Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- 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
The Nation in print for Thursday, December 04, 2008
Front Page
Mullen for wider anti-militants action
ISLAMABAD - Top US military commander Admiral Mike Mullen on Wednesday asked Pakistan to take more concerted action against militants beyond the lawless tribal regions and investigate aggressively any possible link of these groups to Mumbai attacks. Admiral Mullen, the Chairman of the US Joint ...
Pakistan opposes cluster bomb ban
OSLO (AFP) - Some 100 nations began putting their names Wednesday to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs, amid calls for ...
KSE mulls floor lift after govt refuses funds
KARACHI - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disapproved the government plan to inject the market support fund worth Rs20 ...
Nepra allows Rs2 per unit increase in power tariff
ISLAMABAD - In line with the IMF conditionality, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has allowed monthly electricity ...
International
Forget cricket, respect the dead first: Boycott
LONDON (AFP) - Geoff Boycott has warned English cricket chiefs it would be "monstrous" to send the national team back to India in ...
India promise tighter security for traumatised England
LONDON (AFP) - England's cricketers have been promised tighter security in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai ...
FICA to discuss security fear in Asian countries
The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations has put the security issues of the South Asian region on top of its ...
Anger in Mumbai one week after attacks
MUMBAI (AFP) - Anguish turned to anger in Mumbai Wednesday, a week after the deadly attacks, as tens of thousands of people took ...
Terrorists can't succeed in harming India's unity, asserts Manmohan
BANGALORE (Agencies) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asserted that terrorists could never succeed in ...
Obama's grandfather 'tortured by British'
LONDON - US President-elect Barack Obama's grandfather was imprisoned and tortured by the British during Kenya's Mau Mau ...
Row grows over UK MP's arrest
LONDON (AFP) - British police raided an Opposition lawmaker's parliamentary office without a search warrant, the House of Commons ...
Flights resume as Thai protesters leave airports
BANGKOK (AFP) - The first international flight in a week left Bangkok's main airport Wednesday after protesters ended a crippling ...
McCain urges fair polls in B'desh
DHAKA (AFP) - Former US presidential candidate John McCain on Wednesday called on all Bangladeshi politicians to accept the ...
One in 10 kids victims of maltreatment
LONDON (AFP) - Up to one in 10 children are thought to be victims of maltreatment in high-income countries, experts said ...
Riot police break up Zimbabwe protests
HARARE (AFP) - Baton-wielding riot police broke up protests in Harare and detained dozens of unionists as Zimbabwe's health and ...
Shutting Gitmo requires fresh legislation
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US commanders are considering an accelerated drawdown of US forces from Iraq, US Defence Secretary Robert ...
Ban talks to Manmohan on Mumbai assaults
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called up Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and agreed on the need for "full cooperation" ...
US went to war with Iraq in response to attack: Zardari
NEW YORK - President Asif Ali Zardari has described United States' invasion of Iraq as "reactive action" to "the attack on ...
Former Pakistani military officers trained Mumbai attackers ex-US official
NEW YORK: " American intelligence agencies have determined that former officers from Pakistan's Army and its powerful ...
Business
Govt all set to further hike power tariff by June 2009
KARACHI - The federal government is all set to hike further the electricity tariff by June 2009 under its commitment made with ...
ADB, Pakistan ink deal
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) here Wednesday signed agreement for the first instalment of the ...
Opec mourns as oil plummets to $41
KARACHI - The OPEC countries must be mourning these days as the crude oil prices have further plummeted to $41 per barrel this ...
TCP to buy 0.5m tons rice from open market
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Trading Corporation of Pakistan(TCP) would purchase 0.5 million tons of rice from open market. Decision to ...
Oil rebounds ahead of inventory data
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday but remained about 100 dollars below record high points reached less than five ...
Scheduled loadshedding not possible
LAHORE - Pakistan Electric Power Company spokesperson Tahir Basharat Cheema has said that scheduled and pre-planned loadshedding ...
SECP extends returns filing date
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has extended the last date for filing the annual returns ...
Pakistan witnesses labour market gains, says report
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan has witnessed labour market gains in recent years, records the latest Pakistan Employment Trends ...
Zorlu builds first Pak wind power plant
KARACHI - Board of Investment (BOI) in collaboration with Zorlu Enerji Pakistan has started the 1.2 MW electricity generation ...
Modest volume keeps stock market unchanged, lacklustre
LAHORE - Business in Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) remained dull throughout the day and kept limited and dry with modest volume of ...
Politics
No military solution to Afghan issue: Nato
BRUSSELS - The Nato expressed satisfaction over the Pakistani armed forces' campaign against militants along the country's ...
Country out of economic crisis
SIALKOT - Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr Shamshad Akhtar said that the country has successfully come out of the worst ...
Asif asks Taseer to 'go slow'
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday advised Governor Punjab Salman Taseer to adopt 'go slow' in the province and ...
BHC judges strength rises from 8 to 11
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has approved increase in the number of judges of Balochistan High Court (BHC) from eight ...
Ban Ki-moon contacts Zardari
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke by telephone on Wednesday with President Asif Ali Zardari on the ...
PM Gilani not being removed, says Malik
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Strongly dispelling rumours regarding removal of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Advisor to the PM on ...
