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 Thursday, August 20, 2009
Front Page
Cabinet reshuffle imminent
ISLAMABAD - After President Asif Ali Zardari returns from his upcoming China visit (August 21-24), a massive reshuffle in the federal cabinet is imminent wherein a few ministers are to be shown the door while others portfolios will be changed, TheNation learnt on Wednesday. According to the ...
'N'-MQM spat mars Assembly session
ISLAMABAD - Tacitly denying the trial of General (r) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution, Prime Minister Syed ...
No quick fix for energy crisis: US
KARACHI - The United States is planning to open four visa consular sections in Pakistan within a year while is restarting the ...
International
Afghan govt urged to revoke ban on coverage of polls-related violence
NEW YORK - The Afghan government should lift orders issued Tuesday for a media blackout on election-related violence during ...
44 captured in swoop against Qaeda in S Arabia
RIYADH (AFP/Reuters) - Saudi Arabia arrested 44 people with alleged close links to the original Al-Qaeda leadership and seized ...
Ahmadinejad re-election 'lesson' to West: Assad
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday congratulated Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...
Indonesia arrests Saudi suspect
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have arrested a man believed to be a Saudi national and a local man suspected of ...
India involved in Afghanistan: WSJ
NEW YORK - India has become a major donor and new friend to the government of post-Taliban Afghanistan, stirring concerns in ...
Yemen vows to crush rebellion
SANAA (AFP/Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh pledged on Wednesday to crush a Shia rebellion in the north as the army ...
Bogus ballots and Britney: fraud threatens Afghan presidential poll
KABUL (Reuters) - Voter registration cards are for sale by the handful on the streets of Afghan cities and villages. Somebody ...
'Taliban will fail to wreck vote'
KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - Taliban fighters will not wreck Afghanistans presidential election, President Hamid Karzai said hours ...
No deal with Karzai: Dostum
SHIBERGHAN (Reuters) - A former militia chief, whose return to Afghanistan days before an election could tip the balance in ...
Muslim women barred from wearing 'burqini
ROME (AFP) - The anti-immigration mayor of a northern Italian city has barred Muslim women from wearing the controversial ...
Ashes set for one final twist
LONDON (Reuters) - An unrelentingly dramatic Ashes series with enough plot twists to satisfy the most demanding sports devotee ...
Australia inform ICC of illegal betting approach
LONDON (AFP) - Australia have filed a report with the International Cricket Council (ICC) after a player was approached by a man ...
Kiwis regroup after Samaraweera century
GALLE (Sri Lanka) (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera hit a solid 159 before skipper Daniel Vettori inspired a New Zealand ...
Dibaba deals Ethiopia blow, Robles struggles
BERLIN (AFP) - Ethiopian world medal hopes were dealt a further blow Wednesday when Olympic champion and world recorder holder ...
Moroccan world champ finalist fails doping test
BERLIN (AFP) - Moroccan Jamel Chatbi pleaded his innocence on Tuesday after a positive test for the banned stimulant clenbuterol ...
Controversial quintet to compete, but IAAF unsure
BERLIN (AFP) - Five Jamaican relay team members who tested positive during the national trials will be able to compete here at ...
Bolt, Crawford cruise into 200m semi-finals
BERLIN (AFP) - Olympic 200m champion and world record holder Usain Bolt remained on course to claim a world sprint double after ...
Arsenal, Stuttgart, Olympiakos set to qualify
LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal, VfB Stuttgart and Olympiakos Piraeus all scored 2-0 away wins in their final Champions League playoff ...
Business
Current account deficit narrows by $576m in July
KARACHI - Pakistans current account deficit has contracted by Rs576 million to Rs606 million during the first month of current ...
E-banking transactions grow 7.8 per cent
KARACHI - Electronic banking (e-banking) and branchless banking transactions continued to show growth momentum as both the volume ...
Ecnec likely to okay over Rs1,218b projects today
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) would consider for approval projects worth ...
Oil production from Pindori to reach 1,800bpd by Aug-end
LAHORE - At least 5oo barrel per day more oil is expected to be recovered from the Pindori Oilfield to touch the figure of oil ...
KSE and JSIL sign agreement
KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) signed an agreement with JS Investments Ltd. (JSIL) allowing JSIL to use the title ...
Profit-taking ends KSE's upward march
KARACHI - Profit-taking once again changed the upward direction of the Karachi Stock exchange and benchmark 100-share index shed ...
CCP takes notice of PSMA vice chief's statement
KARACHI -The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has directed Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) Vice Chairman Javed ...
TCP has 'sufficient' sugar stock
KARACHI (APP) - Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has a sufficient stock of locally purchased and imported sugar at its ...
Employees to get OGDCL 12 per cent shares on 26th
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Petroleum, Natural Resources and Privatisation, Syed Naveed Qamar announced here on ...
Private sector didnt raise salaries in FY 2009-10
LAHORE - The speakers at a seminar organized by The Nation Forum at Hameed Nizami Hall have urged the government to make the ...
Politics
Ruckus
ISLAMABAD - They say that the standing ovations that followed Stalins speeches were so unbelievably lengthy because no one wanted ...
Maulvi Faqir takes over TTP
PESHAWAR (AFP/Online) - A top Taliban commander said Wednesday he had taken over as acting head of the group but denied reports ...
Fazalullah, 10 others proclaimed offenders
PESHAWAR - Fazal Hayat, known as Maulana Fazalullah, chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat Chapter, was declared as ...
NFC funds not on population basis: Tarin
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said the resources under the NFC Award would not be distributed ...
