Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Front Page
UN official snatched in Quetta
QUETTA-A senior official of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) John Solecki was kidnapped while his driver was brutally gunned down by armed persons in broad daylight at Chaman Housing Scheme Society here on Monday. According to police sources, unknown gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of ...
Protester lobs shoe at Chinese PM
LONDON - A protester threw a shoe at Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier, on Monday as he delivered a speech on the global economy at ...
PPP, PML-Q 'agree to form govt in Punjab'
LAHORE - The ruling PPP and the PML-Q have agreed in principle to form government in Punjab and on other important issues, ...
US asked to share info, halt attacks
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said Pakistan would take action against the militants linked to Al-Qaeda and ...
International
Top UN officials urge immediate release of kidnapped refugee official
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned "in the strongest terms" the murder of a U.N. worker in Quetta and ...
Sri Lanka seek consistency in vital India one-dayer
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene is looking for a consistent all-round performance from his team in the ...
Egypt hosts Gaza talks as Hamas eyes truce
CAIRO (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday as Cairo sought to mediate a lasting ...
Sri Lanka tells civilians to leave war zone
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka issued a stark warning to civilians trapped in fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels Monday, a day after ...
Snow brings deaths to Europe
LONDON (AFP) - Snow storms brought travel chaos to western Europe on Monday closing London-Heathrow airport after one jet slid ...
UN ready to help new Somali gov't achieve national reconciliation: Ban
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has said the United Nations is ready to support the new Somali government in ...
Gaddafi elected AU chairman
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi took the reins of the 53-nation African Union at a summit Monday amid concerns ...
Indian charged over plane hijack scare
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - An Indian court on Monday charged a passenger for threatening to hijack a flight carrying 160 people in ...
North Korea to retain atomic bombs until US 'threat' ends
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's military vowed Monday to keep atomic weapons until the United States removes its nuclear threat, ...
Cancer rates soaring in developing countries
PARIS (AFP) - Cancer now kills more people in developing countries each year than AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, health experts ...
UN to probe Israeli attacks
GENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations will launch a probe into Israeli attacks on UN facilities during its 22-day war in Gaza, ...
Business
Banks credit off-take dips by 33 per cent
KARACHI - The growth in private sector credit off-take by the schedule banks has declined by 33 per cent during Jul-Jan FY09. The ...
Inter-bank offer rate for six months tenure slightly declines
KARACHI - Karachi Inter-bank offer rate for the six months tenure has slightly declined by 58 basis points to 15.10 per cent ...
Pakistan must adopt latest trends in gold refining
KARACHI - Pakistani Jewellery Industry must equip itself with the latest techniques and trends being used in gold refining and ...
FPCCI expresses concern over SBP monetary policy
KARACHI - President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Sultan Ahmad Chawla has expressed ...
UAE to donate 320MW power plant
ISLAMABAD (APP) - United Arab Emirates (UAE) has offered to donate power plant of 320 MW capacity as a gift to the people of ...
Selling pressure shoves stock market down 43.47 points
LAHORE - Monday was the first day of business week in Karachi Stock Exchange when bourse witnessed bearish activities where ...
Govt asked to rescue industry from collapse
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Share prices of cement companies have come down by up to 90 per cent with the consumption of the commodity in ...
Unisame asks govt not to intervene in rice trade
KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of the Ministry of Commerce and also ...
LPG price to jump by Rs 12 per kg
KARACHI (APP) - Private producers will increase the per kilo price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) by Rs 12 in next 24 ...
Wateen sponsors anti-terror moot
LAHORE - Wateen, Pakistan's leading communications and technology company was one of the main sponsors at the recently held ...
Politics
Rs23.5b embezzlement in Defence Ministry
ISLAMABAD - Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has exposed Rs 23.5 billion irregularities in Defence ...
No interest rate cut until inflation down to 15pc
ISLAMABAD - Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Cabinet would meet here on today with stock of issues including upcoming ...
Dogar offered Nawaz scrapping of case: CM
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar had offered PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif scrapping of ...
35 militants killed in Swat
At least 35 suspected militants have been killed in cannon fire carried out by security forces in violence-torn Swat, reported a ...
Musharraf was better than present govt: India
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India's National Security Advisor MK Narayanan is of the opinion that former Pakistani president Pervez ...
Efforts on for Nawaz-Shujaat meeting
LONDON - Massive efforts are underway to unite PML(N) and PML(Q). In this concern, the key leaders of both the parties have ...
Five Pakistani cricketers barred from IPL
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - The Foreign Office on Monday barred its cricketers from competing in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 ...
Entertainment
It's fast food from the deep freeze
In a flash of brilliant blue, with wings folded in for maximum speed, he rockets towards a hole in the ice. Plunging into the ...
