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 Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Front Page
SSP chief death triggers riots
KHAIRPUR/KARACHI - The chief of a banned outfit Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan, an offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Allama Ali Sher Haideri was shot dead in Khairpur in the wee hours of Monday. The killing sparked riots in interior Sindh and Karachi, in which two protesters were killed and ...
US lures Pakistan away from gasline
ISLAMABAD - Asking to stay away from Iranian gas pipeline for enhanced American energy cooperation, the Washington left Islamabad ...
Singh's remarks annoy Islamabad
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday expressed its serious concern over the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs remarks that possible ...
International
Mass rallies on last campaign day for Afghan poll
KABUL (AFP) - Top candidates in the Afghan presidential race addressed rallies attended by thousands of cheering supporters on ...
Donkeys bring ballot boxes to mountains
BABA ALI, Afghanistan (AFP) - Afghan officials dispatched donkey trains laden with ballot boxes and voting papers into the ...
10 candidates drop out of presidential race
ABUL (AFP) - Ten candidates have dropped out of Afghanistans presidential race, leaving around 30 in the fray as campaigning ...
Israel causing 'human dignity crisis' in Gaza: UN
UNITED NATIONS - Israels three years of Gaza blockade has triggered a protracted human dignity crisis, with negative humanitarian ...
Iraqi cabinet okays referendum bill
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqs cabinet endorsed a bill requiring a referendum be held on the Baghdad-Washington security accord that calls ...
Asia faces food shortage without water reform: UN
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Asia could face chronic food shortages and social unrest if the region fails to improve its management of water ...
Ex-wife 'confesses' to Kuwait wedding blaze
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - The ex-wife of the groom at a Kuwait wedding party that turned into tragedy when a fierce fire engulfed a ...
Russia power plant accident kills eight
MOSCOW (AFP) - A sudden flood at Russias largest hydroelectric plant Monday killed at least eight people and left dozens missing ...
Insecurity hobbles Afghan vote preparations
KABUL (AFP) - Insecurity has handicapped preparations for Afghanistans key elections this week, with officials unable to confirm ...
Iran arrests protesters
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian police on Monday arrested demonstrators outside the newspaper offices of an opposition leader under fire ...
Jankovic downs Safina to capture Cincy title
CINCINNATI (Ohio) (AFP) - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic boosted her US Open hopes with a brisk 6-4, 6-2 victory over world number one ...
Lee delivers Ashes reminder
LONDON (AFP) - Brett Lee boosted his chances of playing in the Ashes decider with a three-wicket haul as Australia beat England ...
Lightning Bolt strikes again to smash 100m record
BERLIN (AFP) - BERLIN (AFP) - Jamaican Usain Bolt added the world crown to his Olympic title as he scorched to victory in a world ...
Bolt inspires Robles in hunt for world hurdles title
BERLIN (AFP) - Cuban Dayron Robles will take inspiration from Usain Bolt's world record-breaking performance in the 100m when he ...
Kiwi Vili digs deep to defend world shot putt crown
BERLIN (AFP) - New Zealand's Valerie Vili retained her shot putt title here on Sunday at the world athletics championships. The ...
Ennis wins Britain's first-ever heptathlon gold
BERLIN (AFP) - Britain's Jessica Ennis won her country's first-ever world heptathlon title here on Sunday after dominating the ...
Radcliffe wins but refuses to commit to marathon
BERLIN (AFP) - Britain's 2005 marathon world champion Paula Radcliffe won the New York half marathon on Sunday but revealed in a ...
Business
Govt to surrender $49.217m to WB
KARACHI - Pakistan government has planned to surrender $49.217 million surplus amount of fund to the World Bank from the revised ...
Banking system's NPLs surge Rs19b
KARACHI - Total volume of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) of the banking sector has increased by Rs 19 billion during second quarter ...
Foreign investment falls by 12pc to $195.6 million
KARACHI (Reuters) - Net foreign investment in Pakistan fell 12 percent to $195.6 million in the first month of the 2009/10 fiscal ...
Leather policy demanded
LAHORE - Exports of leather sector can get five times boost to cross the figure of $ 5 billion if the government announces ...
KSE sheds 78 points as SBP rate cut disappoints investors
KARACHI - Selling pressure grabbed the bourse on Monday and the stocks fell nearly one per cent after the SBP announced on ...
