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 Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Front Page
Floods wreak havoc in NWFP
PESHAWAR - At least 30 persons were killed and several others were injured while dozens of mud houses were razed to the ground in the province as heavy rains and flood waters played havoc on Monday, reports gathered here said. Meanwhile, Pakistan Army has started rescue operation in the ...
Zardari ready to go extra mile
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday chaired a meeting of the party's ministers to review ...
Musharraf targets India for Balochistan unrest
QUETTA (Agencies) - Launching a fresh salvo against India, President Pervez Musharraf on Monday blamed the neighbouring country ...
New Haj policy comes out with high expenses
ISLAMABAD - The government after passing through prolonged litigation process Monday announced Haj Policy 2008 and according to ...
International
OIC urges UN to stall Beshir arrest warrant
JEDDAH (AFP) - Islamic countries urged the UN Security Council on Monday to stall any move by the International Criminal Court to ...
AU chief asks Sudan to cooperate further
KHARTOUM (AFP) - The African Union on Monday urged Sudan to cooperate further with peace efforts in the country's Darfur region ...
Israel presses Gaza sick to become informers
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli security agents have been pressuring Gazans seeking medical treatment abroad to work as informers in ...
Intel spin by US hardliners sparked NKorean crisis
WASHINGTON (AFP) - In circumstances echoing the Iraq war controversy, hardliners in US President George W Bush's administration ...
Solana holds talks with Iran negotiator
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Monday spoke by phone on ...
Kenya manhunt for Qaeda top suspect
NAIROBI (AFP) - A Kenyan court on Monday charged three suspects with harbouring a fugitive after a top Al-Qaeda suspect wanted ...
Tel Aviv might sabotage anti-siege bid
NICOSIA (AFP) - Activists who plan to break the blockade of the poverty-stricken Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip from the ...
Six major nations to seek tougher sanctions against Iran
WASHINGTON " The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany agreed Monday to seek a fourth round ...
Obama, McCain views on Iraq creep closer
WASHINGTON - Senators John McCain and Barack Obama inched closer together over U.S. policy in Iraq, with each camp saying the ...
Tenacious Taliban keeping world's most powerful armies at bay: NYT
NEW YORK - The Afghan Taliban are demonstrating a tenacity that is raising alarm in Kabul, in Washington and in other NATO ...
'Stand out and salute Pakistan contingent'
BEIJING (APP) - Chinese will pay Pakistan contingent a special tribute at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on August 8 ...
Pakistan in last 16 of World Men's Team
LONDON (APP) - Pakistan made a smooth sailing into the last sixteen of the World Junior Men's Team ...
'New job won't change my style'
LONDON (AFP) - New England captain Kevin Pietersen said Monday that he wanted to take his "instinct" approach as a ...
Gilchrist roots for including Twenty20 at Olympics
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Former Australian star Adam Gilchrist has called for the inclusion of cricket's Twenty20 format at the 2020 ...
Scot Murray Masters Djokovic again
CINCINNATI (AFP) - Andy Murray lifted his first career Masters title, defeating Novak Djokovic for the second time in as many ...
Business
Uncertainty erodes market two years gains
LAHORE - The equity market's downward trend on Monday appeared seeing no bounds at the onset of the new trading week, as stocks ...
PPA demands immediate ban on export of maize
LAHORE - Chairman, Pakistan Poultry Association Abdul Basit asked for imposition of immediate ban on export of maize owing the ...
Producers raise LPG price 10pc
LAHORE - The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Producers have again increased the LPG prices by 10pc for the current month, said the ...
Hubco to set up first hydropower project in private sector
KARACHI - The Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO) on Monday announced that it has acquired 75 per cent controlling interests in ...
Major fall in growth but no recession for eurozone
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The eurozone should escape a recession but growth is expected to fall significantly, the International Monetary ...
Tax payers urged to avail benefits of FBR schemes
LAHORE (APP) - Director General Regional Tax Office Lahore Khawaja Shaukat Ali has said that the tax payers can avail benefits of ...
SBP urged to modify committee system
KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises has urged the State Bank of Pakistan to modify the committee system in vogue ...
LCCI to head social security hospitals' management
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) would head the Social Security Hospitals Management Committee. ...
Oil prices tumble beneath 120 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - Crude oil prices plunged below 120 dollars a barrel on Monday for the first time in three months. Prices ...
Politics
SC sets aside LHC ruling
ISLAMABAD - A three-judge bench of Supreme Court Monday allowed the government to implement its annual Haj policy for this year ...
Operation in Swat to continue: Army
MINGORA - The high-ups of armed forces have claimed killing of 94 militants during the five days operation in Matta and Kabal ...
Eight deposed judges take oath today
At least eight deposed judges of Sindh High Court will be taking fresh oath of their office on Tuesday (today). A notification to ...
Doves are optimistic
ISLAMABAD- Once again Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League(Nawaz) Quaid Mian Nawaz ...
Provinces agree to cut Centre's share to 50pc
KARACHI - A broader consensus has been developed among the four federating units to squeeze the current share of the Centre from ...
Pact for 1,000MW with CARs inked
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has signed an agreement with Central Asian States, Tajikistan and Kyrgyztan, for the import of 1000-megawatt ...
India pledges $450m more for Kabul
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - The leaders of India and Afghanistan on Monday decried last month's bombing of New Delhi's mission in the ...
