Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
The Nation in print for Thursday, February 11, 2010
Front Page
18 Khasadars dead in suicide attack
KHYBER AGENCY At least 18 personnel of Khasadar Force including Line Officer Jamrud were killed and 12 others got injured when a suicide bomber rammed his car laden with explosives into a patrol vehicle here at Wazirdand area near Karkhano Check Post on Wednesday. Assistant Political Agent Jamrud, ...
Accountability Bill to reflect masses' aspirations: Gilani
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday assured the National Assembly that the upcoming Accountability ...
10 killed in tunnel collapse
QUETTA At least 10 drug addicts were killed and another was wounded after a tunnel collapsed at Jail Road of Quetta on ...
International
Afghans stun Irish on opening day of shocks
DUBAI (AFP) Afghanistans seemingly inexorable rise in the cricket world took another step in the right direction here on Tuesday ...
No sweat for Djokovic in first round romp
ROTTERDAM (The Netherlands) (AFP) Novak Djokovic began with a runaway win at the Rotterdam Open on Tuesday, crushing Sergiy ...
Riesch hopeful as Vonn eyes Vancouver treble
WHISTLER (Canada) (AFP) American skier Lindsey Vonn is finding it hard to contain her excitement after putting the finishing ...
China juggernaut faces Korean roadblock
VANCOUVER (AFP) - China and South Korea headline Asian hopes at the Winter Olympics starting Friday, with the once-supreme Japan ...
Haas advances as Roddick readies for action
SAN JOSE (California) (AFP) Fourth-seeded German Tommy Haas needed a tiebreaker to get past wild card Devin Britton 6-4, 7-6 ...
Teachers, students increasingly under attack: UNESCO
UNITED NATIONS A new report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has found that ...
Clashes over arrest of Sri Lanka ex-Army Chief
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Thousands of Sri Lankans, protesting the arrest of losing presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, clashed with ...
Iran shuns US isotopes offer as sanctions clock ticks
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday spurned a US offer to supply it with medical isotopes if it stops further enriching ...
Yemen nears deal to end war with rebels
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen is close to reaching a deal with northern rebels, a government official said on Wednesday, aiming to end ...
Somali clashes kill 24
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital ...
War deaths 'increasing' ahead of Afghan assault
OUTSKIRTS OF MARJAH, Afghanistan (AFP) - The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that war casualties were increasing around a Taliban ...
Efforts to curb Afghan opium crop fail: United Nations
KABUL (Reuters) - Efforts to persuade Afghanistans farmers to stop growing illegal opium have failed in the past year, the United ...
Fresh snow misery hits eastern US
NEW YORK - The second major snowstorm in a week swept up the U.S. East Coast, piling on already snowbound Washington, where most ...
Lebanese PM warns of escalating Israeli threat
LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, ...
Palestinians arrest Al-Qaeda suspects
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian security forces have for the first time arrested a suspected cell of Al-Qaeda ...
Business
Remittances rise over 21pc to $5.2b
KARACHI - The remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of $5,198.13 million was ...
Inflation may rise to 16pc: PIDE survey
ISLAMABAD - Government policies are not sufficient to curb the soaring inflation, as it is expected to be around 16.50 percent in ...
Rains to boost wheat output
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistans wheat output may be a million tonnes more than recent forecasts after rains in the past week ...
Oil prices extend gains
LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices rose further on Wednesday, mirroring rebounding global stock markets, as hopes grew for a ...
Accord for ECO Reinsurance Co inked
ISLAMABAD - The signing ceremony of Articles of Agreement for the establishment of Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) ...
KSE 100-index loses another 53 points
KARACHI - The equity market witnessed another dull day on Wednesday because of higher than expected inflation figures, which were ...
Debt-laden Greece crippled by public workers strike
ATHENS (AFP) - A strike by Greek civil servants Wednesday brought the debt-laden country to a halt amid reports that Germany is ...
IMO gets payment out of rules
KARACHI - The Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) has paid the outstanding dues of International Maritime Organization (IMO) against the ...
BISP reducing poverty in Pakistan
UNFORTUNATELY the poor and underprivileged people of Pakistan have been suffering due to lack of a comprehensive social ...
