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 24, 2009
Front Page
17th Amend to be scrapped: PM
ISLAMABAD-Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif agreed not to become part of any move aimed at destabilizing incumbent political dispensation and reiterated both parties pledge to work jointly for the supremacy of Parliament and democratic ...
India's attitude unhelpful: FO
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday termed as "unhelpful" the Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remarks that Islamabad is ...
Extremists threat to world peace: Asif
SHANGHAI (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said that the world including the super powers today were facing challenges ...
Sufi asks TTP, Army to dismantle checkposts
MINGORA - Asking Taliban militants to desist from influencing administration and interfering in the affairs of police and ...
International
Amnesty Int'l urges arms embargo on Israel, Hamas
LONDON (AFP) - A comprehensive arms embargo must be placed on Israel, Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups in the aftermath ...
Sri Lanka rejects Tamil Tigers' call for ceasefire
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers appealed Monday for international action to halt a major offensive against their ...
N Korea deploys more missiles, bolsters troops
SEOUL (AFP) - Communist North Korea has completed deployment of new medium-range missiles and expanded its military to 1.2 ...
China and Vietnam set long-disputed border
BEIJING (AFP) - China and Vietnam completed demarcation of their long-disputed land border Monday, state media said, the latest ...
UAE orders weapons worth $692 million at arms show
ABU DHABI (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates on Monday gave a boost to the Middle East's biggest arms fair by announcing orders ...
7 killed in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Bombers and gunmen killed at least seven people in attacks in central and southern Iraq on Monday, the interior ...
EU ministers ask Netanyahu to relaunch peace process
BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU foreign ministers on Monday called on the incoming Israeli government to relaunch the Middle East peace ...
Hamas claims Fatah spied for Israel
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hamas on Monday claimed Palestinian Authority agents collaborated with Israel during the Gaza offensive, ...
Kuwait gets $13b compensation from Iraq
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwait said on Monday it has received a total of 13.3 billion dollars in compensation from Iraq for the 1990 ...
Egypt arrests 3 over deadly bombing
CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian police said on Monday they have arrested three suspects over a bomb attack at a famed Cairo bazaar that ...
Bucknor to quit after South Africa-Australia series
KINGSTON (AFP) - Veteran umpire Steve Bucknor, who was at the centre of the bitter and controversial Test series between ...
Business
Vehicles import dips by 41.72pc in seven months
KARACHI - The import growth in the transport group declined by 41.72 per cent during the first seven months of the current ...
Sino-Pak FTA in service to be effective from first half of year
BEIJING (APP) - The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on service area signed between Pakistan and China in Wuhan, the capital city of ...
Financial crisis claimed at least 325,000 jobs: ILO
GENEVA (AFP) - At least 325,000 jobs have been lost in the financial sector since August 2007, the International Labour ...
AJK pm invites Pak investors
KARACHI (APP) - Prime Minister, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Yakoob Khan has invited Pakistani business community to ...
Govt plans to enhance palm oil production
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The government plans to enhance palm oil production in the country by bringing more area under canola and ...
Body formed to finalise draft CRA
ISLAMABAD - The federal government Monday formed a committee to establish Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), preferably in the ...
TDAP plans to promote exports in CARs, Russia
KARACHI - The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is working on plans to promote Pakistani exports in Central Asian ...
Steel Mills largest tax payer
KARACHI - Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is the largest public sector tax payer to the government. The Pakistan Steel Mills pays more ...
Panic-selling grips stock market; down 119 points
LAHORE - The stock market on first day of the trading week Monday shed 1.99 per cent, 118.83 points due to selling-pressure as ...
Oil prices edge higher
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices crept higher on Monday after OPEC member Algeria hinted that the cartel could cut output next month. ...
Politics
Provincial secretary hurt in Quetta firing
QUETTA-Unknown armed persons critically injured Balochistan's Provincial Secretary Mines and senior Bureaucrat Jan Muhammad ...
UN hostage alive, say kidnappers
QUETTA - Baloch Liberation United Front, which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping of John Solecki, a US national working ...
Unopposed election of NWFP Senators challenged
ISLAMABAD - Even before taking oath of their office, the newly elected Senators from NWFP on Monday found themselves in the midst ...
SAARC FMs to meet on 27th in Colombo
ISLAMABAD - The SAARC Council of Ministers represented by the Foreign Ministers of member states will meet in Colombo on February ...
Secret US unit trains Pak forces: report
NEW YORK - US military and technical personnel are training Pakistani forces in secret operations aimed at battling al-Qaeda and ...
US military role in Pakistan no secret: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Defense Department on Monday confirmed it has a team of military advisers training the Pakistani army ...
Four FC men among 7 seized in Mingora
MINGORA - At least seven persons including four personnel of the security forces and two activists of ruling Awami National Party ...
Turnout low as schools reopen in Swat
MINGORA - In the wake of recent agreement between NWFP government and banned Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi (TNSM), the ...
Sharif brothers 'anti-judiciary speeches' presented in SC
ISLAMABAD " An anti-Sharifs lawyer Monday presented a set of DVDs before the Supreme Court of Pakistan claiming it contained ...
