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 Saturday, February 06, 2010
Front Page
Karachi bleeds after twin bomb blasts
KARACHI Two powerful bombs wreaked havoc in Karachi on Friday, targeting a bus first and then a hospital where casualties were rushed for treatment, killing 25 people, including women and children, and injuring scores of others in the second assault on Shia mourners in this mega City in ...
World forced India to resume talks
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that world pressure has forced India to resume stalled peace talk as ...
'Aafia verdict height of US tyranny'
LAHORE The Punjab Assembly on Friday adopted four resolutions unanimously, paying homage to Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and the ...
International
US welcomes Indian move for talks with Pakistan
WASHINGTON-As India resiled from its stand on talks with Pakistan, the US said on Friday that it has been pushing the two ...
Four British politicians charged over expenses scam
LONDON (Reuters/AFP) - Prosecutors charged three British MPs and one peer on Friday with false accounting over their ...
Muslims support educating girls & boys equally: Pew poll
NEW YORK - Muslims overwhelmingly support educating girls and boys equally, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research ...
UN chief sees no evidence of Gaza war crimes probes
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report released Friday that Israel and the Palestinians took steps ...
Afghan invasion has brought misery: Hizb ut-Tahrir
LONDON - Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain formally launched its report 'Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Unwinnable War at a Press conference ...
China ramps up tone in disputes with US
BEIJING/MUNICH (AFP/Reuters) - China on Friday stepped up the pressure on the United States, voicing fresh anger over an upcoming ...
Threat of violence exaggerated: Thai PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday played down the threat of violence at upcoming protests seen ...
Hamas 'regrets civilian deaths, Israel unmoved
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas, in an unusual move, has expressed regret for the deaths of Israeli civilians in Palestinian rocket ...
Major powers discuss Iran diplomacy, pressure: US
WASHINGTON/MUNICH (AFP/Reuters) - A senior US diplomat held a conference call on Friday with envoys from China, Russia and Europe ...
Failures behind attack on Afghan base: US army
KABU (AFP) - The US military Friday blamed a lack of leadership, diversion of vital assets and failure to recognise a growing ...
Shaun Tait scripts Pakistan's last defeat of series
MELBOURNE Michael Clarkes first match as official Australian Twenty20 captain began with a win, but it only came after Pakistan ...
Last hole blues for McIlroy in Dubai
DUBAI (AFP) An errant seven-iron into water at the last cost defending champion Rory McIlroy the early clubhouse lead in Fridays ...
Italy wary of Ukraine's Fed Cup sister act
PARIS (AFP) Francesca Schiavone has warned defending Fed Cup champions Italy that they will have to be on their toes to avoid an ...
Business
European debt fears pummel markets
LONDON (AFP) - Global equities tumbled Friday as soaring state debts in Europe sent shivers through the markets for a second ...
US loses 20,000 jobs, unemployment eases to 9.7pc
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US employers cut 20,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate eased to 9.7 percent, the Labor ...
Canada creates 43,000 jobs, jobless rate dips
OTTAWA (AFP) - The Canadian economy created 43,000 jobs in January, most of them part-time, and the unemployment rate dipped to ...
IFC targets providing up to $400m to Pakistan
DUBAI (APP) - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has a target of providing a financing facility upto $ 400 million to ...
Germany can help Pak textile industry: cg
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistans textile sector can benefit greatly through interaction with German organizations possessing specialized ...
Pakistan on brink of mass starvation: LCCI
LAHORE - Pakistan Water Front, working under the aegis of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Friday gave a detailed ...
China to impose anti-dumping penalties on US chicken
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Friday it would slap stiff penalties on a variety of US chicken meat it says is being sold at an ...
Children lead way in record NY homelessness
NEW YORK (AFP) - Kariana, aged three, has a lonely existence in the New York homeless shelter her parents moved into last year. ...
Australia to cash in on Indian growth
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australias coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to India are set to climb as the South Asian nations ...
Politics
Thousands rally for Kashmir
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA - Thousands of people rallied across the country on Friday to denounce Indian occupation of ...
Pak, Indian officials meet to decide talks agenda, dates
NEW DELHI (Agencies) Pakistans High Commissioner Shahid Malik met Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday to discuss the ...
