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- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
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- 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 Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Front Page
Militants on the run:Gilani
MINGORA - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has reaffirmed his governments stance to reconstruct militancy-hit areas of Malakand Division at the earliest. He said the extremists would be eliminated soon as they are divided now and on the run, adding that no one would be allowed to impose their ...
Court orders case against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD - Additional Sessions Judge, Monday, issued orders of registration of case against former President Pervez Musharraf on ...
'N' to tone down stance on NRO
ISLAMABAD - Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Mian Shahbaz Sharif during a meeting with Prime ...
International
Iran hits back at Western criticism of protesters' trials
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran hit back on Monday at Western criticism of the mass trials of election protesters, saying it would ...
Mideast peace unlikely in coming years: Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP/Reuters) - Israels foreign minister warned on Monday against attempting to impose a Middle East deal, saying the ...
China should break up India: Chinese strategist
China in its own interest should join forces with different nationalities like the Assamese, Tamils, and Kashmiris and support ...
IAEA chief for halting US attack on Iraq
NEW YORK - The head of United Nations nuclear watchdog says he should have made more noise to prevent the US-led attack on Iraq ...
Afghan drug lords on US hit-list
NEW YORK - The United States has placed 50 suspected Afghan drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban on a Pentagon target list ...
UN chief calls for action on nuclear weapons, climate change
SEOUL (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for renewed international efforts to tackle the twin threats to the ...
China urges more global effort for ME peace
AMMAN (AFP) - China said on Monday the international community should lend more support to Israel and the Palestinians to help ...
Poor security may halt Afghan vote in 10 districts
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistans electoral authorities said Monday that voting might have to be suspended in 10 districts unless the ...
Americans entry linked to vote unrest
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A leading Iranian lawmaker said on Monday the illegal entry of three detained US citizens into the country may ...
Fatah elects new leaders for ending internal strife
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbass Fatah faction was electing new leaders for the first time in 20 ...
Del Potro outlasts Roddick to defend Washington title
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Juan Martin Del Potro blasted five of his 19 aces in the deciding tie-breaker Sunday to beat US top seed Andy ...
Indian anger at England's badminton pull-out
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India on Monday reacted furiously to England's withdrawal from the world badminton championships in Hyderabad, ...
England defend decision
LONDON (AFP) - England's badminton team defended Monday its decision to pull out of the world championships in India, saying ...
Business
Provincial autonomy sans financial powers to yield nothing
KARACHI - The speakers, at a seminar, have demanded that an independent 'National Finance Commission should immediately be ...
ZTBL to open 30 new branches this year
LAHORE - President Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf on Monday said that bank would be revamped and ...
Steps underway for e-filing of IT returns
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Sohail Ahmad, has directed measures to streamline electronic filing of ...
Latvian economy shrinks 19.6 per cent
RIGA (AFP) - Latvias recession-stricken economy shrank by 19.6 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same ...
TSML plant to produce 1.28m tons DRI
KARACHI - Board of Investment (BoI) Chairman Saleem H Mandviwalla said Monday that Tuwairqi Steel Mills would definitely serve as ...
MCB BoD okays RBS acquisition
KARACHI - Board of Directors of the MCB Bank has approved the proposed acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotlands local commercial ...
Pay-raise unacceptable sans pilots' regularisation: Palpa
KARACHI - The Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association (PALPA) on Monday categorically announced that it will not accept the recently ...
SECP registers 243 companies during July
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 243 companies during the month of July 2009, ...
Hoarding ups inflation by 11.17 per cent
ISLAMABAD - The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) has surged to 11.17pc in July 2009 mainly because of rise in ...
Stock market crosses 8,000 psychological barrier
KARACHI - KSE started business week with the celebration of rise in IMF financial support pledge and gained 210 points or 2.67 ...
Politics
Extremists committed worst atrocities: CM
LAHORE-Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan is like a human body and the pain in one part is ...
First swine flu case in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Health, Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani, on Monday confirmed the first case of the H1N1 virus, swine ...
Qaeda wants to install own TTP chief: Malik
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik Monday told the National Assembly that according to credible intelligence ...
Babar, Saleh exchange hot words
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Monday witnessed uproar when PML-Q lawmakers levelled corruption charges against the government ...
Doctors fear virus cause of girl's death
LAHORE-A minor girl of Allama Iqbal Town, who died on the way to hospital late Sunday night, is suspected to have been suffering ...
PAF capable of mid-air refuelling
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman has said that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plans ...
BRA kills 10 more abductees
QUETTA-Baloch Republic Army, a banned outfit, has claimed killing of 10 more policemen who were kidnapped from Chattar area of ...
Taliban ask govt to prove Mehsud death
PESHAWAR (AFP/Reuters) - A top Taliban commander on Monday challenged government to prove warlord Baitullah Mehsud was dead, ...
7 killed as Karachi echoes with gunshots
SADIQ RIZVI and MANSOOR KHAN KARACHI - Tension grip the City as the funeral of Rehman Dakait and three of his accomplices ...
Pakistan has been an early Obama success: WSJ
NEW YORK - In an editorial on the reported killing of Baitullah Mehsud, a major US newspaper said on Monday that the strike ...
Taliban gaining upper hand in Afghanistan: US
THE top US commander in Afghanistan has admitted that the Taliban have gained the upper hand in the country, forcing the US to ...
'Special Persons-Special Cards' scheme launched
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday launched the 'Special Persons - Special Cards scheme of the government ...
SC asks govt to produce accused
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed the government to expedite efforts for extradition of the three main ...
49 dead in wave of Iraq bombings
KHAZNAH, Iraq (AFP) - Two truck bombs targeting a tiny sect in a village in northern Iraq and a spate of bloody attacks across ...