'Camino' dominates Spain's Goya film awards
MADRID (AFP) - Javier Fesser's "Camino," a film that deals with Catholic group Opus Dei's influence on a terminally ill girl, ...
Omega-6 fatty acids part of heart-healthy eating
OMEGA-6 fatty acids - found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds - are a beneficial part of a heart-healthy eating plan, according ...
Tigers 'took the Silk Road' to Russia
DNA from an extinct sub-species of tiger has revealed that the ancestors of modern tigers migrated through the heart of China - ...
Terracotta vase left in garden for 20 years is ancient Egyptian relic
THE 13-inch high ornament with its distinctive pharaoh headdress was originally designed to hold the internal organs of the dead ...
Biel throws Timberlake surprise birthday bash
JESSICA Biel threw her boyfriend Justin Timberlake a surprise birthday party Sunday. Justin - who turned 28 on Saturday - was ...
Islamabad
Davis Cuppers Hameedul Haq, Mushaf flay tennis authorities
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's former Davis Cuppers Mushaf Zia and Hameedul Haq criticised the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) for ...
'Drone attacks hinder peace efforts'
Islamabad - The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said that Pakistan's efforts for cooperation ...
'Missing doctor Razzaq in Pindi Police custody'
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad High Court on Monday disposed of a petition challenging the disappearance of a railway hospital doctor ...
Senate body for solving power crisis on war footing
ISLAMABAD (App) - Expressing concern over continuing power crisis, which is crippling industry and causing misery to the people, ...
200 girls to be trained for better mother care
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Vice Chancellor Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Prof. Dr. Mehmudul Hassan butt Monday said that mortality ...
Babar briefs PM on President's address
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Senator Dr. Babar Awan called on Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani ...
Iranian film festival attracts big crowds
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A part of Iranian cultural week celebrating the 30th anniversary of Islamic Revolution of Iran, the three-day ...
Karachi
Inzi blames ICC, PCB for Oval result change
KARACHI (AFP) - Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq on Monday criticised cricket's governing body and national cricket ...
Pakistan greats bemoan loss of Trophy
KARACHI (AFP) - Former Pakistan greats Monday bemoaned the decision to take away the Champions Trophy tournament over security ...
Relief package for rice growers announced
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has come to the rescue of the rice growers in the province who suffered huge ...
KESC sets rate to buy electricity from Wapda
KARACHI - The KESC has fixed Rs 6 per unit rate for purchase of electricity from WAPDA after getting approval of the he Economic ...
Verdict on Kalias' bail plea reserved till tomorrow
KARACHI - The District and Sessions Judge South, Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui, on Monday reserved the verdict till February 4 (tomorrow) ...
Qazi demands halt to Swat military operation
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has demanded the government to break off its alliance with the ...
City Council adopts two resolutions amid uproar
KARACHI - The City council session held on Monday presented scene of a battleground when City council finally issued the ...
7th Kara Film Festival begins tomorrow
KARACHI - The 10-day Seventh Kara Film Festival will open tomorrow (February 4) at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi in which ...
Lahore
ICC's Oval decision PCB's self-inflicted injury
LAHORE - Pakistan has been at the receiving end of the decisions in the latest ICC meeting Down Under, and it is safe to surmise ...
Altaf hoisted by his own petard?
LAHORE - These days the PCB, it seems, has a way of getting itself into trouble - through its own machinations, or to be precise ...
Indian hand in CT cancellation in Pakistan
LAHORE - Former Test player Sarfraz Nawaz and senator Enver Baig believe India had a role in the ICC's decision of taking away ...
Local cricket fraternity blame PCB for failure
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has came under blazing fire from different quarters for its failure to keep the Champions ...
PCB to get compensation of $ 6m
LAHORE - Although Pakistan has lost the opportunity to organise the prestigious Champions Trophy at home, it will be richer by ...
Senate committee to hold debate on sports decline
LAHORE - A three-member Senate committee on sports will hold an open discussion of the nose-dive decline of cricket here at the ...
PPP, 'Q' walk out from Assembly
LAHORE - Despite beginning of reconciliation process between PPP and PML-N following a recent breakthrough over power-sharing ...
Sharif brothers will remain committed to judges' issue: Wajih
LAHORE - Former presidential candidate Justice (r) Wajih-ud-Din has expressed the hope that Sharif brothers would not compromise ...
PML-Q pledges to move SC to protect LG system
LAHORE - District nazims along with PML (Q) top leadership decided on Monday to use all the means to protect the present local ...
LHC orders Speaker to forward reference against Saba
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to Speaker Punjab Assembly for February 9 on constitutional petition ...
PM's son refuses cooperation with three PPP MPAs
LAHORE - Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, has flatly refused to cooperate with three PPP MPAs ...
Pakistan needs independent foreign policy: ex-Law Minister
LAHORE - Given the developing picture at the international level, Pakistan badly needs to formulate an independent foreign policy ...
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