Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- 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
The Nation in print for Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Front Page
Judiciary bound to get its verdicts implemented: CJ
ISLAMABAD Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that manifesto of good governance cannot be implemented without the provision of justice, as judiciary was duty-bound to provide speedy justice to every citizen. The Chief Justice was addressing a full court reference held at Supreme ...
Three CMs attend meeting
ISLAMABAD Leaving the PML-N, the ruling party in the largest province Punjab, out, the PPP and its coalition partners on Tuesday ...
30 houses washed away in AJK lake breach
Muzaffarabad An earthquake-created lake crumpled on late Monday night and inundated 30 houses in Hattain Bala, officials ...
International
South Africa thrash India despite Tendulkar's ton
NAGPUR (India) (AFP) South Africa thumped India by an innings and six runs despite a fighting century by Sachin Tendulkar on the ...
Windies blown away again
EVEN the most ardent Australian supporters arriving at the Adelaide Oval for yesterdays one-day match would have been excused for ...
Sri Lanka President dissolves Parliament
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankas president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday dissolved the parliament, clearing the way for a national ...
Afghan police flunk drug tests
LASHKAR GAH (Reuters) - When British trainers administered random drugs tests to 25 Afghan police recruits at a base in southern ...
Indian expert, UN climate panel face credibility siege: NYT
NEW YORK - An Indian economist-engineer and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that he leads are ...
Iran starts making 20pc nuclear fuel
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran announced on Tuesday the launch of work to produce 20 percent enriched uranium, defying world powers which ...
India to build intelligent satellite
NEW DELHI (Online) - India is set to develop a dedicated network-centric communication intelligence satellite for detecting ...
Yemen vows to keep striking Qaeda 'round-the-clock'
SANAA (AFP) - The Yemeni government on Tuesday dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants round-the-clock, ...
Israel FM says talks with Palestinians likely to begin soon
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Indirect Middle East peace talks should begin soon, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday in the ...
Unrest kills US, French soldiers
KABUL (AFP) - A US and another NATO soldier were killed in attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the alliance ...
British PM to face Iraq inquiry
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March, a ...
Afghan avalanches kill 24
KABUL (AFP) - Avalanches triggered by heavy snow killed at least 24 people on a treacherous mountain pass in northern ...
Business
Rise in fuel prices likely to jack up Jan inflation numbers
KARACHI - The headline inflation for the month of January 2010 is anticipated to record at 13.16 per cent compared to 10.52 per ...
US investors to take part in privatisation programme
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The US investors team would identify areas and projects to take part in the privatisation programme in ...
Chinese businessmen for enhancing economic cooperation with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A high-powered delegation of Sichuan Province of China visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...
Oil rises but still below $72
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rallied Tuesday as traders took their cue from the falling dollar after recent sharp losses that came ...
China set to become 4th biggest trade partner of Pak
BEIJING (APP) - China is becoming the 4th biggest trade partner of Pakistan, said a senior Chinese official from Ministry of ...
KSE loses 23 points in cautious trading
KARACHI - Stocks ended lower in dull volume as investors were cautious because of security worries. The Karachi Stock Exchange ...
Bosnia keen to extend trade ties
RAWALPINDI (APP) - Ambassador of Bosnia Herzegovina in Pakistan Arman Limo on Tuesday said that Pakistan and Bosnia have ...
FBR auditors body meets today
ISLAMABAD - To give final shape to the protest march, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Auditors and Senior Auditors Association ...
Germany loses export crown to China
FRANKFURT (AFP) - China overtook Germany last year to become the worlds leading exporter as German trade suffered its sharpest ...
Debt concerns stalk mixed Asian markets
HONG KONG (AFP) - Lingering concerns about massive European debt levels and Wall Streets lowest close for three months pressured ...
Politics
Salman Taseer canvassing for Sheikh Rashid
RAWALPINDI Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has said that terrible attack on Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rashid ...
