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 Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Front Page
31 die in first Kurram drone attack
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - At least 31 people were killed Monday in Kurram Agency close to the Afghanistan border in what appeared to be a missile strike from an American drone, according to a government official and a resident of the tribal region. The government official, who spoke anonymously because ...
CIA helped Pakistan, India exchange info
WASHINGTON - The US Central Intelligence Agency helped arrange back-channel intelligence exchanges between India and Pakistan in ...
First contact between MQM, 'N' in a decade
KARACHI (APP) - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said Monday that his government has constituted a committee for preparation ...
India hikes defence budget by 35 per cent
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India has hiked its defence budget by 35 per cent in the next fiscal year (2009-10) as compared to last ...
US monitoring peace deal
NEW DELHI (Agencies) -US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said the United States is closely ...
International
Hamas refuses to link truce to soldier's release
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hamas on Monday insisted it would not discuss releasing captured Israel soldier Gilad Shalit as part ...
Chavez wins bid to scrap Venezuela term limits
CARACAS (AFP) - Opponents of Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez Monday warned of greater authoritarian rule after he ...
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli aircraft struck smuggling tunnels on Gaza's border with Egypt on Monday, after two rockets were fired ...
Iraq sheds US puppet image in its own backyard: FM
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq is regaining its place in the region and is no longer seen as a US puppet, especially as it slips down the ...
Afghan diplomat charged for beating up wife
NEW YORK - An Afghan diplomat has been charged for severely beating his 22-year-old wife during a dispute at his residence in New ...
Russia concerned about fallout from insurgency-hit Afghanistan: report
NEW YORK - Russia, which is home to a sizable Muslim minority, fears that a further deterioration in insurgency-hit Afghanistan ...
Obama to decide on more troops for Afghan war
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House on Monday promised that President Barack Obama would "shortly" make a decision on whether to ...
Clinton kicks off first trip in 'indispensable' Asia
TOKYO (AFP) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched her Asia tour in Japan Monday calling US-Pacific ties "indispensable" ...
Bombs and bullets kill 15
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Eleven people including Shia devotees returning to Baghdad were killed and dozens wounded in roadside bombings ...
Tigers killing civilians fleeing Lankan war zone: UN
COLOMBO (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas have prevented tens of thousands of civilians from leaving Sri Lanka's war zone and those ...
Paris winner Mauresmo on tight flight path
DUBAI (AFP) - Amelie Mauresmo's marvellous return to form in what she has hinted may be the final year of her career has landed ...
Business
Japanese economy crumbles, G7 urges global action
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan said on Monday it was trapped in its worst economic downturn since World War II, revealing a huge setback ...
IERS amount increases to Rs7b during 3QCY08
KARACHI - The amount outstanding under Islamic Export Refinance Scheme (IERS) has increased to Rs 7 billion during third quarter ...
Bids for 1,191 MW rental power projects open
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) on Monday received 10 bids for 1,191 MW of cumulative capacity, ...
MCB earns Rs15.4 billion net profit
KARACHI - MCB Bank has posted Rs 15.4 billion profit after tax during calendar year 2008 (CY08) as against Rs15.3 billion PAT of ...
Stock market recovers further; up 151 points
LAHORE - The equity market managed to retain an upward trend on the first trading day of the week with bulls remaining ...
PSF import Aptma opposes 10 per cent anti-dumping duty
LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textiles Mills Association (Punjab-chapter) has expressed grave concern over the recently imposed 10 ...
Pakistan a destination of choice for investors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday said that due to country's geo-strategic location, availability ...
Roots of Pak energy crisis
Mismanagement of public sector: Pakistan's energy sector ails from mismanagement and poor governance, starting from the various ...
Carbon Credit system: A blessing in disguise?
Pakarab Fertilizers (Pvt.) Ltd., Multan has earned $ 13 million through the sale of CERs (Certified Emission Reductions) in its ...
LCCI for labour laws reforms
LAHORE - All the labour laws need to be re-examined and re-evaluated to develop synergy among the industrial workers, employers ...
Politics
Punjab govt can't blackmail 'Q': Pervaiz
KASUR - PML-Q Central leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi Monday said that his party would defend the local governments (LG)s at any ...
Swat deal to stem unrest
LAHORE-The Sharia system of justice in Malakand has been enforced to earn the prized peace not only for Swat and adjoining areas ...
Govt to seek additional $4.5b, says Tarin
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has said economically the country has suffered a great deal due to war on ...
Ex-CIA official warns of Pakistan falling to 'Jihadists'
NEW YORK - A former CIA official who advised President Barack Obama on South Asia has warned of a "serious possibility" of ...
US anti-terror tactics weaken law: ICJ report
LONDON - The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Monday in its most extensive studies of counter-terrorism and human ...
Australia wants action against terror groups
ISLAMABAD - Australia has urged Pakistan to crackdown against terror groups like the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba blamed for ...
PAC asks tourism minister to return official vehicle
ISLAMABAD - US$153.729 million loans lent by the government of Pakistan during the period of 1988-98 are not paid off by some ...
Solecki's kidnappers extend deadline
QUETTA-The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) on Monday extended the deadline earlier given for the murder of UN official John ...
Farm levy must to get more from IMF
ISLAMABAD " Imposition of rural agriculture income tax, a provincial subject under the constitution, would be a pre-condition to ...
Musharraf sees conspiracy against Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - Strongly rejecting the allegations levelled by a foreign journalist that he was in coordination with the Taliban, ...
