Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijazs 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 30, 2009
Front Page
Karachi shut: Blast toll rises to 45
Mansoor Khan AND SYED JAFAR ASKARI KARACHI At least 45 mourners were killed and 80 others wounded, some of them seriously when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the main Ashura procession on Monday afternoon at Light House traffic signal on MA Jinnah Road, the main traffic artery of the ...
Discovered gas field awaits PM's nod
ISLAMABAD At a time when country is facing severe energy crisis, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has unnecessarily ...
COAS warns against airstrikes
Kabul(Online) The Tripartite Commission comprising senior military representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and coalition ...
International
Unrest 'nauseating play' staged by US, Israel: Iran
TEHRAN (Agencies) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad branded Sundays anti-government protests as a nauseating play staged by ...
Russia needs new arms to counter US shield: Putin
MOSCOW (AFP/Reuters) - Russia must develop new offensive weapons systems to counter US missile defences and prevent Americans ...
Israeli planes fly over Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanons army said on Tuesday it fired anti-aircraft rounds at four Israeli warplanes which flew at low ...
Afghan civilian casualties up 10pc: UN
KABUL (AFP) - Civilian deaths in Afghanistan rose more than 10 per cent in the first 10 months of 2009, UN figures showed ...
American held for illegal entry: N Korea
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Tuesday it has detained an American for illegal entry, its first apparent reference to a Christian ...
US rethinking Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration is rethinking how to apply economic sanctions to Iran following what it calls is a ...
39 die in Nigeria clashes
BAUCHI, Nigeria, (Agencies) - Nigerian police went on to red alert across the country Tuesday after violence in Bauchi, a ...
Switzerland urged to reconsider minaret ban
CAIRO (AFP) - The Arab Parliament urged Switzerland on Tuesday to reconsider its decision to ban the building of minarets for ...
Child's injury delays golf game
KAILUA, Hawaii, (Reuters) - Vacationing U.S. President Barack Obama interrupted a golf game on Monday and sped back to his ...
Yemen harbouring 300 Qaeda suspects: Minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Yemens Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said on Tuesday there could be up to 300 Al-Qaeda militants in his ...
World Palestinian population now 10.9m: PA
RAMALLAH (AFP) - The global Palestinian population reached 10.9 million in 2009 with more than half living outside the occupied ...
Indian minister pans new visa rules
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indias Twitter-loving junior foreign minister has used the microblogging site to criticise his governments move ...
China, Britain clash over heroin case execution
LONDON/URUMQI, China, (AFP/Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was appalled at Chinas execution of a Briton ...
Yousuf, Umar Akmal keep Pakistan's hopes alive
MELBOURNE (AGENCIES) Chasing a daunting target of 422 runs, Pakistan reached 170 for three at stumps on day-four of the first ...
Swann strikes as England seek victory
DURBAN (South Africa) (AFP) - Off-spinner Graeme Swann struck two early blow for England as South Africa set out in their quest ...
Mancini won't rule out City title tilt
WOLVERHAMPTON (England) (AFP) New Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insisted his team could yet emerge as English Premier ...
Business
Banking sector spread plunges to 7.33pc in Nov
KARACHI - The spread of the banking sector fell by 30 basis points (bps) to 7.33 per cent during November 2009 from the level of ...
$1.2b IMF tranche received
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan has received fourth tranche of $1.20 billion from the IMF, a private channel reported on Tuesday. SBP ...
PRI-PIA alliance to help boost remittance inflows
KARACHI - Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin said on Tuesday that strategic alliance between Pakistan Remittance ...
IT promotion need of the hour
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that promotion of information technology is vital for the rapid ...
Muharram procession blast brings bears back to KSE
KARACHI - The benchmark KSE 100-index traded in the negative zone for most of the day with low participation on the back of bomb ...
Ukraine, Russia reach new deal on oil transit
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia and Ukraine agreed new terms Tuesday for oil transit to Europe, averting the threat of another year-end ...
Bank Alfalah joins hands with 'Pak-Qatar and FWU AG
LAHORE (PR) - Bank Alfalah has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Pak-Qatar Family Takaful, Pakistans first and ...
PIAF for refund of sales tax at the earliest
LAHORE (APP) - Pakistan Industrial & Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has urged the Federal Board of Revenue to ensure the ...
Recovering global economy still scarred by crisis
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The global economy that was headed for an abyss at the start of 2009 now appears to be in recovery, but ...
PPCBL recovering loans from defaulters
LAHQRE (PR) - The Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited (PPCBL) is recovering the outstanding loans of previous crops from ...
Politics
Business was the real target
Terrorists have finally extended their mayhem to Karachi, which has been spared so far by those who wanted to ruin Pakistan ...
Financial loss over Rs 25b
KARACHI The traders and affected shopkeepers have conservatively estimated the financial loss, to be over Rs25 billion, caused ...
Malik suspects foreign hand in blast
KARACHI Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asserted that the involvement of foreign elements cannot be ruled out in the ...
Some elements want to weaken govt: Zardari
LARKANA/NAUDERO President Asif Ali Zardari has said that some elements are trying to weaken the present democratic government, ...
