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 Sunday, February 01, 2009
Front Page
Growth rate down to 3.7pc
KARACHI (Agencies) - State Bank of Pakistan has decided to leave its discount rate, the key policy rate, unchanged at 15 per cent for the rest of the quarter, SBP Governor Syed Salim Raza said on Saturday. The central bank raised interest rates by 2 percentage points to 15 per cent on November 12, ...
BJP to attack Pakistan if comes to power
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Accusing the Congress-led government of dithering in taking strong steps against terrorists, BJP President ...
No Senator has foreign account
ISLAMABAD - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday released details of the assets owned by the Senators. A 365-page ...
PPP Lahore leader gunned down
LAHORE - Unknown motorcyclists Saturday gunned down PPP vice-president, Lahore chapter, Shahid Imtiaz, within Mughalpura Police ...
Iranian cinema a booming industry
KARACHI - The cinema of Iran has been flourishing day-by-day. Many popular commercial films are annually made in Iran, and ...
International
UN official urges Israel to open crossings to move aid into Gaza
UNITED NATIONS - An obviously frustrated UN official in devastated Gaza has made impassioned appeal to Israel to open all border ...
UN praises 'open and transparent' election of new Somali President
UNITED NATIONS " After a long night of voting in neighboring Djibouti, the newly expanded Somali parliament elected opposition ...
PM Abhisit given 15 days to leave office
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thousands of supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied outside Thailand's main government offices ...
30 years on, Iran says revolution crosses borders
TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and top Iranian leaders on Saturday paid tribute to the man who led the ouster of ...
Abbas rejects Hamas leader's call for new PLO
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is leading a chorus of opposition to calls by rival Hamas supremo ...
Obama picks military general as envoy to Afghanistan
NEW YORK - A top army general who is set to retire is the Obama administration's choice to become the next U.S. ambassador to ...
Obama says US economy a 'disaster' for middle class
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said the economy is "a continuing disaster" for families as he signed executive orders to ...
Iraqis vote in key test of nation's progress
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Initial results from Iraq's provincial elections held on Saturday are to be released next week but the final ...
Obama's offer to talk shows US failure: Iran
TOKYO (AFP) - Iran is monitoring US foreign policy in countries such as Afghanistan to see if improved ties under President ...
Record-equalling Slam is Open goal for Federer
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Roger Federer stands on the brink of tennis immortality with an unsurpassed 14th Grand Slam title there for the ...
Serena thumps Safina in Open final, takes No.1 ranking
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Serena Williams thrashed Russia's Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3 to win her fourth Australian Open title Saturday, ...
Business
Interest rates to go down in March: Asim
KARACHI (APP) - Advisor to PM on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain said that interest rates will go down in the ...
'No wheat shortage in Sindh'
KARACHI - The Food Department of Sindh Government has claimed that no crisis of wheat shortage would emerge in the province as ...
Textile sector still sans gas
LAHORE - The textile industry continued to face gas supply suspension by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd despite the fact that ...
PCRET seeks govt help to uplift renewable energy sector
KARACHI - Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) has sought collaboration from the concerned provincial ...
Commodity markets mixed amid gloom
LONDON (AFP) - Commodity markets faced a mixed week as traders tracked a deepening recession in key consumer the United States ...
Honda contributes 2 per cent of total government revenue
LAHORE - Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) Limited has launched its Honda City new model for 2009 at a ceremony in local hotel on ...
Nissan announces local assembly of 'Sunny'
KARACHI - Ghandhara Nissan Limited (GNL) has announced the recommencement of the local assembly of Nissan Sunny, a vehicle which ...
Japan vows $17b Asia aid package
DAVOS (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledged 1.5 trillion yen (17 billion dollars) in development aid to other Asian ...
Politics
Pakistani-owned IT training firm placed among top 500 US emerging businesses
NEW YORK - Cyber-Tex Incorporated, an IT technology training company run by a Pakistani enterpreneur, has been selected as one ...
Legislation on boosting US economic aid to Pakistan on track: Spokesman
WASHINGTON - A Pakistan Embassy spokesman Saturday denied reports in a section of the Pakistani press that the landmark ...
Business community hopes dashed
LAHORE - Country's economic growth is crawling to a halt due to the interest rate, almost highest in the world, thanks to the ...
Gilani urges IMF for early review meet
DAVOS (Switzerland) (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday urged the IMF for an early review meeting as the ...
Border tensions droop, says Gen Kapoor
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor Saturday said the military was fully prepared to act or react in ...
US sanctions on Iran likely to hamper IPI project
ISLAMABAD - United States sanctions against Iran could create hurdles in carrying out Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline ...
Findings to ease tension: Qureshi
MULTAN - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday hoped that findings of investigations by the Federal Investigation ...
Entertainment
PTA's new SOP for mobile SIMs from today
LAHORE - The new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is going to come into force from ...
