Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
The Nation in print for Friday, February 13, 2009
Front Page
Part of Mumbai plot hatched in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday acknowledged for the first time that Mumbai attacks were partially planned on its soil saying six persons have been arrested in this regard including the key leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. An FIR has also been registered against 8 persons ...
US not to repeat past mistakes: Holbrooke
LAHORE-US special envoy on Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke called on PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at his ...
Two troops among four dead in clashes
SWAT - At least three persons, including a securityman and a minor, have been killed and several others injured in different ...
Zardari, Asfandyar mull grabbing all NWFP Senate seats
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) have intensified their efforts at top leadership level ...
International
United States weapons astray in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The US military has failed to keep track of thousands of weapons, including assault rifles and grenade ...
Bomb kills 8 devotees in Iraq
KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) - Eight pilgrims were killed in a bomb attack near a Karbala shrine on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of ...
Al-Qaeda 'finance minister' arrested
TIKRIT, Iraq (AFP) - Al-Qaeda "finance minister" was arrested in the north of the country on Thursday, the police chief in ...
Lanka rejects UK envoy
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected Britain's appointment of former defence minister Des Browne as a special envoy to ...
33 dead in Colombia unrest
BOGOTA (AFP) - An explosive device believed to have been planted by leftist rebels killed six people and wounded at least 10 more ...
Nato chief seeks to reassure France over rejoining command
PARIS (AFP) - France will lose no sovereignty if it returns to NATO's military command, alliance Secretary General Jaap de Hoop ...
Afghan army expansion plans insufficient: UK
LONDON (AFP) - Current expansion plans for the Afghan Army are "completely insufficient," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ...
ICC denies decision on arrest warrant for Sudan's President
UNITED NATIONS - The International Criminal Court (ICC) says that no decision has been made yet on the application for an arrest ...
Hopeful England aim to draw level in Antigua
NORTH SOUND (AFP) - England seek to draw level in a Test series that they were favoured to win when they face West Indies in the ...
New Zealand tour will be tough: Tendulkar
MUMBAI (AFP) - India's batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday said it would be a challenge for the inexperienced Indian ...
Serena and Jankovic back in the groove at Paris Open
PARIS (AFP) - Serena Williams began her third stint as world number one with a straightforward 6-1, 6-4 victory over Czech ...
Leona implicated in Rihanna attack
LEONA Lewis has been forced to issue a statement after becoming implicated in the recent Chris Brown and Rihanna scandal. Lewis ...
Business
Economic crisis hitting poor hard in developing world: WB
WASHINGTON - The spreading global economic crisis is trapping up to 53 million people in poverty in the developing world and ...
MQM supports PPP stance on KBD issue
KARACHI - MQM legislators in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday fully supported the PPP in latter's opposition to the construction of ...
Auto sales down 50pc in 7 months
KARACHI - The auto sales have declined by a massive 50 per cent during seven months of current fiscal year (2008-09), prompting ...
179 hotels paying paltry taxes
KARACHI - Despite the registration of a huge number of 179 hotels with Sindh Excise and Taxation Department across the province, ...
Gas production from Sui declines by 3.4pc
LAHORE - Oil and Gas Development Company's oil production has shown a decline of 6.8 per cent YoY from 44,290 bpd to 41,260 bpd ...
Farmers must get minimum guarantee price: Gilani
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal Thursday called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza ...
Bearish trend haunts stock market for 4th day
LAHORE - The bearish trend continued to haunt the equity market for the fourth straight day on Thursday and the KSE 100 index ...
Summery to reduce mark up rates to be sent to PM: Wattoo
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Ministry of Industries and Production (MoIP) will send a summery to the Prime Minister for reduction in mark up ...
IFC provides $121m to Pak banks for trade financing
ISLAMABAD - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a leading member of the World Bank Group, has provided $121 million ...
Pepco asked to improve recovery of its dues
LAHORE - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin has directed Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) to improve the ...
UK help sought to make Pakistan knowledge-based economy
LAHORE - Director UK Trade and Investment Robert Gibson has said that global recession could be tackled with collective approach ...
US retail sales stage surprise rebound
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US retail sales, a key engine of the economy, rebounded unexpectedly in January, rising 1.0 percent, after six ...
Politics
'Let's face death for peace'
PESHAWAR " "Let us go to the troubled Swat to hold talks with Taliban. Death has no calendar. We, the entire people, will have to ...
'N' unfolds 10 Senate hopefuls
LAHORE - The PML-N has named 10 candidates for upcoming Senate elections in the Party Parliamentary Board meeting held at Raiwind ...
Angry Senators move motion against PCB chief
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Privilege Committee of the Senate, Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, said Thursday that Chairman Pakistan Cricket ...
President to visit China from 20th
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will proceed to China from February 20 on a four-day long visit, Foreign Office Spokesman ...
Satellites collide in first accident in space
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Russian and a US satellite crashed into each other in the first known major space collision, creating clouds ...
Karzai failing to halt Taliban, top U.S. int'l official warns
WASHINGTON " The new director of national intelligence warned Thursday that Afghanistan's weak and corrupt government is failing ...
