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 Thursday, February 04, 2010
Front Page
House of Lords echoes with calls for just Kashmir solution
LONDON Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Newspapers and All Parties Parliamentary Group organised Kashmir Conference at the House of Lords on Wednesday. The delegates adopted a unanimous resolution, declaring that durable peace in South Asia is not possible until Kashmir dispute is settled justly. The ...
3 US troops among 10 die in Dir school bombing
PESHAWAR At least 10 persons including three US soldiers and three personnel of the security forces were killed, while 65 others ...
Jury adjudges Aafia guilty
NEW YORK An American jury on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist who is ...
International
Tehran launches home-built satellite
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran hailed the successful launch of a home-built satellite on Wednesday amid Western concerns it is using its ...
No place for man with burqa wife in France: PM
PARIS (AFP) - Frances prime minister said Wednesday he would sign a decree refusing French nationality to a man who forced his ...
ME peace talks will resume 'soon': Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he expected peace talks with the Palestinians to ...
US pledges early review of air security 'blacklist'
ACCRA (Reuters) - The United States will review soon a list of countries whose air travelers are subject to tighter screening and ...
China warns against Obama-Dalai Lama meeting
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China warned US President Barack Obama on Wednesday that a meeting between him and the Dalai Lama ...
China looms large at Munich security talks
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - China will send its foreign minister to the Munich Security Conference for the first time this week, in a ...
Iran strike could spark nationalism:Petraeus
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A military strike on Iran could have the unintended consequence of stirring nationalist sentiment to ...
Iraq reverses election ban
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Around 500 candidates barred from Iraqs March 7 general election for alleged links to executed dictator Saddam ...
Protests flare as Haitians demand aid
PORT AU PRINCE (AFP) - Hundreds of desperate Haitians protested in the quake-devastated capital Wednesday amid soaring ...
'Brown must share blame for Iraq war'
LONDON (Reuters) - The majority of the British public believes Prime Minister Gordon Brown should share the blame for the Iraq ...
Hull apply the brakes to Chelsea title charge
HULL (England) (AFP) Didier Drogba celebrated his return to Premier League duty with a first half equaliser at the KC Stadium to ...
Business
PIB 10-year cut-off yield increases by 10 bps
KARACHI - The 10-year based cut-off yield of Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) has increased by 10 bps to 12.54 per cent from the ...
No fear of food shortage: Gondal
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal on Wednesday dispelled any shortage of food ...
PTCL earns Rs 5.354b profit in 6 months
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Wednesday announced financial results for the half-year ended on ...
Conducive atmosphere for investment in Punjab
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the government has created a conducive atmosphere for investment in the ...
FBR chief for efforts to improve revenue collection
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Sohail Ahmad, on Wednesday called for concerted efforts to improve the ...
KSE adds 32 points in cautious trading
KARACHI - Stocks ended higher on Wednesday led by second-and third-tier companies on hopes of healthy corporate results but ...
Saudi Development Fund to finance new projects
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabias development fund has initiated a study on financing new viable developmental ...
Carpet exports to exceed $200 million
LAHORE - The carpet exporters of Pakistan are dismayed over the cold response from the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan ...
Broadband users likely to rise to 4.35m by 2013
KARACHI - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) expects that broadband users to rise to 4.35 million by 2013. On the other ...
Kazakhstan has tremendous business opportunities
LAHORE - Pakistans Ambassador in Kazakhstan Irfanur Rehman Raja has said that Pakistan can earn a huge foreign exchange as ...
Politics
Pak sacrifices unprecedented, says Kayani
RAWALPINDI (Online) - Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said Indian Cold Start Strategy is an aggressive ...
Cycle of injustice complete
The New York jurys decision finding Dr Aafia guilty on seven charges did not really surprise anyone familiar with the vindictive ...
Deadlock between PPP, MQM ends
Most of the issues have been settled down between PPP and MQM after Wednesdays long talks in Karachi after the interference of ...
MQM demands sacking of Zulfikar, Durrani
LAHORE MQM has given a final warning to the PPP that it will part ways with the coalition governments in the Centre as well as ...
Hawkish elements tarnishing PPP's moderate face
The hawkish elements in Sindh are bent upon deforming the moderate face of PPP and they are working against the reconciliation ...