Investment oppurtunities discussed
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A four-member delegation from M/s IRG United States of America Wednesday visited Board of Investment and ...
Politics
India ready to resume composite talks: Shahid
ISLAMABAD India has accepted Pakistans stance and agreed to resume the composite dialogue, Pakistans High Commissioner to India, ...
Brig dies in convoy ambush
PESHAWAR Two personnel of Pak Army including a pilot and a gunner are feared to be dead as their gunship helicopter crashed in ...
No Pak-India water war: Ranganathan
LAHORE Indus Water Commissioner of India G Ranganathan on Wednesday ruled out possibility of war between India and Pakistan over ...
NAB okays plea bargain of BoP scam accused
ISLAMABAD The Executive Board of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday gave approval to the plea bargain of Sh ...
Commanders review security situation
Islamabad Pakistan Armys top brass met Wednesday with COAS General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani in the chair, and thoroughly took stock ...
Finance Ministrys role in budget making reduced
ISLAMABAD The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday decided that Government would present Medium Term Budgetary Framework for the next ...
Malik gets bail before arrest
PESHAWAR Additional Sessions Judge confirmed Interior Minister Rehman Maliks bail before arrest here on Wednesday. The Interior ...
UK forced to disclose CIA material
LONDON (Reuters) The British government failed on Wednesday in a legal challenge to keep secret US intelligence material ...
Indians instrumental in bringing 'justice' to Aafia
ISLAMABAD The US government has reportedly used Indians with malafide intentions and prejudice against Pakistan in order to ...
US undecided on Pakistan offer to mediate with Taliban factions: NYT
NEW YORK - The United States has not made up its mind about Pakistan's offer to mediate with Taliban factions like the Haqqani ...
US urged to consider 'conditions-based' civilian N-deal with Pakistan
NEW YORK - An American expert has proposed that the US consider a conditions-based civilian nuclear deal with Pakistan as a way ...
'System can't survive anymore'
ISLAMABAD Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, has said that present system cannot survive anymore, as even the rulers ...
SC directs ECP to submit record
ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Election Commission of Pakistan to submit record and documents relating to ...
Troika sets agenda
ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday apprised ...
Haqqani in Capital after Aafia case flop
ISLAMABAD - In a bid to clear his position after he badly failed to pursue Dr Aafia Siddiquis case efficiently, Pakistans ...
Inflation up by 13.68pc
ISLAMABAD - The hike in electricity and gas tariffs in January last has exerted an upward pressure on general price level, as ...
Nisar seeks debate on PAC reports in NA
ISLAMABAD Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Ch Nisar Ali Khan, who is also Chairman of Public Accounts Committee, ...
Nawaz regrets point-scoring
ISLAMABAD - PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday deplored the ongoing point-scoring campaign by certain political parties ...
DG ISI gets extension for one year
The government has extended the tenure of Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt-Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha, ...
Afghan avalanches kill 165
SALANG, Afghanistan, (AFP) - Rescuers recovered the bodies of 165 people killed by a series of avalanches on a treacherous Afghan ...
JUI-F wins Lakki by-poll
LAKKI MARWAT JUI-F candidate Naseer Muhammad Khan has won the by-elections for PF-75 (Lakki Marwat-II) with a heavy ...
Nato trawler robbed in Karachi
KARACHI - Unidentified armed persons Wednesday robbed a trawler carrying supplies for NATO forces fighting against Taliban when ...
India to test new 5,000-km Agni missile
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India on Wednesday said that it will test-fire over 5,000-km range nuclear-capable Agni-V ...
SC seeks report on murder of journalists
LAHORE The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the Interior Ministry to submit report on progress on investigations into the ...
Entertainment
Google Buzz launched in bid to topple Facebook, Twitter
GOOGLE has launched a new social network in a bid to take on community giants Facebook and Twitter. Called Google Buzz, the new ...
'Sleeping Beauty' who sleeps for two weeks at a time
SHE is known to her family and friends as 'Sleeping Beauty - but her life is no fairytale. Louisa Ball, 15, sleeps for two weeks ...
Angelina Jolie visits Haiti
ANGELINA Jolie began two days of meetings with Haiti earthquake victims in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee ...
