The Nation in print for Friday, August 08, 2008
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Move and its pitfalls

August 08, 2008
Move and its pitfalls

Islamabad - The landmark decision of the coalition government to impeach President Pervez Musharraf seems to be a bold initiative yet the ground reality makes it equally risky. Background discussions and interviews with some leaders of mainstream political parties revealed that PPP mooted ...

Coalition gets oxygen

Coalition gets oxygen

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - Though, no clear time frame has been given by the coalition partners to impeach President Musharraf, their resolve to ...

Impeachment or building pressure?

Impeachment or building pressure?

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The coalition partners, in a historic joint communiquT issued here on Thursday afternoon at Zardari House, minced no ...

Restoration made hard

Restoration made hard

August 08, 2008

LAHORE- The reinstatement of deposed judges has been pushed behind the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf contrary to the ...

International
Mauritania police break up anti-coup rally

Mauritania police break up anti-coup rally

August 08, 2008

NOUAKCHOTT  - Mauritanian police on Thursday broke up a protest by hundreds of people against an army coup in the West ...

Attacks reinforce need to confront terrorists: Bush

Attacks reinforce need to confront terrorists: Bush

August 08, 2008

BANGKOK - US President George W Bush on Thursday marked the tenth anniversary of the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and ...

Imran urges US to address terrorism through dialogue

Imran urges US to address terrorism through dialogue

August 08, 2008

NEW YORK: - The root of terorism is political, not religious and the best way to deal with this scourage is through dialogue, ...

Hillary unwitting star of new McCain ad

August 08, 2008

WASHINGTON  - Hillary Clinton's virulent attacks on Barack Obama during their primary epic returned to haunt her Thursday as ...

Osama's driver appeals for leniency

August 08, 2008

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba,  - Osama bin Laden's ex-driver appealed for leniency Thursday, saying he was sorry ...

Pentagon's $2.2b push for war zone surveillance

August 08, 2008

WASHINGTON  - The Pentagon is mounting a 2.2 billion dollar effort to dramatically expand surveillance of Iraq and ...

Old landmine kills 8 of Iraqi family

August 08, 2008

NASIRIYAH  - Eight members of one Iraqi family, including three woman and two children, were killed Thursday when an old ...

China hits back at US President on human rights

August 08, 2008

BEIJING  - China hit back Thursday at criticism by US President George W Bush on religion and human rights, saying it ...

Muslims urged to stay away from Olympics

August 08, 2008

WASHINGTON  - A Muslim group in China has made a new video threat against the Beijing Olympics, warning Muslims to keep ...

Israel okays new W Bank settlement construction

August 08, 2008

JERUSALEM  - Israel on Thursday approved construction of 400 new homes in a Jewish neighbourhood in annexed east Jerusalem ...

Business
Kibor may remain below 14 per cent

Kibor may remain below 14 per cent

August 08, 2008

KARACHI- Despite 100 bps surge in the discount rate, the benchmark Karachi Interbank Offer Rates (KIBOR) for the six-month tenure ...

Market reacts positively to impeachment report

Market reacts positively to impeachment report

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - The equity market on Thursday reacted positively to the news reports that the ruling coalition partners have, in ...

Petrol, diesel and CNG stations not in position to run business

Petrol, diesel and CNG stations not in position to run business

August 08, 2008

Karachi  - The owners of petrol, diesel and CNG stations are financially not in a position to run business due to sharp ...

FAO launching project to help farmers increase agriculture production

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD  - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will launch an emergency project through its Technical Cooperation ...

FPCCI rejects banks demand for increase in interest rate

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - President, Federation Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Tanvir A. Sheikh has strongly reacted to the ...

Political stability must to bring country out of economic crisis

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF), Irfan Qaiser has urged the government to prepare a ...

Oil prices rebound above $120

August 08, 2008

LONDON  - World oil prices rebounded back above 120 dollars on Thursday, after a statement that a pipeline carrying crude ...

Govt to promote industries for accelerating growth

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD  - Advisor to Prime Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives (MOIP&SI) Mian Manzoor Ahmad ...

Foreign reserves at Rs10.159b

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $10,159.1 million on August 2, said a statement issued ...

Politics
Lawyers disappointed

Lawyers disappointed

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The elders of the legal fraternity are displeased with the ruling coalition for placing the demand of restoration of ...

10 soldiers, 25 militants dead in Bajaur clashes

10 soldiers, 25 militants dead in Bajaur clashes

August 08, 2008

PESHAWAR - At least 25 militants and 10 security forces men were killed and several others were injured in clashes between ...

6 examiners abducted

6 examiners abducted

August 08, 2008

PESHAWAR - Some unknown armed persons on Thursday abducted ten persons including four personnel of Khasadar Force and six members ...

Crises wipe out Rs1.76 trillion from KSE

August 08, 2008

KARACHI/LAHORE - The unending political uncertainty has derailed the stock market during the past few months, leading to a ...

PA passes resolution to abolish 58-2(b)

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution against 58-2(b), which allows the president to dissolve ...

They've bitten more than they can chew

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD  - Deploring the ruling coalition's decision to impeach President, Pakistan Muslim League-Q said on Thursday that ...

Prices raised by 40pc in four months, Senate told

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - Leader of the House in Senate, Senator Raza Rabbani Thursday told the House that government had taken serious notice ...

NPF becomes Trust

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed the Nazaria-i-Pakistan Foundation (repeal) Bill 2008 through a majority vote ...

US calls Musharraf's impeachment move 'internal politics of Pakistan'

August 08, 2008

WASHINGTON: - The United States on Thursday called the moves by Pakistan's ruling coalition to impeach President Pervez Musharraf ...