Taiwan mudslide may have buried 600 villagers
TAIPEI/TOKYO (Reuters) - A mudslide triggered by torrential rains from a typhoon may have buried up to 600 villagers in ...
More UK kids being taken to Pakistan illegally: report
LONDON (AFP) - Almost 500 children were abducted from Britain and taken abroad last year, the Guardian newspaper said Monday, ...
Holbrooke due on 15th
ISLAMABAD - Special Representative of US President Obama for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, will arrive here on ...
Taliban attack Afghan govt buildings
LOGAR, Afghanistan, (Reuters/AFP) - Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers killed five police in an attack on Afghan government ...
Pakistan seeks more time for N-arms control talks
GENEVA (AFP) - Pakistan on Monday held up the resumption of nuclear arms control negotiations at the UN Conference on Disarmament ...
One killed in Mattni blast
PESHAWAR - One person was killed and three others got injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast, apparently planted to target ...
Entertainment
I'm stronger than ever: Johansson
SCARLETT Johansson has been chowing down egg whites in a bid to get into shape. The Iron Man 2 beauty says her diet of egg-white ...
Jacko finally laid to rest
MICHAEL Jackson has finally been laid to rest and his funeral was in stark contrast to his extraordinary life in the public ...
Too much combing leads to hair loss
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Put that comb back in your handbag a study by an Israeli dermatologist has found that too much combing of the ...
Eagle swooped on swan
A North American amateur photographer has captured the moment a bald eagle launched a ferocious mid-air attack on an unsuspecting ...
What you eat depends on with whom you eat
IF you are a woman who dines with a man, chances are you choose food with fewer calories than if you dine with a woman. That is ...
Lester didn't father MJs kids
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Sources very close to Michael Jacksons family on Sunday denied claims by former British child acting star ...
Sports
Ponting eager for date with Ashes destiny
LEEDS (England) (AFP) - Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his side were now looking forward with confidence to the finale of ...
Islamabad
PSB fact-finding committee records Bajwa's statement
ISLAMABAD - Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Muhammad Asif Bajwa has submitted the documents regarding allegations of ...
Micro credit scheme for disabled on cards
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education was endeavouring to introduce a micro credit scheme for ...
Rawal Lake tributaries to have sewage treatment plants
ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Environment has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to initiate installation of treatment ...
ATC extends ex-MNA's remand
RAWALPINDI - Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi No 1 Monday extended judicial remand of former MNA Shah Abdul Aziz for 14 days ...
August 18 declared National Tree Planting Day
ISLAMABAD - Government has declared August 18 the National Tree Planting Day (NTPD) aimed to address deforestation and ...
Security plan for August 14 devised
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Keeping in view the threat of terrorism during celebration of Pakistans Independence Day, Islamabad Capital ...
Senate body asks govt to conduct transparent enquiry
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Senate Standing Committee on Interior has underlined the need for conducting a transparent inquiry into ...
Karachi
Tension mounts after Dakait's killing
KARACHI - Notorious Lyari Gangster Sardar Abdul Rehman alias Rehman Dakait was killed along with his two companions in the wee ...
A criminal gang leader and volunteer
KARACHI - The main character of Lyari gang warfare, Abdul Rehman Baloch alias Rehman Dakait enjoyed his life both as Duan as well ...
596 lecturers given appointment letters
KARACHI - To end the dearth of teachers in the government-run colleges of the province, provincial secretary education Rizwan ...
SHC suspends 13 jail officials over corruption
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Monday suspended 13 officials including officials of Malir District Jail after disclosing ...
City to have 1,600 CNG buses by year-end
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the federal government has approved the project of CNG buses for Karachi under ...
Kamal opens work on uplift schemes
KARACHI - City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the people are best judges; they should themselves decide whether ...
Eat blueberry, keep hepatitis-C virus away
Karachi (PPI) - Blueberry leaves might offer protection against hepatitis C virus infections, according to researchers. The ...
Lahore
No pay revision for second shift teachers since '01
LAHORE - The Punjab Education Department (PED) has paid a deaf ear to the plight of second-shift teachers of government colleges ...
Several detained in raids on madaris
LAHORE - The police on Monday carried out raids on some religious madrassas in different areas of the City and took into custody ...
'N' MPA, his guards scuffle with cops
LAHORE - The PML-N MPA and his bodyguards Monday allegedly thrashed policemen when they stopped them for security at 5-Club in ...
Govt decision termed illogical, unacceptable
LAHORE - Punjab Party Decorators and Caterers Association (PPDCA) has staged a protest demonstration in front of the Press Club ...
'PPP leaders involved in loot', jiala bursts out
LAHORE- Personal security guard of slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto, who lost his one leg during December 27, 2007 deadly attack ...
Strict action against corrupt cops ordered
LAHORE - Inspector General of Police Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar taking action on public complaints has ordered strict disciplinary ...
Younis promises another major title in two years
LAHORE - The disastrous tour of Sri Lanka and rumours of discord in the team notwithstanding, Pakistan captain Younis Khan is ...
ICC clears Pakistan team of fixing allegations
LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket Monday received a clean chit from the International Cricket Council Anti-corruption and Security ...
Pakistan regains sixth place in ICC ranking
LAHORE - Pakistan has regained sixth position on the ICC ODI Championship table and reduced the gap between it and New Zealand to ...
PbOA releases schedule of Independence Day sports
LAHORE - The Punjab Olympics Association on the instructions of the government is organizing a number of sports events to ...
KESC Cup National Boxing from today
LAHORE - The 33rd KESC Cup National Boxing Championship will start from today (Tuesday) at the National Physical Training (NPT) ...
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