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 Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Front Page
Bomber blitzes Peshawar Press Club
PESHAWAR At least four persons were killed and 25 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the main gate of Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday. Police sources and eyewitness informed that the suicide bomber tried to enter the press club building but detonated his ...
Over Rs193b loans written off in 12 years, SC told
ISLAMABAD The big guns of Pakistan got their over Rs 193.403 billion bank loans written off on the decisions taken by the ...
PSA continues to damage berth at Gwadar Port
KARACHI Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has been pressing down the already damaged Roll on Roll off (RORO) Berth at Gwadar ...
International
MCC wants Cowdrey Lectures by players from all
JAIPUR The MCC will invite players from all over the world at Lords to give Cowdrey Lectures on Spirit of Cricket. Abi Carter, ...
Desperate Poland search for a star
WARSAW (AFP) After seeing Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski get snapped up by the likes of Germany, Polands football association ...
PPP heading towards confrontation with SC: 'N'
LAHORE - The failure of the PPP-led government to initiate steps for the pursuance of cases reopened in the context of the ...
Roads rehab project suffers financial constraints
LAHORE - Owing to delay in release of Rs500 million, Lahore Road Rehabilitation Project (LRRP) Phase II costing Rs2.8 billion is ...
I was a cook, heard about LT from Mumbai cops: Kasab
MUMBAI (Agencies) - Lone surviving gunman Ajmal Kasab said on Tuesday that he was not a Jihadi and had not undergone any training ...
Gitmo 'hell on Earth
HARGEISA, Somalia, (AFP) - A Somali just home from eight years in the US jail at Guantanamo Bay told AFP the prison was hell on ...
World has betrayed Gazans: Rights groups
JERUSALEM (AFP/REUTERS) - The world has betrayed civilians in the Gaza Strip by failing to end a blockade of the Hamas-run ...
'Misunderstandings with China are bygones
BEIJING (AFP) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon told Chinese students Tuesday that any misunderstandings between Paris and ...
US warns deadline is serious; Iran rejects
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - The US warned Iran on Tuesday that December is a very real deadline after Iranian President ...
UNGA hopes for climate pact
UNITED NATIONS - While most countries are not happy with the outcome of last weeks summit on climate change in Copenhagen, UN ...
US warns Iran of looming deadline
WASHINGTON-December is 'a very real deadline' for Iran to 'pursue its responsibilities' on the nuclear issue, White House ...
Ban urges world leaders to attend anti-poverty summit
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday called on world leaders to attend a summit next September to boost efforts ...
CPJ slams bombing of Peshawar Press Club
EW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, Tuesday condemned the suicide bombing of the ...
Business
MNCs interest payments down 27.5pc
KARACHI - Despite improvement in the real economic activities of the worlds advanced economies, the repatriation of profit and ...
Businessmen flay hike in power tariff
KARACHI - Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Abdul Majid Haji Muhammad has expressed concern on announced ...
Immediate ban on yarn export demanded
\\ISLAMABAD - Acting Chairman Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Bilal Mulla has ...
Gilani for steps to enliven textile sector
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday stressed the need for solid steps for reinvigorating the ...
2009/10 cotton output sees at 12.5m bales
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Output from Pakistans 2009/10 cotton crop will be more than 12.5 million bales, compared with 11.8 million ...
ISPs being denied to install broadband DSL connections
LAHORE (PPI) - The Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan (ISPAK) has alleged that the private Internet Service ...
AICL-NML agreement boosts KSE, 100-index gains 99 points
KARACHI - The local bourse witnessed a bullish session on Tuesday as benchmark KSE 100-index gained 99 points to close at 9,332 ...
Oil prices fall as Opec maintains output levels
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday as OPEC decided at a meeting against changing the cartels official crude output levels, ...
Pakistan relying heavily on oil-based energy generation
ISLAMABAD - A spokesman of Ministry of Water and Power has stated that due to non-availability of gas for power generation, ...
LCCI, FPCCI to collaborate in research and development
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry have decided to ...
Politics
LHC dismisses govt appeal
RAWALPINDI A Division Bench (DB) of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Tuesday dismissed an Intra Court Appeal (ICA) filed by ...
Getting rid of Taseer in PPP's interest: Sana
LAHORE Provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that leaders of Peoples Party and ...
Pak wants trade, not aid: Zardari
ISLAMABAD (Online) President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday urged the international community to fulfil all promises made with ...
73 Saudi soldiers killed fighting Yemeni rebels
AL-KHOBA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Seventy-three Saudi soldiers have been killed, 470 wounded and 26 are missing since fighting broke ...
Israel calls off alert over possible India attacks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) Israel called off on Tuesday a three-month-old intelligence warning that Pakistani militants intended to ...
Farooqui bailed out in ARY case
RAWALPINDI Accountability Court Rawalpindi No 2 granted bail to Salman Farooqui, Principal Secretary to President Asif Ali ...
China defends arms sales to Pakistan
A senior Chinese defence official has justified Beijings sale of warships and submarines to Pakistan on the ground that India was ...
4 more terrorists killed in SWA
ISLAMABAD Four terrorists were killed and two others got injured during clashes with security forces in South Waziristan Agency, ...
PM orders release of 100 Indian fishermen
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani decided on Tuesday to unilaterally release 100 Indian fishermen on ...
Curfew in Lakki areas
LAKKI MARWAT FR Lakki Marwat political administration imposed curfew in the tribal region of Lakki Marwat on Tuesday. The ...
APNS condemns attack on Press Club
KARACHI (PPI) President All Pakistan Newspapers Society Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami and General Secretary Dr Jabbar Khattak have ...
PB-I by-polls challenged in BHC
QUETTA (APP) A candidate contesting by-elections on PB-I Quetta-I on Tuesday challenged the polling in the said constituency and ...
