Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
The Nation in print for Saturday, December 06, 2008
Front Page
Bombs kill 35 Eid shoppers
PESHAWAR " At least 25 Eid shoppers were killed and over 100 others injured as a bomb exploded in the most-congested locality of Peshawar Friday evening. Another 10 Eid shoppers were killed when a suicide bomber struck in a market in Orakzai Agency earlier in the day. The high-intensity explosion ...
No progress in coastal projects
KARACHI - Sindh government has not made any on the ground progress on the implementation of Asian Development Bank funded Sindh ...
ISI playing key role for national security: Gilani
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Terming Indian allegation against ISI of being involved in Mumbai terror attacks baseless, Prime Minister ...
Governor has no right to act likeheadmaster: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that nation should be thankful and pay tributes to former Prime Ministers, ...
KSE ordered to lift floor on 15th
KARACHI-Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has directed the Board of Directors of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) ...
International
Court halts perjury moves against India's top officials
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Supreme Court on Friday stopped criminal proceedings against the country's top cricket officials on ...
Sri Lanka name squads for Bangladesh tour
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Friday named squads for their two-Test away series against Bangladesh later this month and a ...
Muslims dissociate themselves from attacks
MUMBAI (AFP) - From peace marches to calls for toned-down Eid celebrations, Mumbai's Muslims are doing all they can to dissociate ...
Bush scolds Iran, Syria, in Middle East speech
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W Bush said Friday he is handing successor Barack Obama a Middle East in which Iran still ...
Russia slams OSCE, calls for new EU security pact
HELSINKI (AFP) - Russia on Friday slammed the European security body OSCE for failing to prevent the war in Georgia, demanding an ...
Japan's PM warned of collapse by party comrade
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso came under fire Friday from a senior member of his party who warned that his ...
Mugabe vows early elections if unity govt fails
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe brandished the threat of fresh elections in a bid to force through a stalled ...
UN urges Israel to end violence against Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS - While welcoming the evacuation by Israeli security forces of some 200 settlers from a house in Hebron in ...
UN lauds volunteers across world
UNITED NATIONS - Communities should harness the energy and initiative of the thousands of volunteers who contribute to projects ...
Eight killed in Afghan prison protests
KABUL (AFP) - Eight people were killed and 17 wounded when prisoners in Kabul's main jail went on the rampage, setting fire to ...
Bilawal to accept UN's award for Benazir
UNITED NATIONS - PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto will accept the top UN human rights prize awarded posthumously to Benazir Bhutto at ...
Pakistan means business in dealing with those linked to Mumbai attacks " Haqqani
WASHINGTON - Pressing ahead with his media campaign to explain Pakistan's viewpoint on last week's terrorist strikes in Mumbai, ...
Business
US sheds 533,000 jobs; Canada 70,600
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA/ (AFP) - The US economy lost a stunning 533,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year ...
Pakistan, China sign pact
BEIJING (APP) - Pakistan and China have achieved two major milestones in cooperation in economic sector during talks between top ...
Modest volume keeps market flat ahead of Eid holidays
LAHORE - The last day of business activity on Friday, volume again remained modest and business activities in KSE remained ...
SECP changes conditions for grant of licence to associations
LAHORE - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (Commission) has made certain changes, in the conditions, for grant ...
Remedial measures to save textile exporters from disaster sought
FAISALABAD - Government should take remedial measures to save the textile exporters from total disaster. This was stated by the ...
Oil prices slump towards $40
LONDON (AFP) - Crude oil prices slumped close to 40 dollars a barrel in trading on Friday as the United States lost a stunning ...
Australia to provide $30.5m in development assistance
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Australia will provide approximately 30.5 million dollars in development assistance to Pakistan in ...
Govt abolishes 35 per cent L/C margin on auto sector
LAHORE - The government has taken a decision of abolishing 35 per cent L/C margin on auto sector and a formal notification is ...
No 10pc reduction in taxes for car manufacturers: FBR
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has said that there is no proposal under consideration for reducing 10pc ...
Chinese investors in deep trouble
LAHORE - The foreign investors particularly the Chinese companies, who are operating in Pakistan, are facing deeper troubles ...
Politics
TTP announces truce
PESHAWAR - Keeping in view the sanctity of Eidul Azha, spokesman of defunct organization Tehrik Taliban Swat Chapter Haji Muslim ...
3 cops dead in Bannu
BANNU - At least three policemen were killed and three others injured as a result of armed clashes between the personnel of ...
US missile strike kills 3 in Waziristan
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - A suspected US drone fired a missile into North Waziristan, killing at least three people, intelligence ...
Pak-India trade talks postponed
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India has postponed secretary-level talks on trade with Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai carnage. ...
Delhi, Moscow seal N-pact
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Russia on Friday signed landmark accords with its traditional ally India on issues ranging from nuclear energy ...
EU pledges to deepen Pakistan ties
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union held out the possibility on Friday of increasing aid to Pakistan and pledged to strengthen ...
Talking doll accused of promoting Islam
NEW YORK-An American-made talking doll that sounds like it is saying 'Islam is the Light' has generated controversy here. The ...
First shoot, then loot
LAHORE - City police have totally failed to check the criminal activities of a 'special gang of three robbers' having a 'unique ...
