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 Saturday, December 05, 2009
Front Page
Killing spree as suicide squad hits mosque
RAWALPINDI At least 40 people including officers of Pak Army and children were martyred and 83 others sustained injuries when at least six terrorists targeted Parade Lane Mosque here after Friday prayers. However, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed that 36 people including 17 ...
Govt in a fix as US, ANP not on same page
ISLAMABAD While the American 'do more mantra clearly implies a demand for extension of army operations across Pakistans tribal ...
Not a single cop trained by US so far
ISLAMABAD The permanent presence of the US counter-terrorism personnel in Sihala Police Training College premises despite doing ...
International
US isolationism on the rise
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama may have sought to sell his revamped Afghanistan war strategy to a sceptical US ...
Bangladesh ferry accident leaves 46 dead
DHAKA (AFP) - At least 46 people died in northeastern Bangladesh on Friday after a ferry capsized and sank, police said, the ...
Guinea junta chief survives murder bid
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara flew to Morocco on Friday for hospital treatment after being ...
UK army chief warns on falling support for Afghan mission
LONDON (AFP) - Britains chief of defence staff warned Thursday that declining public support threatened to undermine the Afghan ...
Obama aides pressed on Afghan graft, Al-Qaeda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US lawmakers told President Barack Obamas top advisers on Thursday not enough was being done to combat ...
US, Russia fail to reach new arms agreement
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States failed to reach agreement on a new pact to cut vast arsenals of nuclear weapons ...
Iran rejects IAEA transparency demand on atom sites
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said it will provide the UN nuclear watchdog with the bare minimum of information about its plan to build ...
20 killed in Indonesia club fire
JAKARTA (AFP) - Twenty people were killed on Friday in a blaze in a commercial building in Indonesias North Sumatra province, ...
Top India rebel leader surrenders
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - A top rebel leader from Indias northeast surrendered Friday, police said, but peace in the troubled ...
ElBaradei mulls Egypt president run
CAIRO (AFP) - Former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said he would consider running for Egypts presidency but only if ...
Asif demolishes Black Caps again
Mohammad Asif has been exceptional since his return to Test cricket. On day two, Pakistan needed an outstanding effort from the ...
Bowlers destroy Kiwis
WILLINGTON (Agencies) New Zealand appear intent on marking the 50th cricket test at the Basin Reserve ingloriously after a ...
India on top despite Sehwag heartbreak
MUMBAI (AFP) Ruthless India left Sri Lanka fighting for survival in the final Test here on Friday after Virender Sehwag missed a ...
Woods in marriage therapy after admission of 'sins'
LOS ANGELES (AFP) Tigers Woods was reportedly undergoing intense marriage counseling on Thursday, a day after the golf superstar ...
Khan sees Salita KO as ticket to American dream
NEWCASTLE (England) (AFP) Amir Khan regards a win over New Yorks Dmitriy Salita here on Saturday as his ticket to America as he ...
Roma lead quartet into last 32
PARIS (AFP) Roma, Athletic Bilbao, PSV Eindhoven and Sporting Lisbon qualified for the knockout phase of the Europa League on ...
United deny cash problems behind failed Ljajic deal
MANCHESTER (AFP) Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan denied Friday reports financial problems at the English ...
Business
Industrial output shows negative growth in Sept
ISLAMABAD - After showing positive growth in the first two months (July-August 2009) of the ongoing fiscal year 2009-10, ...
14 Women Business Incubation Centres soon
KARACHI - The Federal Government has planned to establish 14 Women Business Incubation Centres (WBICs) across Pakistan through ...
MoU inked to upgrade industrial clusters
ISLAMABAD - Technology and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) and the USAID Pakistan FIRMS Project entered into an agreement to ...
US jobs picture improves; unemployment dips to 10pc
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The troubled US labor market saw a dramatic improvement in November as the number of jobs lost narrowed to ...
