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 Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Front Page
47 killed in City carnage
Ashraf Javed and Khalid Malik LAHORE - At least 47 people were killed including women and children while more than 150 others sustained multiple wounds when two consecutive bomb blasts ripped through Moon Market, Citys leading shopping Mall, here Monday night. The police sources claimed that ...
Bomber claims another 10 lives in Peshawar
PESHAWAR At least 10 persons were killed and 45 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up here at the main gate ...
NRO 'a law paving way for reconciliation with corruption': CJ
ISLAMABAD As the Government lost the moral authority to defend the controversial NRO in the Supreme Court (SC), Chief Justice ...
International
US issues orders to 16,000 troops to start Afghan surge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A 1,500-strong contingent of US Marines will arrive in Afghanistan this month in the first wave of a troop ...
Cities absorb half of world's refugee burden: UNHCR
GENEVA (AFP) - Up to half of the worlds 10.5 million refugees now live in cities instead of rural camps, adding to the strain on ...
US hopes allied forces in Kabul by mid-2010
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States hopes the 7,000 additional troops promised by NATO allies will arrive in Afghanistan by the ...
Six schoolchildren among 16 dead in Iraq
Baghdad (AFP) - Six pupils were among eight people killed at a Baghdad primary school Monday in what authorities said was an ...
Iran protesters stage new demos despite crackdown
Tehran (AFP) - Iranian protesters defied police firing tear gas on Monday as they used an annual commemoration to stage fresh ...
EU to offer poor countries billions for climate change
BERLIN (AFP) - The EU is to offer one to three billion euros in aid to developing countries over the next three years so they can ...
'UN appeal for IDPs 72pc funded'
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations flash appeal to help the people, who has been displaced by military operations in Pakistans ...
Thief sends Pakistani store owner $50
NEW YORK - A Pakistani-American convenience storeowner, who showed mercy to a would-be robber six months ago said he has received ...
Valencia go third to warm up for Real clash
MADRID (AFP) Valencia climbed above Sevilla into third with a 2-1 comeback win at 10-man Athletic Bilbao on Sunday as they ...
Hodgson supports goal-hero Zamora
LONDON (AFP) Fulham manager Roy Hodgson insisted Bobby Zamora will prove his critics wrong after the much-maligned striker ...
Business
Crisis puts 10m in poverty in Europe, Asia: WB
SOFIA (AFP) - The global financial crisis will add 10.6 million people to the ranks of those in poverty in Europe and Central ...
Oranges export likely to go up by 50pc
KARACHI - The export of the oranges is likely to increase by 50 per cent during this season against the mark of 150,000 tons ...
Oil prices slip under $75
LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices sank under 75 dollars per barrel on Monday, falling in line with other commodity markets, as ...
Kyrgyzstan to establish road links with Pak
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Kyrgyzstan is working on possibility to establish direct road links with Pakistan through Karakoram Highway to ...
Pakistan can earn billions by exporting agri products: CM
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan can earn foreign exchange worth billions of rupees ...
AICL underwriting profits rise to Rs557m
KARACHI - Despite tough economic conditions, the underwriting profits of Adamjee Insurance (AICL) increased to Rs557 million in ...
Employment schemes for less-developed areas finalised
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The federal government has chalked out a comprehensive five-year plan of Employment Guarantee Schemes for job ...
VAT linked to capacity-building of FBR
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday linked the imposition of Value Added Tax to capacity building of ...
RCCI to work for promotion of industry
RAWALPINDI (APP) - Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) with the cooperation of educational institutes would work ...
Dec 15 to be observed as 'Protest Day' against inflation
LAHORE (PR) - The working class all over the country under the aegis of Pakistan Workers Federation will observe Dec 15 as a ...
Politics
Doctors' negligence leaves MNA dead
ISLAMABAD PML-N MNA Faiz Muhammad Khan died here at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Monday owing to alleged ...