Wrong policies damaging country: Nawaz
RAHIMYAR KHAN PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said that the government bypassed the Parliament especially the Opposition while ...
Try Musharraf for Bugti's murder: Shahbaz
LAHORE Stressing that political justice is the right of people of Balochistan, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif demanded ...
PPP withdraws objections to changes in LG system
LAHORE In a significant development, President Asif Ali Zardari has directed PPP legislators in Punjab Assembly to extend their ...
Ex-justice Sardar Khan gunned down in Capital
ISLAMABAD Former Attorney General of Pakistan and retired Justice of Peshawar High Court, Muhammad Sardar Khan, was gunned down ...
Verdict not to lead to PA dissolution: SC
ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it would not pass such an order that might lead to the dissolution of the ...
NATO planes violate Pak airspace
QUETTA The NATO fighter planes reportedly violated Pakistans airspace for almost thirty minutes in the Zhob district on ...
Is Law Minister's illness only delaying factor?
ISLAMABAD Despite reports suggesting the PPP governments resolve not to confront the judiciary in the case of judges elevation ...
SCBA chief rejects Bacha's allegations
ISLAMABAD President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Qazi Anwar has served a Rs 100 million defamation notice on Barrister ...
US spy chiefs fear 'lone wolf' terror attack
WASHINGTON (AFP) Al-Qaeda is sure to mount an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, and will target the ...
Aafia says her guilty verdict came from Israel
NEW YORK - Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of attempted murder charges, has denounced her jury ...
Nato forces preparing for huge Helmand offensive
KABUL (AFP) - Thousands of Afghan and NATO troops are preparing for a major offensive in the southern province of Helmand, the ...
Regional approach on Kabul to backfire, Pakistan tells UK
ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Wednesday called upon the United Kingdom, one of its major coalition partners in the war on terror, to ...
Nasir Khosa new CS Punjab
LAHORE Balochistan Chief Secretary Nasir Mehmood Khan Khosa has been appointed as the new Punjab Chief Secretary while the ...
Malik acquitted of power abuse charges
FAISALABAD - Special central anti-corruption court judge Tariq Mehmood Iqbal Khan here on Wednesday exonerated Federal Interior ...
Gilani for accelerating work on Balochistan package
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed the Balochistan Government to accelerate work on the ...
Bomb kills 20 in Karbala
KARBALA (AFP) - A suicide attacker driving a minibus on Wednesday killed 20 Shia pilgrims, including women and children, ...
Karzai cancels meeting with OIC
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancelled on Wednesday a meeting with the worlds top Muslim body in Saudi Arabia ...
Indian home minister to visit Pakistan
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India announced on Wednesday that Home Minister P Chidambaram will visit Pakistan for a regional meeting, in ...
LHC disqualifies PML-N MPA
LAHORE - An election tribunal comprising Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of Lahore High Court on Wednesday declared disqualified ...
2 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - A bomb attack killed two US soldiers in the volatile southern region of Afghanistan, pushing the death toll of ...
Entertainment
Picasso masterpiece fetches 8.1m at auction
A PICASSO masterpiece unseen in public for 43 years fetched more than twice its expected price at auction - going for ...
MJ's doctor 'to be charged over death'
MICHAEL Jacksons doctor is expected to be charged soon with the singers involuntary manslaughter, US media reports say. Dr Conrad ...
Worst movies of all time led by Batman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood star George Clooneys latest movie Up In The Air garnered five Oscar nominations the other day ...
Castle hidden by bales of straw
A FARMER who secretly built a castle and lived in it for four years while it was concealed behind bales of straw lost a High ...
Two asteroids collide 90m miles from Earth
A COMET-like object has been created by the collision of two asteroids related to the one blamed for killing the dinosaurs ...
Studio rolling out Potter, Titans in 3D
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Warner Bros said it would release the next Harry Potter movie in 3D, and would also delay the launch of ...
Islamabad
Security but not at cost of public convenience
ISLAMABAD - The beefing up of security of sensitive government buildings as well as other sensitive areas including the ...
Fresh child labour survey demanded
ISLAMABAD - The media professionals on Wednesday in a meeting of Media Coalition Against Worst Form of Child Labour critically ...
