Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Friday, August 29, 2008
Front Page
Nawaz offers to support Zardari
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Thursday offered to withdraw its presidential nominee in favour of Asif Zardari provided the PPP restores the deposed judges and repeals 17th amendment ahead of September 6 presidential election. Well-placed sources told TheNation that the offer was made ...
Chattha eyes CM slot
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Q's central leader Hamid Nasir Chattha along with his loyal parliamentarians in Punjab ...
Bomber hits police van; 10 die
BANNU - At least 10 people including seven policemen were killed and 15 others injured when a suicide bomber hit his ...
Zardari likely to be elected unopposed
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is most likely to be elected unopposed as next President of the ...
Asif, Siddiqui, Mushahid cleared
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday cleared nomination papers of three candidates, Asif Ali Zardari ...
International
Kashmir situation grave, says Wajid
LONDON-The Pakistan High Commisioner to the UK Wajid Shams-ul-Hassan on Thursday termed the present situation in Indian Kashmir ...
Clinton entrusts his legacy to Obama
DENVER (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton has entrusted his presidential legacy to the keeping of Barack Obama, finally ...
Russian PM blasts US over Georgia conflict
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Thursday said it test-fired an intercontinental missile designed to avoid detection by missile-defence ...
Social injustice killing people on grand scale: WHO
GENEVA (AFP) - A "toxic combination" of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale, a World Health ...
42 killed in Sri Lanka fighting
COLOMBO (AFP) - At least 37 Tamil Tiger rebels and five government soldiers were killed in an upsurge of fighting in Sri Lanka's ...
NKorea rejects key N-verification test
SEOUL (AFP) - The latest deadlock over North Korea's nuclear disarmament will be hard to break because it involves a key test of ...
Britain's top Muslim cop accuses boss of discrimination
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's most senior Muslim policeman launched a stinging attack Thursday on the controversial head of London's ...
Floods a calamity: Indian PM
SAHARSA (AFP) - Massive flooding in eastern India has caused a "national calamity", the Indian prime minister said Thursday after ...
US mulls scrapping nuclear pact
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W Bush on Thursday freed up to 5.75 million dollars in aid to help Georgia meet ...
Obama makes surprise appearance at democrats' convention
NEW YORK - Senator Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night just hours after ...
Democratic VP nominee Biden attacks McCain's foreign policy stance
NEW YORK - Calling Republican presidential hopeful John McCain complicit in the "catastrophic foreign policy" of the ...
Jankovic survives scare, Russians roll over
NEW YORK (AFP) - World number two Jelena Jankovic struggled but held on to beat Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 in the second ...
Hard work key to Vaas' 400-wicket success
COLOMBO (AFP) - If there were an award for the "most consistent fast bowler" in the history of Sri Lankan cricket, it ...
Australian Olympic medallist sick with pneumonia
BRISBANE (Australia) (AFP) - Australian swimming star Stephanie Rice, who won three gold medals and smashed ...
Business
EMC for expediting urea import process
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Economy Monitoring Committee (EMC), which met here Thursday directed MINFAL that urea import process from Saudi ...
Gems, jewellery sector needs help
KARACHI - Federal government promised to raise the volume of export of gems and jewellery up to 1.5 billion by providing ...
More people living in extreme poverty than previously thought " WB
UNITED NATIONS: " The World Bank has revised upward its estimates of the number of the world's poor from nearly 1 billion to 1.4 ...
Government committed to involve development partners in reforms
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said the government is committed to involving development ...
100 per cent LC margin to boost dollar-rupee parity
KARACHI - The condition of imposing 100 per cent "Letter of Credit" (LC) margin on 334 non-essential and luxury items by the ...
ICCI for 10pc GST reduction on electricity, oil, gas and food items
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Thursday called for reducing General Sails Tax (GST) upto 10 ...
Mineral oil import exempted from taxes
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Thursday issued notifications to exempt import of mineral oil for agriculture purposes ...
Pakistan provides vast investment opportunities
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Mohammadmian Soomro Thursday said there were vast investment opportunities in Pakistan and the ...
'No loadshedding' during Iftar and Sehr timings
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed the PEPCO to reduce load shedding duration ...
Stock market reacts positively to KSE board moves
KARACHI - The crisis-ridden Karachi Stock Market on Thursday showed a slight improvement and the KSE-100 index saw a gain of 59 ...
Minister asks KPT to waive off demurrhage on stuck-up cargo
KARACHI (APP) - The Minster of Ports and Shipping has directed KPT to waive off demurrhage charges on goods accumulated at the ...
Politics
Swiss judge upset over dropped probe
NEW YORK - A judge in Geneva who originally investigated corruption allegations against Asif Ali Zardari, the leading ...
LPG price up by Rs13 per kg
LAHORE - The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) price has swelled to Rs 85 per kg from Rs 72 per kg here in the Punjab Capital on ...
'N' to vote against PM if trust vote sought
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Declaring that he felt "terribly let down" by ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali ...
PPP entered accords to please allies
LAHORE - PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he had taken a number of such steps and decisions during the last five ...
Lawyers stage countrywide sit-ins
LAHORE - Lawyers across the country are back on the streets as they launched new phase of their movement by holding protest ...
Lay down arms, Rehman asks Baloch fighters
QUETTA - Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has asked armed fighters in Balochistan to lay down their ...
