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 Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Front Page
MPA killed in suicide hit
SWAT Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Dr. Shamsher Ali Khan was killed while 11 others received serious injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up here in Kaju Dheri area on Tuesday. Lawmaker Shamsher Ali was a member of Awami National Party (ANP), part of a coalition that rules the North ...
Obama decides to send 30,000 more troops to Kabul
WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama, who will unveil his plans for US involvement in Afghanistan Tuesday night, has decided to ...
Pak, Germany join hands in war on terror
BERLIN (APP) Pakistan and Germany on Tuesday vowed to join hands in the fight against terrorism and extremism, besides agreeing ...
International
France, Germany reject US appeals to boost Afghan force
PARIS (AFP) - France and Germany refused US requests to immediately promise more troops for Afghanistan, frustrating President ...
Cheney says Obama weak on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the Bush administrations focus on Iraq did not lead to the worsening of the ...
Issue of east Jerusalem sparks EU-Israel row
BRUSSELS (AFP) - A row broke out between Israel and the European Union Tuesday over a draft EU proposal that east Jerusalem ...
Settlers scuffle with govt inspectors
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Residents of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday scuffled with government inspectors who ...
Iran vows to deal 'firmly with Britons if found guilty
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Tuesday that five British sailors detained in southern Gulf waters by the elite Revolutionary Guards ...
Fears grow over dangers of Swiss minaret vote
GENEVA (AFP) - The Swiss foreign minister said Tuesday that a decision by voters in Switzerland to ban new mosque minarets could ...
EU President takes office as Lisbon Treaty enters force
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The EUs first President Herman Van Rompuy and its new foreign affairs chief took office Tuesday as the Lisbon ...
UN hands out warm clothes to help Afghans combat cold
GENEVA (AFP) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday started a campaign to help tens of thousands of Afghans through freezing ...
Iran to complain to Russia, China over IAEA vote
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Tuesday it will complain to Russia and China over their joining in a censure vote at the UN atomic ...
Discrimination under fire on World AIDS Day
PRETORIA (AFP) - Calls for an end to discrimination against sufferers rang out on World AIDS Day on Tuesday as South Africa, the ...
Messi awarded Ballon d'Or
PARIS (AFP) Barcelonas Lionel Messi said he was honoured Tuesday after being awarded the Ballon dOr accolade as Europe-based ...
Murali to be persuaded to continue till 2011 WC
MUMBAI Sri Lankas spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan will be persuaded to prolong his career till 2011 World Cup, said DS DSilva, ...
Serena handed fine, probation for US Open outburst
NEW YORK (AFP) World number one Serena Williams was hit with a record fine and two years of probation on Monday for her outburst ...
Tension mounts ahead of WC draw
CAPE TOWN (AFP) Footballs high and mighty were heading for Cape Town this week ahead of Fridays World Cup draw which will set ...
Tiger not out of the woods over his worst drive
ORLANDO (Florida) (AFP) Supporters and critics of Tiger Woods made his website a forum for their anguish, anger and speculation ...
Business
Pakistan, Germany sign new BIT
BERLIN (Germany), (APP) - Pakistan and Germany on Tuesday inked a new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to safeguard and promote ...
Fuel prices increase rejected
LAHORE - Trade leaders, growers, associations of industrialists and transporters have straightforwardly rejected the sharp ...
SBP introduces financing facility
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has introduced financing facility for establishment of new power projects using renewable ...
Body to resolve traders' problems formed
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari appointed a committee comprising Parliamentarians to look into the problems of small ...
KSE sheds 193 points on Dubai financial debacle
KARACHI - Psychological impact of Dubai debt problems and global financial crisis resulted in bearish activity at the local ...
Meeting summoned on 5th to resolve yarn crisis
ISLAMABAD - In order to resolve the ongoing yarn crisis, Ministry of Textile Industry has called a meeting of all stakeholders on ...
