Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijazs 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 Sunday, August 17, 2008
Front Page
Make up your mind by today
MULTAN - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday that impeachment proceedings would start if President Musharraf did not resign within next two days. "The President will have to make up his mind about resignation by today (Saturday) or tomorrow (Sunday) as there is no room for ...
24 flour mills sealed
LAHORE- The Punjab government, in a massive crackdown, has sealed 24 flour mills in various districts of the province on ...
Govt plans to raise $6b
ISLAMABAD - The government is desperately looking for about US $ 6 billion foreign inflows in form of investment, floating bonds ...
Seek indemnity also from deposed CJ, President advised
ISLAMABAD - Running against the clock, the beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf again met his legal aides on Saturday to ...
International
Russia signs ceasefire deal with Georgia
TBILISI (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a peace deal with Georgia on Saturday but his troops again underlined ...
Bush urges troop pullout
CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Saturday gave a cautious approval to Russia's signing of a ceasefire deal ...
Indian police arrest 10 for serial blasts
AHMEDABAD (AFP) - Indian police announced Saturday the arrest of 10 people over a string of blasts that killed 49 people last ...
60 Taliban killed in Afghanistan fighting
KABUL (AFP) - Afghan and international security forces have killed about 60 militants in days of fighting in ...
22 Tiger rebels killed: Sri Lanka military
COLOMBO (AFP) - Twenty-two Tamil rebels have died in fresh ground battles in war-torn northern Sri Lanka as soldiers move closer ...
Conflict, confusion put Afghan NGOs at risk
KABUL (AFP) - Growing conflict and confusion between foreign troops and aid workers are squeezing relief groups in Afghanistan, ...
4 Italians among 18 dead in Dominican bus crash
SANTO DOMINGO (AFP) - At least 18 people, including four Italian tourists, were killed in a crash involving two buses and a ...
Maoist leader becomes Nepal PM
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal, the world's newest republic, was set for more major change after the Maoist leader and former warlord ...
Turkey's Gul anticipates 'new world order'
LONDON (AFP) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul predicted "a new world order" of joint international action, in an interview ...
Ukraine proposes missile defence coop with West
KIEV (AFP) - Ukraine is prepared to open its missile defence network to cooperation with European and other foreign powers, the ...
Of Pakistan hockey's plight, Phelps phenomenon and race for the fastest
BEIJING - With the hockey part of the Olympic Games entering its fourth and penultimate round today, and favourites firming up ...
Bolt scorches into 100m final as Gay flops
BEIJING (AFP) - World record holder Usain Bolt scorched into the men's 100m final of the Beijing Olympics here on Saturday, ...
Dutch girls first into hockey semis
BEIJING (AFP) - World number one the Netherlands became the first team to book a place in the semi-finals of Olympic women's ...
Mighty Jang is planet's strongest woman
South Korea's Jang Miran was crowned the strongest woman on the planet on Saturday when she won +75kg weightlifting gold, ...
Safina stops Chinese giant-killer Li
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese star Li Na's giant-killing run was brought shuddering to a halt by in-form Russian Dinara Safina in the ...
Djokovic clinches Serbia's first tennis medal
BEIJING (AFP) - Novak Djokovic claimed Serbia's first ever Olympic tennis medal on Saturday while the giant-killing run of ...
Jamaican women sizzle in quest for 100 gold
BEIJING (AFP) - Jamaican sprinters sent a message to their American rivals in the Olympic Games women's 100 meters, running the ...
Ageless Mutola reaches fifth Olympic 800 metres final
BEIJING (AFP) - Mozambiquean 800 metres legend Maria Mutola reached her fifth Olympic final here on Saturday. The 34-year-old, ...
India pin hopes on fresh legs in Sri Lanka one-dayers
DAMBULLA (AFP) - India open a five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka here on Monday hoping to erase unhappy memories of ...
Business
Privatisation of SME Bank and NPCC
LAHORE - The Privatisation Commission has approved the recommendations of the committees for the pre-qualification of parties for ...
Sindh govt plans to establish marble and granite cities
KARACHI - The Sindh government is planning to establish the Marble and Granite cities in Karachi, Thar, Thatta, Jamshoro and Dadu ...
Market shrugs off rupee depreciation; up 3.5 per cent (KSE weekly review)
KARACHI - After going through a difficult patch, the Karachi stock market managed to close on highly bullish note on last trading ...
Tax collections, remittances and policy measures to raise reserves
ISLAMABAD - Tax receipts by Federal Board of Revenue, Workers' Remittance and governments other policy measures would help ...
Conference on power generation on 28th
ISLAMABAD - The second two-day international power generation conference and showcase, POWERGEN PAK 2008 will be held on ...
Increase in KESC power tariff okayed
ISLAMABAD - NEPRA has approved the enhancement of Karachi power tariff by 38 paisas per unit, as requested by KESC. ...
KESC employees demand regularisation
KARACHI - A large number of KESC employees, working on daily wages and contract, staged a protest demonstration under the ...
SBP to raise Rs20b thru sale of PIBs
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan has set target of Rs 20 billion for the sale of fresh issue of Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) ...
Meeting of OIC task force on SMEs begins
KARACHI- The 6th and final meeting of the OIC task force on SMEs commenced in Bangkok, Thailand on 15th August, 2008. State ...