Delhi fears airborne terrorist attacks
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - With India's coastal security already breached by terrorists in Mumbai, Defence Minister AK Antony on ...
Security forces arrest 5 suspects
CHAMAN (PPI) - Security forces arrested 5 suspected persons including an Indian woman trying to enter into Pakistan via Gateway ...
NA body briefed on drone attacks
ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary Committee on National Security was briefed here on Wednesday by Foreign and Interior Ministers and ...
Troops take control of Nawagai
CHARSADDA - At least four persons, including three personnel of the Frontier Corps, were killed and eight others injured on ...
Brazil to ship 100 missiles to Islamabad
BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazilian authorities on Tuesday gave approval for the sale of 100 missiles to Pakistan which can be used in ...
Two securitymen among five killed in Swat
PESHAWAR - At least five persons were killed and several others, including four women, injured on Wednesday amidst the continuing ...
Entertainment
Cell phones that never need to be charged?
IMAGINE a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the ...
Heaney honoured at Queen's centenary
QUEEN'S University, Belfast, has given Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney a lifetime achievement award as part of its centenary ...
Britney Spears receives two marriage proposals
Britney Spears has received two marriage proposals. The 27-year-old singer - who has wed twice before - is said to have been ...
Function of helical band in heart detailed
SCIENTISTS from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created images of the heart's muscular layer that show, for ...
Thief offers damages for stolen moped... 25 years later
VIENNA (AFP) - An anonymous thief in western Austria has offered 1,400 euros (1,770 dollars) in damages to the former owner of a ...
MySpace streams online video to smart phones
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - MySpace on Tuesday is launching a mobile video streaming service that lets members of the global ...
Islamabad
Lone Pakistani hope Sara crashes out
ISLAMABAD - Three Indian girls - Parul Goswami, Kumari Sweta Solanki, Poojshree Venkatesha- and only Korean Hae-Sung Kim ...
Students custodians of country's future: Taseer
ISLAMABAD -The eighth convocation of the Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) Rawalpindi was held at the Jinnah Convention ...
NA body suspends FBISE head till completion of report
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Education has asked the relevant ministry to submit inquiry report within a ...
Construction of houses in G -15/3 , G-14/1,2 banned
ISLAMABAD-Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Sadar) Marryam Khan prohibited the construction of houses, loading and un-loading of ...
Private sector urged to allot quota for special children
ISLAMABAD - Considering special persons a productive part of society and to celebrate their very own day, a colourful mela was ...
Govt asked to introduce electoral reforms
ISLAMABAD - Members of the PILDAT, Citizens Group on Electoral Process (CGEP), alongside MNAs, representatives of various ...
Virtual trainer lab to improve surgery skills set up at HFH
RAWALPINDI - Virtual Trainer Lab (VLB) has been established at Surgical Unit-II, Holy Family Hospital (HFH) for improving minimal ...
National
Cricket can improve Pak, India ties
MULTAN (APP) - Former chief of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen (retd) Tauqir Zia said on Wednesday that cricket can play a ...
Karachi
Indo-Pak cricket can ease tension, says Mani
KARACHI (APP) - Former President of International Cricket Council (ICC) Ehsan Mani has said Wednesday that cricket can be a ...
Land mafia triggered violence
KARACHI - The Sindh Cabinet which held an important meeting here on Wednesday afternoon with Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah in ...
Violence leaves many jobless
KARACHI - The recent ethnic riots have deprived countless poor citizens in violence-hit areas of their livelihood rendering them ...
Police fail to arrest miscreants
KARACHI - Law-enforcement agencies have failed to apprehend culprits involved in the murder of 50 innocent citizens and so far ...
Kalia, Khanani on remand till 17th
KARACHI - The Special Court of banking on Wednesday ordered to send the accused Munaf Kalia and Javed Khanani to jail for the ...
Hearing in ZAB's land occupation case adjourned
KARACHI - Sindh High Court Tuesday adjourned the hearing regarding the bail plea moved by ex Mukhtarkar Mushtaq Solangi and ...
Lahore
PCB to take no action against Asif
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided not to take any disciplinary action against troubled pacer Mohammad Asif, even if ...
Pakistan blind cricketers whitewash SL
LAHORE - The Pakistan blind cricket team swept the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka blind team by winning the final match ...
Battlefield Punjab University
LAHORE - A heavy contingent of the police Wednesday launched a massive search operation in the Punjab University New Campus ...
IG directed to arrest accused within 24 hours
LAHORE - Punjab Governor Salman Taseer while taking notice of the firing incident at Punjab University wherein 10 students ...
One-dish violation continues despite crackdown
LAHORE - Outdoor marriage halls, more than 300, located in different localities, even posh areas are violating one-dish ordinance ...
Rs30m assistance for Rehabilitation Trust
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that special children are an integral part of the society and government ...
TV channel worker's death sparks rage among journalists
LAHORE - The tragic death of a private TV channel worker sparked protest among the journalist community as hundreds of furious ...
LG Secretary directed to take action against ex-district nazim
LAHORE - Punjab Local Government Commission has directed Secretary Local Government Punjab to take necessary action against Mian ...
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