Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- 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
The Nation in print for Sunday, December 28, 2008
Front Page
Israel massacres 210 Gazans
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israel hammered Hamas targets in Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 210 people in retaliation for ongoing rocket fire in one of the bloodiest days of the decades-long Middle East conflict. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said "Operation Cast Lead," which has also left some 300 ...
Ahmadinejad urges India to calm situation
TEHRAM (Agencies) - Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Saturday urged India and Pakistan to work together against terrorism, ...
Obama adviser for strengthening Zardari
NEW YORK - A key adviser to President-elect Barack Obama's on terrorism has proposed a "subtle and deft touch" approach towards ...
Pakistan will not act first, says Gilani
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan wanted to live in peace and it did not want any ...
International
World powers slam Israeli attack on Gaza
BRUSSELS (AFP) - World powers called for an immediate end to violence after massive and deadly Israeli air strikes on the Gaza ...
Ban calls for immediate end to violence
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called for an immediate halt to the violence in Gaza and southern ...
Mangled bodies, wailing relatives at Gaza hospital
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Relatives wail as the mangled bodies of loved ones are brought into Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital on Saturday ...
Abbas in diplomatic offensive after airstrikes
RIYADH (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Saudi King Abdullah on Saturday called for an immediate halt to Israeli ...
Bomb in Baghdad kills 22
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A massive bomb tore through a crowd gathered near a bus station in a Shiite neighbourhood of Baghdad on Saturday, ...
B'desh's begums wrap up election campaign
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's two main political leaders criss-crossed the country Saturday in a final day of campaigning ahead of ...
32 die in two China accidents
BEIJING (AFP) - Thirty-two people died in two separate accidents in China Saturday, as a blast ripped through a rural area while ...
Iran wants world action against raids
TEHERAN (AFP) - Iran condemned Israel's deadly raids on the Gaza Strip on Saturday and called on the international community to ...
US urges Israel to avoid civilian casualties
WACO, Texas (AFP) - The United States urged Israel Saturday to avoid civilian casualties as it pounded Hamas targets in Gaza, but ...
Iraqi Qaeda escapee killed
RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - A member of Al-Qaeda in Iraq who broke out of jail has been killed in a firefight while two other prisoners ...
Siddle sizzles in Aussies recovery
MELBOURNE (Cricinfo) - Australia were winning the battle of the fast men but it wasn't Brett Lee who surged the home team back ...
Five-wicket Murali puts Bangladesh in spin
DHAKA (AFP) - Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan put Sri Lanka in a commanding position with a five-wicket haul in the opening Test ...
Business
Equity market declines 14pc
LAHORE - The equity market breached the 7,000 level and closed the week at 6,488 level with a decline of 14 per cent on Week on ...
Singapore single largest investor in first 5 months
KARACHI - Singapore has become the single largest investor in Pakistan in first five months of 2008-09, accounting for 19.8% of ...
FBR targets to collect Rs499 billion by June 2009
KARACHI - Irfan Nadeem, Member Direct Taxes FBR, has said that FBR is developing composite audit software that would ensure the ...
Loadshedding hits industrial sector
DASKA - The daily 18 to 20 hours loadshedding is badly affecting the working of more than 6,000 small and big industrial units in ...
The way to development of Saarc
The Logic to Regional Focus on Trade & Investment When Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize in economics on October 13th, the news ...
Tetra Pak and Tevta join hands
LAHORE (PR) - Tetra Pak Pakistan and Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) recently held a ceremony for ...
Saudi stocks drop 2.7pc amid profit worries
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi stocks shed 2.68 per cent on Saturday as investors cautiously awaited the onset of the company reporting ...
China foreign debt soars
BEIJING (AFP) - China's foreign debt increased by more than 18 percent in the first nine months of the year, with short-term debt ...
Woolworths to close quarter of stores
LONDON (AFP) - The end for Woolworths, a century-old British retail institution, will move a step closer Saturday with the ...
Saarc Charter Day
LAHORE (PR) - SCCI has organized a seminar under the theme of "Socio-Economic prospects in the SAARC region - The Way Forward' to ...
Politics
Pranab appeals Pakistan not to create tension
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India on Saturday said Pakistan was trying to whip up 'war hysteria' and asked Islamabad and leaders there ...
Retired mily men alerted for service
ISLAMABAD - Amid growing tension with India after Mumbai carnage, Pakistan Army had alerted even the retired military personnel ...
34 militants killed in Swat
SWAT - At least six persons were killed, six others got injured, two militants were arrested and two persons were abducted in ...
Inflation for lowest income group 23.36pc
ISLAMABAD - Inflation for the lowest income group has been recorded 23.36 percent in the week ended December 24 as compared to ...
Missile-fitted planes shifted to Karachi
ISLAMABAD - In the wake of recent Pak-India rift, Pakistan Air Force has beefed up airspace surveillance. As per extremely ...
Nawaz and Pervaiz travel by same flight
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and former Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi arrived here from Dubai in the same flight, ...
