Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
The Nation in print for Monday, August 04, 2008
Front Page
Islamabad, Kabul to resume talks
COLOMBO (Agencies) - Afghanistan accepted Pakistan's offer on Sunday to resume talks which the Kabul government had boycotted after accusing its neighbour of being behind a series of attacks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani talked on the sidelines of ...
US asks Pakistan to line up all institutions
COLOMBO (Agencies) - Amid allegations that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had links with Taliban militants, the US ...
15 militants killed in fresh Swat fighting
MINGORA- In the latest fighting between security forces and Taliban, a jawan of Pakistan Army was killed and three others ...
Zardari weighing options to save coalition
ISLAMABAD - PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday night called Leader of the House in Senate Senator Raza Rabbani to ...
International
Dark horses emerge in Obama-McCain VP stakes
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Speculation over potential running mates to Barack Obama and John McCain heated up Sunday as two little-known ...
Brown worst British PM since World War II: poll
LONDON (AFP) - Two separate polls published Sunday made grim reading for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, rating him the ...
Kuwait deports 1,000 Bangladeshis
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwait said on Sunday it has deported around 1,000 Bangladeshi workers following violent protests over pay ...
Diplomacy key to solve N-issue: Iran
TEHRAN (Agencies) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told his visiting Syrian counterpart and staunch regional ally ...
MILF to sign pact with Manila
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Muslim fighters in the southern Philippines will sign a pact with Manila on Tuesday giving them control of ...
Sudan's President vows elections on time
KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday stepped up his diplomatic campaign to avert a possible international ...
Israel sends back Gaza escapees
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israel on Sunday began sending Fatah members who had fled deadly clashes in the Gaza Strip back to the ...
21 killed in Somalia bomb attack
MOGADISHU (Agencies) - A roadside bombing in Somalia's capital killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern ...
Pak to deploy elite commando unit to combat tribal militants
WASHINGTON " Pakistan intends to deploy a specially trained unit of its Special Service Group into tribal areas along its border ...
US writer blasts Bush admin for targeting ISI
NEW YORK - A noted American writer on Sunday denounced the Bush administration for blaming the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) ...
Smith's greatest innings takes Proteas to victory
BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - South African captain Graeme Smith hit what he described as the best century of his career to lead his team to ...
Sharma, Harbhajan steer India to series-levelling win
GALLE (Sri Lanka) (AFP) - Teenager Ishant Sharma gave a superb display of fast bowling to help India square the series with a ...
Asif will be given a fair hearing, promises IPL tribunal member
MUMBAI - As Pakistani pace bowler Mohammad Asif is preparing to leave on Monday possibly with his lawyer (Shahid Karim) for ...
Vaughan quits captaincy
LONDON (AFP) - Michael Vaughan on Sunday resigned as England cricket captain, saying it was both the hardest and the easiest ...
Murray rises to career-best sixth with win over Karlovic
CINCINNATI (Ohio) (AFP) - Briton Andy Murray will rise to a career-best sixth ranking after defeating Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-4 on ...
Pakistan off to good start in World Junior Team Squash
LONDON (APP) - Pakistan got off to a good start on the opening day of the World Junior Men's Team Championship in the Swiss city ...
Politics
150 dead in Indian temple stampede
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - As many as 150 were killed and 400 to 500 devotees injured on Sunday in a stampede at the Naina Devi ...
Conspiracy being hatched against ISI, says Musharraf
President Pervez Musharraf has said that conspiracy is being hatched against Inter Services Intelligence, and elements targeting ...
PML-Q plans reference against Shahbaz
LAHORE - Opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has announced that his party will bring a ...
Zardari makes indirect contact with Iftikhar
For the first time after formation of the PPP government, Pakistan People's Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has made a contact ...
No outcome of Fata peace deals: Rice
WASHINGTON (Online) - US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has said that Pakistani government's peace deals struck with ...
K2 avalanche kills 9 climbers
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - At least nine mountaineers died near the summit of K2 in the Himalayas when a huge chunk of ice sheared off the ...
FBI confirms Aafia 'injured but alive'
WASHINGTON - Five years after her disappearance, an FBI official visited on Thursday in Houston, Texas, the brother of Aafia ...
Govt to import 1,000MW power from CARs
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will sign agreements for the import of electricity from Asian Republican States today to overcome the power ...
Altaf seeks govt help against Talibanisation
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that they (he and his party) warned those who wanted ...
Afghan judge killed
KABUL (AFP) - A US-led coalition soldier was killed in a bomb attack in Kabul on Sunday and a judge was gunned down in southern ...
FC man among 3 shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA - Unknown armed assailants shot dead one FC personnel and two others at Allamo Chowk on Sunday night. A 20-inch gas ...