Obama sings at WH concert
PRESIDENT Barack Obama on Tuesday night hosted a celebration of the music of the civil rights era, describing it as a movement ...
'Ingredients for life' present on Saturns moon Enceladus
SOME of 'the major ingredients for life are present on one of Saturns moons, according to University College London scientists. A ...
Dramatic images of WTC collapse on 9/11 released for first time
A TSUNAMI of smoke, dust and debris roars down the streets of New York City as the World Trade Centre towers collapse. These ...
Islamabad
NUML Registrar resigns
ISLAMABAD Brig (Retd) Obaidullah Ranjha, Registrar of National University of Modern Languages (NUML) who thrashed Prof Tahir ...
Roadmap of action plan for PWDs drafted
ISLAMABAD Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs) leaders drafted the roadmap for the Implementation of the National Plan of ...
Health ministers pledge to eradicate polio
ISLAMABAD A meeting of the Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee on Polio met here on Wednesday to take stock of the polio ...
CDA to continue water rationing
ISLAMABAD After the recent spell of rain, city managers have adopted a wise drawl strategy from its water reservoirs and have ...
MoWD's programme for Women Day
ISLAMABAD (APP) Ministry of Women Development (MoWD) will hold a function A Milestone in the Struggle for Womens Rights to mark ...
Faiz's poetry a beacon of light for oppressed
ISLAMABAD (APP) Faiz Ahmed Faiz has brought revolutionary changes to the way poetry was written, combining socio-political ...
Karachi
Previous government misused Zakat funds
KARACHI - The audit reports of seven districts have unveiled the financial irregularities in the disbursement of Zakat money ...
Pak-Iran relations will be strengthened further
At the heart of the Middle East there lies a country, which was recognised as Persia for over a century and after that it got its ...
PM to chair meeting on LG system
KARACHI - Sindh Minister of Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani has said that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has summoned a ...
Procurement Act discussed
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Wednesday held an important meeting at his Sindh Assembly Chamber and briefed ...
I want an honourable exit: Kamal
KARACHI - City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said that his tenure has almost finished and he wants to an honourable exit. Addressing ...
Sacking on political basis being reversed
KARACHI - PPP Sindh media cell spokesmen MPA Sharjeel Inam memon, Syed Ifran Ali Shah, and Fida Hussain Dhakan have said that ...
Lahore
Greg Chappel turns down PCB's coaching offer
LAHORE Former Australian captain Greg Chappell has turned down an offer to coach Pakistans embattled cricket team but reports ...
Afridi asked to appear before PCB probe committee
LAHORE The inquiry committee probing the reasons of Australia series debacle has asked flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi to ...
Pakistan set to take part in Hockey World Cup
LAHORE The officials of the Pakistan and Indian governments are in contact to pave way for the Pakistan hockey teams ...
One player ruining team spirit and unity: Yousuf
LAHORE All the trouble in the Pakistan cricket team is just because of one player, senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf has ...
Irshad bowls Lahore Eagles to victory
LAHORE Mohammad Irshad bowled Lahore Eagles to a 69 runs win over Karachi Zebras in the RBS National One-day Cricket Tournament ...
Govt believes in actions not slogans: Shahbaz
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said that the entire province was portraying the picture of ruins when the ...
Hydraulic failures in PIA planes
LAHORE - PIA aircrafts met hydraulic failures and technical problems five times within four days of this month, sending panic ...
3 killed in 24 hours: Lahorites left on mercy of dacoits
LAHORE - Dacoits went on rampage here in the provincial metropolis and gunned down three people while wounded as many on offering ...
Zakat committees corrupt, admits govt
LAHORE - The Punjab government on Wednesday admitted that the Zakat committees were corrupt to the core, and huge embezzlements ...
Flattery can do wonders
LAHORE - Flattery has a great role in politics and it can get one to anywhere one likes. This was opined by Punjab Assembly ...
Recover girl in 10 days, orders IG
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Chief Justice on Wednesday directed Punjab Inspector General Police (IGP) Tariq Saleem Dogar to ...
Inquiry committee finds nurse rude with patients
LAHORE - An inquiry committee of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has found staff nurse Wajeeha working at Radiology Department behaving ...
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