Bears take over KSE after blast; 100-index sheds 87 points
KARACHI - The stock market witnesses bearish activity on Friday as security situation in the country worsened after the ...
'NBP has lowest written-off loans ratio'
KARACHI - The NBP has the lowest percentage of written off loans as compared to assets, which currently stand at 0.83 per ...
Oil jumps after US jobs data
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rallied Friday following news of shrinking unemployment in the United States, the worlds biggest ...
Rs 90m for study of small dams in Punjab
LAHORE - Senior Provincial Minister Raja Riaz Ahmed has said the command area development project phase-I has been started in ...
Nobel to a social scientist - can we learn something?
The grip enjoyed by men on the Nobel Prize for Economics was broken at last when in October 2009, Elinor Ostrom, a professor at ...
First hydropower IPP achieves financial close
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Country first Independent Power producer (IPP)- 84 MW New Bong Escape Hydropower Project of Hubco Laraib Energy ...
Politics
TTP behind attack: Experts
ISLAMABAD The initial assessment of experts into Fridays attacks on the Parade Lane Mosque, Rawalpindi, suggests that it was ...
Terrorists getting arms from Afghanistan: Malik
ISLAMABAD Urging Ulema to issue Fatwa against suicide attacks, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has termed attack on Parade Lane ...
US to expand drone attacks
NEW YORK At the heels of Obama administrations revamped Afghan war strategy, the White House has authorised an expansion of the ...
Big banking scam brewing up?
Peshawar A little known offshore company is buying banks in Pakistan that has alarmed the financial circles of the country, as ...
There is a limit to coop, warns Pak
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) Pakistan opposes expanded US drone attacks against militants on its tribal areas, as well as any strikes on ...
Discusses security, cabinet reshuffle with President
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, after returning home from Germany and United Kindom, briefed President Asif Ali ...
Asif, Gilani condole with COAS over Pindi blast
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani have telephoned the Chief of Army Staff General ...
30 Pakistanis in Indian jails await help
ISLAMABAD As many as 30 Pakistani imprisoned in Central Jail Kot Bhulwal, Indian Occupied Kashmir, are waiting for government ...
Efforts on to save accused
ISLAMABAD Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has booked Iqbal Z Ahmed, a tycoon in energy sector, who is allegedly involved in ...
APHC leader shot in IHK
SRINAGAR (AFP) Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a senior Kashmiri leader in Kashmir, police said Friday. Fazal Haque ...
US mily urged to take war to Pak
NEW YORK - Despite repeated denials by Pakistan about the presence of Mullah Muhammad Omar and other Taliban leaders on its soil, ...
Reforms body lagging behind agenda
ISLAMABAD - The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms on Friday continued with its work of clause-wise revisiting of ...
Accused exonerated
KARACHI - All the six accused belonging to Pakistan Peoples Party Shaheed Bhutto group (PPP-SB) were exonerated of charges of ...
Operation till logical end, says Zardari
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said the operation against militancy would continue till its complete ...
1,000 Nato troops launch offensive
KABUL (AFP) - More than 1,000 British, Afghan and US troops launched a fresh offensive in a key battleground of southern ...
Nato allies pledge 7,000 more troops for Afghanistan
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - Twenty-five Nato allies promised on Friday to send around 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan, ...
Naval Complex bomber's sketch released
ISLAMABAD - Police on Friday released a sketch of the suicide bomber who blew himself up on Wednesday at the main entrance of ...
Foreign lady journalist held
DARYA KHAN (Online) -Darya Khan police on Friday arrested a foreign lady journalist and two other persons for visiting the area ...
Entertainment
Up in the Air wins first key award in Oscar race
GEORGE Clooneys latest movie 'Up In the Air has been named best film by the National Board of Review. The NBR - seen as the first ...
I love my life: Paris Hilton
PARIS Hilton says her life is pretty much perfect right new. Speaking at the launch of her new perfume, Siren, the socialite and ...