12 killed in Baghdad bomb blasts
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad early on Sunday killed 12 people and wounded at least 34, the latest violence ...
Pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
DERA MURAD JAMALI (APP) - Gas supply to Sui Plant was partially affected after unknown men blew up the gas pipeline of the power ...
Entertainment
Girl survives 14-storey fall
A 12-year-old girl who fell 14 floors down a chimney in her apartment block in New York was saved by a pile of soot at the ...
World's smallest snake discovered
THE world's smallest snake, averaging just 10cm (4 inches) and as thin as a spaghetti noodle, has been discovered on the ...
Golf gets grizzly
IT was no use shouting 'fore' when this unwelcome guest got in the way of players competing in the US Senior Open Championship. ...
Mayer to propose to Jennifer Aniston
JOHN Mayer is reportedly set to propose to Jennifer Aniston this autumn. Jennifer - who has been dating 'Gravity' singer John ...
Traumatic response to bad memories can be minimised
UC Irvine researchers have identified the brain mechanism that switches off traumatic feelings associated with bad memories, a ...
Angelina Jolie was not maternal: father
ANGELINA Jolie was not maternal when she was younger. Her father Jon Voight - who recently rekindled his relationship with his ...
Islamabad
Prices of 70 drugs to go up
ISLAMABAD - Prices of as many as 70 costly drugs are most likely go up significantly as the government has, in principle, ...
Cultural music night at Lok Virsa
ISLAMABAD (APP)- A beautiful open-air 'Pukhtoon cultural music night' at Lok Virsa on Saturday night provided a rare opportunity ...
JI flays govt policies
RAWALPINDI - Ameer Jammat-e-Islami (JI) city Dr Muhammad Kamal has said that the rulers had hoodwinked the masses on the issues ...
Sh Rashid blames govt for inflation, poverty
RAWALPINDI (NNI) " Former federal minister and president of Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that the new ...
Commuters of twin-cities face problems
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The commuters of the twin-cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad are facing problems due to lack of a decent public ...
Moot on death anniversary of Al-Hussaini
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Imamia Student Organization Pakistan organized "Azmat Shudah Conference" and a rally to commemorate 20th ...
Task force on national sports policy to meet on 9th
ISLAMABAD-The task force for the implementation of approved national sports policy and strategy will meet on August 9 to discuss ...
Karachi
Musharraf can't use 58(2)b, says Rabbani
KARACHI - The leader of the house in Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani has said that PML-N is natural ally of the PPP not President ...
Nazim announces separate Citizen Boards for parks
KARACHI - Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has announced the formation of "Park Citizen Board" to run the affairs of the city's ...
Upgradation of Sindh teachers soon: Mazhar
KARACHI (PPI) - Provincial Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq has said that the government is considering to upgrade teachers in ...
PPP losing ground for blunders of second-rank leaders
Pakistan Peoples Party had undergone a huge transformation under the dynamic leadership of Benazir Bhutto, who was slain in her ...
Wardag for collective efforts to resolve crises
KARACHI - Expressing concern over the prevailing situation in the country, Central President Tehreek-e-Istiqlal Rehmat Khan ...
Kamal satisfied over drainage facilities
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that hard work and better management of the Haq Parast leadership has resulted in ...
Lahore
Scuffles over flour mar Sunday bazaars
LAHORE - One of the worst flour crises hit the Sunday bazaars this week where the shoppers scuffled and exchanged hot words with ...
No issue for PPP, 'N' after judges restoration: Rashid
LAHORE - Awami Muslim League head Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has asked President Pervez Musharraf to reinstate deposed Chief Justice ...
Lawyers, HR activists demand judges return
LAHORE - Lawyers, representatives of civil society, political workers, students and traders staged protest demonstration outside ...
Becoming modern at any cost
The whole of last week was dominated by the Prime Minister's visit to the US, which I was trying to avoid. But the PM's visit was ...
Conspirators trying to destroy democratic set-up: Shahbaz
LAHORE (APP) - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that conspiratorial elements are trying to destroy the ...
Rs 132 million for new disease diagnostic labs
LAHORE (APP) - The government will spend Rs 132 million to set up new disease diagnostic laboratories in Punjab to provide latest ...
Aisam in ATP Challenger doubles final
LAHORE - Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan and Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico followed the tennis book lessons in letter and spirit ...
Akram wins Warid Gymkhana Golf League amid showers
LAHORE - The second segment of the Warid Gymkhana Golf League 2008 concluded at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on a day when ...
KPT notch third straight win : PIA hold Steel 0-0
LAHORE - International winger Abdul Rehman put up fine display as Karachi Port Trust (KPT) overpowered Navy 2-1 to notch their ...
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