OGDCL a haven for MD's blue-eyed boys
ISLAMABAD Managing Director Oil & Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) Zahid Hussain is stubbornly neglecting the ...
Malik sticks to 'no Blackwater' mantra
ISLAMABAD The absence of Ministers once again echoed in National Assembly on Tuesday when the chair admonished Chief Whip Syed ...
NA told some leads of Karachi blasts found
ISLAMABAD Drawing parallel between the bomb blasts on 10th of Muharram and later on Chehlum in Karachi, Federal Minister for ...
SC moved against delay in judges' appointment
ISLAMABAD Barrister Akram Sheikh on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the procrastination of judges ...
President, PM agree on judges appointment
ISLAMABAD (Online) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday and they agreed ...
Joint team to conduct fair probe: CM
LAHORE Expressing deep regret over the attack on Sheikh Rashid and deaths of his companions, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad ...
Relatives refuse autopsy of dead bodies
RAWALPINDI Close relatives of three deceased killed during the armed attack on Sheikh Rashid Ahmed have barred the doctors from ...
Avalanche kills eight soldiers in Siachen
EIGHT soldiers embraced martyrdom when an avalanche hit a military camp at Siachen glacier, reported a private TV channel ...
India plans to further divert Pak water
ISLAMABAD In line with its hegemonic ambitions, India has begun desperate efforts to divert Pakistans water ostensibly to ensure ...
High-level meeting today to evolve agenda
ISLAMABAD Pakistans High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik has conveyed to the higher authorities of Foreign Office that India ...
Imran alleges pre-poll rigging, seeks CJ's intervention
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, on Tuesday urged Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take ...
Tarin resigns?
ISLAMABAD A strong rumour was in air in the federal capital Tuesday evening that Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has furnished ...
Taliban confirm Hakimullah's death
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) Taliban confirmed Tuesday that their leader, Hakimullah Mahsud, died of injuries suffered in a US drone ...
Just distribution of resources to be ensured: PM
ISLAMABAD Reiterating the Governments resolve to remove all distortions for restoring 1973 Constitution in its original form, ...
US for attacking militants groups 'as a whole, not piecemeal'
WASHINGTON: The United States wants Pakistan to tackle the situation created by militant groups "as a while, rather than ...
UN chief urges due process for arrested Sri Lankan opposition leader
UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday called on authorities in Sri Lanka to ensure the rights and safety of the ...
Negligence may deprive Balochistan of Rs3b
ISLAMABAD A handsome amount of Rs 3 billion allocated for industrial development of Balochistan is going to lapse due to the ...
India asked to allow inspection of IHK projects
BUREWALA - A three-member Indian delegation, headed by the Indus Water Commissioner of India, Auranga Nathan, visited Sulemanke ...
LHC orders medical facility to Dr AQ Khan
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the Federal government to allow provision of medical facility to national ...
'Taiwan drops request for US subs'
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for US submarines to help shore up the balance of power with ...
Taliban claim to debut new dodger 'Omar
KANDAHAR (AFP) - The Taliban claimed Tuesday to have developed a new bomb nicknamed Omar after their fugitive leader and which ...
One killed in Sopore police station attack
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Suspected freedom fighters attacked a police station in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, killing one policeman, an ...
Entertainment
Cyrus arranges Haiti star auction
US pop star Miley Cyrus has called on some of her famous friends to donate memorabilia for an online auction to benefit the ...
Jolie, Pitt sue News of the World
LONDON (Reuters/AFP) - Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing the News of the World over allegations it ...
Charlie Sheen reunites with wife
CHARLIE Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller have reunited. The Two and a Half Men star - who was arrested on Christmas Day for ...
Age of mother affects child's autism risk
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older ...
Ringo Starr honoured with Walk of Fame star
The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony that also marked the 50th anniversary ...
Pets more attractive than lovers on V-Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rather than spending Valentines Day with their partner, one fifth of adults would prefer to be with their ...
