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 27, 2009
Front Page
NWFP demands additional 5pc
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR - National Finance Commission (NFC) is to open up its maiden but stormy session here today (Thursday) with Finance Minister in the chair and four provinces sticking to their conflicting demands. According to relevant officials, on the first day, the NFC would give only hearing to ...
Strike, violence mark Bugti's anniversary
QUETTA - A complete strike was observed across Balochistan on Wednesday on the call of Baloch nationalist parties to mark the ...
Cabinet okays 2250MW rental power plants
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved 2250 megawatt rental power projects, instead of 1500MW projects as earlier ...
International
Kennedy dynasty reels from new tragedy
WASHINGTON (AFP) - America has its Bush clan and the Bill and Hillary Clinton double act, but nothing matches the power, glamour ...
Death puts family dynasty in doubt
BOSTON, Aug 26 (Reuters Life) - Senator Edward Kennedys death marks the twilight of one of Americas most fabled political ...
World mourns 'senator of senators
LONDON (AFP) - World leaders on Wednesday hailed Edward Kennedy as a great American and praised his tireless campaigning for ...
Obama heartbroken
CHILMARK, Mass., (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he was heartbroken by the death of Senator Edward ...
'Great powers planned Bosnian war: Karadzic
THE HAGUE (AFP) - The worlds great powers orchestrated the Bosnian war for their own geopolitical ends, Bosnian Serb wartime ...
Death findings blacked out of CIA report
WASHINGTON - Three detainee deaths and several detainee disappearances were blacked out in the CIA inspector-generals report on ...
Ban takes Norwegian criticism in stride
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday reacted graciously to last weeks leaked memo from Norways ...
Turkey asked to expand role in Afghanistan
ANKARA/LONDON (AFP) - Turkey should expand the mandate of its troops in Afghanistan and play a bigger part in the fight against ...
Iraqi Shia party leader passes away
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of one of Iraqs most powerful Shia political groups and most important religious dynasties died on ...
59 bodies found from massgrave in Bosnia
SARAJEVO (AFP) - Bosnian forensic experts said Wednesday they completed exhumation work of a mass grave that revealed the bodies ...
Sri Lanka make solid start on Vettori's day
COLOMBO (AFP) - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori became only the eighth player in history to achieve the double of 3,000 runs ...
Ponting keen to remain captain
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Ricky Ponting was determined to carry on as captain despite his team's Ashes series defeat in ...
Violence erupts at London derby
LONDON (AFP) - A man was stabbed late Tuesday as violence erupted between several hundred football fans outside West Ham's ...
Business
AES to sell power plants
KARACHI - AES, an American global power company, which deals in generation and distribution businesses, has decided to sell its ...
IMF projection an eye-opener for policymakers: Businessmen
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mian Shaukat Masud has said that International Monetary ...
Pakistan 6-month T-bill yield increases to 12.55pc
KARACHI (Reuters) - The cut-off yield on Pakistans benchmark six-month Treasury bills rose to 12.5517 per cent at an auction on ...
Call to enhance LPG availability
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Syed Naveed Qamar Wednesday emphasized the need for enhancing LPG ...
Market gains 73 points, crosses 8,300 barrier
KARACHI - The bulls returned to the stock market on Wednesday after Tuesdays correction as the KSE-100 index stepped further ...
Corporate rehabilitation
LAHORE - The move to steam-roll a new so-called corporate rehabilitation law that is meant to provide defaulters a judicially ...
OGDCL employees handed over 12pc shares
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Privatisation, Petroleum and Natural Resources, Syed Naveed Qamar, has asked workers to take ...
PPL top line registers 34.7pc growth
KARACHI - Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) top line registered a growth of 34.7 per cent to Rs 61.6 billion on year-on-year ...
Regional trade vital to up Pak exports
KARACHI - The TDAP hosted a meeting with Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim, heads of chambers, trade bodies and ...
KESC directed to provide uninterrupted power supply
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday directed the Karachi Electric Supply Company ...
Politics
All NRO-related cases will be heard, says CJP
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed petition of a former assistant director of FIA seeking return of passport on ...
Pak economic outlook fragile
KARACHI (Reuters) - The medium-term economic outlook for Pakistan is fragile and the country faces significant risks, the ...
'Liberal Lion' Ted Kennedy dies at 77
WASHINGTON - Senator Edward Kennedy, a scion of one of the most storied families in American politics, has died at his home in ...
CIA memo details procedures
WASHINGTON - Standing naked, except for a hood covering their heads, sleep deprivation, insult slaps, water dousing and walling, ...
Something cooking up but not so soon
ISLAMABAD - The influential quarters have become active to implement their recently unfolded roadmap, which targets next 6 months ...
Rehman ready to bring Nawaz, Altaf closer
LONDON - Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik has said that the row between the PML-N and MQM is purely their own problem; ...
60 MQM men buried at Margalla during Benazir govt: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD - PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain has said that as many as sixty MQM workers killed during second tenure of Benazir ...
Fresh air assault on S Waziristan
WANA (AFP/Reuters/Online) - At least four security personnel including a Pak Army Major were killed when jets and helicopter ...
Governments to facilitate return
LONDON - Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Wednesday agreed to facilitate thousands of Pakistanis detained or living illegally, ...
Rifts among Taliban may lessen militancy
ISLAMABAD - With the death of Baitullah Mehsud and the appointment of Hakimullah Mehsud as new Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ...
Hamid Karzai widens lead in Afghan vote
KABUL (AFP) - Incumbent Hamid Karzai widened his lead in the race for the Afghan presidency in new results unveiled Wednesday ...
Oil tanker blown up
LANDIKOTAL - A tanker carrying oil supplies for Nato forces was blown up in Torkham area on Wednesday. As per details, the oil ...
