushed aside a shaky serve to book her spot in the Los Angeles Women's Tennis ...
Bangladesh crush Zimbabwe in first ODI
BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe) (AFP) - Bangladesh crushed Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the first of three one-day internationals at the ...
Chelsea defeat United in feisty Wembley clash
LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea and Manchester United launched the English season in explosive fashion, as the Blues' 4-1 penalty ...
Marseille off to French flier as Lyon, PSG held
PARIS (AFP) - There was early awayday cheer for title hopefuls Marseille on the opening day of the new French league season ...
Pakistan end series with crushing win
COLOMBO (AFP) - Skipper Younis Khan led the way as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 132 runs in the fifth and final one-day ...
Don't expect trouble-free 2011 World Cup, says Asif Iqbal
MUMBAI - As a coordinator for CBFS (Cricketers' Benevolent Fund Series), Asif Iqbal has staged most number of ODIs' between ...
Rampant Aussies go level
LEEDS (England) (AFP) - Australia thrashed England by an innings and 80 runs as they won the fourth Test at Headingley here on ...
Insecurity hurting preparations for Afghan polls: UN
UNITED NATIONS - Insecurity is having a serious impact on preparations for Afghanistan's upcoming elections, especially for ...
Iran Guard wants former president, moderates tried
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Irans powerful Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday that opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, a defeated ...
Strong quake jolts Tokyo; trains halted
TOKYO (AFP) - A major, 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Japan Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake was ...
Mass evacuation as typhoon slams China
BEIJING (AFP) - China rushed nearly one million people out of harms away as Typhoon Morakot slammed into its coast Sunday after ...
North Korea wants better ties with US
WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il appears to be in full control of his government and Pyongyang has ...
Fatah keeps 'right to resist', angering Israel
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbass Fatah movement renewed its charter for the first time since the ...
Briton, Australian killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - One British and an Australian security contractor were killed in a shooting in the Iraqi capitals secure Green ...
4 die of swine flu in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Two more people have died from swine flu in India taking the death toll to four, an official said Sunday, as ...
Tel Aviv summons US envoy over settlement dispute
JERUSALEM (Reuters/AFP) - Israel summoned one of its diplomats from the United States on Sunday after he circulated a memorandum ...
9 killed in NY air crash
NEW YORK - Rescuers resumed their search on Sunday for debris and bodies from a helicopter and a small plane that collided and ...
Hezbollah vows tougher response if Israel attacks
BEIRUT (AFP/Reuters) - Any Israeli attack on Lebanon would bring a stronger response from Hezbollah than in the devastating ...
Politics
Gilani, Shahbaz meet today
ISLAMABAD - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif will meet Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here today (Monday) and ...
'Wali denies shooting'
PESHAWAR (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban commander on Sunday denied reports of a deadly shootout with a rival, saying there had ...
Obama to sharpen AfPak goals
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will next month send Congress a new plan for measuring progress in Pakistan and Afghanistan, ...
Taliban challenged to prove leaders are alive
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has challenged the Taliban to prove that their leaders are still alive. Rehman ...
TTP will disintegrate, says Turkistan
PESHAWAR (Online) - Haji Turkistan Bitani, a commander of Abdullah Mehsud group and rival of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan ...
Governor, CM overspent 1200pc
QUETTA - The Government of Balochistan has spent Rs 120 million in excess of actual allocation under the head of Secret Service ...
PM unhappy over projects execution
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the concerned departments to accelerate implementation of federal ...
Bodies of 7 militants recovered
SWAT - Seven more dead bodies of militants were recovered from different areas here on Sunday, while a militant was arrested from ...
US bigger threat than India
A survey commissioned by Al Jazeera has revealed a widespread disenchantment in Pakistan with the United States for interfering ...
Pakistani leadership
When asked for their opinions on President Asif Ali Zardari, 42 per cent of respondents said they believed he was doing a bad ...
Zardari 'unpopular
President Zardari received only nine per cent support, while Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had the backing of 13 per ...
Suicide hit at French embassy in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up and wounded two guards outside the French embassy in Mauritanias capital ...
President, PM take notice
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani took on Sunday strict notice of not ...
Burglars steal 11m euros from Saudi princess hotel room
ROME (AFP) - Burglars made off with jewels and cash worth 11 million euros (15.6 million dollars) from the hotel room of a Saudi ...
