Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Front Page
US begins review of Afghan policy
WASHINGTON - Amid strategic incoherence and resurgence of the Taliban, the United States formally begins a comprehensive review of its policy on Afghanistan, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was due to meet her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi Tuesday evening. The meeting came in ...
Insecurity grips industrial sector
LAHORE - Insecurity seems to have gripped the entire industrial sector in Punjab, as Provincial Labour Minister and PPP-leader ...
Ceasefire militants' new strategy
ISLAMABAD - Taliban and Al-Qaeda have started preparations for what they anticipate a major spring offensive of US and NATO ...
Military suspends Bajaur operation
KHAR (AFP) - Security forces on Tuesday suspended operations in Bajaur after militants announced a unilateral ceasefire, ...
International
Poll reveals broad support for Obama
NEW YORK -- US President Barack Hussein Obama is "benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence" among ...
Thailand in fresh political turbulence
BANGKOK (Agencies) - Thousands of anti-government protesters besieged the Thai Prime Minister's office Tuesday to demand snap ...
US-Japan bond 'cornerstone' of East Asia security: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso agreed Tuesday to resist "protectionism" and to ...
Indian woman sells baby for Rs 6,000 to pay hospital bill
HYDERABAD, India (AFP) - A poverty-stricken single mother in India sold her newborn son to a childless couple for 6,000 rupees ...
Role of IAEA chief always political: Japan's candidate
VIENNA (AFP) - The role of head of the UN's atomic watchdog will always be political, no matter how neutral and unbiased they aim ...
Ease Guantanamo inmate isolation: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Prison conditions at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are in line with the Geneva Conventions, said a ...
Detainee returns to Britain alleging 'torture'
LONDON (AFP) - A British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday spent his first full day of freedom in more than six ...
Mogadishu fighting kills 27
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Fierce clashes killed at least 23 people Tuesday in Mogadishu as fighters marred newly-elected President Sharif ...
Iraqi cops shoot dead 4 US troops
MOSUL (AFP) - Four US soldiers were wounded and a local interpreter killed in a shooting at an Iraqi police station in the ...
US to give Gaza 900m dollars in aid
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government plans to offer some 900 million dollars to help rebuild the Gaza Strip following Israel's ...
No end to Indian Cricket League dispute
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - An attempt to end an ongoing dispute between the unofficial Indian Cricket League and the Indian Board ended ...
Younis to go for Lara's world record
KARACHI - An elated and smiling unbeaten triple century maker, Pakistan skipper Younis Khan informed of his intention of going ...
Posers for Australia ahead of Test showdown
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Australia, clinging on to their world championship, have selection posers ahead of the first Test against ...
New Zealand get Wright stuff on India
CHRISTCHURCH (AFP) - New Zealand have drawn on the inside knowledge of former India coach John Wright as they prepare to play the ...
Agassi-Graf double act to open new centre court
LONDON (AFP) - Husband-and-wife team Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf will be the star attractions when the new roof on Wimbledon's ...
Business
Devaluation balloons exporters wallets by Rs220b
KARACHI - Devaluation in the value of rupee against the US dollar has ballooned the wallets of the exporters during the first ...
Cement exporters earn Rs14.55 billion more
KARACHI - The exporters of cement have earned Rs 14.55 billion more in this fiscal through exports because of devaluation and ...
Top bosses personal grudges hampering performance
LAHORE - Deep-rooted personal grudges amongst the top bosses and the members of the CM Taskforces on Milk and Meat have been ...
Bulls take over bears at KSE
LAHORE - Profit-taking eroded the value of leading scrips in the Karachi Stock Market on Tuesday which crossed 5900 index in the ...
EoIs invited for leasing Jamshoro Power Co
ISLAMABAD - The Privatisation Commission of Pakistan here on Tuesday invited Expressions of Interests (EOIs) for concession on ...
PIA employees association activists go on token strike
LAHORE - Activists of People's Unity (PIA employees association) have gone on token strike across the country against the ...
Pasdec to set up marble cities, create 96,000 jobs
ISLAMABAD (APP) - As many as 26,000 direct and 70,000 indirect jobs would be created with the establishment of marble cities by ...
S&P cuts India long-term rating outlook to negative
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's credit rating outlook was cut to negative Tuesday by Standard & Poor's, which called the country's ...
Pak ranks 90 out of 115 countries; India at 46th; B'desh at bottom
LAHORE - The countries that protect physical and intellectual property rights enjoy nine times higher GDP per capita than ...
Hubco likely to post net earnings of Rs1.4 billion
KARACHI- Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO) is expected to post net earnings of Rs 1.4 billion (EPS Rs1.20) with YoY growth of 6 ...
Politics
New accountability law to 'protect' politicians
LAHORE - The new law on accountability is on the cards with a view to laying hands on the government servants and the ...
Protest after four shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA - Four people were killed and two others were injured critically when unknown armed persons sprayed bullets at a vehicle ...
Ebad, Shahbaz meet Continuation of reconciliation a must
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan jointly urged all political parties in the ...
Judges return to buy our silence for five years: Nawaz
LAHORE (Online) - PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday made it clear that if President Asif Ali Zardari restores all deposed ...
Taliban FM radio channel jammed
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Security Forces on Tuesday successfully jammed the live transmission of FM Radio Channel in Swat when Maulana ...
