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 Saturday, February 21, 2009
Front Page
Bloodbath in DI Khan
PESHAWAR - At least 35 people were killed and around 180 others injured as a result of suicide explosion on the eve of a funeral at Dera Ismael Khan on Friday morning. Condition of several injured was stated to be precarious and, therefore, the number of casualties was apprehended to increase. Soon ...
PPP terms 'N' move immature
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Criticising the decision of Nawaz Sharif to participate in the lawyers' long march and sit-in, President ...
Taliban factions bury the hatchet
Three key groups of local Taliban in Waziristan tribal area on Friday formed an alliance after burying the hatchet, reports BBC. ...
International
Right-wing coalition could torpedo ME peace process
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Hawkish Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu was tasked on Friday with forming a new Israeli government, fuelling ...
US given 180 days to leave Kyrgyz airbase
BISHKEK (AFP) - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed into law on Friday the closure of a key US military supply base for ...
Internet and couriers used to sell illegal drugs: UN report
UNITED NATIONS - The growing sophistication of organised drug gangs, combined with the emergence of difficult-to-control ...
China, Russia embroiled in diplomatic row over ship
BEIJING (AFP) - China summoned Russia's ambassador Friday to express shock over the sinking of a Chinese cargo ship by a Russian ...
Abbas not to deal with Israeli govt
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's Palestinian Authority said on Friday it will not deal with the ...
IHC issues notices to health ministry, NIH
RAWALPINDI"Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Friday issued notices to the Federal Health Secretary and Manager Extended ...
Pakistan urged to ensure journalists' safety
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent watchdog, has urged President Asif Ali Zardari to ensure the ...
Zardari tells Holbrooke peace deal is 'interim arrangement'
WASHINGTON - US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, in a telephone call to President Ali Zardari on ...
N.Y. paper offers qualified apology for controversial cartoon
NEW YORK - After two days of protests in front of its offices, The New York Post has apologized to those offended by an editorial ...
WI gloom merchants frustrate England in a drawn Test
ST JOHN'S (AFP) - England and West Indies drew the third Test on Thursday when play was called off due to bad light with the home ...
Roddick eases into Memphis quarter-finals
MEMPHIS (AFP) - Andy Roddick took another step toward a first title of 2009, easing into the quarter-finals of the 1.22 ...
Razzano storms into Dubai final
DUBAI (AFP) - Virginie Razzano reached the biggest final of her career when she produced her fourth successive upset win to earn ...
UK entrepreneurs invited to invest in alternative energy
LONDON - The UK entrepreneurs have been invited to highly lucrative and potential prospects of investment in alternative energy ...
UK firm inks deal to set up polyethylene plant
LONDON: A Letter of Intent (LOI) has been signed with a British company regarding the installation and setting up of polyethylene ...
Business
Govt borrowings soar to Rs324b during July-Feb
KARACHI - The net borrowings of the federal government have soared to 324 billion rupees during July-February FY09 as against 249 ...
$724.419 million wheat imported in 7 months
KARACHI - The country has imported $724.419 million wheat during seven months (July-January) of current financial year ...
Stock market sheds 53 points on profit-taking
LAHORE - The stock market on the last trading day of the week could not resist selling-pressure due to profiting taking by the ...
Weekly inflation up 24.19pc
ISLAMABAD " Inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) rose sharply by 24.19 per cent during the last week, ended on ...
SBP moves helped create Rs360b liquidity for banking system
KARACHI - Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Syed Salim Raza Friday said that the central bank has taken several measures to ...
Rice millers warn of protest against Passco
LAHORE (APP) - Punjab Rice Mills Association (PRMA) have warned of protest against Pakistan Supply and Storage Corporation ...
State Bank, CSF to collaborate on macro-economic policies
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Competiveness Support Fund (CSF) have agreed to cooperate on macro-economic ...
Saarc free trade economies: Pakistan tops, India at bottom
REGARDLESS of our outward bitterness with India, it is rather baffling how the Indian syndrome controls our psyche and the ...
TDAP to organise Trade Caravan in Central Asia
KARACHI - To expand export base and create linkage with other countries in the region, especially with Central Asian Republics ...
Investment risk factor high in Pak
KARACHI - Marilyn Denton, Senior Trade Commissioner of Trade Commissioner Service in Canadian High Commission, Islamabad, visited ...
Politics
UN kicks off talks on SC reform
UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly on Thursday formally launched inter-governmental negotiations aimed at expanding the ...
Financial crisis threat to Pak stability: Hillary
WASHINGTON (Online) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that terrorists have found "safe haven" in Pakistan, a ...
US wins Central Asian go-ahead for Afghan transit
DUSHANBE (AFP) - Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have agreed the transit of non-lethal US supplies for troops in Afghanistan, a US ...
UN again asks for Solecki's release
QUETTA - The UN has once again appealed for immediate release of John Solecki, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head in Quetta. 'The UN ...
PPP, 'N' to back each other in NWFP, Capital
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Friday agreed to support each other's candidates in the ...
Ch Shujaat's mother laid to rest in Gujrat
LAHORE - Begum Zahoor Elahi, mother of PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain, died here on Friday. She was 84. She was also mother ...