BJP expels Jaswant for praising Jinnah
SHIMLA (AFP) - Indias opposition Hindu nationalists expelled senior figure Jaswant Singh on Wednesday amid a row over his book ...
Nervous Afghans vote today
KABUL (AFP) - Nervous Afghans prepared to elect a president on Thursday (today), reeling from a surge in Taliban attacks as the ...
Blasts bring carnage to Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AFP/Reuters) - A wave of attacks across Baghdad killed at least 95 people on Wednesday in the worst day of carnage to ...
Sugar price jumps to Rs57
LAHORE - The retail price of sugar again swelled to Rs 56 to Rs 57 per-kg here in the open market as the government bowed down ...
New lawyers panel to defend Aafia at trial
NEW YORK - While the family Dr Aafia Siddiqui has expressed confidence in the new team of defence lawyers to win the freedom of ...
'India has legitimate interest in AfPak'
THE Indian Ministry of External Affairs has never discouraged United States Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan ...
Nawaz for resumption of CBMs
ISLAMABAD (Online) - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has urged the resumption of composite dialogue between Pakistan and India at the ...
Mosque in France desecrated
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - A mosque in eastern France was sprayed with racist graffiti and defaced with pieces of pork on Tuesday ...
5 terrorists dead: Army
ISLAMABAD (APP) - As many as five terrorists were killed while 29 others were nabbed by the security forces during operation ...
Siachen receded 800 metres in 20 years
IN Occupied Kashmir, Siachen Glacier has receded by about 800 metres in the last 20 years and is facing threat of climate change ...
Entertainment
Jennifer Lopez afraid of the dark
JENNIFER Lopez is scared of the dark. The Get Right singer makes her husband Marc Anthony wait until shes asleep before he is ...
Hilton won't owe $8.3m for film flop
MIAMI (Reuters) - Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton will not have to pay $8.3 million in damages claimed by the receiver for a ...
Clarkson, Jonas Brothers to join American Idol
WHAT do Kelly Clarkson and the Jonas Brothers have in common besides singing?? Theyve all been tapped as the next guest judges ...
Alien hunter says head down under
SYDNEY (Reuters) - How about some UFOs with your holiday? An Australian photographer and self-styled alien hunter believes the ...
Jackson doctor tells the truth
THE doctor at the centre of the investigation into Michael Jacksons death has spoken publicly for the first time since the singer ...
Why eating popcorn is good for you
POPCORN could help prevent cancer, research suggests. Scientists discovered the snack food contains 'surprisingly large levels ...
Islamabad
Sasta bazaars to be set up in Ramazan
ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Capital Territory Administration has finalised necessary arrangements for setting up two sasta bazaars ...
'No justice unless all genders recognised equal citizens'
ISLAMABAD- At a two-day national conference on Extremism and its impact on society: Implications for women, which ended on ...
President urges Scouts to work for peace, harmony
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday called upon the over 500,000 Scouts of the country to work for peace and ...
Private educational institutes defy Punjab govt orders
RAWALPINDI - Defying the directives of Punjab government regarding extension of summer vocation in all private and government ...
Consent sought from provinces
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education in a recent move to implement the long-awaited Child Protection ...
33,000 flour bags sent to Ramazan Bazaars
RAWALPINDI - To provide flour to the consumers on subsidised rate of Rs 200 during Ramazan, trucks containing 33,000 flour bags ...
National
Torkham border to be sealed today
PESHAWAR - In connection with Afghan presidential elections scheduled today (Thursday), the authorities on Wednesday ordered to ...
Karachi
Law and order to be ensured in Lyari
KARACHI - Lyari has always been the strong hold of PPP but some unscrupulous elements were trying to disturb the peace of the ...
SHC seeks comments in affectees compensation case
KARACHI (PPI) - A division bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Mushir Alam & Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed Wednesday ...
Call made for promotion of gender equality
Karachi (PPI) - The civil society organizations should work for the promotion of gender equality in the society, said speakers of ...
Varsity starts employees health insurance
Karachi (PPI) - The launching ceremony of new and better health insurance scheme for employees and their spouses, children and ...
72pc kids out of school in Sindh
KARACHI (PPI) - Provincial Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq said on Wednesday that 72 percent children are out of school in 10 ...
Consumer awareness stressed
Karachi (PPI) - Sindh Minister for Commerce and Industry Rauf Siddiqui has said we have to unite against fake and hazardous goods ...
Danish inches close to title victory
KARACHI - Top seed and favourite in boys under-19, Danish Atlas of PAF and his counterpart in girls event Maria Toor Pakay of ...
Lahore
Protesters thrashed with batons for seeking 'justice'
LAHORE - Police deputed at the Club Chowk, GOR-I, for security on Wednesday resorted to baton charge to disperse around two dozen ...
Rulers must not be blackmailed by millers: CJ
LAHORE - Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has observed that federal and provincial governments ...
Unemployment gets out of hand
LAHORE - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore officials have issued more than 50,000 application forms to the aspirants by ...
Radio Pakistan Lahore goes silent
LAHORE - Instead of upgrading the equipment and replacing the old transmitter of Lahore Station, one of the major medium wave ...
Civil bureaucracy 'a biggest Qabza group': Qadir
LAHORE - Taking serious note of illegal occupation of official residences by senior officers, the Public Accounts Committee of ...
All set to launch green channel scheme
LAHORE - The Punjab government is all set to launch green channel scheme to set up 'subsidised shops in Ramazan Bazaars to ...
Lahore, Faisalsbad trials for Jr Super League conclude
LAHORE - The trials of six regional teams for PHF Junior Super Hockey League have been completed in respective centers on ...
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