Over Rs360 million misappropriation
ISLAMABAD Over Rs 360 millions alleged irregularity in the account of National Assembly Employees Cooperative Housing Society ...
Govt's 'lame excuse' on not executing SC orders
ISLAMABAD Though the Supreme Courts short order against the NRO contains various directions in black and white, yet the ...
No more exemption from capital gain tax
ISLAMABAD The revenue-hungry government is actively contemplating to increase the rate of taxes on stock exchanges even before ...
'Judiciary will have to behave with maturity'
ISLAMABAD Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali, Advisor to Prime Minister on Education, said on Tuesday that the judiciary will have to behave ...
The halwa saga
ISLAMABAD Though the issue of poisonous halwa eaten by religious leaders is still unresolved, police sources suggest that sweet ...
Old LB system set to return to Punjab
ISLAMABAD Though Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab chapter is not comfortable with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) led coalition ...
Attacks on Balochistan not to be tolerated: FM
ISLAMABAD Pakistan has serious concerns over new US policy regarding Pakistan and Afghanistan, while military surge in ...
Interior Minister paved way for Blackwater?
ISLAMABAD The instrumental demeanour of Interior Ministry to pave way for Blackwater in Pakistan out rightly rejects the ...
Entertainment
Huge haul of prescription drugs found in Brittany bedroom
THE astonishing array of 'strong prescription drugs found in Brittany Murphys bedroom was revealed today as her husband faced ...
Man jailed for eating rare tiger in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - A man who killed and ate what may have been the last wild Indochinese tiger in China was sentenced to 12 ...
Enriched gel grows blood vessels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special gel enriched with enzymes and growth factors can help grow new blood vessels around a blocked ...
Global temps to rise more than expected
The kinds of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide taking place today could have a significantly larger effect on global ...
Avatar could get nine Oscar nominations
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Since June, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened the best picture race to 10 ...
Monkeys increasingly at risk of extinction
MONKEY species will become 'increasingly at risk of extinction because of global warming, according to new research, published ...
Islamabad
Churches' security beefed up ahead of Christmas
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Security has been beefed up at all 25 churches of the federal capital to ensure protection of Christian ...
Police trace 69 murder cases during year 2009
ISLAMABAD - The city police claimed to have traced 69 murder cases, including 24 blind murders during current year and arrested ...
SC lauded for landmark judgment on NRO
ISLAMABAD - To show solidarity and support with the Supreme Court of Pakistan on its historic verdict on National Reconciliation ...
DC directed to appear before NA body
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Faisal Karim Kundi Tuesday directed the Deputy Commissioner Islamabad ...
Islamabad to host football coaching courses from Jan 4
ISLAMABAD Islamabad will host the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) D-Certificate Football Coaching Course from January 4 to 9 ...
IWHA office-bearers elected
ISLAMABAD Member National Assembly Ashrat Ashraf was elected as president of Islamabad Womens Hockey Association (IWHA) and ...
Karachi
Pakistan name two teams for Shaheed Bhutto Boxing
KARACHI The Pakistan Boxing Federation named two teams - Pakistan Green and Pakistan White - for the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto ...
Holland to play against Pakistan before Hockey WC
KARACHI Pakistan hockey teams stock has risen so high in recent months that the national Holland team is interested to play ...
Saad causes big upset in Roshan Khan Junior Squash
KARACHI A wildcard entry from Sindh Saad Shahid caused a big upset in the quarter-final of the boys under-17 event of the PST ...
Taufiq, Rehman bring HBL back in contention
KARACHI Opener Taufiq Umar hit a defiant unbeaten 100 and leg-spinner Abdur Rehman once again spelled his magic to bring Habib ...
PAC summons CM's inspection team
KARACHI - The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Sindh Assembly have expressed anger over non-cooperation of Chief Ministers ...
Interior minister's bail copy submitted
KARACHI - The copy of the pre-arrest bail, granted to Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, by the Supreme Court in 1997 was ...
Old PPP guards bemoan party leaders' attitude
KARACHI - Old PPP guards, who rendered sacrifices for the party, have lost their hopes in the party leadership, which they ...
Haris seek amendment in Tenancy Act
MIRPURKHAS - Haris have called upon the government to set up special courts, ensuring equality and justice for them. In this ...
Swine flu's intensity may end soon
KARACHI - The intensity of pandemic influenza H1N1 (Swine Flu) in the province may end till March 10, while National Institute of ...
Arrangements for Muharram processions
KARACHI - Deputy Inspector General of Police (Traffic) Khurram Gulzar on Tuesday directed the organisers of Zuljinah processions ...
Lahore
Farhat says Ponting is still the man
LAHORE Pakistan batsman Imran Farhat has dismissed suggestions Ricky Ponting might be getting more susceptible to the short ...
Clubs protest against PHF
LAHORE Nearly 100 clubs of the district associations protested against the Pakistan Hockey Federation organised elections ...
LHC temporarily restores doctors' licences
LAHORE - Justice Mian Saqib Nisar of Lahore High Court on Monday temporarily restored licences of 19 doctors who were suspended ...
PTI ready for 'long march' against corruption
LAHORE - The PPP should go to the courts against the PML-N as it is blowing the trumpet of corruption cases on 'Sharif Brothers, ...
PPP Punjab reposes confidence in Zardari
LAHORE - The Parliamentary members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (Punjab) have expressed complete confidence in the Party ...
Sale of hospital waste on the rise
LAHORE - Plastic recycling factories and pharmaceutical companies are purchasing infectious medical waste items like syringes, ...
CM wants poor-rich disparity removed
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has stressed the need for removing disparity between the rich and the poor for ...
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