Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Monday, February 02, 2009
Front Page
Security forces regain control of Charbagh
SWAT - At least 60 people, including 16 militants and one soldier, were killed and 25 others injured in the fresh clashes between security forces and militants in different areas of the Swat Valley on Sunday. According to an ISPR spokesman, as many as 16 militants have been killed and several ...
16 hurt in Dera Murad Jamali blast
QUETTA - At least 16 people sustained injuries when a powerful bomb went off in Dera Murad Jamali on Sunday evening while gas ...
Nawaz's security manager shot dead
HARIPUR - Personal security manager of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and Finance Secretary of the party's NWFP chapter, Sher Azam ...
Govt wants solution without collateral damage, says Gilani
ISLAMABAD-Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that military operation was not the only option to deal with Swat unrest ...
US strikes not helping Pakistan: UK army chief
LONDON (AFP) - Peace will only come to Afghanistan if Pakistan can sort out the militants on its side of the border, where US ...
International
Nadal floors Federer in another epic final
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Rafael Nadal reduced Roger Federer to tears as he won a classic Australian Open final to secure his first ...
Pakistan loses Champions Trophy
PERTH (Australia) (AFP) - The International Cricket Council Sunday decided to relocate the 2009 Champions Trophy from Pakistan ...
ICC again awards England Oval Test on forfeit
PERTH (AFP) - England has once again been awarded the controversial 2006 Oval Test against Pakistan, the ICC announced Sunday.The ...
Zimbabwe could face two more years in Test wilderness
PERTH (AFP) - Zimbabwe, who pulled out of Test cricket in 2006, could face another two years in the wilderness, an International ...
Mendis form not a worry, says Jayawardene
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said Sunday that spinner Ajantha Mendis would come back strongly after ...
Afghanistan reach World Cup qualifier
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Afghanistan booked their place in April's qualifying event for the 2011 World Cup on Saturday when they ...
Hamas rules out permanent truce under Gaza blockade
TEHRAN (AFP) - The political supremo of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, on Sunday ruled out any "permanent ceasefire" until Israel ends ...
Israel vows to strike movement after rocket fire
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel vowed to strike back at Hamas on Sunday after renewed rocket fire from the movement's Gaza stronghold ...
Afghanistan blasts Nato
KABUL (AFP) - Afghans are not chickens to be hunted, the Foreign Minister said Sunday, over a reported suggestion that Nato ...
Zillur set to be elected Bangladesh President
DHAKA (APP) - Octogenarian Awami League (AL) leader Zillur Rahman is set to be declared elected the 19th President of Bangladesh ...
Abbas lashes out at Hamas ahead of Gaza talks
CAIRO (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas lashed out at his Hamas rivals on Sunday, as officials from Palestinian groups ...
French Co to sign Indian nuclear deal
MUMBAI (AFP) - French nuclear power engineering company Areva is to sign a deal this week with a number of Indian energy plants, ...
4m Muslims gather for prayers in BD
TONGI (AFP) - A record four million Muslims gathered for prayers Sunday on the banks of a river in Bangladesh at the climax of ...
7 die in Thai temple attack
BANGKOK (AFP) - At least seven people were killed and about 100 injured when a man lobbed a hand-grenade into a busy Buddhist ...
Republicans threaten to block Obama stimulus in Senate
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's signature attempt to resuscitate the recession-hit US economy risks running into an ...
Hamas not given chance to become a political player: Erdogan
NEW YORK - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who stormed out of the World Economic Forum in Davos this week after a ...
Politics
Kh Hoti resigns over poor law, order in NWFP
PESHAWAR " Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Nawab-zada Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti Sunday announced to quit the cabinet in ...
Holbrooke has Kashmir on his agenda
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - In what could be a major turnaround for Indian policy and a sign of a new confidence over the Kashmir ...
Sugar price may touch Rs50 per kg
LAHORE - The harsh and indifferent attitude of the sugar mills owners towards farmers has climaxed into a sugar crisis in the ...
Mumbai attacks were aimed at growing India-Israel ties: LAT
NEW YORK - India's growing ties with Israel were a prime factor behind the targeting of a small Jewish center in the Mumbai ...
Sindh for revival of 1991 Water Accord
KARACHI - Sindh government has approached President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani demanding the ...
CS forces Home Secy, others to abdicate powers
LAHORE - Punjab Government has denied access to close relatives of eight patwaris detained at Bahawalpur jail in violation of not ...