US prosecutors seek solid evidence
ISLAMABAD The Legal and Prosecution Department of the United States has asked National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to provide ...
350,000 workers lose jobs
ISLAMABAD Due to gas and power loadshedding, some 350,000 labourers of the textile industries in the Punjab province have lost ...
Delay in NWFP road projects costs Rs2b
ISLAMABAD Delay in completion of the NHA road projects, from 1-2 year, in the NWFP is going to cost an additional amount of over ...
Foreign organisations have imperialist agenda
ISLAMABAD - The notorious reputation of some foreign organisations working outside their mandate glued with sheer indulgence in ...
Girls school blown up
PESHAWAR Unknown militants have blown up Government Girls High School Badrashi, Nowshehra, with seven powerful explosive ...
Pact with Taliban must ensure women's rights: UN
UNITED NATIONS - Any agreement between the Afghan government and Taliban should include a clear commitment to protect womens ...
SAARC home ministers' meet put off
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - The meeting of interior ministers of the SAARC countries in Islamabad scheduled for Feb 26-28, in which ...
President, PM, others condemn terror hits
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday strongly condemned the two blasts in ...
Blast in crowd kills 41 Shia pilgrims in Iraq
KARBALA (AFP) - A bomb attack on the last day of a major mourning ceremony in Iraq killed 41 people and wounded more than 140 on ...
Arrests, security lockdown in IHK
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Indian troops sealed off neighbourhoods in Srinagar on Friday and arrested dozens of activists to block planned ...
NA panel likely to finalise NAC draft bill today
ISLAMABAD The National Assemblys Standing Committee on Law and Justices meeting here on Saturday will likely to give a final ...
Amendment needed in Constitution
ISLAMABAD - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will have no role in conducting Local Bodies (LB) elections in the country ...
ANP not averse to talks with Taliban: Zahid
ISLAMABAD - Awami National Party (ANP) Central Information Secretary, Senator Zahid Khan, said on Friday that they were not ...
No foreign troops pursuing militants in Pakistan: Naek
WASHINGTON (APP) - Pakistan-US relationship should be based on mutual trust and respect and winning hearts and minds of the ...
Marvi for Parliament's joint sitting over water
Gujrat - Criticising the Government for ignoring the water issue, Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) MNA Marvi Memon on Friday ...
Nawa-i-Waqt Kashmir Relief Fund Huge amount spent on refugees
LAHORE - Relief activities for Kashmiri refugees, being run under the auspices of Nawa-i-Waqt Kashmir Relief Fund are continuing ...
Nato oil tanker attacked
QUETTA - An oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan was attacked near Chaman Pak-Afghan border while a roadside ...
Judiciary is independent: Chief Justice
SEHWAN (Jamshoro) (APP) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has called upon the bar to extend their ...
Indian team due today for water talks
LAHORE - A three-member Indian delegation headed by Indus Water Commissioner of India, Auranga Nathan is arriving in Lahore from ...
Bomb kills US soldier in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) A Taliban-style bomb attack killed a US soldier on Friday in western Afghanistan, NATO said. NATOs International ...
Entertainment
Emma Watson named highest-paid actress
HARRY Potter star Emma Watson has been named Hollywoods highest paid female star. The 19-year-old was ranked above the likes of ...
Brittany Murphy's death caused by pneumonia
US actress Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia, but could have survived if she had seen a doctor in time, a Los Angeles coroner has ...
UK youngest illusionist just six years old
SHE might be only six, but talented Morgan Price is already giving professional magicians five times her age a run for their ...
Butterflies hitch a lift on fast winds to migrate
INSECTS such as butterflies have been found to hitch rides on fast winds to migrate. Migrating insects seek out the fastest ...
Nasa's most amazing photos of Pluto ever
NASA scientists have taken the most detailed pictures ever of the former planet Pluto, which has produced a series of spectacular ...
Angelina hates Valentine's Day
ANGELINA Jolie is not a fan of Valentines Day Insiders say the actress - who is reportedly set split from Brad Pitt - refuses to ...
Islamabad
Bold policy needed for better results: Mushahid
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) General Secretary, Mushahid Hussain Sayed Friday called for a bold and comprehensive ...
NUML students vow boycott till action against accused
ISLAMABAD Students of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) have decided to boycott the classes and stage protest ...