Obama seizes Democratic nomination, history
DENVER (AFP) - In a deafening moment of history, Democrats on Wednesday anointed Barack Obama the first black major-party nominee ...
Nejad hits out at Nato
DUSHANBE (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued a scathing attack on NATO Thursday, saying the Western alliance was ...
Govt constitutes body to monitor wheat import
ISLAMABAD - The government on Thursday constituted a committee to monitor wheat import from Canada and the United States on ...
HRW asks Afghanistan to free Dr Aafia's son
NEW YORK (APP) - A leading international human rights watchdog has called on the Afghan government to immediately release ...
KESC top officials tender resignation
KARACHI - In a meeting of the Board of Directors of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Thursday, newly-appointed KESC head ...
Entertainment
Pitt and Clooney at Venice debut
THE Venice Film Festival has opened with the premiere of the Coen brothers' dark comedy Burn After Reading. The film, ...
Black addicted to green tea after smoking
JACK Black is addicted to green tea after quitting smoking. The "Tropic Thunder" star - who recently welcomed his second child ...
Chronic stress alters our genetic immune response
MOST people would agree that stress increases your risk for illness and this is particularly true for severe long-term stresses, ...
'Little Mozart', 9, will make BBC Proms debut
NICKNAMED Little Mozart, Marc Yu can't reach the foot pedals of a grand piano. But on Sunday, the nine-year-old will make his ...
Kate Moss immortalised in gold
SHE'S been immortalised in bronze, painted in oils and photographed all over the world. Now Kate Moss - fashion icon, mother ...
Incense use increases cancer risk
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Long-term daily use of incense, an important feature of Asian religious practices, increases the risk of some ...
Islamabad
Manual guide for women's concerns launched
ISLAMABAD - Putting together theoretical framework and practical guidelines for gender sensitive media advocacy strategies, the ...
Complaint cell set up at DC office
ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Capital Territory administration has set up complaint cell in the office of Deputy Commissioner to ...
A farewell to Seji Kojima
ISLAMABAD - Apparently it was a farewell reception for Japanese Ambassador who is leaving the Capital after serving here for ...
'Substandard milk causes ailment'
ISLAMABAD - The sale of substandard milk in the Capital is posing some serious health hazards besides severe ailments thus adding ...
'Pakistan okays National Breast Cancer Screening Programmes'
ISLAMABAD (NNI)- A one-day symposium on 'Early Detection of Women's Cancers concluded at MCH Training Centre, PIMS, Islamabad was ...
Scores of women participate in lawyers' sit-in
ISLAMABAD - Scores of women, including lawyers, political workers and civil society members took part in the sit-in on Thursday ...
PM announces Rs 20m for PHF
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Thursday announced a special grant of Rs.20 millions for the promotion of ...
Elyaas Deen, Vaidik Munshaw in ITF Jr Tennis final
ISLAMABAD - Unseeded Ariez Elyaas Deen of Malaysia and 4th seed Vaidik Munshaw of India will meet in the final of the singles ...
Karachi
Centre trims share of Sindh in GDS
KARACHI - The Sindh government has strongly protested against federal government over reduction of Sindh's share in the Gas ...
Nazim asks Zardari, PM to resolve power crisis
KARACHI (APP) - Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that if economy of the country is to be saved then immediate attention ...
'UNDP empowering rural women'
KARACHI (APP) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Engro Foods Limited have initiated ...
Call for action against burning of thieves
KARACHI - Society for Development and Human Rights has called for mandatory action against those responsible in the gruesome ...
Angry mob beats robber
KARACHI - The residents of Chakiwara, Lyari, on Thursday severely beat a robber who was trying to escape along with his ...
Petition for registering second FIR rejected
KARACHI - The single bench of Sindh High Court comprises of Justice Syed Mehmood Alam Rizvi on Thursday rejected the application ...
Lahore
Pakistan to play tri-series in South Africa
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board's efforts to make up for the postponement of Champions Trophy bore fruit as it has managed to ...
Aisam makes first round defeat from US Open
LAHORE - Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq defeated by Spaniard Carlos Moya by 4-6, 7-6, 6-7 and 2-6 in the first round of US ...
PIA march into National Junior Hockey final
LAHORE - Defending champions PIA marched into Saturday's final with an emphatic 5-0 win against Pak Steel on the penultimate day ...
Asif seeks postponement of IPL hearing
LAHORE - Disgraced Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif on Thursday sought postponement of the August 30 date for him to appear before ...
80 per cent parking stands contracts to be cancelled
LAHORE - In the wake of crackdown launched by the City District Government, contracts of more than 80 percent parking stands are ...
Aitzaz threatens to stage sit-in outside Parliament
LAHORE - President, Supreme Court Bar Association, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan while rejecting reappointment of the deposed judges has ...
Imran opposes Zardari as President
LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Imran Khan has said that Asif Zardari got a green signal from the Bush administration ...
Worst traffic mess as lawyers protest on roads
LAHORE - City experienced worst traffic mess on Thursday when lawyers took out rallies and also staged protest sit-in in ...
Metro, factories contaminating underground water
LAHORE - Due to the lack of proper drainage system, the factories and a big cash and carry store at Multan Road, are dumping ...
'Musharraf killed Bugti for criticising his policies'
LAHORE - Former Deputy Speaker in National Assembly and PPP leader Sardar Wazir Ahmad Jogezai has said that Musharraf killed ...
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