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 Thursday, February 12, 2009
Front Page
'Spectacular' raids on Afghan ministries kill 28
KABUL (Agencies) - Eight Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked three Afghan government buildings Wednesday in a coordinated assault that killed 20 people in Kabul. The attacks in a capital city dense with barricades and armed guards underscored the difficulty of fending off the Taliban ...
Taliban threaten to destroy Bajaur schools
KHAR (AFP) - The Taliban on Wednesday threatened to destroy all the schools in Bajaur if government troops did not leave the area ...
Adjustment inevitable on 20 seats
LAHORE-Out of total 50 Senate seats up for grabs on March 4, there are 20 such seats, none of which can be won by any single ...
Direct contact with India soon: Qureshi
KARACHI- A case under Terrorism Act against Ajmal Kasab, the lone gunman captured during Mumbai attacks, and his accomplices has ...
International
Iran tells Obama not to miss chance for talks
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran reiterated on Wednesday its desire for talks with the new administration of US President Barack Obama as both ...
Mugabe swears in rival as Zimbabwe's Premier
HARARE (Agencies) - Zimbabwe's Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister on Wednesday, joining his ...
Bombs, shootings shatter lull in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Twin car bombings ripped through a Baghdad bus station killing 16 people on Wednesday, as violence across Iraq ...
'Hindu Taliban' enraged by modern Indian women
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Hindu nationalists in India have been accused of behaving like Afghanistan's hardline Taliban after women were ...
Azerbaijan air force chief shot dead
BAKU (AFP) - The powerful chief of Azerbaijan's air force was shot dead outside his home Wednesday, the highest ranking military ...
Palestinians fear for peace process after Israeli vote
RAMALLAH, West Bank, (AFP) - Faced with a possible right-wing Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian ...
Islamophobist Dutch lawmaker banned from UK
LONDON (Agencies) - Britain has banned Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, notorious for his anti-Islam short film 'Fitna', ...
Zillur is new Bangladesh President
DHAKA (Agencies) - Veteran Awami League politician Zillur Rahman will be sworn in as Bangladesh's 19th President Thursday ...
White House, Lawmakers reach tentative deal of final stimulus package: report
WASHINGTON - The White House and key lawmakers have reached an tentative agreement on a massive stimulus package of 790 billion ...
Asif handed one-year IPL ban
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif was on Wednesday slapped with a one-year ban from the Indian Premier League ...
Jayawardene quits as Sri Lanka captain
COLOMBO (AFP) - Mahela Jayawardene on Wednesday decided to step down as Sri Lanka's cricket captain after the upcoming Tests in ...
Pietersen's stardom casts shadow over England batting
ST JOHN'S (AFP) - A few years ago when Brian Lara ruled the world of batting, West Indies were accused of being a one-man show ...
Flintoff calls for unity as England go for series win
ST JOHN'S (AFP) - Andrew Flintoff believes England have the character to rebound in the second Test against West Indies at the ...
Top seed Roddick rolls in ATP opener
SAN JOSE (AFP) - US top seed Andy Roddick needed only 63 minutes Tuesday to dispatch Swedish qualifier Michael Ryderstedt 6-0, ...
Prostate cancer test set to transform treatment
LONDON - British doctors will soon be able to tell men with prostate cancer through a cheap and easy test that whether their ...
Business
Forex reserves to exceed $13b by June
KARACHI - The foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan would exceed 13 billion dollars by June 2009. At present the reserves are ...
Cold-shoulder response keeps KSE bearish
LAHORE - The Karachi Stocks Exchange remained bearish for the third consecutive day in the current week on Wednesday and lost ...
Real estate to remain depressed
KARACHI - Despite witnessing a drastic reversal in flight of capital from the country, the local property market has ...
Share of imported energy rises to 35 per cent in FY08
LAHORE - The share of imported energy has risen to 35 per cent in fiscal year 2008 versus 30 per cent recorded in the ...
Remittances rise over 18pc
KARACHI - Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of $4,277.31 million was ...
Government to enhance telecom penetration in far-off areas
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday said that federal government was increasing the level of telecom ...
Oil and gas exploration to be launched in Balochistan soon
QUETTA (APP) - Chairman Senate Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources Syed Dilawar Abbas on Wednesday announced that ...
SBP ups credit cards, PLs limits
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed banks and DFIs to raise credit cards and personal loans limits to Rs 1 ...
'NTBs removal to help promote trade in S-Asia'
KARACHI - SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry President Tariq Syed has demanded the SAARC member nations to remove non-tariff ...
WB seeks innovative ideas to improve nutrition in SAsia
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The World Bank on Tuesday launched a competitive Development Marketplace for Nutrition aimed at finding and ...
Politics
UK cracks down on Pak illegal immigrants
LONDON - The UK Border and Immigration Agency (UKBA) in different raids has arrested a number of illegal immigrants of Pakistani ...
Malik, Naek, Badr get Senate tickets
ISLAMABAD " Pakistan People's Party has awarded tickets to some twenty-seven candidates from all the four provinces and the ...
Commanders brief US envoy on operations
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Military commanders on Wednesday briefed a new US troubleshooter on the fight against militants in the border ...
SC urged to nullify LHC ruling in Sharifs' case
Islamabad - Top lawyer of the Punjab Government on Wednesday, told the apex court that Lahore High Court disqualified former ...
Pirzada, two other ambassadors sacked
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has sacked three ambassadors at large including Sharif-ud-Din Pirzada, ...