Global stocks bounce back
LONDON (AFP) - Leading European stock markets surged more than 2.0 percent Tuesday after Asian exchanges extended a rally and ...
Pakistan-Spain FTA stressed
LAHORE - While stressing the need for a Free Trade Agreement between Pakistan and Spain, the Spanish Ambassador Tuesday said that ...
The economic implications of Dubai crisis on Pakistan
KARACHI - The ongoing Dubai financial crisis is unlikely to affect the local market directly but it can have some negative ...
Toni&Guy continues to redefine hair styling creativity
KARACHI - Toni&Guy opened its largest salon in the commercial hub of the country last year. Since then, it has revolutionized ...
Politics
PS to State Minister of Int in FIA custody
ISLAMABAD Mr Qadir, the PS to the State Minister of Interior Tasnim Qureshi, has been arrested and is in FIA custody charged ...
Mysterious shifting of Swiss case documents
Pakistani High Commissioner in the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan headed a covert operation in Britain and received at least 12 cartons, ...
No need of Pak-US joint command against Qaeda: FM
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Agencies) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said there is no need of joint command between Pakistan ...
'Six families got big loans waived off'
RAWALPINDI (APP) The joint session of the National Assembly and Senate regarding Balochistan package has been summoned on ...
'I was called terrorist lawyer in 26/11 court'
MUMBAI (Agencies) Abbas Kazmi, who was sacked as lawyer of Ajmal Kasab by an Indian special trial court, on Tuesday said he had ...
SC larger bench to hear NRO cases from 7th
ISLAMABAD Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has constituted a larger bench to hear pending National Reconciliation ...
NAB in a fix in post-NRO scenario
ISLAMABAD The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) has lapsed on 28th of November and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ...
Policeman gunned down in Peshawar
PESHAWAR (Online) A policeman was killed while two others suffered injuries in two different incidents on police here on ...
Pak playing pivotal role in terror war: Nawaz
LAHORE (Online) PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday again made it clear that undoubtedly Pakistan is stable country, urging it ...
President Zardari reasserts grip on presidency: WP
WASHINGTON - Two weeks after reporting that President Asif Ali Zardari was facing growing public anger and disillusionment over ...
Surge in oil prices provokes wide outcry
REJECTING the hike in petroleum prices, the citizens of Peshawar staged protests Tuesday, demanding of the government to review ...
Interim relief may be merged into basic salary
ISLAMABAD - Pay and Pension Commission (PPC) headed by former State Bank Governor Dr. Ishrat Hussain would submit its final ...
US national among 3 held for violating law
LANDI KOTAL - Three persons including two foreigners were apprehended for violating local laws here on Tuesday. According to ...
Obama, Zardari discuss Afghan policy
ISLAMABAD (APP) - US President Barack Obama Tuesday night telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari hours before the launching of the ...
Muslim lawmaker pelted with eggs in UK
LONDON (AFP) - One of Britains most powerful Muslim women was pelted with eggs Monday by a group of men who accused her of not ...
Two human smugglers held
ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatian officials arrested two men as they tried to smuggle seven Afghans and one Pakistani into the country from ...
Entertainment
Carrie Underwood proud to be a role model
CARRIE Underwood is proud to be a role model - and insists she takes her status very seriously. The American Idol alum - whos ...
Obama is a great communicator
ANGELINA Jolie thinks President Barack Obama is a great communicator but not interested in issues outside the United States, a ...
Loneliness, like flu, is 'infectious'
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Loneliness, like the flu, is contagious, U.S. research shows. It can spread among groups of people and ...
Scientists create skin fast from stem cells
PARIS (Reuters) - French scientists have found a way to create human skin rapidly from stem cells, a discovery that could save ...
Red ribbons at the Elysee for World AIDS Day
PARIS (AFP) - The Elysee presidential palace for the first time displayed two large red ribbons on its columns Tuesday to mark ...