Britain warned on torture complicity
LONDON (AFP) - The British government was warned Sunday by a body of lawmakers that regularly using information gained through ...
Bomb threat made against Afghan plane
KABUL/BEIJING (AFP/Reuters) - A plane flying from Afghanistan to Urumqi, the capital of Chinas troubled Xinjiang region, reported ...
We want to see Musharraf at gallows, says Shahzain
GRANDSON on late Nawab Akbar Bugti, Shahzain Bugti has said he does not back any separation movement in Balochistan, and he will ...
Bodies of killed cops recovered from Nasirabad
DEAR MURAD JAMALI (APP) - Nasirabad police on Sunday recovered the remains of four police officials from Flegi Balena area whom ...
4 UK, Afghan troops killed
KABUL (AFP) - A British soldier and three Afghan troopers have been killed in suspected insurgent bomb blasts in southern ...
Landslide kills 46 in India
MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least forty-six people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of ...
Entertainment
Amy appreciates fiance for all care
AMY Adams loves her fiance. The actress says actor Darren La Gallo - who she has been in a relationship with for six years - is ...
Hilton turns down Ronaldo
SOCCER star Cristiano Ronaldo is desperate to date Paris Hilton - but she aint interested Ronaldo - who hooked up with Hilton ...
Dylan album due
LONDON (Reuters) - Bob Dylan is set to release an album of Christmas songs, including Here Comes Santa Claus and the carol O ...
DNA tests clear US man after 23 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Texas man sentenced to life in prison has been released after 23 years behind bars after DNA tests proved ...
Three top studios bring films to web
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or ...
Paula in talks with Idol rival
PAULA Abdul may join a rival TV talent show following her exit from American Idol, according to US media reports. The star met ...
Islamabad
Crackdown against profiteers launched
ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Capital Territory Administration has launched a grand crackdown against the profiteers in the wake of ...
I-Day preparations on the rise in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Like other parts of country, the Independence Day celebration in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi ...
Car, two bikes taken away
RAWALPINDI - Unknown vehicle lifters have taken away a car and two motorcycles from different localities of the city here on ...
ICT asked to establish new hospital in Capital
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry of Health has asked the local administration of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) to set up a new ...
Shortage of clean drinking water
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The residents in various sectors of the Capital are facing problems due to non-availability of clean drinking ...
Pindis burgeoning epitaph trade
RAWALPINDI - Business for some coincided with the mammoth loss to others, gravestone epitaph, has been in demand in the city, as ...
National
England refuse to send team to India
HYDERABAD (India) (AFP) - England have pulled out of the world badminton championships starting here Monday over concerns about ...
Karachi
Norwegian kidnapped from coastal highway
KARACHI - A Norway national went missing when he was on way to Karachi from Balochistan on August 7. Norway Foreign Ministry said ...
President approves mass transit system for Karachi
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has said that besides pushing up the Mass Transit Programme, the Federal ...
Shifting of school branches irks parents
KARACHI - The Directorate of Private Institutions, Sindh has demanded an explanation from the management of the City School on ...
Pure water supply perplexing Karachiites
KARACHI - The progress of vital services including water and sanitation in many mega cities of the economically developing ...
'Quality education key to socio-economic problems'
KARACHI (APP) - Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has said that the quality education and skill ...
IG Sindh for provision of security to minorities
KARACHI (PPI) - Inspector General Sindh Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khatak said maintaining law and order situation is included in ...
Sacked NDFC employees seek restoration
KARACHI (PPI) - The sacked employees of National Development Finance Corporation (NDFC) have demanded of the present government ...
Lahore
Shakeel wins Lahore-Kasur Cycle Race
LAHORE - Mohammad Shakeel won the Lahore-Kasur Cycle Race, held in connection with the celebrations of the Independence FDay. The ...
No progress sans education, says Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the dream of countrys development cannot be materialised without achieving ...
City all set to celebrate I-Day
LAHORE - The stage is set for celebrating the Independence Day with national fervour in the provincial capital. In this ...
Veggie, fruit prices shoot up
LAHORE - The prices of fruits, vegetables and other commodities have shot up to an alarming level here in the City markets ahead ...
FCPS radiologists forced to work under DMRD holders
LAHORE - Various teaching hospitals in Punjab are alarmingly short of highly qualified radiologists to run these hospitals most ...
ZTBL promotes 1,400 officials
LAHORE - Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) President Ch Muhammad Zaka Ashraf while resolving a longstanding issue of the bank ...
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