PPP big guns look for way out afzal bajwa
ISLAMABAD As the apex court on Monday started hearing petitions against National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), President Asif ...
Spy agency offices shifted to safer place
PESHAWAR Pakistans main intelligence agency has quietly shifted its offices to another safe location following a deadly bombing ...
Market lacks fresh sugar despite cane crushing
ISLAMABAD The powerful sugar mafia is again in action to fleece consumers by selling sugar at skyrocketing prices after the ...
Malik for ideological war against terrorism
KARACHI- Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said that the government had handed over evidences of Indian ...
America wants to declare Pak nukes unsafe: Munawar
QUETTA Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Amir Syed Munawar Hassan has said that the United States through creating anarchy in Pakistan is ...
India, Russia sign N-deal
MOSCOW (Agencies) Moscow and New Delhi on Monday cemented their ties with an expanded civil nuclear deal that will ensure ...
PPP-SB observes shutdown in interior Sindh
LARKANA - A complete shutter-down strike was observed across Sindh on the call of Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) ...
Mine blast kills 2 in Mohmand
MOHMAND AGENCY Two persons were killed and another three injured when a truck hit a land mine here on Monday. According to ...
Autonomy, forces withdrawal, Mush trial, general amnesty demanded
ISLAMABAD Majority of Baloch leaders rejected Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package on Monday during a debate in joint sitting of ...
MPs criticism forces govt to go on back foot
ISLAMABAD Confusion-gripped members belonging to treasury benches were directionless in the Parliament on Monday when they were ...
Nation united against terrorism
Islamabad - President Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday vowed to eliminate the scourge of terrorism from ...
Fata uplift top priority, says Gilani
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said the government attaches high priority to development of ...
UK under pressure on Pak detainees
LONDON (Agencies) - The British Government is under growing pressure to demand the return from US custody of two Pakistanis who ...
SCO assures coop to boost terror-hit Pak economy
ISLAMABAD - Keeping in view the damage caused by ongoing terrorist activities in the country, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ...
Taliban pressed by Pak Army: US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Taliban insurgents have got to be 'very worried over a US move to surge 30,000 troops into Afghanistan as they ...
Cross-border movement at Torkham restricted
LANDI KOTAL - After the expiration of deadline, Torkham border was restricted for illegal border crossers here on ...
'PPP not planning to impose own accountability law'
ISLAMABAD - Brushing aside the impression that the Government is planning to impose accountability law of its own choice, Federal ...
'Afghan pullout date to dilute Pak commitment'
LONDON (Agencies) - US President Barack Obamas attempt to clarify his July 2011 deadline for a US departure from Afghanistan has ...
Implement Balochistan package, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Shujaat Hussain, President of PML-Q said the sense of deprivation of Balochistan people would end with the ...
Climate conference opens with dire warnings
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A landmark conference on climate change opened in Copenhagen on Monday, with grim warnings of the apocalyptic ...
Entertainment
Kennedy Centre gala honours performing arts greats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Luminaries from the worlds of music and film were feted by President Barack Obama and a black-tie audience ...
Lily to buy country mansion
LILY Allen is set to expand her property empire - shes planning to buy a $2m country mansion. The British singer - who has always ...
I'm out of work, says Cate Blanchett
CATE Blanchett says she has no work in the pipeline - because the scripts shes being sent arent any good. The Aussie actress says ...
Trucker pulled over with cardboard windscreen
A LORRY driver was pulled up by police in China - after driving for hundreds of miles with a sheet of cardboard covering his ...
Rare Komodo dragon in zoo
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore Zoo has successfully bred the highly-endangered Komodo dragon, officials said Monday, reporting that ...
South African actors want Hudson out of Mandela film
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African actors want to stop Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson from playing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a ...
Sports
Jamie Dwyer named world player of the year
KARACHI Argentinas Luciana Aymar, The Netherlands Naomi van As and Jamie Dwyer of Australia have been named as the World Hockey ...
