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 Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Front Page
First blast after peace deal kills 8
PESHAWAR - As many as eight people including two assailants were killed and 17 others got injured, many of them critically, when a bomb planted in a car blew up outside the house of Union Nazim Bazid Khel, Faheemur Rehman, in Badabair area here Tuesday, police said. The blast occurred a day after ...
Sufi reaches Mingora to ensure peace
MINGORA " In a bid to fulfil his responsibilities regarding return of peace in volatile Swat region, Chief of banned Tehrik Nifaz ...
PPP, ANP, JUI-F make alliance for NWFP seats
PESHAWAR - Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) and Pakistan People's Party have agreed to field joint candidates ...
US, Nato concerned over Swat accord
TOKYO (Agencies) - Expressing grave concern over the activities of extremists in Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
International
Afghan government gives amnesty to 60 Taliban
KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan government announced Tuesday it had given amnesty to nearly 60 Taliban fighters who had agreed to lay ...
2,118 Afghan civilians killed in 2008: UN
UNITED NATIONS - The number of civilians killed in the war in Afghanistan rose 40 per cent last year to a record 2,118 people, ...
UK becoming a police state: ex-MI5 chief
LONDON - Former head of the British secret service MI5 on Tuesday accused the UK government of exploiting the fear of terrorism ...
Israel still at odds with Hamas over Gaza truce
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated on Tuesday that the blockade of Gaza will be lifted only after ...
NKorea N-ambitions disruptive, says Hillary
TOKYO (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Japanese leaders Tuesday that North Korea's nuclear ambitions are ...
Problem can't be solely solved thru mily means: Obama
OTTAWA (AFP) - US President Barack Obama is to outline a "comprehensive strategy" for Afghanistan he hopes Canadians can support, ...
US Gen in Uzbekistan for transit talks
TASHKENT (AFP) - Top US General David Petraeus on Tuesday held talks with President Islam Karimov in Uzbekistan as coalition ...
Iranian minister in Russia on missile quest
MOSCOW (AFP) - Iran's Defence Minister on Tuesday met his Russian counterpart with the reported aim of persuading Moscow to ...
Sudan in deal with Darfur rebels
DOHA (AFP) - Sudan and Darfur's most active rebel group signed an accord on Tuesday paving the way for broader peace talks to end ...
Japan's finance minister quits over G7 debacle
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Finance Minister quit Tuesday after triggering a political storm over his apparently drunken behaviour at a ...
Top players Venus calls for drug-testing reform
DUBAI (AFP) - Venus Williams called for reform of drug-testing practices after reaching the second round of the Dubai Open on ...
Ana has help and a revenge
DUBAI (AFP) - Former world number one Ana Ivanovic provided hints on and off the court at the Dubai Open here Monday as to why ...
Business
Sindh to buy Rs28b wheat next month
KARACHI - The Federal Government has instructed all the provinces to gear up their preparations to achieve the procurement target ...
4 items imports' quantum plummets
KARACHI - Out of total imports, the Y-o-Y growth of imports' quantum in four major items has decreased sharply during seven ...
Pakistan seeks preferential trade with Australia
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan will reinvigorate its existing cordial multifaceted ...
Pakistan achieves IMF budget deficit target
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan is to ask for an additional loan of 4.5 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund to patch up ...
Bull-run continues as KSE gains another 63 points
LAHORE - Investors buying in communication and banking sectors here on Tuesday kept the bullish trend prevailed in the Karachi ...
Environment investment may jump-start world economy
UNITED NATIONS - Investing one-third of the roughly $2.5 trillion planned stimulus funds in "greening" the global economy will ...
UBL, EFU launch insurance products
KARACHI - United Bank Limited (UBL) and EFU Life Assurance Ltd have launched a range of insurance products under the brand name ...
US policy to ensure greater market access to Pakistan in the offing
LAHORE - Principal Officer US Consulate Bryan D Hunt has said that the US administration is framing a new strategy to ensure ...
Govt's economic achievements in first year
Prof Dr Khawaja Amjad Saeed The present government inherited various legacies such as 'low GDP - tax ratio, heavy internal and ...
Turkish, Singapore airlines ink agreement
KARACHI - Turkish Airlines' customers travelling between Istanbul and Singapore will have a choice of ten flights a week, as a ...
Politics
New privatisation policy approved
ISLAMABAD - The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation on Tuesday approved the new Privatisation Policy besides approving ...
Asif carries heavy agenda to China
ISLAMABAD- President Asif Ali Zardari would be carrying a heavy agenda of development cooperation for his forthcoming visit to ...
Country awaits fruit of democracy
ISLAMABAD - Not much has changed since the historic elections held exactly one year back on the same day wherein the people of ...
Shahbaz calls for new social contract
QUETTA-Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that they would support any new social contract if formed with ...
PAC shows concern over loss of Rs 4.3b to NLC
ISLAMABAD - Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has expressed grave concern over the loss of Rs 4.30 ...
MPs urge President to sign Swat deal
ISLAMABAD - Members of National Assembly (MNAs) belonging to Malakand Division have hailed the agreement signed between the NWFP ...
Federal Cabinet meets in City today
LAHORE - The Federal Cabinet will be meeting here on Wednesday at the Governor's House with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza ...