Extra US troops to secure border with Pakistan: Isaf
KABUL (AFP) - Around 17,000 extra US troops earmarked for Afghanistan will deploy as fast as possible and thousands more are ...
US to consider Pak, Afghan view
WASHINGTON (APP) - As Pakistani and Afghan delegations began arriving for meetings with US officials on the Obama ...
Entertainment
Slumdog has a day
NEW YORK - "Slumdog Millionaire", a British film set in Mumbai's dirty slums casting Indian actors, hauled in the most Oscars on ...
Real-life 'Slumdogs' walk the red carpet
IT'S a story that could so easily have come out of the Hollywood dream machine. Just three days ago, the young stars of film ...
British cinema leads the world
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that Britain's film industry now led the world as he heaped praise on the ...
How we keep visual details in short-term memory
WORKING memory (also known as short term memory) is our ability to keep a small amount of information active in our mind. This is ...
Kate Winslet wins best actress
HOLLYWOOD (AFP) - British star Kate Winslet made it sixth time lucky at the Oscars here Sunday, capping her childhood dreams of ...
Almodovar hails Cruz Oscar as 'triumph of talent'
MADRID (AFP) - Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, who has cast Penelope Cruz in several of his films, Monday hailed her Oscar win ...
Islamabad
Increase in quota for special persons likely
ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education is considering increasing the special persons' employment quota from ...
Over 0.3 million vehicles registered
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The number of registered vehicles in the Federal Capital has crossed the figure of 0.3 million as the ...
Bajarani seeks educational bodies under edu ministry
ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani is seeking special sanction of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza ...
NAB chairman's plea against accountability court rejected
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Islamabad High Court here Monday dismissed a plea by Chairman National Accountability Bureau against ...
Faiz remembered as voice of the downtrodden
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Co-ordination and Leader of House in the Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani Monday said ...
3 awarded life imprisonment on kidnapping charges
RAWALPINDI - Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Monday awarded life imprisonment to three convicts for kidnapping two cousins and ...
Karachi
Kashmir struggle to continue till freedom: Yaqoob
KARACHI - Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Monday said that the right of ...
Govt working for youth empowerment: Subzwari
KARACHI - The present government is attaching great importance to youths and is endeavouring for their youth empowerment, said ...
Govt depts owe Rs268.76m to Sindh police, PAC told
KARACHI - Government departments getting police security at their offices and installations owed Rs268.760 million as service ...
Concern over rise in child abuse cases
Karachi - More and more children are becoming victims of kidnapping for ransom throughout Pakistan. More gruesome is the torture ...
Road safety scheme for schools on cards
KARACHI - Transport and Communication Department (TCD) has started the road safety education programme for teachers and students ...
Kurd to seek politicians' support for 'long march'
KARACHI - President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Ali Ahmed Kurd said on Monday that he, along with other renowned ...
Ton-up Younis leads Pakistan fight back
KARACHI - Pakistan captain Younis Khan led Pakistan fight back with an unbeaten 149 to keep the Sri Lnakan attack at bay on the ...
Cork, Bayliss urge foreign teams to play cricket in Pakistan
KARACHI - Former England player Dominic Cork who has visited Pakistan regularly since 1996 has opined that players contracted ...
Kulasekara to replace injured Maharoof in Pakistan
KARACHI (Agencies) - Sri Lankan selectors called up pace bowler Nuwan Kulasekara on Monday to replace the injured Farveez ...
Pakistan team begin training for Women's World Cup
KARACHI - The Pakistan team began training here Monday to prepare themselves for the eight-nation Women's World Cricket Cup ...
Overwhelming security and empty stands
KARACHI (AFP) - Rows of empty seats and thousands of unsold tickets have provided a bleak backdrop to Pakistan's first Test in 14 ...
Lahore
Punjab cabinet expansion on the cards
LAHORE-In what could be described another wise step to save Punjab coalition, following a meeting between PM Gilani and Punjab CM ...
Judiciary urged to use doctrine of necessity
LAHORE - Former federal minister for information Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani has called upon judiciary to use doctrine of ...
Meter-parking system at The Mall soon
LAHORE - The City District Government Lahore is all set to launch the meter-parking system at The Mall in two phases. The ...
Long march, sit-in 'will flow away Musharraf's remnants'
LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that long march and sit-in will flow away the remnants of Musharraf's dictatorship ...
Dacoit gang of 9 'Mohafiz' busted
LAHORE - Iqbal Town police have busted a dacoit gang of nine policemen posted in different police stations of the City, their ...
Lesco indifferent to people's woes
LAHORE - The citizens are being forced to rely on themselves for obtaining basic civic facilities, a sheer responsibility of the ...
National Polo for Quaid Gold Cup from today
LAHORE - The National Polo Championship for the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup would roll off from Tuesday (today) here at the Lahore Polo ...
Wapda beat Army to clinch National Baseball title
LAHORE - Wapda used all its power in his armory to beat Army to clinch the 18th National Baseball Championship here at the Iqbal ...
PFF trim down national camp to 26 probables
LAHORE - Former Pakistani skipper and goal-keeper Jaffar Khan is well poised to retain his position under the cross-piece as ...
AFC C-Certificate Football Coaching Course commences
LAHORE - AFC C-Certificate Football Coaching Course 2009, under Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), commenced today afternoon at ...
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