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 19, 2009
Front Page
Pakistan may send FIA team to India
LAHORE - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said Pakistan is seriously considering an Indian request to send a team of FIA investigators to India for sharing information on the Mumbai attacks for consultation. "India has expressed desire for consultation with FIA for the sake of ...
Govt to ensure surplus wheat supply
LAHORE-Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said the Federal govt will evolve an effective ...
Lawyers alter plan after split with PML-N
ISLAMABAD - After failing to convince Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on staging sit-in in federal capital for indefinite period, ...
Dictators trampled democracy: Iftikhar
PESHAWAR " Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said that during the last 60 years democracy was not allowed to ...
International
US keeping Swat accord under watch: spokesman
WASHINGTON - The United States has so far not taken any position on the Swat peace agreement, saying it is watching the situation ...
Troops alone cannot win in Afghanistan: Obama
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Diplomacy will play a bigger role in US efforts in Afghanistan in future even as the Pentagon announced a ...
Afghanistan can become Obama's Vietnam: Clinton
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - If the US President attempts to do what the British and the Russians did in the past, then Afghanistan ...
Israel links Gaza truce to soldier's release
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's security cabinet voted on Wednesday to make a Gaza truce conditional on the release of a captive ...
UK Home Secy faces grilling
LONDON - British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will be quizzed for allegedly misusing 116,000 pounds (Rs14m) of her Parliamentary ...
Aasiya sister might have heard her killing
NEW YORK - A sister of Aasiya Hassan who was beheaded near Buffalo, New York - allegedly by her husband, the owner of an Islamic ...
Obama's war on terror resembling Bush's in some areas: NYT
WASHINGTON " The Obama administration is quietly signaling continued support for some major elements of its predecessor's ...
American paper claims Pakistan lends support to U.S. military strikes
NEW YORK - Pakistani military and intelligence officers are aiding American missile attacks against militants and have given ...
Ban, Gore calls for using economic stimulus package to launch long-term 'green' revolution
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore have called on world leaders to use the ...
Cook brings England to the boil against West Indies
ST JOHN'S (AFP) - Alastair Cook hit his second half-century of the match to help England beef-up their lead over West Indies on ...
We're not dependent on Stanford cash, says WICB boss
ST JOHN'S (AFP) - West Indies Cricket Board president Julian Hunte insisted on Wednesday that the organisation will be fine ...
ECB head under growing pressure over Stanford
LONDON (AFP) - ECB chairman Giles Clarke faced mounting criticism Wednesday over the body's links with controversial tycoon Allen ...
Safina follows Melbourne nightmare with another
DUBAI (AFP) - Dinara Safina, who upset herself with the poverty of her performance in the Australian Open final last month, ...
Benaud to call stumps in 2010
SYDNEY (AFP) - Legendary cricket commentator Richie Benaud announced Wednesday he will retire next year, ending nearly ...
Business
Public sector banks lending for infrastructure remained meagre
KARACHI - Private sector commercial banks have disbursed Rs 35 billion during July-September 2008 out of total Rs 38 billion ...
Public sector banks lending for infrastructure remained meagre
KARACHI - Private sector commercial banks have disbursed Rs 35 billion during July-September 2008 out of total Rs 38 billion ...
Foreign debts remain stagnant at $1.844 billion
KARACHI - Despite hectic efforts by the federal government, the disbursement of foreign loans, assistance and grants remained ...
Over 50.9m tons sugarcane production expected this year
ISLAMABAD (APP) - About 50.93 million tons of sugarcane crop is estimated to be produced this year to fulfil the domestic ...
Stocks continue upward march with healthy volumes
LAHORE - Investors' buying in energy, communication and banking sectors kept the bullish trend intact at the stock market on ...
Cotton arrivals reach 11.13m bales
LAHORE - Cotton arrivals stood at 11.13 million bales in FY09 as of Feb 15, 2009, says the latest data released by Pakistan ...
Govt's economic achievements in first year
The present government inherited various legacies such as 'low GDP - tax ratio, heavy internal and external debt burden, growing ...
FPCCI for enhancing trade ties with Iran
ISLAMABAD/ FAISALABAD (APP) - The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has stressed the need for enhancing ...
HBL to announce full year results on Friday
LAHORE - The board of directors of HBL will meet on Friday to announce it full year 2008 results. Financial market experts ...
Emirates to add 18 new aircrafts in '09
KARACHI - Emirates Airline on Wednesday unveiled plans to grow the number of flights across its network by 14 per cent in ...
Politics
Obama orders 17,500 troops to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - In his first major military decision, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday authorised sending 17,500 additional ...
Religious figure gunned down in Quetta
QUETTA-Unknown armed assailants gunned down renowned scholar and leader of JUP (Noorani) Allama Iftikhar Habibi at Mannu Jan Road ...
Journalist shot dead in Matta
PESHAWAR - Musa Khankhel, Swat-based journalist and correspondent of a private TV channel and an Urdu daily newspaper was ...
Senators from Punjab elected unopposed
LAHORE - The Election Commission on Wednesday declared 11 candidates from Punjab as elected unopposed to the Senate of Pakistan ...
