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 Friday, February 06, 2009
Front Page
Bomber kills 32 in DG Khan
DERA GHAZI KHAN - At least 32 people were killed and more than 50 others injured when a suicide bomber ripped through a crowd near an Imambargah in Dera Ghazi Khan on Thursday evening. The bomber struck near General Bus Stand at Muslim Town when the Chehlum procession was being held in the ...
3 women killed in Swat; two schools blown up
SWAT " Amidst continuous violence in central Swat district, which killed three of a family, the situation worsened also in Upper ...
Senate polls on March 4
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan Thursday announced to hold Senate elections on March 4, 2009. The announcement ...
UN Commission for fact-finding, not criminal probe, says Ban
UNITED NATIONS-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said in a letter to the Security Council President that the three-member ...
International
Faith promotes greater good in all: Obama
WASHINGTON - President Barack Hussein Obama said Thursday religion too often is easy to use as a divider, because the simple ...
Maliki's allies triumph in polls
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's allies triumphed in weekend elections, preliminary results showed Thursday, ...
Zimbabwe passes unity deal bill
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's parliament on Thursday approved constitutional amendments that will pave the way for a unity government ...
Gaza war boosts Hamas support: poll
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza, which killed more than 1,300 people and left large swathes of the territory in ...
Bangladesh to end begging within five years: minister
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh said Thursday it would seek to eliminate begging from the impoverished country within five ...
Hamas to give Gaza truce response Saturday: Egypt
CAIRO (AFP) - A Hamas delegation will give a final response to a proposed long-term Gaza truce to Egyptian mediators on Saturday, ...
UK body suspends operations in Tehran
LONDON (AFP) - Britain on Thursday accused Iran of intimidating its staff after closing its main cultural centre in Tehran, in ...
Chinese girl attempts suicide to save dad
SHANGHAI (AFP) - A 13-year-old girl in China is in a critical condition after trying to commit suicide so that her liver could be ...
Climate change must be tackled to avert disaster: UN
NEW DELHI (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that failure to tackle climate change would lead to global ...
Iranian missiles have 'worldwide reach': Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) - Iran's successful launch of a satellite with its own technology shows that the country's missiles "can reach any ...
Afghan minister resigns to run for presidency
KANDAHAR9 (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday accepted the resignation of his finance minister, who announced that ...
Pietersen gifts wicket as England fight back
KINGSTON (Agencies) - England tail lifted the total to 311 for eight by lunch of the first test match second day. Earlier on day ...
Gambhir steers India to fourth win in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan completed a record bowling double before India posted an emphatic 67-run ...
Record-breaking Murali raises the bar
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan became the undisputed bowling king on Thursday with a second world record, ...
Murali completes record bowling double
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's leading bowler in Test cricket, on Thursday set a second ...
Pot pipe incident 'stupid' Phelps tells hometown paper
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Olympic superstar turned tabloid target Michael Phelps told the Baltimore Sun on Wednesday that the incident ...
Australia on target for Fed Cup Asia Oceania final
PERTH (AFP) - Samantha Stosur rebounded to seal the win for Australia over Thailand on Thursday in the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Group ...
Shoulder injury forces Sharapova out of Paris Open
PARIS (AFP) - Russia's Maria Sharapova has been forced to pull out of next week's WTA Paris Open through injury, the organisers ...
Business
Snags hit $236m ADB-funded road project
KARACHI - The Asian Development Bank assisted "Sindh Road Sector Development Programme" is unlikely to be completed on scheduled ...
Govt set to hand over NBFIs to State Bank
ARACHI - The federal government is working on a proposal of shifting the non-banks financial institutions (NBFIs) from the ...
BoE cuts rate to historic low
FRANKFURT/PRAGUE/JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate steady at 2.0 percent Thursday while ...
PIA hires 19 pilots; interviews on for airhostesses
KARACHI - Pakistan International Airlines has appointed 19 fresh pilots to meet the shortage of pilots, The Nation ...
Global stock markets slide
LONDON (AFP) - Global equities mostly sank on Thursday, hit by more bad news on the banking sector and the US economy. In morning ...
Oil price dips below $41
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose above 45 dollars in London but fell slightly in New York as traders assessed the outlook for ...
Economy getting 'sicker' : Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama warned Thursday the US economy was getting sicker every day, injecting another jolt ...
Real estate's bubble burst forces mega projects closure
ARACHI - The property prices in Dubai have slumped sharply in the backdrop of the current World economic meltdown. Dozens of new ...
LCCI sets up education support fund
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Thursday announced setting up of a merit-based Education Support Fund with ...
Politics
India links peace with action against culprits
ISLAMABAD " India has linked the resumption of stalled Indo-Pak peace process with what it calls 'real action' by Pakistan ...