Ogra asked to cut CNG station owners' profit
ISLAMABAD - The government on Monday asked Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to rationalise existing natural gas prices for ...
Another polio case detected in Karachi
KARACHI - One more case of polio has been detected in the metropolis as a thirteen-month-old boy belonging to Gadap town was ...
16 dead in China terror attack
KASHGAR (AFP) - At least 16 policemen in China's Muslim-majority northwest were killed Monday in a suspected terrorist attack, ...
Entertainment
Meet Vivienne & Knox Jolie-Pitt
THEY are just 3 weeks old, but twins Knox LTon and Vivienne Marcheline are about to take the world by storm. In an exclusive ...
Pete Doherty rescued by a Scottish loch
PETE Doherty had to be rescued from a Scottish loch yesterday. The Babyshambles star was trying to get to the VIP section at ...
Low-gravity training machine
A new CU-Boulder study of a space-age, low-gravity training machine led by Associate Professor Rodger Kram, shows the machine ...
Winehouse's cooking theme album
AMY Winehouse steps up to the plate with new track about food for her next record Amy Winehouse talks the biggest load of ...
Getty back with his wife after fling with Miller
BALTHAZAR Getty has met with his wife for the first time since his alleged affair with Sienna Miller. The actor met for talks ...
Islamabad
ITP to introduce points system
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has finally decided to enforce point system to check traffic violations under which ...
Concerted efforts urged to create awareness about cleanliness
RAWALPINDI - An NGO, Friends Foundation (FF), organised 'Hygiene Mela' aimed to create awareness of clean practices at household ...
'Govt must regain Balochs' trust'
ISLAMABAD - The people of Balochistan are not traitors, they are much patriotic as like people of any other part of Pakistan but ...
ILO mission visits quake-hit areas
ISLAMABAD - The ILO Country Director, Mr. Donglin Li and UNIDO Country Representative, Ms. Shadia Yousaf Bakhait, visited the ...
Govt slammed for worst economic crisis
ISLAMABAD - The National Traders Alliance (NTA), Vice President Malik Sohail Hussain on Monday said that the month of July came ...
MLU activists call off strike
RAWALPINDI - The activists of Municipal Labour Union (MLU) Town Municipal Administration (TMA) Rawal Town have called off their ...
National
Two Dutch climbers rescued from K2
GILGIT (AFP) - Pakistani army helicopters airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after a catastrophic ...
Bhola Bhala, Hamid reach Rustam-e-Pakistan Dangal final
FAISALABAD (APP) - Bashir Bhola Bhala and Hamid Pehalwan have qualified for the final of Anti Narcotics Rustam-e-Pakistan Dangal ...
Karachi
Hindu-Muslim tensions worsen in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Complete shutter-down strike was observed in Occupied Kashmir on Monday to protest against the anti-Muslim ...
JI sees no Talibanisation
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Central General Secretary Munawar Hassan has urged the government to take-up efforts to release Dr ...
Call for public-friendly policies
KARACHI (APP) - Country requires an across the board austerity drive complimented by pragmatic yet public friendly economic ...
Rich tributes paid to Ra'ana Liaquat
KARACHI (APP) - A souvenir has been published in connection with the birth anniversary of Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, founder ...
KU to hold 'Students Week' with changes
KARACHI - Karachi University has decided to observe students' week, engaging youths in extracurricular healthy activities, at its ...
Arbitrary rise in milk price irk Karachiites
KARACHI (APP) - Retailers have unilaterally raised prices of dairy milk by Rs. 4 to Rs. 44 a litre in the metropolis, consumers ...
Robbery at KESC complaint cell
KARACHI - Armed men Monday allegedly robbed the KESC Complaint Centre situated at situated at Shah Faisal Colony number 3, within ...
15th Saarc conference disappoints businessmen
ISLAMABAD - The 15th SAARC summit ended the other day left the business community of the South Asian region disappointed, as no ...
Lahore
Zero-tolerance against delay, says Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said delay in the execution of development projects will not be ...
CS ensures better sanitation conditions at Sessions Courts
LAHORE - On the directions of the Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain, Punjab Chief Secretary Javed Mahmood ...
Crossed Swords launch attracts scholarly circles
LAHORE - There are cycles in relationship between civilians and army. There are also cycles in US-Pakistan relationship. But we ...
Establishment of Masalehat Committees stayed
LAHORE - Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain has suspended the order of Regional Police Officer ...
441 criminal gangs busted; Rs513.3 million recovered
LAHORE - The Lahore police claimed to have smashed 441 criminal gangs and arrested their 1487 member while looted property worth ...
Robbers injure PML-N leader
LAHORE - Robbers shot at and injured a PML (N) Labour Wing Lahore General Secretary on resistance in Ichra police limits on ...
Rescue 1122 receives 9.2 million fake calls
LAHORE - Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) Director General, Dr. Rizwan Naseer carried out a review of calls received on ...
Arrest warrants against 13 for bank scam
LAHORE - Special court judge (Banking Offences) Justice (r) Akram Baitu has issued arrest warrants against 13 persons including ...
Aisam wins yet another doubles title in Brazil
LAHORE - Pakistan's tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pairing with Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez secured the 54th title of his career ...
Pakistan team resume practice
LAHORE - The Pakistan's preliminary team of the ICC Champions Trophy Monday resumed its training here at the National cricket ...
Lawson offers to talk to Aussies over Trophy participation
LAHORE - Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson has offered to play a mediator's role to convince the Australian players change their stance ...
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