No deviation from principled stance, says deposed CJ

August 08, 2008

PESHAWAR - Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday said that no society could survive without the supremacy of ...

APHC plans to cross LoC

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD  - In Occupied Kashmir, the Allied Parties Hurriyet Conference has announced its plan to cross the Line of Control ...

Chairman Nadra resigns

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - Chairman National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA), Brig (R) Saleem Ahmed Moeen, has resigned from his ...

Iran rebel leader ready for talks with govt

August 08, 2008

DUBAI  - The leader of a rebel group blamed for a string of attacks in restive southeastern Iran said in an interview ...

India to deploy 10,000 more troops in HK

August 08, 2008

THE Indian army is deploying around 10,000 extra soldiers in Occupied Kashmir as the protests over land for Amarnath shrine grow, ...

Morale of Army high: COAS

August 08, 2008

RAWALPINDI  - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that morale of the Army is very high and it has the ...

US lawmaker threatens to hold up India N-deal

August 08, 2008

WASHINGTON  - A key US lawmaker threatened Wednesday to hold up a landmark US-India nuclear agreement unless nuclear ...

Yasin Malik hospitalised

August 08, 2008

SRINAGAR  - A prominent Indian Kashmir leader was hospitalised Thursday after his health deteriorated on the third day of ...

Entertainment
Water is 'designer fluid'

Water is 'designer fluid'

August 08, 2008

ACCORDING to new research, old ideas about water behavior are all wet. Ubiquitous on Earth, water also has been found in comets, ...

Internet flaw a boon to hackers

Internet flaw a boon to hackers

August 08, 2008

LAS VEGAS (Nevada)  - Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public ...

Kidman in plea to media over baby

Kidman in plea to media over baby

August 08, 2008

ACTRESS Nicole Kidman has called on the media in her hometown of Sydney to give her "a little space" during her visit there with ...

Deep mystery: Why sea turtles plumb the depths

August 08, 2008

PARIS  - Researchers say they have figured out why sea turtles that normally feed and breed in shallow water or on land ...

Kate Moss acts as a nanny

August 08, 2008

KATE Moss swapped lives with her nanny yesterday. The British supermodel decided to switch roles with Mary Davidson - who is ...

Eye-shaped camera

August 08, 2008

PARIS  - Inspired by the human anatomy, researchers in the United States have created the world's first curved electronic ...

Islamabad
Drug Act, 1976: Amendment suggested to arrest spurious drugs

Drug Act, 1976: Amendment suggested to arrest spurious drugs

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - A proposal aimed at curbing the menace of rampant spurious drugs in the country suggesting amendment in section 32 of ...

78.74pc students pass FBISE HSSC exam

78.74pc students pass FBISE HSSC exam

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The result of the candidates who appeared in HSSC Part-II annual Examination 2008 remained 78.74 percent declared by ...

NH&MP face uniform and non-uniform staff shortage

NH&MP face uniform and non-uniform staff shortage

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) is facing great shortage of uniform and non-uniform staff that ...

HEC making efforts to promote academic vitality

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD  - Since its inception in 2002 Higher Education Commission (HEC)  is making all efforts to promote academic ...

'My sister is innocent'

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - Dr Fozia, sister of Dr Afia, has said that Dr Afia is innocent but for a long time, she had been facing inhuman ...

354 outlaws held, narcotics recovered

August 08, 2008

ISLAMABAD - Capital police have arrested 354 accused involved in narcotics and recovered 6.570 kilograms hashish, 15.481 ...

Karachi
New High Court CJ a conspiracy by govt

New High Court CJ a conspiracy by govt

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - Former President Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Munir A Malik said on Thursday that appointment of new ...

Power cuts at peak as Wapda-KESC row lingers

Power cuts at peak as Wapda-KESC row lingers

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - Six hours of loadshedding on rotational basis has currently gripped the City due to shortage of 400-450 megawatts of ...

NCHD employees stage demo for reinstatement

NCHD employees stage demo for reinstatement

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - The sacked employees of National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) staged protest demo in front of Karachi Press ...

Appointment of Hameed Alwani irks PPP leaders

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - The PPP may face criticism from its own members in the coming session of Sindh Assembly after the Chief Minister ...

Special people seek rights

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - Karachi Association for the Welfare of Special Persons (KAWSP) on Thursday demanded that the disabled people should be ...

Mentally retarded woman kills her baby

August 08, 2008

KARACHI - A mentally abnormal woman here on Thursday killed her minor daughter and later attempted to commit suicide and was ...

Lahore
NCHD sacked workers thrashed

NCHD sacked workers thrashed

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - The police thrashed the recently-sacked employees of the National Commission for Human Development, who were protesting ...

Exposure to chemicals causes birth defects, reproductive failure: scientist

Exposure to chemicals causes birth defects, reproductive failure: scientist

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - The renowned Pakistani scientist Dr Kazim R Chohan from Medical University of Syracuse, New York (USA) has said that ...

Rain knocks down Wasa preparations

Rain knocks down Wasa preparations

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - The City received heavy rain on Thursday, disturbing normal routine life as the rainwater inundated on a number of ...

Distribution of power most contentious issue

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - Distribution of power between the federation and federating units, an essential attribute of federalism, is one of the ...

'It is not right'

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - With as usual late beginning - by over one and a half hour - of the second day of the 8th Session of the Punjab Assembly ...

Lawyers, parties rally for judges' return

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - Hopeful Lawyers and political activists of different parties on Thursday held a joint protest rally sensing victory of ...

MPA Hundali cries for protection

August 08, 2008

LAHORE - Pakistan Peoples Party member of the Punjab Assembly Tahir Mehmood Hundali has accused the Chief Minister Punjab, Senior ...

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