Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
The Nation in print for Sunday, August 31, 2008
Front Page
4 more judges reappointed
LAHORE - Four deposed judges of the Lahore High Court Saturday took fresh oath of their offices after the federal law ministry issued notification of their reappointment. They were administered oath in a simple but graceful ceremony by LHC Chief Justice Syed Zahid Hussain at LHC's common room. ...
Balochistan MPAs split over Zardari
QUETTA - A resolution in support of Asif Ali Zardari, the presidential candidate of PPP, could not be moved in Balochistan ...
Deal between PPP, PML-Q unlikely
ISLAMABAD - With more and more independents and smaller parties coming up with their support to the Pakistan Peoples Party ...
PSDP trimmed by Rs102 billion
ISLAMABAD- The government has trimmed Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) by Rs 102 billion or 18.82 per cent of the ...
International
Islamic Jihad threatens Israel with fires of hell
KHAN YUNES (AFP) - The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad on Saturday threatened to unleash "the fires of hell" on Israel, ...
Large-scale evacuation as millions hit by India floods
PATNA (AFP) - More than 300,000 people trapped in India's worst floods in 50 years have been rescued but nearly double that ...
Will McCain's gamble pay off?
WASHINGTON - Will John McCain's pick of a "dark-horse" - Sarah Plain - as his running mate on the Republican ticket pay ...
I won't surrender: Thai PM
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej consulted the King over escalating protests Saturday, after demonstrators ...
Chinese police kill six in Xinjiang clash
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese police killed six people and arrested three others during a clash in the restive Muslim northwest region ...
Russia for more observers in Georgia
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia called Saturday for more international observers to be sent to Georgia, two days before a European Union ...
22 dead as quake shakes China
BEIJING (AFP) - Twenty-two people were killed and more than 100 were injured after an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter ...
Last female veteran of WWI dies
LONDON (AFP) - A 109-year-old woman believed to be the last surviving female veteran of World War I has died, Britain's Ministry ...
Media situation in Kashmir dire: CPJ
NEW YORK - Describing media situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir as "dire", the Committee to Protect Journalists, an ...
Global help sought to resolve Kashmir dispute
LONDON - The Kashmir Day was observed on Saturday by Kashmiri and Pakistani community in UK to expressed solidarity with the ...
Federer extends win streak to 29 matches at US Open
NEW YORK (AFP) - Roger Federer rolled to his 29th straight US Open match victory and the women shuffled the chairs in the race to ...
Roddick wins battle of birthday boys
NEW YORK (AFP) - Andy Roddick and Ernests Gulbis may share the same birthday but only one got to take home the prize early ...
Understrength Aussies thrash Bangladesh
DARWIN (AFP) - An understrength Australia crushed Bangladesh by 180 runs in their one-day international at the TIO Stadium here ...
Symonds warned he is running out of chances
DARWIN (AFP) - Volatile Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been warned he is on his last chance as an international ...
Schoolgirl lets 25 snails slide across her face
THERE will be no need for a slow-motion replay to confirm this record-breaking feat. Schoolgirl Tiana Walton has slithered ...
Business
FBR collects Rs139.7b during July-August
ISLAMABAD- Federal Board of Revenue (BFR) has collected Rs 139.7 billion during first two months (July-August) of the new ...
kse plunges to 26-month low during last week
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) showed lacklustre performance during the outgoing week, as the benchmark KSE-100 index ...
Iran assures India of secure gas supply
New Delhi (PPI) - Iran assured India it would provide full security for its multi billion dollar gas pipeline which will take its ...
PTA services to help establish information society: Yaseen
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Dr M Yaseen on Saturday said that data usage is increasing in ...
Oil prices bounce above 120 dollars on US storm concerns
LONDON (AFP) - Oil jumped briefly back above 120 dollars per barrel this week before turning lower in choppy trade that was ...
ADB backs Pakistan economic policies
ISLAMABAD- Asian Development Bank (ADB) has endorsed Pakistan's economic policies and announced to support its efforts to ...
Mango growers to get GlobalGAP certification for access
LAHORE - For having better access to European and US high-valued markets, three Produce Marketing Organisations of mango growers ...
IFC training to enhance SMEs skills
LAHORE - International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a subsidiary of UNO- has decided to initiate a series of training programs in ...
Italy to invest $5 billion in Libya over 25 years
BENGHAZI (AFP) - Italy will invest five billion dollars in Libya over the next 25 years in a deal to be signed on Saturday, ...
5 million Afghans need food aid
KABUL (AFP) - Five million Afghans face serious food shortages with winter drawing near, but donors have put forward less than a ...
Politics
5-10pc cut in prices of 1,300 items
ISLAMABAD- The government Saturday reduced prices of 1300 essential daily usage items from 5 to 10 per cent at Utility Stores ...
Triangular fight for office of president
ISLAMABAD - Presidential election next week to choose a successor to Pervez Musharraf will be a triangular fight after the ...
Bureaucrats control 'orphan' ministries
ISLAMABAD -The additional charge assumed by the PPP Ministers of the portfolios vacated by the PML-N leaders has created an ...
