Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Monday, December 07, 2009
Front Page
Drones fuelling militancy: Malik
KARACHI Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday said country was passing through a crucial time. He urged the Ulema to denounce the suicide attacks and play their due role in eliminating the menace of terrorism. India is involved in the terror incidents in the country. The arms and ammunitions ...
Nepotism strikes in Information Ministry
ISLAMABAD Favouritism is on the rampage in the Information Ministry as its Special Selection Board for foreign postings of civil ...
US confused about Osama's location
WASHINGTON - After consistently insisting that Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in Pakistan's tribal areas, a top American ...
International
Kaneria leaves Kiwis in a spin to level series
WILLINGTON (Agencies) Pakistan cruised to a series-levelling victory at the Basin Reserve on Friday, winning the second Test by ...
Spain crushes Czechs to take 4th Davis Cup title
BARCELONA (Spain) (AFP) Spain won its fourth Davis Cup title on Saturday when the doubles pair of Fernando Verdasco and ...
A glance at fourth day's play
Star of day four Danish Kaneria didnt play in the first Test as Pakistan opted for Saeed Ajmal. However, for this Test Pakistan ...
Henin makes winning return
CHARLEROI (Belgium) (AFP) Belgiums former world number one Justine Henin made a winning return after an 18-month absence with ...
Asif advised to put on weight
MUMBAI Early in his career Pakistani pace-bowler Mohammad Asif was compared to the Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath, known ...
India on top of the world after mauling Sri Lanka
MUMBAI (AFP) India became the number one Test team on Sunday after routing Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and ...
Tevez the toast of Manchester as City sink Chelsea
LONDON (AFP) Carlos Tevez did his old side Manchester United a favour by scoring the winner as Manchester City beat leaders ...
US officials insist July 2011 not an Afghan pullout deadline
WASHINGTON - Top U.S. civil and military officials Sunday again tried to dampen criticism of the timetable President Barack Obama ...
Malaysia expresses solidarity with Iran
KUALA LUMPUR/TEHRAN (AFP) - Malaysia said Sunday it has recalled its envoy to the UN in Vienna following an International Atomic ...
France urges firmer sanctions on Tehran
PARIS (AFP) - France called on Sunday for tougher sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. The time has ...
Protests mark Babri Masjid demolition
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Demolition of the historic 16th Century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya by Hindu fanatics on December 6, 1992 was ...
Regional peace linked to Palestinian state: Jordan
AMMAN (AFP) - Jordans King Abdullah II on Sunday urged the European Union to help put a halt to Israeli settlement building in ...
Indian PM on arms buying spree
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Moscow on Sunday to ink billions of dollars of weapons deals ...
Taliban talks hinge on outcome on Afghan battlefield: US
WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - US President Barack Obamas July 2011 date for beginning to pull US forces from Afghanistan is not a ...
Swiss 'mafia' inviting Qaeda hits with minaret ban: Gaddafi
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi said the Swiss referendum banning the building of new minarets was an invitation for ...
Politics
Info Secy bypassed by PM House
ISLAMABAD The Press section of the PM House runs affairs directly and autonomously, bypassing the Information Secretary. On ...
Violence mars Sindhi Topi & Ajrak Day rally
KARACHI The participants of Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Day rally torched a petrol pump and three vehicles while the ban on ...
'Rejoin Cabinet, get 17th Amend repealed'
LAHORE The PPP wants the PML-N to rejoin the Federal Cabinet in exchange for repeal of the 17th Amendment, it has been learnt ...
Altaf for national counter terror policy
KARACHI MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, members of ...
US to train cops for counter-terror
PESHAWAR NWFP Police have acquired a big tract for establishment of the countrys biggest police training centre where American ...
No threat to NRO beneficiaries in cabinet
ISLAMABAD Government has no intention to show door to any of the NRO beneficiary ministers in the Federal Cabinet, however, the ...
Terror war to cost more than estimated
ISLAMABAD The ongoing war against terrorism, especially ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency, might cost the ...
2 anti-Taliban elders killed in Bajaur
BAJAUR AGENCY At least two persons were killed and two others got injured due to a remote-controlled blast here at Malangi area, ...
Police bust bombing cell
PESHAWAR (Agencies) Police commandos acting on a tip killed one militant and arrested five others Sunday in a raid against a ...
Sheikhupura grid station rocked by four bombs
SHEIKHUPURA (APP) Some unknown miscreants rocked a 500KVA power grid station with four intermittent explosions at Murade Kalan ...
Shahbaz mulls legal action for recovery
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that waiving of loans worth billions of rupees on political considerations ...
Govt likely to face music
ISLAMABAD Ostensibly without taking Baloch leadership on board, the government is initiating debate on ...
