Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- 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
The Nation in print for Monday, December 22, 2008
Front Page
Pakistan capable of thwarting aggression
MULTAN (APP) - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday that President Asif Ali Zardari would visit Afghanistan in the first week of January, 2009, hoping it will bring about a pleasant change in bilateral relationship between the two countries. President Zardari was scheduled to visit ...
Consumers yet to benefit from cut in commodity prices
KARACHI - The complete impact of a substantial cut in domestic oil prices is yet to be seen in the prices of utility commodities ...
Kayani 20th most powerful person in world
NEW YORK - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is ranked among the "50 Most Powerful People of the World" selected ...
Zardari assures early end to operation: Talal
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Talal Akbar Bugti has said that President Asif Ali Zardari has assured ...
Indian territory being used against Pakistan: Cohen
INDIA has occasionally allowed its territory to be used by elements which have destabilised its neighbours, including Pakistan, ...
International
ICC not to penalise India for Pakistan tour pull out
MOHALI (India) (AFP) - The tense stand-off between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks will not affect the 2011 World ...
Pietersen steadies England after early blow
MOHALI (India) (AFP) - India dealt two late blows to leave England fighting for survival in the second Test on Sunday after Kevin ...
Eight in a row Inter go nine points clear
ROME (AFP) - Inter Milan stretched their lead at the top of the Serie A table to nine points, for a day at least, after a crucial ...
Valuev sees off Holyfield in defence of WBA heavyweight title
ZURICH (AFP) - Russia's Nikolai Valuev successfully defended his WBA title here on Saturday night with a majority decision win ...
Israel threatens major offensive against Gaza
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel threatened on Sunday to launch a major offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip as violence simmered ...
Washinton opens fire on Brown's war fatigue
LONDON - Differences have emerged in the British and American policies as the US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and other senior ...
Iraqi MPs to vote today on fate of non-US forces
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A last-gasp compromise will allow the future of non-US foreign troops in Iraq to be put to the vote in parliament ...
MPs slam Brown govt for secret sale of N-arms factory's share
LONDON - The British member parliaments have criticised the government on secret sale of its nuclear bomb factory to the US firm ...
Abbas in Moscow for talks with Medvedev
MOSCOW (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas arrives here Sunday on the latest stop of a diplomatic tour aimed at keeping ...
Iran police shut down Nobel laureate's office
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian police on Sunday shut down the office of a human rights centre headed by Nobel peace laureate and lawyer ...
2.5t marijuana found in Afghan school
KABUL (AFP) - US and Afghan troops destroyed 2.5 tons of marijuana they found in an abandoned school in volatile southern ...
US 'created security vacuum' in Post-war Iraq
LONDON - The former head of the British armed forces General Sir Mike Jackson, yesterday said that the violence in post-war Iraq ...
Security beefed up in Kota
KOTA, India, (Agencies) - Security was tightened at all major railway stations in Kota division of India and search conducted in ...
Winter storm hits many parts of US
WASHINGTON - A severe winter storm of ice and snow hit many parts of the United States in the past week, causing highway ...
Politics
Pak-Afghan situation is of 'immediate concern' to next US admin: Biden
WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President-elect Joseph Biden said on Sunday the Afghanistan-Pakistan situation would of "immediate ...
SSP transferred, ASP suspended
ISLAMABAD - Taking notice of weapons' disappearance from a police station of Islamabad, Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior ...
Another Kabul-bound oil tanker set ablaze
PESHAWAR - Unknown armed miscreants Sunday attacked another Nato oil supplying tanker and set it on fire at Landi Kotal, Khyber ...
National govt for one year only solution
LAHORE - PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that solution to all the problems lies in formation of national ...
6 passengers among 11 killed in Bajaur
PESHAWAR - At least 11 persons were killed and around 20 others got injured as a result of fresh military action started against ...
US efforts to defuse Pak-India tension 'fail'
ISLAMABAD - The US-led international efforts to defuse Indo-Pak tension in the wake of Mumbai carnage have proved futile so far ...
Karzai wants US focus on Pakistan
NEW YORK - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticised the US-led military operations in Afghanistan and called for focusing the ...
Entertainment
Fergie to marry Duhamel in Jan
FERGIE will marry actor Josh Duhamel in January. The 33-year-old "London Bridge" singer and the "Transformers" star will tie the ...
