Friday, February 10, 2012
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- 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
The Nation in print for Monday, February 09, 2009
Front Page
Afghanistan will be tougher than Iraq
MUNICH (AFP) - The US warned its allies Sunday that fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan could prove tougher than in Iraq and appealed, along with Britain, for more troops and equipment. US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke insisted that a new approach was required to turn the strife-torn country ...
'N' has reservations over 'long march'
LAHORE - With a big question mark over the level of PML-N's participation in the coming 'long march', its leaders expressed ...
New accountability law under CoD, says Gilani
MULTAN - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said Pakistan was passing through the toughest times of its history. ...
US envoy due in Islamabad today
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan is expected to discuss a comprehensive strategy to tackle militancy and extremism in the region with ...
International
British terrorists biggest threat to US, warns CIA
LONDON (Agencies) - The CIA has warned US President Barack Obama that British extremists are the greatest threat to US homeland ...
Civilians pour out of Sri Lanka war zone
COLOMBO (AFP) - At least 10,000 civilians have escaped Sri Lanka's war zone in the last four days, the government said Sunday, as ...
Karzai's star falling at home, abroad
NEW YORK - Afghan President Hamid Karzai, once regarded as a hero by the Bush administration, has fallen out of favour at home ...
UK to build secret database of Britons' travel record
LONDON - The British Government is going to build a secret database to track and hold the international travel records of all 60m ...
Khatami declares bid for Iran presidency
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami on Sunday announced he would stand in June presidential elections ...
24 die in Brazil plane crash
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Twenty-four people died and four survived a charter plane crash in Brazil's Amazon basin, authorities said ...
Nato must go for drug lords: Afghanistan
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan, (AFP) - Nato troops operating in Afghanistan should find drug traffickers and "eliminate" them as they ...
Nato chief seeks Russian help for Kyrgyz base
MOSCOW (AFP) - Nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Sunday urged Russia to use its influence to keep open an airbase ...
W House talks tough as Senate nears stimulus vote
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's administration warned Sunday of a fight with Congress to reinstate billions in aid to ...
Sri Lanka end India's winning streak
COLOMBO (AFP) - Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with a solid 97 as Sri Lanka prevented an Indian clean sweep with an emphatic ...
England crash to humiliating innings defeat
KINGSTON (AFP) - England dramatically crashed to an innings and 23-run defeat at the hands of West Indies in the opening Test on ...
Australia stay alive as Haddin century ends losing streak
SYDNEY (Net News) - Australia on Sunday snapped their five consecutive ODIs losing streak by registering a thrilling 32-run ...
Dokic comeback gathers momentum
PERTH (AFP) - A resurgent Jelena Dokic believes her time away from the game allied to her mental strength will help her climb the ...
Angry Ranatunga blames officials for Sri Lanka decline
COLOMBO (AFP) - Legendary Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Saturday ruled out a repeat of their World Cup win if ...
Higuain seals Real win, but fans not fooled
MADRID (AFP) - Real Madrid had Gonzalo Higuain's 49th minute winner to thank for a 1-0 win over Racing Santander on Saturday, but ...
Politics
LG funds misuse PML-N, 'Q' trade charges
Islamabad - PML-N and PML-Q are at daggers drawn over massive irregularities detected in the local governments in Punjab with ...
Curfew imposed in Swat as 9 more killed
SWAT - At least nine persons were killed and 14 others, including a security man, injured on Sunday in forces' ongoing operation ...
Nato supply truck attacked;driver killed
QUETTA - A driver was shot dead while his colleague was critically wounded when unknown armed persons opened indiscriminate ...
'Ash Saturday' kills 108 in Australia
KINGLAKE (Agencies) - At least 108 people were killed and entire towns razed in the worst wildfire disaster in Australian ...
Gilani urges US, world to help boost Pak security agencies' capacity
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the United States and the world to help strengthen the capacity of ...
Khalid Hasan mourned at emotional funeral
WASHINGTON - A large number of friends and admirers of Khalid Hasan, who passed away on Thursday, bid an emotional farewell to ...
Karzai praises better ties with Islamabad
MUNICH (Agencies) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called cross-border terrorism one of the greatest threats confronting his ...
ANP, PPP agree on NWFP Senate seats
PESHAWAR - The ruling ANP-PPP alliance in NWFP has formally agreed to get five seats each in the upcoming elections of the Upper ...