Lindsay Lohan dating Connolly
RUMOURS are rife that actress-singer Lindsay Lohan is secretly dating Kevin Connolly, star of American comedy-drama Entourage. ...
Putting babies in a bucket really calm them down
THEY say you should be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. And this cute bunch, relaxing after a baby massage ...
Cruz, Kidman, Dench hit red carpet in London
LONDON (AFP) - Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day-Lewis were among Hollywood stars who braved Londons bitter cold on ...
Music and speech based on human biology
A PAIR of studies by Duke University neuroscientists shows powerful new evidence of a deep biological link between human music ...
Islamabad
Demo against increase in oil prices
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Friday rejected recent increase in the prices of petroleum products and urged the ...
Security beefed up in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Following the bomb blast near the Parade Line Mosque in Rawalpindi during Friday prayers, stringent security ...
Landscape painting icon GR's death widely condoled
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The death of popular landscape painter Ghulam Rasul (GR) has left the art scene of the country deserted as the ...
Haj, wedding season increases flowers demand
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The demand and sale of flowers are on the rise in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi with the advent of ...
Women rights activists seek protection against cyber crimes
ISLAMABAD - Representatives of various civic society organisations and women rights activists have expressed concerns over ...
Shortage of qualified educators regretted
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Pakistan is facing critical shortage of qualified educators especially in the rural areas of the country. ...
Karachi
Officials not filing PVRs for overseas training
KARACHI - A majority of the officials, both of the federal as well the provincial governments who avail the facility of training ...
Tension grips Lyari; JSQM activists booked
KARACHI - Fear and anger gripped major parts of Lyari Town, on the second day of a shootout between the gangsters and the police, ...
Parties yet to get their head down
KARACHI - The key component of the ruling coalition government, both in Sindh and the Centre - - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) ...
Clean environment must for survival
KARACHI (APP) - Advisor to Chief Minister, Sharmila Farooqui has said that although Pakistan is the home of most beautiful and ...
'No tussle between MQM and PPP'
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly Deputy Speaker Syeda Shehla Raza has said that the governments coalition partners are working together, ...
Keep blood pressure down with diet and exercise
KARACHI (PPI) - For many people keeping blood pressure down is a must especially if there is a strong history of high blood ...
BDO Champions Challenge hockey starts Sunday in Argentina
KARACHI The BDO mens Champions Challenge starts on Sunday in the northern Argentinean city Salta with 8 teams ranked from 7th to ...
Karachi beat Peshawar
KARACHI Karachi Disabled beat Peshawar Disabled by a big margin of 111 runs at National Stadium in the second Magna National ...
Lahore
Private hospitals lack life-saving equipment
LAHORE - On-call doctors, consultants, surgeons and visiting anesthetists are performing surgeries in most of the Citys total 134 ...
Secy Interior served show-cause notice
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Friday issued show-cause notice to Secretary Interior ...
Police department full of incompetent persons: CJ
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has remarked that police department is filled with ...
Shahbaz pledges to promote IT in Punjab
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the setting up of IT labs in more than 4,000 schools of the province ...
Inter-city fares likely to be up by Rs50 on all routes
LAHORE - Violating the decision taken by All Pakistan Transporters Owners Federation (PTOF) a couple of days ago, owners of ...
'Q' Like-Minded concerned over Obama threats to Pakistan
LAHORE - Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Chairman Steering Committee of PML (Q-Like-Minded Group) has said fixing any responsibility on ...
Estranged PPP couple raps party leadership
LAHORE - Dissociating themselves from party policies, the PPPs estranged couple, Dr Safdar Abbasi and Naheed Khan on Friday ...
Pakistan go down 0-1 against Sri Lanka
LAHORE Amjad Iqbal, a 29-year-old part-time chemistry lecturer at Englands Bradford College, missed 88th minute penalty-kick as ...
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