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 Monday, February 16, 2009
Front Page
Agreement signed to restore peace in Swat
PESHAWAR/Swat - At last efforts of the NWFP government proved fruitful on Sunday when Maulana Sufi Muhammad, Chief of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), the banned outfit, and the NWFP government reached an agreement on Nizam-e-Adl Regulations. Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti would ...
Dacoits shoot dead seven in Sheikhupura
SHEIKHUPURA (APP) - Seven persons were killed and two others sustained bullet injuries when four dacoits opened fire at a car and ...
Federal Cabinet to meet in City on Wednesday
LAHORE - The Federal Cabinet will hold its next meeting in Lahore on February 18 (Wednesday) with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza ...
Freed Chinese shifted to Islamabad
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - Taliban militants have released a Chinese engineer six months after he was abducted in northwest Pakistan, ...
International
Israel mulls Gaza truce
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert consulted key cabinet members on Sunday on Egyptian-brokered Gaza truce ...
Kadima calls for power-sharing deal with Likud
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's centrist Kadima party on Sunday called for a power-sharing deal with right-wing Likud leader Benjamin ...
Saudi king's government shakeup hailed as 'bold'
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudis on Sunday cheered King Abdullah's sweeping government shakeup as a bold step forward, a day after he sacked ...
Russia still haunted by Afghan ghosts
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, haunted by its catastrophic ...
Israel main arms supplier to India
JERUSALEM (Agencies) - Israel has emerged as India's largest defence supplier, overtaking Russia, as Tel Aviv has signed defence ...
China, US to resume military talks
BEIJING (AFP) - China and the United States will resume military consultations this month that were postponed last year when ...
Indian budget today
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's ruling Congress party will present Monday a pre-election mini-budget that will seek to shield the ...
Iraq probe eyes US mily officers
NEW YORK - A U.S. probe of Iraq's reconstruction contracting, a $125 billion American-led effort, has expanded to include ...
Venezuelans vote on Chavez's political gamble
CARACAS (AFP) - The political future of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hung in the balance on Sunday, as millions of voters ...
Australia pip New Zealand by a run in T20 thriller
SYDNEY (Agencies) - Brendon McCullum's sizzling 61 off 47 balls went in vain as Australia bowled exceptionally well at the death ...
Australians under pressure, says Smith
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Australia will be a touring team under pressure when they arrive in South Africa Monday, according to South ...
Miandad visit to greatly help develop cricket in China: Coach Rashid
BEIJING (APP) - The next month visit of Pakistan prolific batsman, former captain and country's cricket Ambassador to China Javed ...
Bolt takes 400m victory in 2009 debut
KINGSTON (AFP) - Usain Bolt opened his 2009 season here Saturday the same way he ran to sprint gold at the Beijing Olympics, ...
Murray beats struggling Nadal
ROTTERDAM (AFP) - Andy Murray survived a contest riddled with seven breaks of serve in the second set to win the Rotterdam Open ...
Islamic TV owner charged with beheading wife
NEW YORK - A Pakistani-American businessman, who founded a television network to improve the image of Muslims in the U.S., has ...
Politics
Join American mily, get US citizenship
NEW YORK - The United States Army is to accept immigrants with temporary US visas, for the first time since the Vietnam war, ...
2 high-intensity bombs defused at Landikotal
LANDIKOTAL - Bomb Disposal Squad on Sunday morning defused two high-intensity bombs, planted by militants in different areas of ...
Two securitymen die in Naseerabad checkpost attack
QUETTA - At least two security personnel were reportedly killed and two others sustained injuries in an armed attack at a ...
Security forces receive Chinese jamming devices
Islamabad- Security forces engaged in combating terrorism in Swat region have received jamming system to help stop illegal FM ...
Engine of Iran-bound train derails
QUETTA - Engine of Iran-bound train Zahidan Passenger derailed near Nushki area on Sunday, suspending rail traffic between Quetta ...
Punjab seeks Centre's help for border patrol
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif called on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the State Guest House on Sunday. The ...
EC clears 141 for Senate elections
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday cleared as many as 141 out of total 158 candidates to contest the ...
Indian Foreign Ministry's 600 computers hacked
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - The Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday said that no classified information has been stolen, ...
Asif for prompt compensation to militancy-hit people
ISLAMABAD " President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday advised the NWFP government to immediately undertake the payment of compensation ...
