Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
- Memo case: Lawyer insists recording of Ijaz statement abroad
The Nation in print for Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Front Page
Pak response to dossier ready for dispatch
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday held final round of consultations on its response to Indian dossier on Mumbai attacks and it could be sent anytime to India, said officials here. Pakistan's Ambassador to India, Shahid Malik, who was summoned on Monday for concluding discussions on response to the ...
Six oil company workers abducted
QUETTA-A team of police and other law-enforcement agencies have arrested more than 15 accused in connection with the kidnapping ...
Govt lifts ban on recruitments
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani lifted ban on recruitment in the government services and at the same time had ...
Firing, attacks leave 14 dead in Balochistan
QUETTA-At least 14 people including a bride and bridegroom were killed and 20 others sustained critical injuties, some of them ...
International
Hillary calls for 'viable', free Palestinian state
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised a sustained US diplomatic effort aimed at creating "an ...
Iraqi woman who recruited 80 suicide bombers arrested
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi police have arrested a woman who has confessed to recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers and who ...
Kyrgyzstan pledges to close key US airbase
MOSCOW (AFP) - Kyrgyzstan vowed Tuesday it would order the closure of a US airbase on its soil whose presence has irritated ...
US releases dozens of Iraq prisoners
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The United States released dozens of Iraqi prisoners on Tuesday, an official said, in what is a key part of the ...
British travellers face second day of snow delays
LONDON (AFP) Travellers in Britain are facing disruption for a second consecutive day Tuesday after heavy snowfalls, as questions ...
Taliban violence spreads in Afghanistan: US report
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon said insurgent violence was on the rise across Afghanistan and international forces lacked the ...
US to use 'all elements' of power with Iran
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States will use 'all elements of our national power' to deal with Iran, White House spokesman ...
New airstrike in Gaza as Israel warns of severest riposte
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli warplanes hit Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened "the severest riposte" to a ...
Hindu militants to target Valentine's Day
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian Hindu extremists who recently dragged young women out of a fashionable bar as part of a morality ...
Romania-Ukraine sea border defined
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Romania and Ukraine hailed a ruling by the UN's highest court Tuesday defining their border on the Black Sea, ...
West Indies look to upset form book against England
KINGSTON (AFP) - West Indies have promised to make life tough for England when the sides start a four-Test series on Wednesday at ...
Murali equals Wasim's one-day bowling record
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan on Tuesday equalled former Pakistani paceman Wasim Akram's world record ...
India clinch Sri Lanka one-day series
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan equalled the one-day bowling record before India clinched the series with ...
Business
Govt to get loans from FoP for Bhasha, other mega projects
KARACHI - The federal government has decided to obtain loans from the Friends of Pakistan (FoP) for Bhasha Dam and other mega ...
Mobile SIMs price likely to shoot up to Rs1,000
KARACHI - In sharp contrast to PTA policy, the cost of mobile phone SIMs is expected to increase from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per ...
DAP off-take dips by 45.3 per cent
KARACHII - Urea off-take has reached 5.5 million tons during the year 2008, depicting an increase of 12.5 percent, on a yearly ...
Asia could see rapid economic recovery: IMF chief
TOKYO (AFP) - Asia's economies could recover rapidly next year from their slump once the rest of the world claws out of ...
Swing trend jacks up stock market 51 points
LAHORE - Bullish trend again witnessed in Karachi Stock Exchange on Tuesday when most of the time bourse hanged in the balance ...
New policy to promote LPG sector
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The new Liquified Petroleum Gas policy, which is likely to be announced soon, would help promote the LPG ...
SBP issues guidelines on Islamic financing for agriculture
KARACHI- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued "Guidelines on Islamic Financing for Agriculture" to help banks develop ...
Salman to head body on draft CRA
KARACHI - The Ministry of Finance has constituted a Committee, headed by the Acting Chairman SECP Salman Ali Shaikh, to review ...
Berger Paints selects Oracle
KARACHI - Berger Paints Pakistan has selected the Oracle E-Business Suite to improve and standardize its business operations. ...
FDI in Pak showing positive trend
LAHORE - Secretary Board of Investment (BoI) Tariq Iqbal Puri has claimed that foreign direct investment in Pakistan is ...
Politics
Finance Secy among others reshuffled
ISLAMABAD " Within a fortnight of the last massive reshuffle in the federal bureaucracy, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on ...
No intention to oust Punjab govt: Sherry
ISLAMABAD " Federal Minister for Information Sherry Rehman has said that the government has no intention to destabilize Punjab ...
0.2m tons sugar import ordered
ISLAMABAD - The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) Tuesday directed Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to import 0.2 ...
Tarin leaves for Tokyo
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister's Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tarin left for Japan on Tuesday to materialise recently voiced Japanese ...
Taseer, Pervaiz mull power-sharing formula
LAHORE-President PML-Q Punjab Ch Pervaiz Elahi called on Governor Punjab Salman Taseer at the latter's Cavalry Ground residence ...
'N' does not believe in 'deal politics': Shahbaz
LONDON-Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday made it clear that his party did not believe in 'deal politics', saying: ...
Muslim envoys ask Obama to address root causes of terror
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Muslim world is hopeful of a change in US policy towards the Islamic world with arrival of the Obama ...