Gilani dubs terrorists 'speed-breakers'
QUETTA Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that terrorists are working on foreign agenda to destabilise Pakistan. ...
Interior, FO at odds
ISLAMABAD Since the Kasab case has got a twist following the lone arrested Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir Kasabs retraction from his ...
Govt's undemocratic attitude threat to democracy: Nawaz
LAHORE PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has emphasised that undemocratic attitude of the government itself is a threat to democracy if ...
PTV's wastage of satellite bookings
ISLAMABAD While the country is under a financial stress, almost 50 percent of PTVs bookings for satellite coverage to cover the ...
Influentials eye oilfield for kickbacks
ISLAMABAD - Powerful quarters in OGDCL and Petroleum Ministry are all set to farm out shares of highly attractive oilfield, Zinc ...
CNG dealers' countrywide strike from today
ISLAMABAD All Pakistan CNG Association (APCA) has announced to observe countrywide strike from today (Wednesday) for an ...
Fire at Indian nuclear centre kills 2 : Report
MUMBAI (AFP) Two people were killed when a fire broke out at a nuclear research centre near Indias financial capital Mumbai, but ...
Saab-2000 induction boosts PAF capability
KAMRA The induction of high tech surveillance system SAAB-2000 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) Tuesday pressed Pakistan ...
Obama vows to hunt extremists
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said Monday he has ordered two investigations into how the United States protects its ...
CJ takes notice of sacked employee
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo motto notice of a former government ...
Zardari vows to fight 'ancient' corruption charges
NEW YORK Describing the corruption charges against him as ancient, President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that forces, which were ...
Imran for homemade policy to end terrorism
ISLAMABAD Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, on Tuesday stressed the need for adopting a homemade national policy to ...
Two Nato tankers damaged
QUETTA - A driver was injured and two oil tankers supplying fuel to NATO forces deployed in Afghanistan were damaged in a blast ...
Wanted 'bomb expert' killed in Swat
ISLAMABAD Security forces have killed a wanted Taliban commander Abu Zar during a search operation near Charbagh in Swat, while ...
Same authors, same stories, no facts
ISLAMABAD The Foreign Office and ISPR have strongly rejected the assertions and insinuations made in a Washington Post story on ...
Lahore-Sheikhupura Motorway closed due to fog
LAHORE, PESHAWAR (Online ) Motorway has been closed for traffic from Lahore to Sheikhupura due to severe fog while drivers ...
Secret files show British caution over ZAB execution
LONDON (AFP) - Britain was wary of exerting heavy pressure on Pakistan not to execute Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, father of late prime ...
Shahid made Chief of Staff
ISLAMABAD Vice Admiral Shahid Iqbal assumed the duties of Chief of Staff (CoS) here at the Naval Headquarters on Tuesday. Vice ...
Entertainment
Secret mobile phone codes cracked
A German computer scientist has published details of the secret code used to protect the conversations of more than 4bn mobile ...
Scarlett Johansson's new year plans
SCARLETT Johansson will spend New Years Eve eating pizza and watching The Twilight Zone. The 25-year-old actress - who is married ...
Miley Cyrus - junk food addict
MILEY Cyrus is addicted to junk food During a visit to the five-star Conrad hotel in Dublin, Ireland, on December 15, the Hannah ...
Amitabh to promote Pakistan-India peace
BOLLYWOOD star Amitabh Bachchan is collaborating with a media house for a peace campaign to better ties between India and ...
Avatar rules as N American moviegoers set record
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A pack of hit films led by science fiction epic Avatar sent North American box office figures surging to the ...
Researchers develop see-through goldfish
TOKYO (AFP) - First came see-through frogs. Now Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing goldfish whose beating hearts ...
Islamabad
Militants' tactics to boost morale
PESHAWAR - After crushing defeats by security forces on various fronts including South Waziristan, now the militants are keeping ...
Sindh Minister buried at Makli
THATTA (APP) - Sindh Minister for Cooperation Department, Abdul Jaleel Memon and his cousin Tahir Memon were buried in their ...
Telephone exchange, girls school blown up
BARA - Unknown miscreants have blown up Bara Telephone Exchange in Khyber tribal region, officials said. Sources informed that ...
MoU inked to preserve environment in Margallah Hills
ISLAMABAD A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here on Tuesday among the representatives of Capital Development ...
Doctors' protest puts Secy Health in awkward position
ISLAMABAD The Federal Secretary Health, Khushnood Akhtar Lashari, Tuesday came across a totally unexpected situation when the ...
Residents forced to drink polluted water
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The residents of several areas of the capital are left with no option but to drink polluted water due to poor ...
Demos against Muzaffarabad, Karachi blasts
ISLAMABAD - Scores of activists of Shia organisations while condemning the Interior Ministers statement to limit the mourning ...
Govt asked to put NRO beneficiaries' names on ECL
ISLAMABAD Spokesperson Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Zahid Hussain Kazmi has stressed the government to put names of NRO ...
8 outlaws apprehended
ISLAMABADThe city police arrested eight accused involved in theft and possessing unlicensed weapons and recovered huge cache of ...
