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 25, 2008
Front Page
Zardari calls for ban on Taliban
The Taliban have the upper hand and should be put on the list of banned organisations in Pakistan, said Asif Ali Zardari, PPP Co-Chairman and the leading presidential candidate, in a interview with BBC on Sunday. He says the world and Pakistan are losing the war on terror. "It is an insurgency ...
Taliban talks offer rejected
ISLAMABAD " Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik on Sunday rejected the offer for negotiations by ...
Divergent views on immunity for president
LAHORE" The president of Pakistan cannot be sued in any court of law on criminal charges because the Constitution provides ...
No new agreement with PPP: PML-N
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Sunday made hectic consultations with key party figures to firm up future line of action and ...
Pakistan, US mull fresh Fata operations
ISLAMABAD - The Bush administration and Pakistani leadership are engaged in hectic consultations on ways to curb the rising ...
International
Curtain down on Games
BEIJING - The curtain on the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era - said to be the best of all in what is known as the greatest ...
Zardari: I'm for ex-CJ Iftikhar, but my party opposes him
NEW YORK Amid deepening political crisis, Pakistan People's Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari says he was in favour of ex-Chief ...
Obama leads McCain by 49% to 43% in Washington Post-ABC poll
WASHINGTON - US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads his Republican rival John McCain by 49 percent to 43 percent ...
ICC postpones Champions Trophy
DUBAI (AFP) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday postponed until next year September's Champions Trophy in Pakistan ...
Asia revels in successful Games
BEIJING (AFP) - Asian nations enjoyed a successful Beijing Olympics by bagging a hatful of medals, led by regional powerhouse ...
Olympics defining moments
BEIJING (AFP) - Defining moments of the 2008 Beijing Olympics which end on Sunday: Michael Phelps's eight of the best - The ...
What they say
"It's the hardest thing I've ever tried in my life." - US swimming star Michael Phelps says his record-breaking ...
IOC gives seal of approval
BEIJING (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee gave the Beijing Olympics its seal of approval Sunday, expressing itself ...
Stanley stars as USA take men's volleyball title from Brazil
BEIJING (AFP) - The United States, led by the tournament's best player Clayton Stanley, won the Olympic men's volleyball gold on ...
Iraqi Premier demands changes to US mily deal
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is demanding changes to a draft deal on the status of US forces beyond this ...
Troops caught by too much trust: French Gen
KABUL (AFP) - French forces caught in a deadly ambush that killed 10 men in Afghanistan this week had been too "trusting", the ...
Russia under pressure for full Georgia pullout
TBILISI (AFP) - The West on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia, with the EU announcing a ...
Obama camp unleashes Biden to go after McCain
EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, (AFP) - Barack Obama's camp Sunday presented his vice-presidential nominee Joseph Biden as the perfect ...
Thousands besiege India's car plant
SINGUR, India, (AFP) - About 40,000 protesters on Sunday surrounded the Indian factory slated to produce the world's cheapest ...
Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study
PARIS (AFP) - Climate change could release unexpectedly huge stores of carbon dioxide from Arctic soils, which would in turn fuel ...
Georgian fuel train explodes
SKRA, Georgia, (AFP) - A train carrying fuel exploded Sunday near the Georgian city of Gori, causing a thick cloud of noxious ...
71 die in Kyrgyzstan plane crash
BISHKEK (AFP) - A passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off from the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek on Sunday, claiming the ...
Politics
Office of Div Commissioner restored
LAHORE - With the exit of General (r) Pervez Musharraf, the mastermind of the Local Government System, the Punjab government on ...
Another wheat scam in the making?
ISLAMABAD - There is something fishy in the ill-timed wheat import of 1.5 million tons through private sector. The responsible ...
ANP announces support for Zardari
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Awami National Party legislatures will vote for PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential ...
Valley under indefinite curfew
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Indian security forces killed a Muslim man as they enforced a strict curfew in Kashmir on Sunday, a day ...
Indian analysts for referendum in Kashmir
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A lack of political leadership threatens to allow seething Hindu-Muslim tensions and Hurriyat anger in Occupied ...