Indonesian lawmaker dies after mob beating
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) - An Indonesian provincial speaker died after he was beaten by a mob Tuesday which stormed the local ...
PAC orders audit of Army stores
ISLAMABAD - Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has directed Auditor General of Pakistan to execute a ...
India wants UN to declare more Pakistanis terrorists
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is engaged in hectic diplomatic efforts to block the Indian move aimed at the inclusion of more Pakistani ...
UN chief informs UNSC about his intention to appoint body to probe BB's slaying
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has informed the Security Council of his intention to establish a commission to ...
Entertainment
I've enough money never to have to work again: Emma
ALTHOUGH Harry Potter has helped Emma Watson earn megabucks, the beauty still wants to complete her education before allowing her ...
Pouncing Jaguar shaped motorbike designed
AN acclaimed designer and motorbike fanatic have joined forces to create the ultimate purring machine. Designed in the shape of a ...
Cheryl is stunning: Paris
PARIS Hilton has backed Cheryl Cole's bid to crack America. The hotel heiress, who has been in the UK promoting her TV show My ...
59th International Film Festival to start tomorrow
BERLIN (AFP) - World premieres starring Renee Zellweger, Tommy Lee Jones, Demi Moore and Michelle Pfeiffer will vie with powerful ...
Winslet, Cruz share 'close friendship'
KATE Winslet and Penelope Cruz have reportedly struck up a close friendship. Both actresses have been nominated in this year's ...
After Google Earth comes Google Ocean
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Online search powerhouse Google has launched a new service to allow Internet users to explore the depths of ...
Islamabad
'Kashmir at core of govt foreign policy'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Kashmir issue is at the core of foreign policy of the PPP government as peace cannot be ensured in the region ...
3000 HEC scholars face bleak future over paucity of funds
ISLAMABAD "The fate of almost 3,000 students sent abroad for higher studies on the government expenses by Higher Education ...
Pakistan wants to resume dialogue with India: Kaira
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira has said that Pakistan wants to resume ...
2 police officials suspended
RAWALPINDI" Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Nasir Khan Durrani Tuesday suspended two police officials on charges of ...
Lawyers reject date for judges' restoration
RAWALPINDI - Reiterating their stance regarding the scheduled Long March in Islamabad, lawyers have decided not to accept any ...
Abbottabad register massive win over Quetta
ISLAMABAD - Abbottabad registered a massive win by 10 wickets against Quetta in the Quaid Trophy match here at the Diamond Club ...
Karachi
Sindh seeks Rs312b collected on services
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Tuesday demanded return of Rs312 billion, collected by FBR and unconstitutionally on behalf of the ...
Subjects change an uphill task for KU students
KARACHI - Students of Karachi University (KU), willing to change their major subjects in their second year of studies, are ...
Artists join hands with DOTS to serve humanity
KARACHI - Renowned artists of the country donated more than 100 masterpieces of their art work for auction in an exhibition with ...
Sindh govt appoints 33 retired officers on contract
KARACHI - Sindh government has re-appointed more than 30 retired officers in various departments of the province violating its ...
Ahle Sunnat ulema meet MQM leader
KARACHI - A 12-member delegation of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat led by Qari Khalilur Rehman on Tuesday called on the MQM Provincial ...
Election of SBC chairman rejected
KARACHI - The members of Sindh Bar Council (SBC) on Tuesday rejected the election of the vice chairman of SBC and chairman of ...
Mushtaq to face Aqeel in singles semis
KARACHI - Promising Nasir Mushtaq gets an opportunity to show his class when he faces national champion and Davis Cupper Aqeel ...
Karachi Whites see win against Wapda
KARACHI - Karachi Whites Khalid Latif slammed innings saving 81 and later home teams pacers Tanvir Ahmed and Malik Aftab equally ...
Lahore
Govt forms design body to ensure plan
LAHORE - The Punjab government is all set to constitute 'Special Design Committee' to ensure the Lahore Canal Beautification ...
Assembly passes resolution against Israeli aggression
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning recent Israeli aggression on Ghaza and ...
IJT activists attack PU teacher's house
LAHORE - Islami Jamiat Tulba activists of Punjab University, with the help of some external elements, attacked the house of ...
LHC seeks reply from PU, college
LAHORE - Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore High Court on a petition of Ammara Mirza, an MBBS part-I student at Fatima Jinnah ...
British jurist supports lawyers 'long march'
LAHORE - Graeme Kirk, an eminent British Jurist, said that the legal community around the world supports the just cause of ...
Advertisers accuse PHA of victimisation
LAHORE - The Punjab Outdoor Advertising Association (POAA) has accused Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) for dismantling ...
PCB fails to satisfy sub-committee over hirings, sackings
LAHORE - The Senate's standing committee for sports has summoned the PCB top brass and recently resigned director general Javed ...
Grossi makes win easy for Askari in 12 Goals Polo
LAHORE - Jaun Garcia Grossi, an eight goal Argentinean player, stunned one and all on the polo field of 12 Goals Cup with ...
HBL, Navy get wins in 56th National Hockey
LAHORE - Habib Bank and Navy got win in the 56th National Hockey Championship Final Round's day nine here at the National Hockey ...
4-goal Younus pushes Karachi into last four
LAHORE -Well-built front-runner Muhammad Younus stole the limelight as Karachi proved too good for Northern Areas 7-1 in the ...
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