Traffic Police issue 73,025 tickets
RAWALPINDI (APP) - The City Traffic Police Rawalpindi issued 73,025 tickets and collected Rs. 13.24 million in fine during the ...
Chairman CDA warns of water scarcity
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) has chalked out Islamabad Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan (WCDCP) ...
Bait ul Mal detects Rs8.6m corruption cases
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Bait ul Mal (PBM) detected corruption matters of Rs. 8.6 million which were filed through fake medical ...
125 households get power sans meters
ISLAMABAD - IESCO divisional office of G-7 Markaz has failed in devising mechanism for providing electricity connections to one ...
NA Committee on Sports asks Butt to resign
ISLAMABAD The National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports unanimously requested chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz ...
Karachi
SHC orders lodging of FIR against SSP, others
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Wednesday ordered to register an FIR against Senior Superintendent of Police SSP Aslam Chaudhry and ...
Killing of Balochs a conspiracy: Lashkari
KARACHI - Senator Haji Lashkari Raisani on Wednesday said that the recent killing of Baloch people in the metropolis was a big ...
Three shot dead separately in City
KARACHI - As many as three people including a cop were shot dead in different incidents here in the City on Wednesday. According ...
Scrap Chashma-Jehlum power project
KARACHI - Water expert and former Chairman Technical Committee on water resources ANG Abbasi has demanded to immediately scrape ...
No reason to remain part of coalition, says ANP
KARACHI - Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh Chief Shahi Syed on Wednesday said that there is no reason to remain part of the Sindh ...
Hike in POL prices flayed
KARACHI - Pasban Pakistan held a protest demonstration against the 10% price hike in petroleum products, demanding the authority ...
Blame captain and management, not PCB for disaster Down Under
KARACHI A former first class cricketer has slammed critics who, he said, had run berserk to blame the PCB and the selectors for ...
Tall claims of organisers exposed
KARACHI Citys tennis organisers over the years had claimed that they had promoted the sport as nowhere in other parts of the ...
SNGPL's Sami Niazi plays havoc with HBL batting
KARACHI Sui Northern Gas pacer Samiullah Niazi ripped through HBL second innings to place his team in sight of victory on the ...
Lahore
Police torture father of 5 to death
LAHORE - A father of five children was allegedly tortured to death by City police in Harbanspura police precincts on Wednesday. ...
Transporters go on strike across Punjab
LAHORE - Transporters went on strike across the Punjab on Wednesday to protest against the unjustified increase in the prices of ...
Data Darbar Urs celebrations continue
LAHORE - The 966th annual Urs of Syed Ali bin Usman Hajveri (RA) commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh commenced on Wednesday after ...
War against India inevitable if Kashmir dispute not solved soon: Speakers
LAHORE The long-standing Kashmir dispute should be resolved at the earliest otherwise the war against India would be inevitable. ...
Zaheer requests CM to attend PA proceedings regularly
LAHORE - Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheer-ud-Din has said the unanimous approval of National Finance Commission ...
Nazims march in support of LG system
LAHORE - A good number of Nazims and Naib Nazims on Wednesday from across the province marched on The Mall demanding not to end ...
Nurses thrash aged driver of Dr Saeed Elahi
LAHORE - A bevy of nurses on Wednesday badly thrashed the aged driver of the Chairman of CMs Task Force on Spurious Drugs Dr ...
Samir upsets sixth seed Jamie in Auckland Open
LAHORE Pakistans latest tennis sensation Samir Iftikhar staged the biggest upset of his career when he defeated world number 217 ...
Mahapara shines as Pakistan lose to Bangladesh
LAHORE Pakistan lost 1-0 to Bangladesh despite Young Rising Star FCs goalkeeper Syeda Mahapara agility and courage in the women ...
All teams tamper with ball: Imran, Ramiz
LAHORE Pakistan all-rounder and T20 captain Shahid Afridi has got consolation from former Pakistan captains in his ...
Islamabad, Quetta, AJK, Sargodha notch victories
LAHORE Seven matches were decided in the PFF Youth U14 Cup at various centres on Wednesday. Sargodha snatched 1-0 win over AJK ...
WorldCall Telecom title sponsors for Pak-England T20 rubber
LAHORE - WorldCall Telecom Limited has stepped up as title sponsors for reigning world champion Pakistan's bilateral Twenty20 ...
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