Rs1.3tr revenue target can't be achieved: Tarin
ISLAMABAD - Terming revenue target as unrealistic, the government Tuesday admitted it would not be able to achieve Rs 1.3 ...
SC likely to hand down verdict today
ISLAMABAD - A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court hearing a set of appeals regarding the eligibility of PML-N Chief Nawaz ...
Bill to abolish NSC soon, says Gilani
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that National Security Council (NSC) has been abolished in principle ...
Govt asked to resolve issues thru talks
ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary Committee on National Security has recommended that the government should resolve the issues of FATA, ...
Entertainment
I am ready to go to heaven: Jade Goody
JADE Goody says she is "not scared of dying" and is "ready to go to heaven" after her wedding. Jade spent most of the day in bed ...
Mind the crevasse: amazing art on ground
AFTER a sudden shift in the Earth's crust, the ground has cracked open. What was terra firma is now a gaping crevasse. And into ...
Kate children's Oscar play
KATE Winslet's children can't wait to play with her Oscar. 'The Reader' star - who was named Best Actress at the Academy Awards ...
Kara " new 'American Idol' judge performs well
RENOWNED songwriter Kara DioGuardi joins Simon, Paula and Randy this season as a new judge. Alexis, Michael and Danny were the ...
Cole threatens to quit X Factor
CHERYL Cole has threatened to quit 'The X Factor' if fellow talent judge Dannii Minogue is axed. The Girls Aloud star is ...
Michelle Yeoh says China's Oscar day to come
HONG KONG (AFP) - Action star Michelle Yeoh said Tuesday she was confident a Chinese film would soon follow the example of ...
Islamabad
PM for provision of power, gas to kutchi abadies
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to provide gas and ...
NH&MP foils kidnapping bid
ISLAMABAD - Motorway Police has rescued the owner of Sachet International Company Sarwar Ahmed through a commando action at ...
Allotees of I-16 reluctant to take possession
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Owing to lack of basic facilities in sector I-16, over 6000 allotees have not applied for possession at ...
Plan to make Zakat system more transparent
ISLAMABAD - The government is poised to bring radical changes in existing Zakat collection and distribution system to make it ...
Excuse me, can I talk to you?
ISLAMABAD - Be they shopping malls or market piazzas, residential localities or seemingly occupied avenues, the glimpses of young ...
RPO suspends 4 constables for abetting criminals
RAWALPINDI - Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Nasir Khan Durrani Tuesday terminated the services of four constables on ...
National
Triple century makers club
Younis Khan became only the third Pakistani after Hanif Mohammed and Inzamam-ul-Haq and 20th batsman overall to score a triple ...
Karachi
PAC seeks report on misuse of govt vehicles
KARACHI - The Public Accounts Committee of Sindh Assembly on Tuesday asked for providing list of vehicles and names of the ...
City Government plans to present 'Taleem-e-Balighan'
KARACHI - Popular theatre programmes, such as 'Taleem-e-Balighan' of Khawaja Moinuddin, will also be presented at 'Hamara Karachi ...
KU forms committee to probe into matter
KARACHI - Pro Vice Chancellor Karachi University (KU) Prof Dr Akhlaq Ahmed has constituted an inquiry committee to figure out ...
FIA files charge-sheet against Khanani and Kalia
KARACHI - The FIA investigators on Tuesday submitted the final challan against Javed Khanani and Munaf Kalia before the District ...
Battleground scene a routine at City council
KARACHI - The tussle between the opposition and treasury benches in city council has become a routine of council's proceedings as ...
Swat deal may embolden militants
KARACHI - Swat stands among the few greatly blessed pieces of the earth, showered by the uniqueness of nature and fertility of ...
Younis leads Pakistan to safety with triple century
KARACHI - Pakistan captain Younis Khan with an unbeaten 306 lifted Pakistan to safety against Sri Lanka on the penultimate day of ...
Lahore
Pure milk on 'fixed price' soon
LAHORE - After Sasti Roti Scheme, another scheme to ensure provision of pure milk, packed and unpacked, on fixed price throughout ...
PML-N, JI discuss joint strategy for long march
LAHORE - The PML-N and JI have put their heads together to firm up joint strategy for the long march and sit-in on March 16. ...
Students still being forced to pay huge fee
LAHORE - The students on self-finance seats are being forced by the government medical colleges to pay huge fees even though the ...
'Governor not impeding Punjab govt's working'
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer is not impeding the working of the provincial government, and certain quarters are ...
Dar-e-Arqam student excels in speech contest
LAHORE - It was fantastic rather a happy surprise to see a 9th class student of Dar-e-Arqam, Model Town, speaking English ...
Pakistan, India people urged to join hands against terrorists
LAHORE - Eminent Indian journalist and peace activist Kuldip Nayar has urged the people of Pakistan and India to join their hands ...
Heavy traffic at NS prevented supporting track
LAHORE - The curators involved in the preparation of the Karachi wicket were directed to prepare a hard track which wont seam but ...
National Polo for Quaid Gold Cup begins on a thrilling note
LAHORE - The opening day of the National Polo Championship for the Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup began with a thrilling note from the ...
Pakistan captain says her team has nothing to lose, everything to gain
LAHORE - Young and inexperienced but ambitious, the Pakistan team is taking inspiration from its performance in Stellenbosch, ...
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