IHC seals record of CJ daughter's marks
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sealed the records of additional marks awarded to the daughter of Chief ...
17 Taliban die in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - Seventeen Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with US-led coalition and local forces in Afghanistan in ...
Stop blame game, Musharraf asks India
FORMER president Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan itself is victim of terrorism and its role in the ongoing war on terror ...
Entertainment
Kate Winslet happy to be 'imperfect'
KATE Winslet is happy being "imperfect." "The Reader" actress - who recently appeared in a computer-improved Vanity Fair magazine ...
New insight on wonder of cell division
BIOLOGISTS have discovered a mechanism that is critical to cytokinesis " nature's completion of mitosis, where a cell divides ...
Guitarist Satriani sues Coldplay
GRAMMY nominees Coldplay have been sued by rock guitarist Joe Satriani, who claims the band's song Viva La Vida uses one of his ...
Achoo 150 reasons to have a hankie at the ready
WE have always been warned that coughs and sneezes can spread diseases. But now the true scale of the risk has been revealed. A ...
Edward VIII's World War I letter discovered
LONDON - A World War I letter from Britain's Edward VIII has been unearthed. The note, which was written by the future king from ...
Unique extra solar planet orbits fast-rotating hot star
THREE undergraduate students, from Leiden University in the Netherlands, have discovered an extrasolar planet. The extraordinary ...
Islamabad
Korea's Sung Kim clinches ITF Futures Circuit title
ISLAMABAD - Hae Sung Kim of Korea annexed the women's singles title of the second leg of ITF Pakistan Women's Futures Tennis ...
POA chief suggests funds in one go for federations
ISLAMABAD - President Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Lt. Gen (retd) Syed Arif Hasan has suggested that the government should ...
'Govt to enhance cross-cultural art exchanges'
ISLAMABAD - Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman Friday said the government was all set to enhance cross-cultural exchanges ...
Separate courts to try pesticides adulterators soon
RAWALPINDI - Secretary Agriculture Punjab Javed Iqbal Awan has said that separate courts would be established at district level ...
Work on PM Housing Project soon
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The dream of many people to have a house will come true very soon as the Ministry of Housing and Works is ...
CDA all set to keep city clean on Eid
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) had prepared an action plan for prompt removal of offal entrails and carcasses of ...
Scores of people fail to get train tickets
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Thousands of people willing to travel to different cities of the country to celebrate Eidul Azha with their ...
'People to back army if India invades'
RAWALPINDI - Enemies of the country are hatching conspiracies to destroy its nuclear programme but the people would fight along ...
Karachi
Arms licences thru DCO quota banned
KARACHI - The Sindh government has imposed an indefinite ban on issuing arms licences through District Coordinator Officers' ...
Aafiya's detention: Court seeks ministries comments till Jan 15
KARACHI - Sindh High Court Thursday directed Ministries of Interior, Defence and Foreign Affairs to submit till January 15, 2009 ...
Experts call for exploring diverse energy resources
KARACHI - Experts have urged the government to explore different means of energy production with a view to resolve the ongoing ...
Names of five persons removed from ATA list
KARACHI - Sindh Home Department on Friday ordered withdrawal of the of wing five persons from the list of Fourth Schedule of ...
Collecting hides made conditional
KARACHI - The Sindh Home Department has finalised strategy for the collection of hides on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha. According to ...
Lahore
ACC urges India to tour Pakistan
LAHORE - The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has urged India to go ahead with its tour of Pakistan next year, saying that cancelling ...
Asad Rauf may miss India Test due to visa glitch
LAHORE (Agencies) - Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf said Friday that visa problems may prevent him being at next week's first Test ...
PHF's foreign consultant to visit 11 academies
LAHORE - The foreign consultant of the Pakistan Hockey Federation Wouter Tazelaar has confirmed his availability to work with the ...
Asif wants IPL dope hearing at neutral venue
LAHORE - Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif broke down in tears during a television interview and apologised to the nation for his ...
Protecting Tests, FTP to top ICC agenda
LAHORE - Protecting Test cricket and working on the Future Tours Programme post-2012 will top the agenda when the ICC Chief ...
Gujranwala A is the team in front
LAHORE - The first round of Aquafina third Royal Palm Golf Team Championship lived up to its billing as the top club teams of the ...
Eid shopping mania grips Lahorites
LAHORE - The City witnessed a great rush of shoppers ahead of the Eid, as different markets, shopping plazas and bazaars remained ...
100pc surge in fodder price
LAHORE - The price of fodder has surged in 100 per cent three days ahead of the Eid. Phenomenal increase in the rates of ...
Judge, AGP exchange hot words in court
LAHORE - Justice Fazl-e-Miran Chohan of the Lahore High Court on Friday refused to continue hearing of a case after having an ...
Police maintain top slot on corruption list
LAHORE - Police has maintained its distinction of being at the top of corruption list followed by Revenue and local government ...
CJ takes suo moto of kids detention with female prisoners
LAHORE - The Chief Justice Lahore High Justice Syed Zayed Hussain Friday took suo moto notice about detention of 124 innocent ...
Career-oriented policy for young doctors soon
LAHORE - Punjab Health Department spokesman said Friday that a comprehensive policy based on career opportunities for young ...
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