Schools blown up, 8 militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR (AFP) - Suspected Taliban fighters blew up two girls' schools on Wednesday while eight militants were killed in clashes with ...
0.3m displaced in Swat, Fata
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - More than 300,000 people in northwest Pakistan have been displaced over the last six months because of fighting ...
Direct contact with UN not necessary: BLUF
QUETTA - The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) has asked United Nations to play its due role for the release of Baloch women ...
Woman throws acid on youth
KARACHI - A woman threw acid on a man and injured him badly after he had declined to marry her, here on Wednesday. Salma Ansari ...
Entertainment
Cameron Diaz planning to wed in UK
CAMERON Diaz is planning a "big white wedding" in the U.K. The "What Happens In Vegas" star and her British model boyfriend Paul ...
Friday the 13th slashes box office competition
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A remake of cult 1980 horror movie "Friday the 13th" sliced up its rivals at the North American box office ...
Music stars set for Brits party
DUFFY and Coldplay are favourites to win Brit awards, when the annual music bash kicks off in London later. The Welsh songstress ...
Largest known cache of Ice Age fossils found
SCIENTISTS have uncovered the world's largest known cache of fossils since the last Ice Age under an old car park in the heart of ...
Jolie hunts for apartment in NY
ANGELINA Jolie ditched glamorous dresses in favour of office attire as she prepared for an upcoming movie in New ...
Michael Jackson sells personal items
MICHAEL Jackson is selling personal items including his famous jeweled white glove and a robotic head. The ailing pop icon is ...
Islamabad
Spiritual healers swarm city chowks
RAWALPINDI"Draped in loose clothes, making mysterious gestures, bizarre appearances, fingers dazzled in luminous precious stone ...
PAC concerned over illegal allotment of govt houses
ISLAMABAD - Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has expressed grave concern over illegal allotment of 3,456 ...
Govt believes in freedom of information: Daultana
ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Azeem Daultana on Wednesday said that the democratic ...
Cops foil robbery attempt
ISLAMABAD- Capital Police foiled a dacoity attempt arresting eight including two Afghan nationals and recovered illegal arms from ...
Banks, corporate employees demand overtime, perks
ISLAMABAD - Employees in the corporate sector are reportedly denied their basic rights by their employers have demanded of ...
HEC requires additional Rs4.2 billion
ISLAMABAD-The recently released amount to the Higher Education Commission would only fulfill the immediate requirements of the ...
PHF names junior hockey team for Malaysia, Egypt tours
ISLAMABAD - The national selection committee of the Pakistan Hockey Federation Wednesday named a 19-man team for the forthcoming ...
Karachi
No loadshedding this summer: KESC
KARACHI - There will be no loadshedding during this summer, as the KESC will try its best to provide uninterrupted power supply ...
KU needs Rs2 million to improve transport facilities
KARACHI - Thousands of students belonging to the Karachi University on Wednesday had to suffer immense hardship as the employees ...
Show-cause notices may cause split in PPP
KARACHI - The issuance of show cause notices to Ch. Aitzaz Ahsan and Safdar Abbasi, who once personified unity and strength of ...
PTV chalks out strategy to resolve financial crisis
KARACHI - Managing Director PTV, Arshad Khan, has said he would leave no stone unturned to overcome crisis in the organisation ...
FY 2009: Centre releases Rs8b less than Sindh's share
KARACHI-The Sindh government has recorded over Rs8 billion shortfall in federal receipts as Federal Government released Rs80 ...
Tribunal to restart probe on 23rd
KARACHI - The tribunal set up to probe into the incidents of violence occurred in the city between November 30 to December 2 2008 ...
Sangakkara hits unbeaten century in a losing cause
KARACHI - Sri Lakan vice captain Kumar Sangakkara smashed an unbeaten 100 and captain Mahela Jayewardene got 49 but they failed ...
Lahore
British Law Lords rules in govt's favour
LONDON - The British Law Lords on Wednesday ruled in favour of the UK govt over its attempts to deport a renowned Muslim cleric ...
Feb 18 symbolises restoration of democracy: PM
LAHORE - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the February 18 is an important day for the PPP as it was the days on ...
Gambling dens working unabated at Race Course
LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah on Wednesday told the Punjab Assembly that law is equal for a donkey and Governor of ...
Rectify past blunders, says Nawaz
LAHORE - PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that restoration of deposed judges and independence of judiciary is a noble ...
Sit-in to be staged against 'Nov 3 martial law': Qazi
LAHORE - Jamat-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that military intervention in the wake of long march and subsequent ...
LHC seeks reply from DG LDA, DCO, TMO
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) Wednesday sought reply from Director General LDA, DCO and TMO Data Gunj Baksh Town within a ...
Bail granted to two in Double Shah case
LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice MA Zafar on Wednesday granted bail ...
Railways clinch Gold Cup Women's Hockey title
LAHORE - Punjab took Railways to full length before going down in the final of the Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Gold Cup ...
Pakistan national team to visit Sri Lanka in April
LAHORE - Pakistan will take on host Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei and Brunei Darussalam when third AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers ...
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