Karzai fires top general
HERAT (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai fired Sunday two top Afghan army commanders after coalition airstrikes killed more ...
Office timings for Ramazan announced
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The federal govt has announced new office timing for the holy month of Ramazan to enable the faithful to spend ...
Taliban shoot down Nato helicopter
KABUL (AFP) - A helicopter crashed while on a mission for the NATO-led force in Afghanistan Sunday, killing one person and ...
Entertainment
Madonna kicks off huge world tour
Madonna has begun her latest world tour in Cardiff, unveiling a stage show that involved 250 crew, 1m of jewellery, 16 dancers ...
Snacks in small packages may lead to overeating
TEMPTING treats are being offered in small package sizes these days, presumably to help consumers reduce portion sizes. Yet new ...
Is posh and Katie's friendship wearing thin?
THE rapidly cooling friendship between Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes is under further strain with the news that Tom Cruise's ...
Hollywood comes to Venice as Pitt, Clooney kick off filmfest
VENICE (AFP) - Hollywood megastars Brad Pitt and George Clooney kick off this year's Venice film festival on Wednesday with the ...
Scientists nail childhood nerve cancer gene
PARIS (AFP) - Researchers have identified the hereditary gene mutations behind a deadly form of childhood cancer, opening the way ...
Peaches Geldof reunites with husband Max Drummey
PEACHES Geldof has finally been reunited with her new husband. The 19-year-old - the daughter of singer and Live Aid organizer ...
Islamabad
Stuntmen flout traffic laws
ISLAMABAD - The dangerous trend of driving motorbikes sans helmets on the part of youngsters, is not only challenging the traffic ...
CDA to ply 500 CNG buses in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Director Municipal Administration, Capital Development Authority, Moman Agha has said that CDA has a plan to ...
Faisal Avenue Underpass partial opening on 31st
ISLAMABAD (Online)- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has announced to open one part of flyover-cum-underpass at Faisal ...
CMC to equip students with latest skills: Dr Khan
ISLAMABAD - In the prevailing scenario, media role in the development of society and as a watchdog has increased many fold and it ...
Lashari flexing muscles for extension
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Kamran Lashari has enhanced his efforts to get extension for 3rd ...
Ministry's vehicles being misused
ISLAMABAD (Online)- The private servants of Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Nawabzada Khawaja Mohammad ...
Karachi
CDGK faces Rs 25.3b fall in tax collection
KARACHI - The CDGK has faced Rs 25.302 billion shortfall due to less collection of tax and non-tax receipts during last fiscal ...
Altaf asks Nawaz to desist from confrontation
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has exhorted PML-N head Mian Nawaz Sharif to desist from the ...
Zardari's political acumen gives birth to new realities
PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Zardari has all the necessary qualifications to replace President Pervez Musharraf as the President of ...
CID busts terrorists ring
KARACHI - The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has busted the racket of Taliban funding and crackdown against the outlaws ...
UN report warns on climate change effects
KARACHI (PPI) - A new United Nations-backed report has appealed to government leaders to take urgent action to ensure that ...
Doctors save life of injured student
KARACHI - Despite the negligence of the administration of Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan Government College of Home & Economics ...
Lahore
Army draw 1-1 with WAPDA in Premier League Football
LAHORE - Two more matches were decided in Lahore phase of the Pakistan Premier Soccer League on Sunday. WAPDA failed to ...
Six ties decided in National Jr Hockey
LAHORE - On the fourth day of the 28th National Junior Hockey Championship six matches were decided at the National Hockey ...
First move to dent Dist Nazims' powers
LAHORE - With restoring the Divisional Commissioner office, it seems to further the cause of denting the powers of the District ...
People to get 20-kg atta bag for Rs 300
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that supply of daily use items on affordable rates would be ...
Sunday bazaars badly hit by flour shortage
LAHORE - Flour shortage badly hit Sunday bazaars again this week where the supply was not enough to the meet the increasing ...
People serving ailing humanity commendable
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the people serving the ailing humanity are worth ...
Janam Janam Ki Meli Chadar on the show
LAHORE - Renowned actor, writer and director Syed Afzaal Ahmad's stage drama 'Janam Janam Ki Meli Chadar' is again making ...
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