Chinese special envoy due today to defuse tension
ISLAMABAD - In a bid to defuse the rising tension between Pakistan and India, China has decided to send its Deputy Foreign ...
Entertainment
Mexican beauty queen jailed
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - A Mexican beauty queen was sentenced to 40 days jail on Friday after she was arrested with an alleged Ciudad ...
Katherine Jenkins opens department store
LONDON (AFP) - Hundreds of bargain-hunters braved the cold on Saturday morning as luxury London retailer Harrods opened its ...
Wallace and Gromit top TV ratings
CRACKING viewing figures, Gromit Animated duo Wallace and Gromit have topped the Christmas Day TV ratings with their latest ...
Hollywood stars, high-tech open wallets for Obama party
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Stars of Hollywood including Halle Berry and Steven Spielberg and bosses of high-tech giants like Google and ...
Battery-less TV remote control
IT sounds like the perfect gift for the couch potato too lazy to change the batteries when the remote control dies. The wind-up ...
Molecules shape changes determine fragrances
SHAKESPEARE wrote, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But would it if the molecules that generate its fragrance ...
Islamabad
Daughter of the East remembered
FOZIA AZAM, ASMA GHANI, & Israr Ahmed RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD - Besides other parts of the country, the first death anniversary of ...
Overcharging affecting tourism
ISLAMABAD - Overcharging on the part of edible outlets is badly affecting the tourism sector in the Capital, TheNation observed. ...
Relocation of steel furnaces still in doldrums
ISLAMABAD- The joint committee of the Ministry of Environment and Capital Development Authority (CDA) could not so far convene a ...
Benazir's speeches published
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - The collection of Urdu and English speeches of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto as prime minister in book form, was ...
Benazir a strong advocate of women's rights, says UNIFEM
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Country Director of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in Pakistan Alice Harding ...
PNCA observes Benazir's death anniversary
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) arranged a ceremony in connection with Benazir Bhutto's first death ...
Wapda on top in judo
ISLAMABAD - WAPDA got upper hand in the 3rd Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) National Women's Judo Championship 2008 by winning three ...
Karachi Boats Club impresses in rowing contest
ISLAMABAD - Karachi Boats Club (KBC) produced impressive performance in the 28th National Rowing Championships 2008 by wining ...
Karachi
Road sector to get big chunk from ADP funds
KARACHI - Giving priority to road sector the government of Sindh has allocated 18 per cent funds in Annual Development Programme ...
Benazir's first death anniversary observed in City
KARACHI (PPI) - On the eve of former PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto's first death anniversary, in Karachi all government offices ...
Restoration work of Nishtar Park finally starts
KARACHI - After a gap of 40 years, the fate of historical ground Nishtar Park is going to be changed as Jamshed Town ...
The cry of the hawks and the vultures
It seems that the hawks and the vultures have been released from their cages again, as their screeches can be heard once more as ...
Malir housing project in limbo
KARACHI - Thousands of CDGK employees are still deprived of the plots which were announced by the CDGK 10 months ago. So far ...
Autopsy report finds torture behind deaths
MIRPURKHAS - Preliminary report of post-mortem of two women who had been tortured to death by an exorcist has been released by ...
Quaid Trophy burst into action from today
KARACHI - Pakistan's premier first class cricket championship for Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will burst into action on Sunday ...
Lahore
Fog blankets City
LAHORE - Heavy fog enveloped the City and other areas of Punjab on Saturday evening, disrupting the road, rail and air traffic ...
Scarcity of LPG, petrol worsening in City
LAHORE - After worst petrol shortage, the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has vanished from the local markets, as the dealers are ...
Shahbaz urges peace and harmony during Muharram
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that the whole nation should display unity to maintain peaceful ...
Talal demands arrest of Bugti's assassins
LAHORE - Chief Jamhoori Watan Party Sardar Nawab Talal Akbar Bugti has demanded arrests of those nominated in FIR regarding the ...
PPP, PML-N play wide despite ties
LAHORE - Former chief minister Punjab Ch Pervaiz Elahi has denied meeting with PLM (N) Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif in Dubai or that ...
Lahorites pay homage to BB
LAHORE (APP) - Like other parts of the country, the first death anniversary of former Prime Minister and PPP Chairperson Mohtarma ...
Miandad to get diplomatic passport
LAHORE - To facilitate his travel to China as a cricket ambassador, Pakistan interior ministry has decided to issue a blue ...
Malik looks forward to tough contest
LAHORE - Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has welcomed the confirmation of Sri Lanka's tour here next month and said his team was ...
SL series will produce good cricket
LAHORE - Mohammad Yousuf said on Saturday that Pakistan's home series against Sri Lanka will produce high quality cricket. While ...
Pak cricketers prepared to sit out of IPL
LAHORE - With the tension in India-Pakistan relations showing no signs of easing, pacer Sohail Tanvir said the cricketers here ...
2008 was year of failures for Pakistan boxing
LAHORE - The year 2008 has been a disappointing year for Pakistan in boxing also as boxers, winning dozens of medals during the ...
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