US hails Pakistan's arrests of Mumbai attack suspects
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday welcomed Pakistan's arrest of six suspects linked to Mumbai attacks as a "good step" ...
UN satisfied with Pakistani compliance of Dawa sanctions: official
UNITED NATIONS - A senior United Nations official Thursday said Pakistan was on track in complying with the UN's sanctions on ...
Int'l court denies any decision on arrest warrant for Sudan's President
UNITED NATIONS - The International Criminal Court (ICC) says that no decision has been made yet on the application for an arrest ...
UK refuses entry to 'Fitna' Dutch MP
LONDON - Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, notorious for his anti-Islam short film "Fitna", was turned away from Heathrow ...
Interpol seeks FIA help to nab 3 terror suspects
KARACHI - Interpol has sought help from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to arrest three suspected terrorists affiliated ...
Americans want probe into 'war on terror' excesses
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two-thirds of Americans favour investigating whether the George W Bush administration overstepped legal ...
Two Afghans killed in Quetta clash
QUETTA (APP) - Two Afghan nationals were killed while two others got seriously injured after armed clash erupted between two ...
Elderly bomber kills Afghan policeman
KHOST (AFP) - An elderly man, who appeared to have difficulty in walking, blew himself up and killed a policeman who was helping ...
Huge public interest over UK crackdown report
LONDON - Reports on UK crackdown on illegal Pakistani immigrants published in The Nation/ Nawa-i-Waqt on Wednesday sparked huge ...
Entertainment
Kidman takes part in fire appeal
NICOLE Kidman, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman are taking part in a nationally televised bushfire appeal in Australia. The ...
Obama makes pilgrimage to Lincoln assassination site
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday made a poignant pilgrimage to "hallowed" Ford's Theatre where his ...
Think twice before choosing a password
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Better think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets. Passwords ...
Even natural perfumes may cause allergies
HYPERSENSITIVITY to perfumes is the most common contact allergy in adults. Research at the University of Gothenburg has ...
Why fruits ripen and flowers die
BEST known for its effects on fruit ripening and flower fading, the gaseous plant hormone ethylene shortens the shelf life of ...
Islamabad
Shopkeepers accuse CDA of harassment
ISALMABAD - The anti encroachment drive launched by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) might be aimed at clearing the ...
Children Bureau officials thrash mother
RAWALPINDI-In sheer violation of human rights and mandate given to the government departments, staffers of Police and Child ...
Elimination of neonatal tetanus by 2010
ISLAMABAD-Considering neonatal tetanus, a major public health problem that contributes 25 percent of the infant mortality in ...
11 profiteers fined for over charging
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory Administration in order to ensure the availability of food items at control rate, has ...
PAL launches special issue on Faiz
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Faiz gave a unique flavour to Urdu ghazal and Nazam by harmonizing modern sensibility and classical tone and ...
CDA directed to complete all projects in time
ISLAMABAD (APP ) - Cabinet Secretary Zafar Mahmood Thursday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) that all projects ...
No differences with PCB chairman, says Miandad
ISLAMABAD - Former Director General, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Javad Maindad said that he had no differences with the head of ...
National
5th Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally from Feb 26
BAHAWALPUR - The 5th Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally will commence from February 26 from Fort Derawar, Ahmedpur East. A meeting was ...
Karachi
Lawmakers patronising Gutka sellers, says Mirza
KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulifqar Mirza has disclosed that the legislators and politicians are pressurising him not to ...
Lawyers, government planning to win the day
Karachi - The government along with its coalition partners will organise huge rallies and public gatherings in Sindh on March 12 ...
Decision to raise power tariff put off
KARACHI - Federal government has revoked the SRO released the other day allowing the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to ...
MQM vows support to Swat people
KARACHI - MQM Chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday said that MQM would support the people affected by terrorism activities of Swat ...
Media City being set up in Karachi
KARACHI (APP) - A media city would be established in the metropolis and the expression of interest (EOI) would be published in ...
Lahore
Rumpus in House over minister's remarks
LAHORE - Rumpus was created in the Punjab Assembly on Thursday after the Provincial Minister Prisons jumped into the smooth ...
'Corrupt people' will not restore judiciary
LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Imran Khan has said the government is trying hard to create differences among ...
Prisoners using cellphones with nod of jail staff
LAHORE - With the connivance of the lower staff, prisoners are involved in blackmailing the superintendent Camp Jail by ...
Secretary Services directed to remove encroachments
LAHORE - Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of the Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the Secretary Services to remove encroachments ...
No positive results sans improving law and order situation: Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said maintenance of law and order in the province is top priority of the ...
Haider condemns imposition of Section 144
LAHORE - Former Attorney General and human rights activist Syed Iqbal Haider has blamed the PPP government for following policies ...
PCB to form committee on Oval Test dispute
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided here on Thursday to form themselves a three-member committee to probe into ...
Pakistan ladies suffer yet another defeat in B'desh
LAHORE - Pakistan ladies suffered another defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the tri-nation women cricket tournament being ...
Faizan in doubles ITF Tennis semis
LAHORE - Pakistan junior tennis star Faizan Khurram and his Danish partner Daniel have moved into the semi-final of the ITF ...
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