Oil prices slump as equities slide
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices sank on Monday, extending heavy pre-weekend losses and mirroring slumping stock markets as traders eyed ...
Call to boost Pak-Ukraine trade ties
KARACHI - Ukrainian Ambassador in Pakistan Ihor Pasko has urged the Pakistani business community to make concrete efforts to ...
Depleting PNSC fleet puts seamen future in jeopardy
KARACHI - Some 7,500 seamen are at the dearth of financial constraints as Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) will be ...
Business promotion essential to reduce unemployment
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), Altaf Muhammad Saleem has said that the ...
Japan limps out of recession
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Monday became the latest major economy to escape from recession, lifting hopes that a fledgling global ...
Politics
Gilani a powerful PM, says Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Yousuf Raza Gilani is a powerful Prime Minister, and reports that PPPs popularity graph ...
Talks likely with moderate Taliban
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities and the Special US Envoy, Richard Holbrooke, have discussed the prospects of dialogue with the ...
Govt again seeks drone technology
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has welcomed US President Obamas initiative to form a joint task force for ...
No sugarcane crushing if crackdown not halted: millers
LAHORE - Sugar Mills Association Punjab Zone Chairman Javed Kiyani has said that sugar mills owners will not reduce the sugar ...
Moodys ups Pak rating
KARACHI - Pakistans credit rating outlook was lifted to stable from negative by Moodys Investors Service on Monday, which quoted ...
Obama to chair FoDP moot
ISLAMABAD - US President Barack Obama will preside over the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) moot being held in New York on ...
Seven perish in Charsadda car blast
WAJID ALI AFRIDI and IBRAHIM KHAN KHAIL CHARSADDA - At least seven persons were killed and nine others got injured due to a bomb ...
Ministers brother-in-law gunned down in Quetta
QUETTA-Unidentified gunmen killed three people including a doctor, a man and his son and injured another in Quetta in two ...
'Lawyers' unity helped restore free judiciary'
NEW YORK - Pakistani lawyers succeeded in their long struggle to restore independent judiciary because of the complete unity in ...
Afghan war 'worth fighting
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday called the conflict in Afghanistan a war worth fighting as public support for the ...
UN warns of food shortages
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations experts are warning of a possible food shortage in Pakistans northwest following widespread ...
President to decide LG system fate: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday reiterated that President Asif Ali Zardari had the final word on the ...
Charity sues UK govt over rendition of 2 Pakistanis
LONDON (AFP) - A British legal charity is suing the British government over the rendition of terror suspects from Iraq to ...
Humayun's PML-Q membership cancelled
ISLAMABAD - PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday cancelled the basic party membership of like-minded groups leader ...
Isaf chief lauds Pak Army's role
ISLAMABAD - Host of issues came under discussion between the visiting ISAF commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, ...
20 dead in Russia suicide bombing
NAZRAN, Russia, (AFP) - A truck packed with explosives rammed through the gates of a police compound in southern Russia on ...
Terror war ruined world peace, Fazl tells Holbrooke
ISLAMABAD - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Monday said that he had made it clear to the US Special ...
Mehsud aide arrested
ISLAMABAD - Capital police have arrested two alleged terrorists involved in various suicide attacks and terrorist activities in ...
FIA to probe Benazir murder
RAWALPINDI (Online) - The federal govt has issued orders for initiating a probe into the brutal assassination of Benazir Bhutto. ...
3 terrorists held
QUETTA - Law enforcement agencies on Monday arrested three suspected terrorists and recovered explosives and a hand grenade from ...
Punjab bans inter-province flour supply
Punjab government has banned inter-province supply of wheat and flour in order to stop flow of subsidised wheat and flour, ...
Kabul rapped over Dostum return
KABUL (AFP) - The United States expressed serious concern to the Afghan government on Monday over the return of a feared warlord ...
India arrests 9 Pakistani fishermen
NEW DELHI (PPI) - Nine Pakistani fishermen were arrested and their boat was seized by Indian police from Sir Creek international ...
Entertainment
Kristen Stewart escapes the paps
KRISTEN Stewart goes to extreme measures to avoid the paparazzi - she switches cars in underground car parks. The Twilight star ...