Jackson bumps Spears from atop Yahoo 09 searches
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jacksons death thrust the singer to the top of yahoo.com Internet searches in 2009, putting an end ...
Islamabad
Terror hits business hard in Capital
ISLAMABAD - In order to revive commercial activities in the country, there is a dire need to compensate the local traders, as ...
Lack of facilities at bus stops irks passengers
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Passengers are facing problems due to lack of facilities at various bus stops of the Federal Capital. Hundreds ...
President forms committee to resolve traders problems
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari appointed a committee comprising Parliamentarians to look into the problems of small ...
Father seeks financial help for son's treatment
ISLAMABAD - Sameer Aziz, two-year-old baby, who sustained sever head injuries in age of 6 months, is waiting for someone to bear ...
Man gets death sentence
RAWLAPINDIAn Additional District and Sessions (ADS) judge Tuesday awarded capital punishment to a convict in a murder case and ...
Swedish poet plants tree at PAL
ISLAMABAD - Writers are like trees. Planting a tree for peace in Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, I am very pleased and ...
Karachi
SOA to hold athletics elections on advice of AFP
KARACHI After withdrawing mandate from its self-appointed management committee, the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) has ...
Baboos flouting PM instructions
KARACHI - The Sindh government is flouting the instructions of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani to take action under ...
'Musharraf-Nawaz deal, NRO same'
KARACHI - Minister of State for Ports and Shipping and leader of the PPP, Nabeel Gabol Tuesday said that there was no difference ...
Varsity declares several students ineligible
KARACHI - Unfair Means Committee of Karachi University (KU) has declared more than two dozen students ineligible for three years ...
Inspector killed in shoot-out; four cops injured
MIRPURKHAS - An inspector of the crime branch police Hyderabad was killed and four other officials including police mobile driver ...
Protest against private TV channel
MIRPURKHAS - Dozens of office bearers and workers of Sindh Peoples Youth of district Mirpurkhas on Monday held the protest ...
People urged to ignore 'propaganda against govt'
HYDERABAD (APP)- Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Bhurgari has called upon the people not to pay any heed to negative ...
Lahore
Withdraw unjustified increase
LAHORE - Leaders from various political and religious parties on Tuesday expressed deep concern over raise in POL prices and ...
Zardari wasn't eligible for contesting polls: Bar
LAHORE - Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Anwar Qazi has said that the ministers who got benefit from controversial ...
No law for holding doctors liable for prescriptions
LAHORE - Believe it or not nanve people in the metropolis are being administered dangerous steroids as there is no law for ...
Auqaf slumping in absence of chief administrator
LAHORE - The Punjab Auqaf Department is without an incumbent Secretary/Chief Administrator for the last four months. Ever since ...
New Police Order likely to empower SHO
LAHORE - Senior police officers and officials are expecting some radical steps in much awaited New Police Order, which may be ...
Obama, Brown seemed to have lost senses: JI
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has condemned the threats by the US President and the British Prime Minister to ...
Railways to hire Chinese engineers for repairing locomotives
LAHORE - Pakistan Railways (PR) higher authorities have decided to hire Chinese engineers for repairing and rectifying the ...
Law-enforcement agencies ordered to ensure peace during Muharram
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has directed the law-enforcement agencies to spare no effort to maintain law and ...
Mudassar blames batsmen for Dunedin defeat
LAHORE Former Pakistan opening batsman and coach Mudassar Nazar has blasted batsmen for their poor show during the Dunedin Test, ...
Tiwana's Remington Pharma off to blistering start
LAHORE Remington Pharma and Sea Gold launched their campaign in the Nurpur Cup with convincing wins following a brief hiatus at ...
Former Scotland player Asim Butt passes away
LAHORE Former Scotland international cricket player Asim Butt has died in his sleep at the age of 42. Butt, who played for ...
Miandad fears India will capture China's cricket market
LAHORE With the Pakistan Cricket Board dragging its heel, former captain Javed Miandad is afraid that India may capture crickets ...
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