Securityman dies, two hurt in Jaffarabad attack
QUETTA - A security personnel was killed and two others wounded when militants attacked a vehicle of security forces with a ...
Swat headmaster flees 'living hell'
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Sitting on a cold floor in a mudhouse on the outskirts of Peshawar, Akbar Ali fights back tears about getting ...
Entertainment
Geldof, Drummey announce divorce
PEACHES Geldof and her husband Max Drummey have announced that they are to end their six-month marriage, reports The Sun. The ...
Education does not lower risk of Alzheimer
WHILE a higher level of education may help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease, new research shows that once educated people ...
Jolie, Pitt expected at Baftas
HOLLYWOOD stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are among the nominees expected to attend Sunday's British Academy Film Awards in ...
Baby business: Octuplets row boosts demands for controls
PARIS (AFP) - Controversy over the birth of octuplets to a 33-year-old woman in California who underwent in-vitro fertilisation ...
Creator of 'Hope' arrested for graffiti
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The artist who created the iconic pop-art portrait which became the unofficial logo for Barack Obama's ...
50 years abandoned Bugatti auctioned for 3m
A car abandoned in a garage for 50 years by an eccentric doctor who was a compulsive hoarder has been sold at auction for more ...
Islamabad
Fake callers on the rise
ISLAMABAD " Despite issuance of post-activated SIM cards, the much-trumpeted move by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ...
Capital to have seven more parking lots
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started work on drafting the parking policy, what the official ...
F-12 land acquisition still uphill task for CDA
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to engage private sector companies for the acquisition of ...
Seven-year-old Tuba weaves 'golden dreams'
ISLAMABAD (APP) " It is universal to have soft feelings for the poor but if that feeling comes from the tender heart of a ...
Dilapidated road irks residents
RAWALPINDI - The dilapidated condition of the road leading from 22 Number Chungi to Bakra Mandi Chowk has mounted the miseries of ...
Swat girl student seeks govt's help against Taliban
ISLAMABAD - The brutal reign of Taliban has crippled the life in Swat. It is obligatory on the part of government to rid the ...
Karachi
Govt to set up body to improve governance
KARACHI - The Sindh government has decided to establish a Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (SPPRA) for improving ...
Funds dearth impedes women's uplift: Fatima
KARACHI - The women development department of Sindh is facing shortage of funds and support from the federal and provincial ...
Gandhara art exhibition starts
KARACHI - Gandhara Art Gallery displayed the soulful and thought provoking work of Jamil Baloch under the theme of ...
Doctors, professors being reduced to abject poverty
All over the world the doctors are recognised as saviours of the ailing humanity while the professors and lecturers are ...
Burney for halt to hangings of condemned prisoners
KARACHI (PPI) - Ansar Burney Trust International Chairman and former Federal Minister for Human Rights, Ansar Burney, has ...
Do children know how feelings affect school performance?
KARACHI (PPI) - Most of us know that the way we feel emotionally and physically can influence how we do on tests. That's why ...
Senators to probe cricket crisis
KARACHI (AFP) - A parliamentary committee on sports is to probe Monday the falling standards of Pakistan cricket and the ...
Lahore
Afghans beat CDGL in picking recyclables
LAHORE - Afghan scavengers are stealing recyclable material worth over Rs 720 million annually with impunity from the garbage ...
2 one-wheelies kick the bucket
LAHORE - Two young motorcyclists including a police constable lost their lives and many others wounded critically when they were ...
End to power outages remains a distant dream
LAHORE - The power consumers need not to be driven by misplaced optimism regarding end to loadshedding as Pepco officials have ...
Protection of life and property of masses top priority
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that no stone will be left unturned for the protection of life and ...
Papers accepted by ROs unchallengable: Dilshad
LAHORE - Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan, Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad has said that nomination papers for Senate election ...
PIA retain title on better goal average
LAHORE - Pakistan International Airlines successfully defended its National Hockey Championship title here Sunday on a better ...
Junior hockey team trials from today
LAHORE - The two-day trials to select the Pakistan Junior Hockey Team will be start from today (Monday). The national selection ...
Wohaib keep chances alive
LAHORE - Nowshera Eleven failed to keep home advantage in front of their own supporters and suffered 0-1 reverse at the hands of ...
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