Islamabad
Mystery shrouds killing of PPP-AJK activist
ISLAMABAD The killing of PPP-AJK activist, who was gunned down in federal capital at a polling station, goes shrouded in mystery ...
Sh Rashid's guards laid to rest
RAWALPINDI The funeral prayers of the two deceased bodyguards of Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sh Rashid Ahmed were held ...
Youth Parliament passes NWFP renaming resolution
ISLAMABAD The Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) has passed a resolution proposing Pakhtunkhwa or Afghania as new names for the ...
Meat prices shoot up in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (Online) The prices of chicken, mutton and beef have registered a dramatic surge during the last a couple of weeks, ...
Breastfeeding rules finally get Ministry's nod
ISLAMABAD After a lapse of seven long years since the promulgation of Breast-feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2002, ...
NUML closed but students continue protest
ISLAMABAD Despite the fact that National University of Modern Languages (NUML) has been closed till Monday after boycott by ...
Pakistan's gold run in gradual decline
ISLAMABAD Pakistani athletes produced remarkable performance by maintaining second position in the 11th South Asian Games that ...
National
Women body to hold 31st National Games
PESHAWAR (APP) A women body formed Tuesday to hold all female events in the forthcoming 31st National Games to be held here from ...
Inter-varsity volleyball gets underway
RAWALPINDI The Inter-Varsity Volleyball Championship, sponsored by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), began at Pir Mehr Ali ...
Karachi
Pakistan willing to send team to Fed Cup tennis
KARACHI President of the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Senator Dilawar Abbas has said that his Federation is willing to send ...
PCB to accept only ICC's approved US cricket body
KARACHI The Pakistan Cricket Board has nipped possibly a controversy which could have developed into an international issue when ...
Treasury lawmakers walk out of House
KARACHI - Simmering differences in the ranks of ruling PPP spewed to surface like incinerating lava badly shaking the unity of ...
No check on City's solid waste, SA told
KARACHI - The household waste is either burnt or thrown away in different areas of the City to save the transportation ...
1.2 per cent Pakistanis suffer from epilepsy
KARACHI - Experts have expressed their serious concern over the high prevalence of epilepsy in the country as around 1.2 per cent ...
Tributes paid to Khattak
KARACHI - Awami National Party (ANP) Central labour Secretary Rana Gul Afridi on Tuesday said that death of noted scholar and ...
ISO assured of party workers' release
KAERACHI - Government officials have assured Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) to release their activists who had been arrested ...
Seminary delegates visit Nine-Zero
KARACHI - Different delegations of religious parties and seminaries on Tuesday called on the MQM Rabita Committee members at ...
Lahore
Butt leaves for Dubai to attend ICC meeting
LAHORE Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt left here on Monday for Dubai to attend the meeting of the International ...
Samir, Ushna storm into last 16 at Wellington, Qatar Jrs Open
LAHORE Pakistan Junior Davis Cupper Samir Iftikhar and girls champion Ushna Sohail kept Pakistans flag high by reaching the last ...
Pakistan's bane is ad-hocism: Mani
LAHORE Former ICC president Ehsan Mani has denied having any knowledge of being offered a post on the governing council of the ...
Traffic system losing efficacy
LAHORE The traffic system established by the former government is gradually losing its efficacy as worst traffic mess had become ...
PFA likely to get new lease of life
LAHORE - With a view to check rampant food adulterations and regulate food trade, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), suspected to ...
Courts can't permit license to kill people
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition seeking directions to lift ban on kite-flying, observing that ...
'Aurat-murd', elected vs 'reserved' debate rages at PA
LAHORE As expected usually, it was neither the Opposition nor the Treasury becoming clamorous about their claims of having ...
Medical teachers asked to change attitude
LAHORE - Medical educationists have asserted that teachers in medical colleges need to change their own beliefs, behaviour, ...
HE dept initiates one-window operation
LAHORE - The higher education department is perhaps the second after the LDA to initiate one window operation for disposal of ...
CM for improvement in healthcare system
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has called upon young doctors to supplement their efforts for the provision of ...
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