Iftikhar should back Ramday's stance: Shujaat
LAHORE - Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister and President Pakistan Muslim League-Q has said that if deposed Chief ...
Entertainment
McCartney to propose Shevell?
SIR Paul McCartney could well be about to pop the question to girlfriend Nancy Shevell. The businesswoman's divorce from lawyer ...
Simple reasoning strategies can be as precise as complex ones
WE go into a restaurant with the aim of eating healthily. The menu does not tell us much about fats, salt or additives contained ...
Slumdog Oscar favourite after win
Danny Boyle has been named best director by the Directors Guild of America for Slumdog Millionaire - a key indicator of Oscar ...
Help possible for people obsessed with imaginary physical flaws
WORRYING about a bad hair day or idly wishing for a more-perfect profile: we've all been there. However, people suffering from ...
'error' labels websites as harmful
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The search engine Google sparked online confusion Saturday when a glitch in its security program temporarily ...
Story-telling with modern twist
TOKYO (AFP) - Rikimaru Toho doesn't mind being stared at as long as he can hold the gaze of passers-by long enough to entice ...
Islamabad
Govt urged to produce missing persons, reinstate judiciary
RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association (PESA) while demanding immediate release of Nuclear Scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer ...
Govt to send scholars abroad to remove misconceptions
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Ministry of Population Welfare will send religious scholars abroad so that they can have a fresh look at the ...
Overhead bridges turn into business spots
RAWALPINDI - Most of the city overhead bridges, which provide convenience to the pedestrians to cross the jam-packed roads and ...
Auto workshops irk residents
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Auto mechanics in commercial areas have established their workshops on footpath and alongside of the roads ...
Marghazar Zoo, a source of attraction for visitors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Marghazar Zoo built at the foothills of lush green Margalla mountains in the federal capital is a tremendous ...
National
PIA, KRL Quaid Trophy match begins at Mirpur
MIRPUR (AJK)- The top national cricket event Quaid-e-Azam Cricket trophy tournament begins at the world-class Mirpur Cricket ...
Karachi
PCB confused decision makers
KARACHI (AFP) - Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja said Sunday the troubled nation had done enough to reassure the world that ...
Iran will not compromise on N-issue, says envoy
KARACHI - Syed Rasool Moosavi, Director General of the Iranian foreign ministry Political and International Studies Centre, ...
Implementation of new power tariff delayed
KARACHI - New tariff revised by the NEPRA would not be implemented till the standing committee of National Assembly (NA) gives ...
JI shows solidarity with Kashmiris, Palestinians
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Naib Professor Ghafoor Ahmed has said that without resolving the Kashmir dispute, the dream of ...
Schooling still a distant dream for 7m Sindhi children: Sharmila
INTIKHAB ALI & SAADIA QAMAR KARACHI - A slim, energetic and fragile but committed young lady in Sindh government is all-out to ...
Police urged to adopt scientific methods for investigation
KARACHI - The Provincial IG Police, Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khatak has called upon the investigation officers to give up the ...
Elections of SA standing committees' heads in limbo
KARACHI - The elections of the Chairmen's of majority of the Standing Committees of the Sindh Assembly (SA) are in limbo due to ...
Photo exhibition on Israeli brutalities held
RAWALPINDI - To express solidarity with Palestinians, the students of Quaid-e-Azam and Fatima Jinnah Women Universities on Sunday ...
Lahore
Punjab- Sindh exciting quarter-final today
LAHORE - Holders Sindh will take on Punjab in the quarter-finals of National U13 Festival of Football 2009 on Monday at 12.30 PM. ...
Six robbers gunned down in 'fake encounter'
LAHORE - City police gunned down another six alleged robbers during a 'staged encounter' here in Satu Katla area in the wee hours ...
10-hour loadshedding irks Lahorites
LAHORE - In continuation of the past Sundays forced loadshedding by the Regional Control Centre Islamabad hit the large part of ...
Mayo Hospital to be expanded
LAHORE - The provincial government is likely to expand the limits of the Mayo Hospital, the oldest and largest hospital of the ...
Punjab bureaucracy favours foreign firms
AHORE - While the country's import bill and the resulting trade deficit is continuously mounting, some vested interests in the ...
Everyone a minister
THERE has been apparently little enough happening in this City. The Young Doctors have not had their problems solved. Indeed, the ...
National cohesion must to get rid of dangers: CM
LAHORE - A delegation from Balochistan led by Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation Rustam Jamal called on Punjab Chief ...
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