Pain hurts more if person hurting you means it
RESEARCHERS at Harvard University have discovered that our experience of pain depends on whether we think someone caused the pain ...
Ariane rocket puts telecom satellites into orbit
KOUROU (French Guiana) (AFP) - An Ariane rocket placed two Eutelsat Communications satellites, Hot Bird 9 and W2M, into orbit ...
Girls have superior sense of taste than boys
GIRLS have a better sense of taste than boys. Every third child of school age prefers soft drinks which are not sweet. Children ...
Paris crew to 'chill' in Melbourne next week
WITH Hilton will be her sister, Nicky, Nicky's boyfriend, David Katzenberg, and local lad Andy Valmorbida. Also part of the ...
Saudi religious police say some movies possibly OK
Riyadh (AFP) - The chief of Saudi Arabia's powerful religious police said some movies may be acceptable in the kingdom, despite a ...
Islamabad
Scouts inculcate positive values in youth: President
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said scouting is a unique organized endeavour that derives sustenance from ...
Heirs to get Rs 2m each
RAWALPINDI - The Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has announced Rs two million each for the heirs of martyred rescue ...
PPP workers get plots, financial assistance
RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) activists who either killed or were injured in two different bomb blasts at Liaqut Bagh ...
Faulty ATMs at Karachi Company irk customers
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A number of holders of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) cards of National Bank of Pakistan have been facing ...
RPO for foolproof security during Muharram
RAWALPINDI - Addl IG and Regional Police Officer (RPO) Nasir Khan Durrani Sunday directed City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Iqbal and ...
Govt urged to compensate affectees
ISLAMABAD (PPI) -The Pakistan Economy Watch on Sunday said that government should immediately compensate thousands of people ...
National
Tariq wins Frontier Amateur Golf
PESHAWAR (APP) - National Champion Tariq Mehmood came from behind by winning the trophy of the 43rd Frontier Open Golf ...
Karachi
Punjab Stallions thrash Sindh Dolphins in RBS Pentangular Cup
KARACHI - Punjab Stallions maintained their unbeaten run in the RBS Petangular Cup one-day cricket when they thumped Sindh ...
Malik ready for Sri Lanka after India pull-out
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said Sunday his team were disappointed about India's cancellation of a ...
Rs50b WAPDA arears towards KESC in mystery
KARACHI - Mystery shrouds the payment of Rs 50 billion worth arrears by KESC to WAPDA, The Nation learnt on Sunday. The KESC has ...
9th annual carnival of carols held
KARACHI - Children from the Catholic archdiocese of Karachi, between the age group of 4 to 14 years, presented a collection of ...
City Zoo without elephant since 2006
KARACHI - For the last two years, the Elephant House at Karachi Zoo has been lying deserted. In July 2006, the only female ...
Is everything all right in Sindh?
Last week Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah held a meeting with the editors of the Karachi-based newspapers and some TV ...
Many child abuse cases go unreported
KARACHI (APP) - Speakers at a session on," Child Abuse" during the ongoing National Symposium of Pakistan Paediatric Association ...
Lahore
Chinese Taipei beat Pakistan Jr women hockey team
LAHORE - Chinese Taipei beat Pakistan Junior women hockey team by two goals to nil in position match of Jr. Women Asia Cup Hockey ...
NBP Gold Cup hockey from today
LAHORE - The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Gold Cup Hockey Tournament will be starting from today (Monday) at National Hockey ...
Rana Abrar wins the tournament
LAHORE - On the Royal Palm Golf Course which carries the dramatic effect of loveliness, 72 golfers of talent matched their ...
50pc surge in dry fruit prices
LAHORE - With the upsurge in chill, prices of all kinds of dry fruit have seen an increase of more than 50 per cent than that of ...
40 banquet owners booked
LAHORE - Owner of more than 40 wedding halls have been booked while many arrested during the crackdown launched against the ...
Aerial firing claims youth's life
LAHORE - A 24-year-old youth fell victim to aerial firing at the wedding ceremony of his friend here in Shahdra area, police said ...
Aitzaz, Hamid lock horns over LBA polls
LAHORE - Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and chairman National Coordination Council on lawyers' movement Ch ...
Speed up drive against encroachments, asks CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that campaign against encroachments should be continued without any fear ...
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