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 Saturday, August 30, 2008
Front Page
PM says no timeframe on judges
KARACHI - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said that a handful of foreign-funded militants, supported by drug mafia, have penetrated the ranks of patriotic tribal people and are destabilising the country by damaging economy. He said the tribal people in the Northern Areas were patriotic and ...
5 dead as suicide bombers convoy hits Kohat Tunnel
PESHAWAR - At least five persons were killed and 34 others, including 25 personnel of the security forces, were injured on Friday ...
Senator defends honour-killing
ISLAMABAD- A Baloch tribal lord caught the upper house by surprise here on Friday when he came forward defending the honour ...
Ramazan ceasefire likely
ISLAMABAD - The ruling coalition is likely to announce a ceasefire ahead of the holy month of Ramazan, defence ministry sources ...
International
Obama attacks McCain while accepting historic nomination
NEW YORK - Forty-five years after Martin Luther King's dramatic call for racial equality in America, Barack Obama accepted the ...
Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cuba,US
KINGSTON (AFP) - Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav thrashed Jamaica Friday and was on track to crash into Cuba as a hurricane after ...
Sadr loyalists vow to continue armed fight
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Shia loyalists of radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Friday they wanted to keep fighting US forces even ...
Nejad blames foreign powers for Georgia crisis
DUSHANBE (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday blamed foreign interference as well as Tbilisi's leadership ...
World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer
PARIS (AFP) - In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours ...
Muslims not globalization 'separatists'
WASHINGTON - Muslims embrace economic globalization as long as it doesn't mean that Western influences will wipe out their ...
Bush offers Ramadan greetings
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush on Friday offered his greetings to Muslims around the world as they observe the holy ...
Israel's Olmert quizzed again in graft probe
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was being questioned by police on Friday for the seventh time since claims ...
NZ FM stands aside amid fraud probe
WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has agreed to temporarily stand down during a fraud investigation ...
Nadal packs punch, Ivanovic crashes out
NEW YORK (AFP) - World No. 1 Rafael Nadal wasted no time booking his place in the third round, steamrolling Ryler DeHeart while ...
Kulasekara, Mendis fire Sri Lanka to consolation win
COLOMBO (AFP) - Nuwan Kulasekara wrecked India's top order with a career-best haul of 4-40 to bowl Sri Lanka to a consolation ...
United drawn with Celtic ahead of Euro title defence
MONACO (AFP) - Holders Manchester United were drawn with Scottish champions Celtic, Spain's Villarreal and Denmark's Aalborg in ...
Business
Country losing $70m daily
KARACHI - Despite a tough strategy of the State Bank of Pakistan, the country is facing around 70 million dollars capital outflow ...
IT commissioners to check sales of wholesale and retail dealers
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue Friday powered Income Tax Commissioners to ask big wholesale and retail dealers to use ...
Regulatory duty not to affect domestic market, says Qamar
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Syed Naveed Qamar has said that 15-50 per cent regulatory import duty ...
Completion of Bulk Water Supply Scheme demanded
RAWALPINDI- Residents of Murree and Kotli Sattian agitated against the stoppage of Bulk Water Supply Scheme and requested the ...
Oil prices rally as Gustav threat looms
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rebounded on Friday as Tropical Storm Gustav risked becoming a hurricane once more and threatening ...
Urea price doubles amid black-marketing
KARACHI - The black-marketing of fertilizer especially Urea is at its peak all over the country as a result the retail price of ...
SPI-based inflation decreases
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on August 28, for the lowest income group up to ...
ABL, Grant Thornton inks accord
KARACHI - Allied Bank has signed an agreement with Anjum Asim Shahid Rahman (AASR), a member firm of Grant Thornton International ...
Post-Musharraf economic management
The economy's handling by the present government remains a mystery. Amidst an unfolding disaster, with the country in the grip of ...
Market disappoints as total turnover drops to 24m shares
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Friday showed a disappointing and lackluster performance as the total turnover dropped ...
Politics
Airstrike kills 22 militants
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - At least 22 militants, including two senior commanders, were killed late Friday in an airstrike by military in ...
5 LHC deposed judges ready to break ranks
LAHORE - The Federal Government has finalised the summary for reinstatement/reappointment of five deposed judges of the Lahore ...
Important development in 24 hours: 'N'
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Friday decided not to rejoin the Pakistan People's Party-led coalition, a ...
Govt to borrow Rs85 billion
ISLAMABAD - The government will borrow Rs 85 billion from open market through National Saving Schemes and bonds to meet its ...
PIA divides Business and Economy classes
LAHORE - PIA has divided its Business and Economy classes into four to five more segments to collect more revenue from the ...
McCain picks female running mate
NEW YORK - In a surprise move, Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential hopeful, announced Friday that he had chosen ...
Indian Catholic schools shut to protest violence
BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - Authorities in India insisted Friday they had halted deadly clashes between Hindus and Christians in ...
Govt decides to reshuffle envoys
ISLAMABAD - The government has decided to transfer some ambassadors from their current stations of posting to other countries ...