Bodies of 5 Pakistanis handed over by Afghans
QUETTA-Five bodies of Pakistanis who were killed in Kandahar car suicide blast last night were handed over to Pakistani officials ...
PHC orders release of Sufi's sons
PESHAWAR (APP) - Peshawar High Court here Wednesday issued release orders of the three sons of defunct ...
Jaswant's Pakistan visit postponed
NEW DELHI (Online) -The visit of former Indian foreign minister Jaswant Singh to Pakistan has been postponed and he is expected ...
6pc raise in power tariff from October
THE government has once again decided to raise the power tariffs, a private TV channel reported Wednesday. According to the ...
Entertainment
Kylie Australia's most famous star
SYDNEY (AFP) - Pop songstress Kylie Minogue on Wednesday edged out sports stars, personalities and the prime minister to take the ...
Why Katie Price is the most dangerous celebrity on web
KATIE Price has been named the UKs 'most dangerous celebrity in cyberspace by internet security analysts. Fans scouring the web ...
Chris sentenced for assault
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - R&B singer Chris Brown was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation and 180 days of community labour for ...
Jackson pleaded for his 'milk' to quell agony of insomnia
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - At his apex, Michael Jackson moon walked his way into a billion hearts as music royalty, but his final days ...
The necessary horror of childrens books
A bundle of rabbits flee from blood seeping through fields, a child groans for a mother brutally shot dead by hunters, a farmer ...
Lego giraffe tail repeatedly stolen
BERLIN (Reuters) - Visitors to a tourist attraction in Berlin have been making off with an unusual memento the 30 cms long tail ...
Islamabad
Yasir Butt qualifies for World Squash Championship
ISLAMABAD - Yasir Butt, world no 53, qualified to the main round of the World Open Squash Championship 2009, which would held in ...
Marked improvement in IDPs relief
ISLAMABAD - The frequent efforts on part of the United Nations regarding funding for Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) ...
SC dismisses FIA ex-AD's petition
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed petition of a former assistant director of FIA seeking return of passport on ...
Price hike makes Iftar tasteless
ISLAMABAD - High prices of edibles, especially fruits, are keeping away the poor masses from bazaars making their Iftar tasteless ...
Citizens being provided 100,000 atta bags daily
RAWALPINDI - Acting District Coordination Officer (DCO) Saqib Manan on Wednesday claimed that City District Government, on the ...
National Fire Safety Policy being developed
ISLAMABAD (APP) - United Nations network in Pakistan and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) are developing the ...
Dr Javaid R Laghari appointed HEC Chairman
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has appointed former senator Dr Javaid R. Laghari, as the Chairman of Higher ...
Karachi
Sugar price set at Rs47/kg for Ramazan
KARACHI - The Sindh government has set new retail price of sugar at Rs47 per kg for the holy month of Ramazan. The decision was ...
Crows eradication programme at Safari delayed
KARACHI - The eradication programme of crows from the Safari Park has been delayed further, as city district government has not ...
NAB takes notice of corruption at Education Dept
KARACHI - National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sindh, has taken a notice of a primary school teacher who is holding ...
'Mily operation was conspiracy against MQM'
KARACHI - MQM legislators in Senate on Wednesday said that the army operation against party was a conspiracy to halt its struggle ...
Accused plead 'not guilty' in minor girl's murder case
KARACHI - Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Hassan Shah Bukhari adjourned the hearing over the killing of minor girl till 27 August. The ...
Sadqah - a path towards salvation
They ask thee, what they should spend in charity. Say: whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred, and orphans, ...
Shabbir, Munir finish 8th in Asian golf qualifier first round
KARACHI - Pakistan's Shabbir Iqbal and Muhammed Munir fired three under par 68 in the first round of the Omega Mission Hills ...
Lahore
Salim Altaf in the line of fire?
LAHORE - The days of PCB Chief Executive Officer Salim Altaf in the Pakistan Cricket Board seem to be numbered as opposition to ...
Pakistan's remaining ICL players seek NOC
LAHORE - The remaining 22 Pakistani players in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) will soon submit their resignations and seek ...
Pakistan to take part in Summer Deaf Olympics
LAHORE - Pakistan deaf contingent will take part in badminton, bowling and swimming competitions of the Summer Deaf Olympics. ...
Afghanistan stuns the Netherlands
LAHORE - In one of the most thrilling finishes in the history of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan held its nerve to beat ...
Mobo Intermedia Cup from today
LAHORE - The Mobo International Intermedia Cup will start from tonight here at the Wahdat Colony ground and the final will be ...
Hotels join race to fleece public
LAHORE - Almost all the hotels and restaurants in the City have revised the rates of Iftar dinners from 20 to 30 per cent, ...
Mill owners, stockists responsible: LHC
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has called for report and comments from the federal and ...
Commodities prices on the rise despite crackdowns
LAHORE - The prices of fruits, vegetables and other commodities continued to upward trend here in the open market on Wednesday as ...
PML-N will not spare Bugti's killers: Nawaz
LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has demanded of the government to play its role in bringing the killers of Nawab Akbar Bugti to ...
PU teachers appeal for peace at campus
LAHORE - Punjab University teachers have condemned the incidents of wreckage by Islami Jammiat Tilaba in Punjab University and ...
SC Bench seeks report from CDGL
LAHORE - A Full Bench of the Supreme Court Wednesday took up suo moto proceedings of the sale of thousands of expired juice ...
Bureaucracy hell-bent to destroy Jillani Park
LAHORE - Racecourse Park, rightly renamed Jillani Park, after the name of its founder, is under serious threat of defacement at ...
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