Police bust gang of car-snatchers
ISLAMABAD CIA Police Islamabad have arrested five persons including a woman for their alleged involvement in the incidents of ...
Twin cities' security tightened
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - After the bomb blast at Karachis Shariah-e-Faisal on Friday, the security of Twin Cities has been put on ...
PTI warns of protests against govt's inaction
ISLAMABAD Condemning the biased American jurys decision in Dr Aafia Siddiquis case, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Friday ...
Centres to prevent children from begging
RAWALPINDI (APP) - Under a comprehensive programme, modern centres will be set up in the city to keep the children away from the ...
Karachi
Oil weakens at end of volatile week
LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices fell on Friday in the wake of weaker-than-expected US jobs data and at the end of a volatile week ...
Assembly to discuss law & order today
KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly today (Saturday) will take up the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi especially bomb ...
Chehlum observed with reverence
KARACHI - The Chehlum procession of Shiites was taken out on Friday in the metropolis with religious reverence to commemorate the ...
Rs0.5m for each martyred
KARACHI - The Sindh government has announced financial compensation of Rs0.5 million for heirs of martyrdoms and Rs0.1 million ...
Question mark on LEAs performance
KARACHI - Once again the City of lights fell into darkness after the ghost of terrorists haunted it. Karachi the financial hub ...
50 slums on 876 acres of govt land
KARACHI - A huge chunk of land, measuring more than 876 acres of land, belong to the federal institutions has been encroached ...
'Made for Stage' enthrals audience
KARACHI - Art, whether it is in the form of acting, dancing or playing live music, is a treat for all the musical theatre lovers ...
Pakistan to probe Afridi's ball-tampering
KARACHI (AFP) A committee investigating Pakistans humiliating whitewash in Australia will also probe the ball-tampering offence ...
Sara, Saba win epic matches to reach final
KARACHI Ladies tennis in Pakistan is rated poorly but those fortunate few who watched Pakistans four talented ladies playing in ...
Lahore
Parties reaffirm support to Kashmiris
LAHORE - Hundreds of thousands of people on Friday rallied across the country to express solidarity with Kashmiri brethren in ...
Data Ganj Bakhsh Urs celebrations end
LAHORE - The three-day 966th annual Urs celebrations of Syed Ali bin Usman Hajveri (RA) commonly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh ...
Imam Hussain Chehlum observed peacefully
LAHORE - Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) was observed with great religious fervour and devotion in the City on Friday. The ...
CM directs one uniform for all Punjab schools
LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said quality education for the youth is essential for progress and prosperity of ...
CJ urged to take suo moto of Karachi blasts
LAHORE - Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi, a renowned Shia cleric has announced a 40-day nationwide mourning while demanding the ...
PML-N all set to grab NA-123 seat
LAHORE - PML-N is ready to go two steps ahead of PPP in the game of winning from the constituency of NA-123. PPP won from the ...
PM should send delegation to US: Shujaat
LAHORE - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani should send an official delegation to the US on urgent basis for the facilitation of ...
'Kashmir liberation sans Jihad impossible'
LAHORE - Jihad is the only option to liberate Occupied Kashmir in case United Nations resolutions on it are not implemented, say ...
Pakistan female footballers record maiden win
LAHORE Ishrat Fatima-led Pakistan women football team recorded their first ever victory in international circuit when Sri Lanka ...
Bowlers suffering in a master-servant relationship
LAHORE Even while describing Shahid Afridis shocking act of chewing the ball during the fifth and final ODI against Australia at ...
Karachi, Sargodha, Islamabad earn wins
LAHORE Islamabad White outplayed Islamabad Red 3-0 at PTCL Ground, Islamabad G-7/2 to move to the final of PFF Youth U-14 Cup ...
Butt asks management to keep U-19 players under watch
LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has directed its selection committee and other board officials to keep track of ...
Four ties decided in SBP Governor's Cup
LAHORE Another four matches were played in the 6th SBP Governor Cup Super Series Inter Banks Cricket Tournament-2010 here on ...
Royal Palm adds jogging track to sports facilities
LAHORE The Royal Palm Golf and Country Club has added one-kilometer long jogging track to its existing sports facilities which ...
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