Swat-style truce in Afghanistan acceptable: US
KRAKOW (Agencies) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that Washington could accept a political agreement between the ...
Swat deal is 'interim arrangement', says Zardari
WASHINGTON - US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, in a telephone call to President Ali Zardari on ...
President reaches China
WUHAN (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here Friday on his second visit to China in four months, seeking cooperation in ...
Sabharwal new Indian envoy to Pakistan
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Sharat Sabharwal, a senior officer of Indian Foreign Service will be the new Indian envoy to ...
Crew of Pak train detained in India
AMRITSAR (Agencies) - Three members of the crew of a goods train from Pakistan including the engine driver, his assistant and the ...
Entertainment
Jolie to wear $20m necklace at the Oscars
ANGELINA Jolie will wear a $20 million necklace to the Oscars. The "Changeling" star has reportedly visited several jewellers in ...
Tiny pups fit into keeper's hand
THIS pair of quivering meerkat pups are so small that they easily fit into the palm of their keeper's hand. And though they are ...
Goody 'thrilled' with Tweed curfew lift
JADE Goody is said to be "absolutely thrilled" with the government's decision to waive her fiancT's curfew for their wedding ...
Comet Lulin fast approaching Earth
SPACE scientists from the University of Leicester are keeping a close eye on a 'green comet' fast approaching the Earth - ...
Spoonful of sugar could save kids
PARIS (AFP) - A teaspoon of moistened sugar under the tongue could save the lives of thousands of children suffering from ...
Jessica Alba voted worst actoress
Jessica Alba just doesn't get much love. Whether it be her acting skills or her demeanour in every day life, people are always ...
Islamabad
SZABIST students visit school for street children
ISLAMABAD - The students of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) on Friday visited ...
PM for enhancing ties between Pakistan, Malaysia
ISLAMABAD " Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that relations between Pakistan and Malaysia, already based on ...
Accommodation at reasonable rates promised
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Housing and Works Rehmatullah Kakar Friday said that the government intended to offer reasonable ...
Quacks warned to wind up business
RAWALPINDI"Executive District Officer (Health) Dr Zafar Iqbal Gondal Friday warned the quacks and un-authorized medical ...
Food Support Programme's funds cut by Rs4 billion
ISLAMABAD -Ministry of Social Welfare & Special Education has reallocated Rs4 billion of Food Support Programme (FSP) which is ...
Karachi
PAC seeks explanation on state land grabbing
KARACHI - Public Accounts Committee of the Sindh Assembly on Friday asked the provincial agriculture department why it did not ...
JAP denounces DI Khan blast
KARACHI - Jaffaria Alliance Pakistan (JAP) President Senator Allama Abbas Kumaili on Friday strongly denounced the suicide bomb ...
FIA directed to submit final challan in Khanani, Kalia case
KARACHI - The special court of banking crimes on Friday directed the FIA to submit final challan against accused Javed Khanani ...
KESC, CDGK join hands in energy conservation
KARACHI - The condition of loadshedding persisted in the City during the winter season. This situation is enough to understand ...
KU drivers' strike enters 3rd day
KARACHI- The management of Karachi University (KU) has failed to resume point-bus service for students and employees, as staffers ...
We are ready for challenge: Younis
KARACHI - Pakistan is all poised to return to test arena after remaining in wilderness for over a year when they take on Sri ...
World Cup hopefuls Afghanistan seek Pakistan help
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan great Javed Miandad said Friday that Afghanistan had invited him to help further the country's ...
Lahore
Wattoo cautions Punjab Govt
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Industries, Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo said on Friday that Federal Government could not guarantee ...
Kindnapped baby recovered, beggar held
LAHORE - Nasir Abad police have recovered a newborn baby from a gypsy colony near Nawaz Sharif Social Security Hospital and ...
Lady Wellingdon Hospital be named after Maryam Jinnah
LAHORE - The government should rename the Lady Wellingdon Hospital after Mohtarma Maryam Jinnah, the wife of Quaid-e-Azam ...
China can help out Pakistan
LAHORE - The Sharia justice system resulting from the Swat truce is necessary to be integrated with the mainstream legal and ...
Lawyers' movement enters decisive phase, says Kurd
LAHORE - Supreme Court Bar Association's President Ali Ahmad Kurd has said lawyers' movement had entered into decisive phase and ...
Media countered Indian allegations successfully: Sartaj
LAHORE - Former foreign minister Sartaj Aziz has said that the Indian media has tried its best to paint the Bombay attacks as ...
Sports committee has the right to interrogate any body: Pir Aftab
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Sports Pir Aftab Shah Gilani said that Senate Sports Committee is the part of the parliament which ...
Senate committee rejects PCB chief request
LAHORE - The Senate Sports Committee has rejected PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt's appeal to postpone the committee meeting of February ...
Hum FM to broadcast live commentary
LAHORE - The 106.2 Hum FM will broadcast live commentary over Pakistan and Sri Lanka test series in Pakistan. The ball by ball ...
Aisam makes his mark in Balgrade
LAHORE - Pakistan's top tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi made his mark in Belgrade, Serbia as he made it to the final of the ...
PFF hires Austrian as national football coach
LAHORE - After an enduring search, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has decided to hire the services of the Austrian coach ...
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