Pak aid bill in a matter of days: US lawmaker
WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is reformulating a massive US development assistance programme for Pakistan, ...
China will build Makkah monorail
RIYADH (AFP) - A Chinese company has won a contract to build a 1.8 billion dollar monorail to carry pilgrims around the holy city ...
Holbrooke in City
LAHORE-US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke visited the City on Wednesday. He will hold meetings with ...
18 Pak fishermen held
AHMEDABAD (PPI) - Indian authorities on Wednesday arrested 18 Pakistani fishermen near Jakhau port in Kutch, Gujarat and also ...
Austria denies link to Mumbai attacks
VIENNA (AFP) - Austria's foreign ministry said Wednesday it had no evidence that the Mumbai attacks which killed 165 people in ...
No clear winner in Israeli polls
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu were locked in a battle for ...
Entertainment
'Bush is dead'
A South African TV station mistakenly broadcast that former US President George Bush had died during one of its news bulletins. ...
Photo shoot doesn't wake Dreamy the dormouse
NESTLED in the heart of a rose, his slumber cushioned by soft petals and his bushy tail, Dreamy the dormouse looks snoozily ...
Dramatic rise in sea level and its broad ramifications uncovered
SCIENTISTS have found proof in Bermuda that the planet's sea level was once more than 21 meters (70 feet) higher about 400,000 ...
Thailand upset with Jolie refugee comments
BANGKOK (AFP) - The Thai government on Wednesday chastised US actress Angelina Jolie and the United Nations refugee agency for ...
Baby seal with fish phobia
AS an orphan she might be expected to accept gratefully whatever food she is offered - especially when it's a staple of her ...
'Schindler' of China premieres at Berlin fest
BERLIN (AFP) - The remarkable true story of a German who helped save the lives of more than 200,000 Chinese during the Japanese ...
Islamabad
Senate body urges effective audit system for DHA accounts
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production Wednesday called for establishing an effective ...
Police teams constituted to ensure security
RAWALPINDI-In the back drop of recent terrorist attacks, Range Vigilance Team (RVT) has been constituted to check the security ...
Call to fight against dowry
ISLAMABAD - To mark the National Women Day, civil society activists on Wednesday held a consultative meeting with special focus ...
Pak-Afghan health officials endorse recommendations
ISLAMABAD - A two-day high level meeting of health officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan concluded here Wednesday after ...
Textile exhibition concludes at FGCW F-7/2
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Third annual exhibition of textile and fashion designing by students of M.Sc Home Economics concluded at Federal ...
Argentina keen to operate CNG buses in major cities
ISLAMABAD - Argentina has pledged technical assistance for establishing high-pressure CNG stations besides expressing interest in ...
Karachi
90pc Sindh industries shifted to other provinces
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Industries Muhammad Abdul Rauf Siddiqui has said that 90 per cent of industries in Sindh had been ...
Man attempts self-immolation against abduction of wife, three daughters
Karachi (PPI) - A man tried to commit self-immolation along with his son outside Karachi Press Club against the abduction of his ...
Maria Shah's death dominates SA session
KARACHI - The death of an acid burn victim, Maria Shah of Shikarpur, dominated the proceedings of Sindh Assembly on Wednesday ...
Kidnapping cases on the rise in City
KARACHI - Extremist outfits, involved in terrorist activities in tribal areas of the country, have once again resumed kidnapping ...
Altaf condemns ANP lawmaker's assassination
KARACHI - MQM Chief Altaf Hussain strongly condemned the killing of ANP legislator of NWFP Assembly Alam Zaib Khan in a Peshawar ...
Peshawar blast flayed
KARACHI - JI Sindh leader Asadullah Bhutto has denounced the Peshawar bomb blast and expressed his deep sorrow over the killing ...
Ali, Shafiq slam tons for Karachi Whites
KARACHI - Karachi Whites opener Ali Asad who had retired hurt overnight came back to complete a deserving hundred and his ...
Lahore
Guard killed, Rs1m looted
LAHORE - Three robbers Wednesday looted a cash van of a local textile mill after killing its security guard at the spot and ...
Cases against lawyers withdrawn
LAHORE - Lawyers and political leaders at a condolence reference organised by the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) ...
3,284 seats yet to be filled by govt
LAHORE - If on one hand, the Punjab Government is claiming to have provided medicines to all, the Members Punjab Assembly, then ...
Attendance rules not based on realities
LAHORE - The tough attendance and leave rules of Government College University are pursued by the authorities so strictly that ...
New package for lecturers on cards
LAHORE - The provincial government has formulated a new package regarding the salaries and allowances for the college teachers ...
Govt asked to repeal Article questioning women character
LAHORE - A full bench of the Federal Shariah Court Wednesday ordered President of Pakistan to strike down a law that allows ...
Senate has no authority to dictate: Ijaz Butt
LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt Wednesday questioned the supremacy of the Senate Committee on Sports saying ...
Asif to challenge doping ban
LAHORE - Still insisting that he had not taken any banned substance intentionally, pacer Mohammad Asif Wednesday said he would ...
Aamer Sohail given additional charge of marketing
LAHORE - Director national Cricket Academy Aamer Sohail denied to have asked to take extra responsibilities of media but have ...
ICC not to tolerate doping scandals
LAHORE - Shortly after the Indian Premier League (IPL) slapped a year long ban on Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif , the ...
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