Turkish Airlines to fly to more int'l destinations
KARACHI - As a part of an expansion program, Turkish Airlines will increase the number of flights departing from Istanbul to ...
Springsteen's mistake
THE Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with The New York Times, Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal ...
Health benefits of garlic
A Queen's-led team has discovered the reason why garlic is so good for us. Researchers have widely believed that the organic ...
Renee Zellweger reveals crush on Jimmy Carter
RENEE Zellweger has a crush on a US president. The unlucky-in-love actress has confessed her dream man is the 39th leader of ...
Gorilla warfare
THIS is how you see off a love rival, gorilla-style. With teeth bared and enormous arms swinging, the two huge apes hurl ...
Stanford writes in world's smallest letters
STANFORD researchers have reclaimed bragging rights for creating the world's smallest writing, a distinction the university first ...
Britney threatened by Kevin's new girlfriend
WE smell trouble. While Britney Spears has been busy rehearsing for her upcoming tour, her ex hubby Kevin Federline has been ...
Islamabad
EPA rejects dualisation of Garden Avenue
ISLAMABAD - In order to save the sacrifice of around 900 trees for the construction of concrete structure, the Ministry of ...
'No provision about ouster of judges in Constitution'
RAWALPINDI - Justice (Retd) Wajihuddin urged the lawyers to take along all the political parties of the country and members of ...
RAG exhibits contemporary art of young artists
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Rohtas Art Gallery (RAG) has displayed a collection of contemporary art works by Amra Khan and Haider Ali ...
'Genetically Modified Organisms harmful'
RAWALPINDI - The Department of Environmental Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) has ...
Showcases of Iranian culture opened at NAG
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A weeklong Iranian cultural festival to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Islamic revolution of Iran, opened ...
Elections of PFUJ affiliates completed
ISLAMABAD (NNI)- Annual elections of all the affiliated union of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), has been completed ...
Air Force qualify for A Division National Soccer
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Air Force qualified for the A-Division national soccer competitions by thrashing Railway 2-1 in the final of ...
PBF president discuss ways to promote badminton
ISLAMABAD - President, Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF), Nazar Muhammad Gondal Saturday directed the provincial associations ...
Karachi
Home remedies can avoid pneumonia
KARACHI (APP) - New strategies to tackle pneumonia and meningitis, including shorter antibiotic regimens and simple methods of ...
Edhi centre's phones dead
KARACHI (APP) - All the lines of Edhi's Ambulance, Emergency and Control Room '115' have been dead since 9 pm Friday and could ...
MQM-H plea: notice issued to Advocate General
KARACHI - A division bench of Sindh High Court on Saturday issued notice to Special Prosecution General and Advocate General ...
Pakistan-Iran ties to be cemented further
KARACHI (APP) - Iran and Pakistan have a lot of potential for bilateral, regional and international cooperation. This was stated ...
No solution in sight
My last Straight Talk article had been based on the two simple phrases - CHANGE and YES WE CAN, that had won the hearts and minds ...
Pakistan to play tri-series in Dubai
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be featuring in the tri-series in Dubai Sports City in April, Pakistan ...
Nasir record impressive in Sindh Ranking Tennis
KARACHI - On a day when top seed Aqeel Khan and his youngest brother Yasir Khan scored easy wins it was young Nasir Mushtaq who ...
Lahore
No crown for pioneer of brown bread
LAHORE - Baba Ghulam Haider known as 'Baba Jee Brown Bread Waley' a warrior in fight against diabetes passed away last week at ...
DCO to be nominated project director for RYK women varsity
LAHORE - The chief minister has approved District Coordination Officer, Rahim Yar Khan to be nominated as Project Director for ...
Good relations with PPP except Governor: Sana
LAHORE - Punjab Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan has said the Pakistan Muslim League-N wants ...
Cops become robbers
LAHORE - The Defence Police have arrested and sent behind bars SHO Ghalib Market Ihsan Ashraf Butt and a head constable for ...
Lawyers movement aims at changing mindset: Anwar Kamal
LAHORE - President, Lahore High Court Bar Association, Anwar Kamal has said that lawyers are struggling to bring the masses out ...
Egypt bars Pak medics from entering Gaza
LAHORE - A 33-member team of Pakistani doctors dispatched with relief goods including medicines and surgical equipments for the ...
SSG maintain supremacy in National Hockey
LAHORE - As many as eight matches were played day six of the 56th National Hockey Championship being played here at the National ...
Rehan, Salman prefer to play in Holland
LAHORE - Larensche Mixed Hockey Club has stopped Pakistan players Rehan Butt and Salman Akbar to play for any other team except ...
Punjab win National Juniors Cycling title
LAHORE - The Punjab team gained with 212 points won the 2nd National Juniors Cycling Championship which concluded here on ...
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