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 26, 2008
Front Page
Bids adieu to coalition
ISLAMABAD - PML-N on Monday quit the ruling coalition over differences on the reinstatement of judges and decided to sit on the Opposition benches in the National Assembly. "We have taken this decision after we failed to find any ray of hope and none of the commitments made to us were fulfilled ...
Punjab govt to remain under constant threat
LAHORE - Though there is no imminent danger to PML-N government in Punjab if the PPP withdraws its support following Nawaz ...
Good-bye, Frankenstein
ISLAMABAD"It was unnatural. Disparate entities, cobbled together to make up one monster of a coalition. The country had never ...
Myth of two-thirds fades away
ISLAMABAD - The fall-out of the coalition's collapse is likely to keep on hunting for a long time to come, but as an immediate ...
International
CIA used Swiss engineers to undo AQ Khan's network: report
NEW YORK - A US Central Intelligence Agency's deal with a family of Swiss engineers helped thwart the Libyan and Iranian nuclear ...
Int'l commission to probe Benazir's murder not yet finalized: UN
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has not yet finalized the constitution of an international commission to ...
Pakistanis in NY hold Independence Day parade
NEW YORK - Despite the deepening political crisis and worsening law and order situation in their homeland, Pakistani-Americans ...
Russian lawmakers push rebel regions' independence
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian lawmakers voted Monday to recognise Georgia's rebel regions as independent amid warnings from Georgian ...
Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: Maliki
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday said Washington and Baghdad have agreed that there will be no ...
Afghan cabinet demands review of international troops
KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan cabinet demanded Monday the renegotiation of agreements regulating the presence of the international ...
Swiss foreign minister would 'talk to bin Laden'
GENEVA (AFP) - Switzerland's foreign minister told top diplomats on Monday she favours direct talks with Osama bin Laden to ...
Palestinian prisoners freed as Rice heads to Middle East
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Israel freed 198 Palestinian prisoners on Monday in a gesture to president Mahmud Abbas as US ...
65 killed in Kyrgyz plane crash
BISHKEK (AFP) - A jet belonging to an airline on a European blacklist crashed after take-off from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, ...
Iraqi parliament won't pass pact: speaker
AMMAN (AFP) - Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmud Mashhadani said on Monday lawmakers will not approve a controversial military ...
New Zealand welcomes ICC postponement
WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand cricket officials Monday welcomed the decision to postpone the Champions Trophy cricket tournament ...
Pakistan hockey team leaves for home
BEIJING (APP) - Pakistan hockey team after showing a dismal performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games left here for home on ...
Zaheer pays tribute to Bradman on his birth centenary
MUMBAI - Other than Sachin Tendulkar (he obliged late Don Bradman's request and flew to Australia on his 90th birthday in 1998) ...
Business
Edibles makers given 30 days deadline to observe standard
LAHORE (APP) - All the edibles making factories will be given a 30-day deadline to observe the standard as per relevant rules. ...
CSA launches drive for consumer rights
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Speakers at a Consultative Workshop entitled "Role of Media for Consumer Rights Protection" Monday called for a ...
Oil & gas well in Sindh discovered
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL.) has discovered oil and gas in the exploratory well ...
Barclays in Pak shows investors confidence
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said the launching of Barclays Bank in Pakistan symbolizes the ...
SECP launches e-Service project
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan here on Monday launched its Rs.38 million e-Services project ...
Pakistan an attractive IT outsourcing destination
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan is one of the leading outsourcing destinations of the ...
Selling further erodes major stocks value
LAHORE - Political uncertainty continued to haunt the equity market where selling pressure on the fourth consecutive day eroded ...
Govt may sell out Qadirpur gas field
KARACHI - The government is likely to sell out the country's second largest gas field, Qadirpur, having gas reserves of about 3.5 ...
Is it right time to invest in real estate?
KARACHI - Most of the real estate dealers are claiming that it was the right time to make investment in the property as the ...
$5 billion being transferred to Dubai illegally every month
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Monday said that flight of capital from Pakistan is on the rise and around five ...
Politics
JUI to review alliance with PPP, says Fazl
PESHAWAR - JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Monday expressed disappointment over the shifting of stance of PPP leadership on ...
From King's party to king-makers
ISLAMABAD - Owing to a major political twist in country's political scenario, the embattled PML-Q has become the focal political ...
Siddiqui 'N' candidate for president
ISLAMABAD - PML-N will field former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, as its party candidate for the ...
Ahmed Faraz dies
Renowned poet and literary figure of the country Ahmed Faraz has passed away, reported a private TV channel late on Monday. He ...
PML-Q fields Mushahid for presidency
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) Monday formally announced Mushahid Hussain Sayed, the Secretary General of the party, ...
Lawyers movement may get fuel
LAHORE- The on-going movement of the lawyers, is likely to be largely fuelled by the political parties on the Opposition side of ...
10 judges to be restored soon
Ten deposed judges are likely to take fresh oath of their office in the next couple of days, reported a private TV channel on ...
Black coats protests on 28th
ISLAMABAD - President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Monday announced the lawyers across ...
US says PML-N pullout will not affect war on terror
WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday said the PML-N party's withdrawal from Pakistan's governing coalition would not affect ...
MPA's house attacked
SWAT - Eight persons including the brother and two nephews of an MPA of Awami National Party were killed when Taliban attacked a ...
CNG price fixed at Rs 45.5kg
ISLAMABAD - The government Monday reduced natural gas prices, bringing an end to 56 days long controversy, and fixed Rs 45.50 ...