SC questions CS plea status
ISLAMABAD - A three-judge bench of Supreme Court Monday questioned the locus standi of Chief Secretary Punjab for filing an ...
Subsidy on USC items goes
ISLAMABAD - The government has withdrawn subsidy on all the products at Utility Stores Corporation due to the prevailing ...
Entertainment
Salma Hayek marries French tycoon Pinault
PARIS (AFP) - Mexican actress Salma Hayek and French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault married at the weekend in Paris, a local ...
Infant power mobility on display
CHILDREN with mobility issues, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, can't explore the world like other babies, because they ...
Oscar gold no guarantee of future success
HOLLYWOOD (AFP) - A passport to plum roles or a weighty albatross? They might be the most coveted awards in showbusiness, but ...
Chris Brown sorry and saddened
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - R&B singer-songwriter Chris Brown, arrested last week for alleged domestic violence, said Sunday he was ...
Bizarre creatures of the Arctic and Antarctic seas
AT least 235 types of cold-loving creatures have been discovered thriving at the bottom of the Arctic and Antarctic seas, ...
Japanese turtle to get prosthetic limbs
TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese conservation group said Monday it plans to fit prosthetic front limbs to a sea turtle injured in what ...
Islamabad
Payment row can delay Faisal Avenue flyover opening
ISLAMABAD- The Faisal Avenue Flyover can be opened for traffic by February 28 if the CDA releases payments overdue since May ...
PBC musicians feel 'discriminated' for not being regularised
ISLAMABAD - As many as 45 musicians associated with the Radio stations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have demanded of the PPP-led ...
'NAB to question former Consul General to US'
ISLAMABAD (APP) " An official of the National Accountability Bureau here Monday apprised the Islamabad High Court that former ...
Rich tributes paid to Hazrat Imam Hussian (AS)
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Like others part of the globe the Chelum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) was observed on Monday throughout the ...
HRSP condemns police highhandedness
RAWALPINDI - The Human Rights Society of Pakistan (HRSP) has condemned police act of keeping an aged Sakina Bibi behind the bar ...
Egyptian teachers join IIUI
ISLAMABAD (APP)- As many as 26 Egyptian teachers joined International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) here on Monday. A ...
Hameed flays PTF's double standards
ISLAMABAD - Former Davis cupper Hameedul Haq flayed Pakistan Tennis Federation on its double standard in selection of players for ...
Junior Davis Cup team finalized
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Tennis Federation has finalized the three-member team for the Junior Davis Cup Tennis Tie that would be ...
Six matches decided in Women Volleyball
ISLMABAD - As many as six matches have been decided on the opening day of the 8th National Women's Volleyball Championship that ...
Karachi
Chehlum of Imam Hussain observed in City
KARACHI - The central procession of Chehlum-e-Imam Hussain (AS) was taken out on Monday from Nishtar Park to Imam Bargah, ...
CDGK schools lack funds for co-curricular activities
KARACHI - The education department of city district government has failed to start girls guide programme, scout and sports ...
AJ remands Baitullah's aides to police custody
KARACHI (PPI) - Administrative Judge of Anti-Terrorism Court Karachi, Justice Salman Ansari of Sindh High Court Monday remanded ...
29 Sindh colleges operate without SNE teachers
KARACHI - Around 29 colleges in Sindh are working without Sanctioned Numbers of Employees (SNE) teachers because their SNEs are ...
President, PM condole with Qaim Ali Shah
KARACHI (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani telephoned Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali ...
Pak filmmakers make their mark at Kara fest
KARACHI - Many Pakistani filmmakers won Ciepies (the Kara Film Festival awards) at the closing night of 7th Kara Film Festival on ...
Stylish farewell promised for skipper Jayawardene
KARACHI - Sri Lanka's senior batting star Thilan Samarawweera said here Monday that the team would give its hundred percent in ...
Patrons XI, Sri Lanka warm-up match from today
KARACHI - Promising youngster Saeed bin Nasir is in run along with a number of other aspirants for a slot in the Pakistan team ...
Injury-prone Akhtar eyes Bangladesh series return
KARACHI (AFP) - Injury-prone Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar said Monday he hoped to recover from a knee injury and return to ...
Pakistan team continue training at Steel Mills ground
KARACHI - Pakistan test team probable continued their brief fitness conditioning training for the second day on Monday at the far ...
Lahore
No support for 'movement' to derail democracy: Khosa
LAHORE - PML-N Punjab president and senior advisor to CM Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa has announced that PML-N central ...
Data Sahib Urs concludes
LAHORE - The three-day annual Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh concluded on Monday after nightlong celebrations of various events, ...
Minister gets applause for 'reading' Urdu
LAHORE - Disorder prevailed during question hour at the Punjab Assembly on Monday when the speaker failed to keep discipline and ...
Only one candidate for LHCBA elections
LAHORE - Election campaign for Lahore High Court Bar Association's annual election 2009-10, scheduled to be held on Feb 28, has ...
Collapse caused by violation of by-laws
LAHORE - A high-powered inquiry team constituted under the supervision of Additional IG CID to probe into incident of collapse of ...
New commercialisation policy for metropolis
LAHORE - After a 2-year ban, Punjab government has announced a new commercialisation policy declaring 58 roads as commercial ...
PSB turns focus towards football, medal potential sports
LAHORE - Syed Amir Hamza Gilani, Director General of Pakistan Sports Board, said that the PSB is taking tangible steps to produce ...
Railways lead in Benazir Shaheed Gold Cup Women's Hockey
LAHORE - As many as three matches were played on Tuesday in the Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Gold Cup Women's Hockey ...
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