Islamabad
CDA helpless before influential persons
ISLAMABAD - Apart from using residential units for commercial purposes, a number of influential violators have also encroached ...
Twin cities being supplied contaminated water
ISLAMABAD - There is no proper sewerage system in the twin cities and at some places water pipelines have been mixed with ...
Traders reject 2-day deadline
RAWALPINDI (Agencies) - Traders of Rawalpindi have rejected the two-day deadline set by the police to them for installation of ...
'Naval Complex blast injured in stable condition'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Monday said that all three Naval complex bomb blast wounded ...
Japan provides ambulances for FATA
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The Government of Japan has provided 15 ambulances to the Government of Pakistan aiming to improve the ...
Ministry to set up more centres for women
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Ministry of Women Development is taking concrete steps to increase number of its women crisis centres renamed ...
Karachi
Country's first ambulance boat to be launched soon
KARACHI - The countrys first ambulance boat services for the centuries old poor and deprived residents of Karachis island, will ...
Cleric among four killed separately
KARACHI - Central leader of Pasban-e-Aza, a Shiite organisation, Syed Shahid Hussain, was gunned down by some unidentified ...
Sindh Topi and Ajrak Day may have far-reaching repercussions
People living in Sindh showed unique and complete solidarity on Sindh Topi and Ajrak Day in a mammoth and befitting manner. The ...
Lawyers observe day of mourning
KARACHI - The lawyers fraternity on Monday observed a day of mourning in connection with the death of Mohammad Ali Abbasi, ...
Govt spending Rs9b for City development
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Works and Services, Manzoor Hussain Wassan has said that Sindh government is contributing Rs. 9 ...
Funds dearth affecting City Govt performance
KARACHI (APP) - Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that Federal and Provincial governments had earmarked Rs 4.5 billion ...
Pakistan edge past Canada as Kiwis hold India to draw
KARACHI Pakistan got off to a winning start in the eight-nation Champions Challenge hockey edging past Canada 2-1 but India were ...
Lahore
2 medics arrested for minor's death
LAHORE - Johar Town Police on Monday arrested General Manager of Doctors Hospitals Dr Ziaul Hassan and Dr Sana Ullah on the ...
NCUK offering UK degrees in Pakistan
LAHORE-The Northern Consortium of the United Kingdom (NCUK) is offering studies for some of the best UK degrees right here in ...
Sewage endangers aquatic life in Ravi
LAHORE - All aquatic life including fish and frogs is at deaths door in River Ravi owning to rising discharge of toxic untreated ...
FJMC students go on strike
LAHORE - Female students of Fatima Jinnah Medical College (FJMC) on Monday went on strike by boycotting their classes against the ...
Ulema urge OIC to counter West conspiracy
LAHORE - Leaders of various religious parties have demanded of the government to register strong protest against Switzerlands ban ...
AGP summoned in NRO disqualification plea
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court issued notices to Attorney General Pakistan and Advocate General Punjab for December 21 on a ...
Body activated to ensure security during Muharram
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the police and administrative officials to employ every means and do ...
ICC task force discusses PCB concerns
LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board has relatively seen huge drop in its revenues due to security concerns that has led to ...
Yousuf wants team to improve fielding
LAHORE An emphatic victory against New Zealand in the second Test has boosted the confidence of new Pakistan captain Mohammad ...
Takhti stadium to host Pakistan-Iran clash today
LAHORE Pakistan U-19 Football team will be in action for only 180 minutes as they will face only Iran and Uzbekistan today ...
Navy beat PAF 2-1
LAHORE Navy staged remarkable recovery to beat Pakistan Air Force 2-1 in Pakistan Premier Football League at Naval Complex, ...
Pakistan withdraws all cases against ICC
LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board has withdrawn all its legal proceedings against the International Cricket Council and 2011 ...
Akmal brothers to continue tour despite mother's illness
LAHORE Pakistans prolific Akmal brothers - Kamran and Umar - will stay in New Zealand with the national team instead of ...
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