Realpolitik hits stock trade
ISLAMABAD - Almost all political forces, from ruling coalition leader to a minor opposition party, busy in playing politics in ...
Imran flays terrorist attacks, emphasises talks
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks and bomb ...
Jamal exchanges fire during illegal hunting
ISLAMABAD - Senator Jamal Khan Leghari while hunting in the area of Kot Chutta (Basti Shero) in District DG Khan exchanged fire ...
US embassy again causes chaos for locals
Islamabad - As the US Embassys security related project is nearing completion stage, vehicular traffic on a portion of the ...
Entertainment
Melting Himalayan glaciers threaten 1.3 billion Asians
KATHMANDU (AFP) - More than a billion people in Asia depend on Himalayan glaciers for water, but experts say they are melting at ...
House that can rotate to follow the sun
A COUPLE in Australia have built a house that can rotate to follow the sun. Luke and Debbie Everinghams home, in Wingham, New ...
Britain's queen writes to editors over paparazzi
LONDON (Reuters) - Britains Queen Elizabeth has written to newspaper and magazine editors over the issue of paparazzi ...
No rise in cancer from mobile phones
USING a mobile phone for more than 10 years does not appear to raise the risk of brain tumours, according a new study that ...
I damaged Rihanna mentally, says Brown
SINGER Chris Brown has acknowledged that his attack on ex-girlfriend Rihanna has damaged her for life. Brown split from the pop ...
Alexa Ray Joel hospitalised
ALEXA Ray Joel - the daughter of rocker Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley - has been hospitalised. The 23-year-old was rushed to ...
Islamabad
ICT asked to set up new hospital
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Ministry of Health has asked the local administration of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) to set up a new ...
Doctor seeks govt support for HIV-AIDS experiments
ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani doctor sought financial help from the government to make final experiments in the field of medicine, ...
Woman kidnapped; 3 vehicles stolen
RAWALPINDI - A woman was kidnapped from her house on Sunday in the vicinity of Police Station Chontra. According to details, ...
Ministry to install ATMs for visually impaired
ISLAMABAD (APP) - On rising demands of visually impaired persons to install 'Talking ATM Machines, Ministry of Social Welfare and ...
Capital police in high spirits despite sacrifices
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Like their compatriots elsewhere in the country, the police in the national capital have added a golden chapter ...
PML-N activist seeks security
RAWALPINDI - A Swat-based political activist of PML-N, who had narrowly escaped in an attempt of his life by some miscreants some ...
Karachi
Mammoth rallies across Sindh
KARACHI - The people of Sindh have celebrated a unique cultural day - the Sindhi Topi Day - for the first time in the history of ...
KESC adopts new techniques to generate revenue
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has recently adopted an implausible technique to make calls on the ...
Terrorism affecting mental health
KARACHI - Every second person in Pakistan is suffering from psychological stress and strain due to upheavals in the country. ...
Sharmila stresses women, children rescue in conflicts
KARACHI (APP) - Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui has said that in ravages caused by wars, women and children are ...
Teachers scarcity at KU Mass Com dept
KARACHI - Students of the MA Final Evening Programme, Department of Mass Communication, Karachi University (KU), have expressed ...
Govt committed to facilitate poor: Qamar
HYDERABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Petroleum and Privatisation Syed Naveed Qamar has said that strength of the country and ...
Lahore
Batsmen face axe after Pakistan level series
LAHORE Pakistans 141-run win with more than a day to spare will likely have severe repercussion for some of the six specialist ...
Brilliant Hashim blows HSBC to win in final
LAHORE HSBC Bank had a plain sailing in the title battle of the Nurpur Cup at the Lahore Polo Club here on Sunday. This indeed ...
Army beat HBL 2-1: KRL,KPT play goalless draw
LAHORE Army kept their hopes alive in the four-horse race as they collected much-needed three points against HBL at Korangi ...
US seeking way out of Afghanistan
LAHORE - Americas new Afghan policy is more realistic and opposite than that of Bush administration. Perhaps the US has realised ...
'Q' to expose details of Sharifs' written-off loans
LAHORE - Senior leader of PML-Q Ch Pervaiz Elahi while presenting bank clearance certificates regarding loans written-off in ...
PML-Q claims 'frivolous'
LAHORE - PML-N leadership needs no clearance certificate as State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) list regarding bank loan written-off ...
Big scam brews up in LDA demolition drive
LAHORE - A big scam of swallowing peoples hard-earned money in connivance with the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and the ...
Life goes on after Eid
The Eid past was Eid Qurban, and no one could claim to have truly celebrated it unless they had upset their stomachs. The ...
Inter-provincial harmony need of the hour: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that prosperity of provinces is essential for strengthening of ...
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