Pak companies select Oracle for swift operations
KARACHI - Leading organizations in Pakistan have been choosing Oracle to be able to address important business issues including ...
Politics
Sea of people mourns death of Kashmiris
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Tens of thousands of people shouting freedom slogans massed Saturday in Occupied Kashmir to mourn 22 ...
Amnesty still up in the air, says Dar
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Ishaq Dar, a senior PML-N leader and member of the committee which drafted the impeachment chargesheet, ...
'Q' to face moral shock if Musharraf quits silently
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Q's central command has asked Musharraf to face impeachment and prove allegations levelled ...
US releases $116m for F-16 upgrade
WASHINGTON (APP) - The United States has released $ 116 million to finance mid-life upgrades for Pakistan's existing fleet of ...
TNFJ leader gunned down
PESHAWAR - Unknown persons gunned down Provincial General Secretary of Tehrik Nefaz-e-Fiqa Jafria, Mumtaz Ali Qizalbash, in Hayat ...
Musharraf's impeachment: Biden asks Bush admin to stay away
WASHINGTON - As the ruling coalition's move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf gathers pace, a leading U.S. Democratic senator ...
Indian chopper crashes
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - An Indian military helicopter crash in Occupied Kashmir killed two pilots and an injured soldier who was ...
Two Iranians kidnapped
HERAT (AFP) - Two Iranian nationals missing in western Afghanistan for several days are believed to have been kidnapped, Afghan ...
Entertainment
Clooney donates more to New Orleans
GEORGE Clooney is one generous man, and an even better friend. Clooney is reportedly donating a ton of money to Brad Pitt's ...
Pacific dives recover novel fish
MARINE biologists being filmed for a BBC TV series have confirmed an astonishing 13 new fish species on a single expedition in ...
Madonna turns 50
MADONNA, the reigning queen of pop, will celebrate her 50th birthday on Saturday. Her early years had her wearing cone corsets, ...
Winehouse is like 'destitute horse', says Gallagher
LONDON - Booze-fuelled Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher compared troubled singer Amy Winehouse to a "destitute horse" in a ...
'Miracle' woman gives birth to septuplets in Egypt
CAIRO - An Egyptian woman has given birth to a set of septuplets in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, in what doctors ...
Stress, anxiety can make allergy attacks even more miserable and last longer
A new study shows that even slight stress and anxiety can substantially worsen a person's allergic reaction to some routine ...
Islamabad
ATC adjourns hearing in 12 'terrorists' case
RAWALPINDI - Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), Rawalpindi No 2, adjourned the hearing in the case of 12 suspected terrorists arrested ...
Police accused of torturing students
ISLAMABAD - Sadiqabad Police Saturday tortured the two students and put them behind the bars for consecutive three hours and ...
CIIT arranges partial lunar eclipse observation
ISLAMABAD - The Meteorology Department of the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) to augment the understanding of ...
Mutual cooperation best solution: Envoy
ISLAMABAD - Mutual cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan is the key to addressing all the grievances between both the ...
British Council informs 70 students about UK laws
ISLAMABAD - As many as 70 students were briefed about the laws and customs and traditions of the UK at a pre-departure briefing ...
Qazilbash murder naked aggression, says Mausavi
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - The Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has declared the gory murder of Sardar Mumtaz Ali ...
Karachi
Petition filed against Musharraf's eligibility
KARACHI - Chairman Human Rights Committee of Sindh Bar Council, Aaqil Lodhi Advocate, on Saturday filed a petition against ...
Renaming of college lauded
KARACHI - Rashid Hussain Rabani, advisor to Chief Minister and Waqar Mahndi, special advisor of Chief Minister Sindh have ...
"Controversies Galore"
Straight Talk I had started my travel log with a Frank Sinatra song, 'Come Fly With Me', so I had thought it would be ...
E&IP fails to control soaring price-hike
KARACHI - Prices of essential items including milk, bread, fruits, vegetables, flour, rice, oil and other commodities have ...
PAF graduation ceremony
KARACHI - An impressive graduation ceremony was held at PAF Air War College PAF Base, Faisal, to award the certificates to the ...
Boy killed by cylinder blast
KARACHI - Eleven-year-old youth died when gas cylinder blew up within the jurisdiction of Rizvia police station. The incident ...
Lahore
Shahbaz regrets poor state of govt hospitals
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that government hospitals are extremely in poor state throughout the ...
KEMU stops salaries of foreign doctors
LAHORE - King Edward Medical University (KEMU) has stopped salaries of around two dozen foreign national postgraduate trainee ...
Shab-e-Baraat today
LAHORE - The Lailatul Baraat popularly known as Shab-e-Baraat is being celebrated today (Sunday) throughout Pakistan with ...
No event in City to pay tribute
LAHORE - Legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's death anniversary was observed with solemnity across the country. No ...
JI bewildered over talk of 'safe exit' to Musharraf
LAHORE - The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has expressed surprise over the statements by the PPP ministers on giving Pervez Musharraf a ...
3 educationists promoted as professors
LAHORE - The Punjab government on Saturday promoted three Associate Professors of the Education Department as Professors, who ...
Pay to play in Champions Trophy, PCB tells Akhtar
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has asked fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to give Rs 70 million fine money before the Champions ...
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