Israeli ambassador targeted in Swedish shoe attack
STOCKHOLM (Agencies) - Swedish police arrested two protesters after they hurled a shoe and books at Israel's ambassador while he ...
No Pak response on 26/11 dossier: India
NEW DELHI (Online) - Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday maintained that India has not received any response yet from ...
Sri Lankan troops capture last Tamil Tiger naval base
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan government troops on Thursday captured the last known Tamil Tiger naval base in the northeast of the ...
Nejad asks world powers to be polite
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked world powers on Thursday to be "polite" in dealing with Tehran, a day ...
Early whales gave birth on land
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Early whales gave birth - and probably rested and mated - on land, according to a study published Wednesday ...
Entertainment
Jolie hates watching herself on screen
ANGELINA Jolie hates watching herself on screen. The Oscar-winning actress feels so uncomfortable watching her movies she hasn't ...
45ft snake longer than a bus discovered
A killer snake that was longer than a bus, as heavy as a small car and which could swallow an animal the size of a cow, has been ...
Merciless robots will fight future wars
LONG BEACH (California)(AFP) - Robots will be armies of the future in a case of science fact catching up to fiction, a researcher ...
Monet painting sold for 11.2m
LONDON (AFP) - Claude Monet's painting "Dans La Prairie" was sold at auction in London Wednesday for more than 11 million pounds, ...
Surgeons use microwave technology to destroy tumors
A new minimally-invasive option for treating liver tumors, called microwave ablation, is now available at UC San Diego Medical ...
'Sixth sense' gadget
ONG BEACH (California) (AFP) - US university researchers have created a portable "sixth sense" device powered by commercial ...
Islamabad
Thirty-one pollen allergy patients reported at PIMS
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has received 31 pollen-allergy patients in the last couple of days even ...
Kashmir features in PNCA cultural activities
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) remained the focal point of cultural events related to 'Kashmir Day' on ...
8000 CNG buses project gets authorities' nod
ISLAMABAD"Government has approved PC-1 of the much-awaited project for induction of 8,000 CNG buses in 9 mega cities to ensure ...
UN urged to shun dual policies on Kashmir
RAWALPINDI - Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed with traditional zeal and fervour across the city here on Thursday. On the ...
Sacked worker loses life
ISLAMABAD-The indifferent attitude of the Ministry of Women Development towards its former employees has put their future at ...
Kashmiri artists captivate audience
SLAMABAD - Lok Virsa here Thursday organised a daylong chain of activities to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day. A number of ...
Karachi
Karachiites observe Kashmir Solidarity Day
KARACHI - Thousands of Karachiites on Thursday observed the Kashmir Solidarity Day with great zeal and zest, took out rallies and ...
Government to pursue ZAB's Kashmir Policy, says Qaim
KARACHI - The PPP is dedicatedly pursuing national policy on Kashmir as laid down by Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who had vowed ...
Home Dept appoints two in BPS-17
KARACHI - The Sindh Home Department in open defiance of the decision of Sindh Cabinet has elevated two officers of Civil Defence ...
KESC pays Rs1.5b more to WAPDA
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company has paid Rs.1.5 billion to Water and Power Development Authority against the ...
Mid-day glowing streetlight
KARACHI - After seeing this mercury bulb glowing with full bloom at 3 PM on Thursday afternoon, one cannot believe that Pakistan ...
Two killed, one hurt in street crimes
Karachi (PPI) - Street criminals killed two men and injured one in separate incidents in the city here on Thursday. Quaidabad ...
Lahore
Assembly reiterates support to Kashmiris' struggle
LAHORE-The Punjab Assembly in its special sitting on Thursday adopted a unanimous resolution supporting ongoing freedom struggle ...
Two more agents arrested
LAHORE - A team of City police Thursday arrested two more agents of kidney transplant trafficking scandal from Rawalpindi and ...
Powers withdrawn from DCOs
LAHORE - The Punjab government has given administrative control of the protocol pool of vehicles, Circuit Houses, Divisional ...
'N' bemoans atrocities against Kashmiris
LAHORE - "We will lose the case of Kashmir, if 160 million people are not given their due rights." This was collectively stated ...
No prosperity without resolving Kashmir dispute
LAHORE - President Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Ch Shujaat Hussain and parliamentary leader of the party in the National Assembly ...
'PCB, team lack planning, strategy'
LAHORE - Former captain Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram said that the situation should have to be improved after induction of ...
PIA, NBP surpass SSGC in National Hockey standings
LAHORE - Defending champion PIA and National Bank have moved past Sui Southern Gas Limited after win in their respective matches ...
Punjab surprise Karachi 2-1 to grab bronze
LAHORE - Adnan Ayub-led Punjab upset all calculations when they imposed 2-1 win over formidable Karachi to earn bronze in the ...
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