Entertainment
Lily Allen begs fans to buy album
LILY Allen has begged fans to buy her new album. The 'Fear' singer is desperate for her new record 'It's Not Me, It's You' to top ...
Peru's Milk of Sorrow captures Golden Bear
BERLIN (AFP) - The Berlin Film Festival wrapped up Sunday after handing its Golden Bear top prize to a Peruvian director for "The ...
Decoy molecules drive cancer cells to suicide
PARIS (AFP) - French specialists on Sunday unveiled a new weapon against cancer " a molecular "decoy" that mimicks DNA damage and ...
Rihanna agrees to dump Chris Brown
RIHANNA has decided to end her relationship with Chris Brown following their alleged altercation last weekend, according to a ...
Bricks ain't what they used to be as a company develops mobile phone
LEAKED images of what appears to be the world's first Lego mobile phone have appeared on the internet. The brightly coloured ...
Climate change: 'Feedback' triggers could amplify peril
PARIS (AFP) - New studies have warned of triggers in the natural environment, including a greenhouse-gas timebomb in Siberia and ...
Islamabad
80-year-old woman put behind bars
RAWALPINDI - Punjab Police showing little regard for age and seniority kept an octogenarian lady behind the bar for one whole ...
Rs 12.50 million spent on CDA chief's guests
ISLAMABAD - Despite severe economic crunch in the country, Capital Development Authority (CDA) has spent Rs 12.50 million on ...
Sumsam links democracy with steady development
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Sumsam Ali Shah Bukhari has said the restoration of ...
'Promoting democratic norms PPP govt hallmark'
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi said here on Sunday the PPP-led coalition government ...
Strict monitoring of food prices ordered
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Amer Ali Ahmed Sunday directed magistrates to ensure ...
CEDAW report to be submitted in April
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Ministry of Women Development (MoWD) will submit its fourth report of Convention on Elimination of all forms of ...
Karachi
84m people may die of cancer till 2015
KARACHI - International Childhood Cancer Day was observed on Sunday in the metropolis, following the project of international ...
Prices of essential items remain high
RAMZAN CHANDIO & SADIA SAEED KARACHI - The commodity prices in the local markets of the metropolitan are fluctuating. The ...
Nazim opens Audiometry unit at ASH
KARACHI - Two new units of Audiometery and Child Ventilator Units have been established in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital involving a ...
India-backed IMF's bailout package for Pakistan but...
It seems unbelievable and unimaginable for Pakistanis but it is on record and fact that India has vehemently supported Pakistan ...
Secret balloting settles SBC dispute
KARACHI - The dispute between the groups of Sindh Bar Council (SBC) has been settled down after the secret balloting of members, ...
Lawyers get life threats
KARACHI - Scores of high-profile cases of terrorism were moving at a snails pace in the Anti Terrorist Court (ATC) due to the ...
Jayawardene looks forward to Pakistan challenge
KARACHI - Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawerdene looked confident enough to grab his chances against Pakistan on his last test ...
Lahore
Lahore Roads Rehab Programme in limbo
LAHORE - The Frontier Works Organization (FWO), the most favourite development agency of Punjab government, has delayed another ...
Encounters galore
LAHORE - City police have gunned down another three gangsters during a 'staged encounter' here in Batapur area on late Saturday ...
Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) today
LAHORE - Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) who sacrificed his life along with 72 members of his family and companions at ...
Media not free even today
LAHORE - Editor The Nation and President Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Arif Nizami has been given the human rights ...
Another Valentine's Day
The big news was supposed to be the visit by Richard Holbrooke, who will solve the Kashmir issue single-handed, but the really ...
Thousands flock to Data Darbar
LAHORE - Thousands of people thronged the shrine of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh (RA) on the second day of 965th Urs of the saint. ...
Bhola Bhala becomes Rustam-i-Pakistan yet again
LAHORE - Bashir Bhola Bhala won the Rustam-i-Pakistan title for the straight 15th time beating Hamid Ali Khan here at the packed ...
Rasheed wins silver medal in Iran's Fajr athletics meet
LAHORE - Pakistan athlete Abdul Rasheed won silver medal in Iran's Fajr International Indoor Athletics Championship. In all ...
Balochistan, Railways, Police get wins
LAHORE - Police had an easy sailing against hapless NWFP and so did Balochistan over Islamabad but Railways had to work hard for ...
NBP humble Lahore Shalimar
LAHORE - National Bank of Pakistan humbled Lahore Shalimar by an innings and 90 in the ninth round match of the Quaid Trophy here ...
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