Taliban threats to Swati immigrants reach New York: report
NEW YORK - Pakistani immigrants from the Swat valley have told a leading US newspaper that the Taliban are singling out their ...
I'm following BB's policy, says Aitzaz
ISLAMABAD - Former federal minister and Pakistan People's Party central leader Ch Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the show-cause ...
Entertainment
Julia invites Obama for dinner
JULIA Roberts wants to invite resident Barack Obama to dinner. The "Pretty Woman" star says the Obama family top the invite list ...
Princess meets Mickey and Minnie Mouse
BEING the daughter of one of Hollywood's most well paid actors certainly has its perks. And toddler Suri Cruise was enjoying the ...
Winslet's The Reader faces renewed Jewish criticism
The adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's best-selling novel has been hit by accusations of "Holocaust revisionism". Winslet plays ...
'Frozen smoke' ultimate sponge for cleaning up oil spills
SCIENTISTS in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may ...
'French Spider-Man' scales Hong Kong skyscraper
HONG KONG (AFP) - "French Spider-Man" Alain Robert scaled one of Hong Kong's tallest skyscrapers on Tuesday, in what he said was ...
Jealousy lobe discovered
IT is a vice that few can avoid but that nobody craves. Now the area of the brain which controls jealousy has been found, ...
Islamabad
Sewerage treatment plant at I-9 to cost Rs 2.727b
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) will inaugurate Rs 2.727 billion sewerage treatment plant (STP) in Sector I-9 on ...
Sit-in to continue till reinstatement of judges: Kurd
RAWALPINDI - Nothing except the restoration of pre-November 3 judiciary can dissuade the lawyers from sitting in at ...
President for enhancing technical skills of youth
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday advised the government to set up a Task Force to formulate concrete ...
Punjab on top in violence against women
ISLAMABAD - The tally of violence that hit women during 2008 reached at 7,733 cases across country with Punjab province standing ...
Minister urges healthcare units for disabled
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education, Samina Khalid Ghurki Tuesday emphasized on establishing ...
CJ takes suo motu notice of two rape cases
Islamabad - Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday took two more suo motu notices on separate ...
Bajwa urges senior hockey players to prefer country
ISLAMABAD - Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation Asif Bajwa has urged the national players to prefer to national interest instead ...
Karachi
CDGK to introduce 50 CNG buses in City
KARACHI - The CDGK will introduce 50 CNG buses in the metropolis by the end of March and prepaid card and e-ticketing system ...
Shabnam Roomani passes away at 80
Karachi (PPI) - Noted Urdu poet, writer and columnist Shabnam Roomani passed away after protracted illness here on Tuesday. He ...
7 Pakistani newsmen slain last year: IFJ
KARACHI - International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has reported that in 2008, a significant number of casualties were ...
International moot on computer, communication begins
KARACHI - The computers in the past several years have revolutionised the advancements in the engineering sciences and in ...
Membership of 2 MQM leaders restored
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday restored the membership of Saleem Shahzad and it other activists, who were ...
Pakistan faces 50,000 deaths every year
KARACHI - Experts on Tuesday warned the citizens to be cautious against malaria and contagious infections of viral fever, being ...
Out of form Afridi, struggling Tanvir hear the music
KARACHI - Pakistani selectors on Wednesday dropped Shahid Afridi and Sohail Tanvir and included five uncapped players in a ...
Shahzad, Ali stake Test claims as Sri Lanka toil
KARACHI (AFP) - Openers Ahmed Shahzad and Azhar Ali hit contrasting centuries for Patron's XI in the warm-up match against Sri ...
Selection committee to name 15 players for first test today
KARACHI - Chief selector former leg spinner Abdul Qadir has announced that a meeting of the three-member selection committee will ...
Lahore
ACE registers case against ex-Brigadier
LAHORE - Spokesman of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Punjab Tuesday claimed to have registered a case against Brig (r) ...
MPAs want govt to do more on law and order
LAHORE - Members Punjab Assembly from both sides of the political divide have urged the provincial government to do more for ...
Ummah urged to shun apathetic attitude
LAHORE - Speakers at a seminar on 'Challenges to Islam' at the Hameed Nizami Hall on Tuesday impressed upon the Muslim Ummah to ...
Old rivals come face-to-face once again
LAHORE - The stage is set for a close finish between Kardar and Khalid Ikram panels as both the parties have intensified ...
Maintenance of law, order top priority
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that government is attaching top priority to the maintenance of ...
Three words answer all questions in PA session
LAHORE - Provincial Minister Local Government and Community Development Department Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa seems to have ...
ICC asks organisers to consider alternate venues
LAHORE - Aware of the turmoil in Pakistan, the International Cricket Council on Tuesday asked organisers of the 2011 World Cup to ...
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to win tri-nation women title
LAHORE - H Fernando batted nearly eight overs to win the tri-nation women tournament title for Sri Lanka against Pakistan ladies ...
Railways to face Punjab in Gold Cup Hockey final
LAHORE - Sindh, Police and Punjab had easy win in their matches of the Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Gold Cup Women's Hockey ...
Gen. Kiani, Taimur reelected PGF president, secretary
LAHORE - The Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaz Kiani and Taimur Hasan were unanimously elected as the President and ...
Be firm on your calls, Iranian instructor urges referees
LAHORE - Over the next three days, 30 of Pakistan's football referees will be involved in intense training at the Punjab Stadium, ...
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