Pakistan taekwondo squad named for SA Games
ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) named 10-member squad including six boys and four girls for the forthcoming ...
Pakistan to face India on February 28
ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL ISLAMABAD Pakistan will take on archrival India on February 28, 2010 in their opening match of the FIH World ...
National
Aamer makes his presence felt
He might just be 17-year-old but he is surely establishing himself as Pakistans premier fast bowler. Mohammad Aamer didnt made ...
Aamer youngest fast bowler to take five wickets
Mohammad Aamer, at 17 years and 260 days, become the youngest fast bowler in history to claim a five-wicket haul in Tests. The ...
Karachi
Serving generals misused authority in sale, purchase of land
ISLAMABAD - At a time when fate of Janjua Town affectees hangs in balance, the available data and background meetings with the ...
Minister not available to monitor performance
ISLAMABAD - As work of the Complaint Disposal Cell (CDC) of the Ministry of Haj is underway to hear the complaints against Haj ...
'N' to involve party workers in governance
ISLAMABAD - Keeping in view the growing disenchantment among party workers Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership has decided to ...
Families of missing persons hold demo
QUETTA - Families of Baloch missing persons staged a protest rally on Tuesday to agitate on the disappearance of their relatives ...
Cabinet makes a splash in Arabian Sea today
QUETTA - First time in the history of Pakistan, the Federal Cabinet will meet in the port city of Gwadar on Wednesday (today). ...
Visitors' entry to NWFP PA banned
PESHAWAR (APP) - A meeting held here with Speaker Kiramatullah Khan banned the entry of visitors to the provincial assembly ...
Sindh, city govts fail to contain damage
KARACHI - The Sindh government and the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) have utterly failed to save the precious property ...
Journalist dead; another loses 2 kids
KARACHI - A senior reporter of a private TV channel, Fahim Siddiqi, lost his son and niece in the Monday's suicide attack on the ...
SRC gives strike call for Friday
KARACHI - Sunni Rehbar Council (SRC) President Mufti Muneebur Rehman on Tuesday announced to observe a shutter-down and wheel-jam ...
Medical or Criminal negligence?
Straight Talk Hamid Maker For the last nine months, I have been hosting a Health of the Nation program on Vibe TV, in which my ...
Blast widely flayed
KARACHI - The politicians have condemned the grim incident of suicide attack on Muharram procession in which some 43 mourners ...
Compensation sought
KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has condemned the attack on mourners procession on 10th of Muharram ...
PM releases funds for Bhutto Shaheed boxing
KARACHI The Prime Minister secretariat has released promised Rs 20 million to the Pakistan Boxing Federation for hosting the ...
Yemeni boxing team given warm reception
KARACHI A twelve-member Yemeni boxing squad was given warm reception on their arrival here Tuesday morning for Shaheed Benazir ...
Lahore
Girl, paramour killed for 'honour'
LAHORE - A general store owner along with his son slaughtered his teenage daughter and her paramour for honour in Kahna police ...
Yaum-e-Ashur observed with religious reverence
LAHORE - The religious serenity and devotion in observance of Yaum-e-Ashur transformed into an atmosphere of deep melancholy, ...
'Anti-State elements hatching conspiracies'
LAHORE - Critics of President Asif Ali Zardaris speech are serving the agenda of anti-state forces. These views were expressed ...
1122 provided aid to 8,854; 140 mourners hospitalised
LAHORE - Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue1122) has provided first aid to 8854 injured mourners and hospitalized 140 on 9th and ...
Notices issued to addl secy health, Imanaes father
LAHORE - A division bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Punjab additional secretary health and father of ...
Expeditious trial of NRO beneficiaries demanded
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami Shoora has called for immediate end to military operation in Balochistan, release of political workers, ...
150 patients get medicines at free camp
LAHORE- As many as 150 patients were examined and provided with medicines on the first day of 3-day free medical camp established ...
Masses asked to remain peaceful
LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Imran Khan has stressed upon adopting a homegrown national policy to resolve the ...
Crackdown on quacks from Jan
LAHORE - The Punjab government has decided to launch a crackdown on quacks including dispenser-cum-doctors in five big cities of ...
822 contractual employees of Mayo regularised
LAHORE - Following the orders of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Mayo Hospital administration has regularised its 822 ...
Rs15 billion project faces financial constraints
LAHORE - The Punjab governments vital project costing around Rs15 billion to cover all open drains has been dropped due to ...
Committee formed to protect affectees of illegal plazas
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that in the ongoing operation against illegal plazas and buildings, such ...
Contentious 17th Amend to be repealed in phases
LAHORE - The controversial 17th Amendment will be repealed in phases, as ban on third time premiership and 58(2)b is likely to be ...
'Karachi blast work of enemies of Islam
LAHORE - Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hassan has condemned the bomb blast at the Ashura procession in Karachi and termed it ...
Pakistan move up 21 places in FIFA World Rankings
LAHORE Pakistan has leapt up 21 places within eight month and stood at 156th spot in the latest FIFA World Ranking. Because only ...
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