India rejects UN Kashmir comment
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India has dismissed United Nations' comments on the recent violent clashes in Occupied Kashmir as ...
Georgia breaks diplomatic ties with Russia
TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia has broken off diplomatic ties with Moscow and ordered Russian diplomats to leave Tbilisi, Deputy Foreign ...
Entertainment
Olive leaf extract tackle high blood pressure & cholesterol
TAKING 1000mg of a specific olive leaf extract (EFLA(r)943) can lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure in patients with mild ...
'She's super talented'
PHARRELL Williams is on Team Britney Pharrell, who has worked with Britney in the past, believes that Britney has already "made ...
Angelic Victoria forgets to clean her ears
VICTORIA Beckham did her best to look heavenly as she arrived at Manchester's Harvey Nichols in Manchester today to launch her ...
Student-designed device to help poor East Africans coax oil from coconuts
A team of Brigham Young University student engineers designed an innovative and cost-effective apparatus that enables poor East ...
Large threatened monkeys discovered
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - There are "surprisingly large" populations of two globally threatened monkey species in a protected area in ...
Americans elect poodle to White House
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans have elected a poodle to the White House, the American Kennel Club (AKC) said Thursday. After ...
Islamabad
Sherry accuses EDOs Health of polio drive's failure
ISLAMABAD -Executive District Officers (Health) are responsible for complete failure of polio campaign at grass root level and ...
CDA official demands action against 'intruders'
ISLAMABAD - Several essential household items have been found missing after the unjustified and irrational raid carried out by ...
'Water-borne diseases kill 230, 000 children each year'
ISLAMABAD- There is need to create awareness and education about the importance of hand washing in order to reduce incidences of ...
Sasta bazaar in G-7 soon
ISLAMABAD"Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan Friday directed the Magistrates and District Health Officer ICT Dr Amirzada Khan to ...
'Health sector key to govt's agenda for social uplift'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Health Sherry Rehman said on Friday that health sector is ...
IJT for ban on MQM
ISLAMABAD - Hundreds of Islami Jamiat-e-Talba activists staged a protest demonstration here on Friday against the brutal killings ...
Munshaw clinches ITF Jr Tennis Championship
ISLAMABAD - It was a day of Indians and Thai girls, as the singles and double title of the third ITF Pakistan International ...
Karachi
SA in unison to build summer resort in Sindh
KARACHI - Gorakh Hill, the highest point in the Sindh province will be developed into a summer resort and to achieve this aim, ...
KESC owes Rs65.35b to Wapda, SSGC, PSO
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has owed a staggering amount of Rs 65.35 billion to WAPDA, Sui Southern Gas ...
Teachers behind KU clashes, say intelligence agencies
KARACHI - Intelligence agencies have reported that some professors and members of non-academic staff of the Karachi University ...
Sadequain awards from September 1
KARACHI - The 15th Sadequain Awards will be held on September 1 under the aegis of CDGK at Gallery Sadequain in Frere Hall ...
UNDP project empowering women in rural areas
KARACHI - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Engro Foods Limited initiated Community ...
Killing fields of Karachi University
Nothing has changed in the University of Karachi during the last 25 years. It is still witnessing worst kind of violence and ...
Hammad steadies Pindi in Inter-region U-19 Cricket
KARACHI - Opener Hammad Azam cracked 93 to steer Rawalpindi to 234 for four in first innings on the first day of three-day PCB ...
Lahore
Advice shelved for arbitrary decisions
LAHORE - Since June, a reckless effort is being made at the Punjab Civil Secretariat in the name of 'restoring the original ...
Zardari not withdrawing from presidential race
LAHORE - General Secretary Pakistan Peoples Party, Jehangir Badr on Friday said that party has finalised the name of party ...
Female lawyers seek space in profession
LAHORE - Out of around 1,500 total female lawyers in the City, only four to five hundred are actually practicing in various ...
Differences between lawyers associations, Bar councils widen
LAHORE - Differences between lawyers' associations and councils have been further widened as in a new move the Punjab Bar Council ...
Critical patient lying ignored at hospital
LAHORE - A 35-year-old unidentified critical patient brought with multiple head injuries remained unattended from early morning ...
Admission to 1st Year classes in Punjab closed
LAHORE - Around 1.75 lakh Matriculates have secured admission in the Ist year Intermediate morning as well as second shift ...
New PCB chief to decide Asif's fate
LAHORE - Disgraced pacer Mohammad Asif's fate will be decided by the new Pakistan Cricket Board chairman after considering the ...
Lawson returns to Pakistan
LAHORE - Pakistan team's Australian coach Geoff Lawson has returned to the country after making unsuccessful attempts to persuade ...
Yousuf to appear before Mumbai court in October
LAHORE - Star Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been asked to appear before Mumbai Court of Arbitration in the last week of ...
ICC to decide on Champions Trophy venue by March
LAHORE - The ICC Executive Board will take a final decision on whether the Champions Trophy, which has been postponed till 2009, ...
Dubai to host ICC awards ceremony
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday confirmed that the fifth annual LG ICC Awards ceremony would take place ...
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