Im a changed woman: Fergie
BLACK EYED Peas star Fergie says shes a changed woman after marrying Josh Duhamel earlier this year. The Boom Boom Pow hitmaker ...
Lopez doesnt feel the need to make music
JENNIFER Lopez is in no rush to release another album. The singer - who gave birth to twins Max and Emme in February last year - ...
Alien debut lands box office gold
A FILM about extra terrestrials by a first-time director and a cast of unknowns has topped the US box office. District 9, ...
DNA 'organises itself on silicon
SHAPES of DNA have been used to enhance the production of circuits for next-generation computer chips. Researchers reporting in ...
Underwater cage in Maldives offers hope for worlds coral reefs
An underwater cage used to propagate coral in the Maldives is offering hope for the worlds threatened reefs. The 40ft-long flower ...
Islamabad
Body to monitor food items prices activated
ISLAMABADIslamabad Capital Territory Administration has fixed the prices of food items for the holly month of Ramadan. The rates ...
Garbage site defies judicial order
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The garbage site in Sector H-10 still exists causing health hazards for the residents including those of G-10 ...
Probe into removing deserving youth names from list starts
ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Youth Affairs is conducting inquiry to probe into the matter of favouritism in removing the names of ...
Tom, Dick and Harry
ISLAMABAD - Shah Sharahbeels play Tom, Dick and Harry had a packed audience doing complete justice to the term 'laugh out loud, ...
Tourism Ministry to hold exhibition on Islamic museums
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Ministry of Tourism is planning to organise an exhibition with regard to Islamic museums, showcasing the rare ...
Prices of 22 daily use items surge ahead of Ramazan
ISLAMABAD - The prices of as many as 22 daily commodities have surged even before the advent of the holy month of Ramazan, ...
PTF cancels affiliation of Balochistan, PIA
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has terminated the affiliation of PIA over non-payment of annual subscription ...
National
Junior boxer Ali dies in festival match
HYDERABAD (APP) - Ali Haider, a junior boxer and nephew of Olympian Asghar Ali lost his life during fight in a festival match ...
Karachi
Provinces asked to utilise all resources
KARACHI (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday called for strengthening of forest monitoring system to stop illegal cutting of ...
SHC grants bail to minister in murder case
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh High Court Monday granted protective bail in sum of Rs 100,000 to Balochistan Minister for Communication & ...
Labour policy only after consent of stakeholders
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Labour, Amir Nawab Khan, has said that the government is keen to formulate a policy with the consent ...
Jatropha plant a substitute to diesel
KARACHI - When country is going to observe National Tree Day on August 18 (today) across the country, Pakistan Army has already ...
DCOs asked to check price-hike
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh Minister for Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development Engineer Mohammad Rafique has directed all DCOs of the ...
CM condemns Haideri killing
Karachi (PPI) - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah Monday strongly condemned the killing of noted religious leader Ali Sher ...
Lahore
Miandad advises seniors to take rest
LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain and batting maestro Javed Miandad has advised the senior players having a bad patch to take rest ...
Sugar vanishes from retail market
LAHORE-The sugar has disappeared from the retail market in the aftermath of the government crackdown against the hoarders as ...
Kazakh girl arrested for rumpus on road
LAHORE-Johar Town police, in the wee hours of Monday, arrested a drunk girl,Amalia, who belongs to Kazakhstan and a Karachi based ...
Govt granted 15 days to file reply in Aafia's case
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Monday granted more time to the federal government to file its reply on a petition seeking ...
SC relieves victim of peeri-murdi dispute
LAHORE- A matter about recovery of arsh amount as diyat emanated from a dispute over gaddi nasheeni came before the Supreme Court ...
Bar opposes reappointment of PCO judges
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Bar Association through a unanimous resolution has strongly opposed an idea to pick some of the ...
LDA Enforcement Directorate back to life
LAHORE - The Directorate of Enforcement of the LDA, which had been made defunct last month, is going to get new leaf of life as a ...
Successful operation big achievement of Army: Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that successful military operation in Malakand, Swat and Dir is a ...
PU to establish two schools for Swat affectees
LAHORE - Vice-Chancellor Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that the university will establish two schools for ...
Artists depict nature in art
LAHORE - The artist aimed to introduce the most vibrant work using the techniques of oil and light colour in their art pieces on ...
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