8 die in various incidents in Balochistan
QUETTA - At least eight people were killed and twenty-six others including three journalists and three children sustained ...
Pakistan, S Arabia likely to finalise pact
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are likely to finalise the vital agreement on extension of 'oil credit facility' to ...
New PPP chief Gilani, Qureshi, Fahim's names being mulled
KARACHI - Names of Prime Minster Yousaf Raza Gilani, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, PPP Vice-President Makhdoom Amin ...
Altaf asks Nawaz to review decision
KARACHI-Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has appealed to the PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif to reconsider his ...
Entertainment
George Michael glad to be home
SINGER George Michael told fans it was good to be home as he performed in London at the end of a two year tour. He spoke to ...
Beckhams involved in car accident
WHILE on their way to the airport from their home in France this past Friday, David and Victoria Beckham were involved in a car ...
Amanda Bynes to be blamed for the slight mishap
"SHE'S The Man" star Amanda Bynes has been involved in a minor car accident on Saturday. Police says the actress was to blame for ...
Endangered bilby expanding its territory
THE bilby, an endangered marsupial brought back from brink of extinction through the efforts of a small group of Queenslanders, ...
Red grapes 'are wonder cure for high blood pressure and cholesterol'
RED grapes are more than just the source for the world's finest wine - the fruits themselves are a wonder cure against heart ...
Picking out specific sounds in a complex scene
CALL it the cocktail party effect: how an individual can participate in a one-on-one conversation within a cluster of people, ...
Islamabad
Security arrangements finalised for Ramazan
ISLAMABAD - Elaborate security arrangements have been finalised for Ramazan here at a high level meeting on Monday aimed to ...
Funds for NCHD linked with chairman's resignation
ISLAMABAD - The Chairman of the National Commission for Human Development, Dr Nasim Ashraf would soon quit from his office and ...
Ministers' body meeting ends without result
ISLAMABAD- The meeting of Ministers' Committee on reinstatement of sacked workers of public sector Monday ended without any ...
'Population training institutes need to be strengthened'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Population Welfare Mir Humayun Aziz Kurd on Monday underlined the need for strengthening the ...
Funds paucity compels ministry to curtail visits
ISLAMABAD - Despite inking contract of Youth Exchange Programme with as many as 40 countries, the Ministry of Youth Affairs could ...
Media role sought for legislation to protect consumer rights
ISLAMABAD - Speakers at a Consultative Workshop entitled "Role of Media for Consumer Rights Protection" Monday called for a ...
Karachi
Resolution passed to rename Zia-ul-Haq Colony
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution renaming Zia ul Haq Colony (katchi abadi) as Munawwar ...
ANP regrets PML-N's decision
KARACHI - Awami National Party (ANP) Central Information Secretary Zahid Khan on Monday regretted over PML-N decision to quit ...
Zardari left no other option for PML-N
KARACHI - Country's political situation is changing fast as one of the leading coalition partner, the PML (N) has parted its ways ...
Nepotism haunts KU
KARACHI - Karachi University (KU), has forced the department's teaching faculty to launch a movement against the chairperson of ...
Goods transporters call off strike
KARACHI - The Karachi Goods Carriers Association called off their strike on Monday evening on the assurance from the government ...
Power cuts become routine
KARACHI - The City again witnessed the worst loadshedding on Sunday and Monday as Unit 4 of Bin Qasim power plant tripped. ...
Troubles ahead for Pakistan cricket
KARACHI (AFP) - Cricket legend Imran Khan Monday said he feared more trouble for Pakistan cricket after the Champions Trophy ...
Pakistan let down by Australia, South Africa
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan Monday said it felt let down by Australia and South Africa after their security fears led to the ...
Zohaib wins Governor's Amateur Golf
KARACHI - Zohaib Asif won the second edition of Sindh Governors amateur title in the 36 hole competition played at his own DHA ...
Pakistan disabled cricketers eye India tour
KARACHI (AFP) - The Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) said Monday it hoped its first-ever national league would pave ...
Pindi/Islamabad win National Disabled Cricket title
KARACHI - Rawalpindi/ Islamabad won the first Magna National Disable Cricket league defeating Multan by two wickets in the final ...
Lahore
People ambivalent about coalition split
LAHORE - People have expressed mixed views over the PML-N's separation from the ruling coalition, some saying that Nawaz Sharif ...
Black flags hoisted atop bar buildings again
LAHORE - Following the call of Supreme Court Bar Association, the City bars on Monday hoisted black flags in protest atop their ...
Young boy breathes his last in arms of helpless mother
LAHORE - A 7-year-old boy lost his life in the arms of his helpless mother 'madly' kissing his dead body after bitten by a stray ...
Free of cost anti-rabies vaccination stopped
LAHORE - Dogs Victim Clinic, situated at the Birdwood Road, Jail Road, Lahore, has suspended the free of cost anti-rabies ...
Girls outshine boys in 9th Class exam
LAHORE - Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Lahore on Monday announced the result of Secondary School Certificate (9th ...
Advanced research-based education stressed
LAHORE - The present day world is moving so rapidly in the realm of scientific and technological advancements that we need to ...
Islamabad enter semis: overcome Vehari 3-1
LAHORE - Islamabad put up brilliant show in extra time to outwit Vehari United 3-1 and enter the semi-finals of the Fourth ...
Riffat drives Balochistan into quarter-finals
LAHORE - Nimble-footed front-runner Rifat Mehdi registered sparkling hat-trick to push Balochistan into quarter-finals of the ...
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