Iran warns any attack would start 'world war'
TEHRAN (AFP) - A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US or Israeli attack on the Islamic republic would start a ...
Top fashion designer murdered in Karachi
KARACHI-A famous fashion designer Sheikh Amir Hasan was killed mysteriously here in the limits of Clifton police station on ...
Oath validates Nov 3 action, says Aitzaz
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The judges who are taking fresh oath are virtually justifying the extra-constitutional steps of former ...
Blast kills 12 Indian cops
RANCHI (AFP) - Twelve policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist rebels Saturday in eastern India, a ...
2 Arabs among 5 dead in Wana missile attack
PESHAWAR - As many as five persons including two foreign militants were killed and two injured when a missile hit a compound at ...
5 Afghans die in US-led strikes
KABUL (AFP) - Two senior Afghan police officers alleged Saturday that the US-led coalition killed five civilians in airstrikes ...
Taliban commander killed
MINGAWARA - At least five persons, including Taliban commander Saeeudur Rehman, were killed on Saturday when security forces ...
Electronic media not abiding by rules: Sherry
ISLAMABAD - Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman here on Saturday said that the coalition of PPP and PML-N was still intact ...
Afghanistan to release Aafia's son
KABUL (AFP) - The young son of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui will be returned to his family 'soon' by Afghanistan after he ...
Rashid Qureshiresigns
SPOKESMAN for the presidency Maj-Gen (r) Rashid Qureshi has resigned, whereas former president Pervez Musharraf's Secretary ...
Entertainment
Anne Frank's artwork restored
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Photos of movie stars, children and artwork Anne Frank pasted in her room 65 years ago as she hid in ...
Winslet to portray Lennon's mother in new biopic
KATE Winslet is set to star in a new film about John Lennon. Filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood is reportedly planning to direct a biopic ...
Why flies so hard to swat?
OVER the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the ...
Eyes turn to dawn of 'visual computing'
SAN JOSE (California) (AFP) - Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in ...
Aniston to avoid Pitt at Toronto Film Festival
JENNIFER Aniston doesn't want to come face to face with ex-husband Brad Pitt in Canada next week. The pair is both due to ...
Islamabad
Volleyball secretary resigns
ISLAMABAD - Secretary Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) Major (Retd) Muhammad Afzal has resigned from his post on Saturday and ...
HEC yet to reinstate student unions despite PM's nod
ISLAMABAD - The incumbent government decision to regulate the students' politics is yet to be implemented. The task was assigned ...
Illegal visa agents defying govt's directives
ISLAMABAD - Despite the directives for put an end to the activities of illegal visa agents, the moneymakers are still operating ...
Financial crunch compels ministry to scrap project
ISLAMABAD -Due to the severe financial crunch the government has dropped a project worth Rs 500 million thus barring Ministry of ...
IESCO mobile unit schedule
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has taken a number of steps to provide facilities to its valued ...
All the way up to Mount Happiness
Among Islamabad's young out-goers "Trail 3" has already reached stratospheric popularity. The trail situated on the Margalla ...
Capital to have 35 fair price shops during Ramazan
ISLAMABAD- The Islamabad Capital Territory Administration Saturday finalized arrangements regarding setting up 35 fair price ...
Karachi
Shahzeb hits century for Karachi Blues
KARACHI - Rawalpindi posted moderate 295 in its first innings and bowled host Karachi Blues for paltry 183 on the second day of ...
Lahore
PIA retain National Junior U-20 Hockey title
LAHORE - PIA cut National Bank to size to retain the 28th National Junior Under-20 Hockey Championship title here at the National ...
National Junior Hockey trials on Sunday
LAHORE - The two-day trials to select junior hockey probables will be held on August 31 (Sunday) at the National Hockey Stadium ...
Giant-killer Rising Star stun Wapda
LAHORE - Sana Mehmood became the fourth skipper, after Kiran Illyas (2005), Razia Sultana (2006) and Nabila Raza (2007), to ...
Hamza shines in PEL's 2-0 win, Army hold PMC 2-2
LAHORE - Former Pakistan Navy striker Amir Hamza once again showed his quality of changing the complexion of the game when PEL ...
Citizens let robbers do their business
LAHORE - How citizens are reacting now to the growing mobile phone snatching, is clear from the incident that took place at ...
Govt-millers tussle may spoil Ramazan Package
LAHORE - The tussle between the flour millers and Punjab government over the flour price may spoil 'Ramazan Package' in the days ...
Cheap Chinese generators monopolise local market
LAHORE - The sale of cheap and low-graded Chinese power generators have monopolised the local market owing to the unannounced ...
Judges' oath betrayal to movement, say lawyers
LAHORE - Legal fraternity has strongly condemned the act of four deposed judges of the Lahore High Court who took fresh oath for ...
Media role vital to character-building
LAHORE - In the modern age of today media has an important role to play in the process of character building of young generation ...
Shahbaz orders arrest of DSP, culprits
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said Saturday he would not rest content until oppression and ...
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