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, January 01, 2010
Front Page
Zardari seeks civilian control of ISI
COUNTRYS political forces want the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) under civilian control, said President Asif Ali Zardari, adding The matter of handing over control, however, has been postponed for the time being. In an interview with a private TV channel on Thursday, Zardari said the military ...
Pakistan ready to deal with misadventure: FO
ISLAMABAD Pakistan wants peace and stability in the region, however, its desire must not be seen as its weakness, Foreign Office ...
LGs issue left with provinces
ISLAMABAD (APP) President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday night deleted the following four laws from the Sixth Schedule of the ...
International
Kabul demands foreign 'killers' handover
KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan government demanded Thursday to take into its custody foreigners wanted over the alleged killing of 10 ...
UN envoy voices concern
UNITED NATIONS - As the United Nations investigates a joint raid by Afghan and US-led international forces in which 10 people, ...
7,500 Palestinians still in Israeli jails
RAMALLAH (AFP) - At least 7,500 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails and detention facilities at the end of 2009, the ...
Five killed in Finnish mall shooting
ESPOO, Finland (AFP) - A lone gunman killed four people in a rampage in a Finnish shopping mall Thursday and also murdered his ...
Al-Qaeda affiliates have ability to strike: NYT
NEW YORK - The plot to blow up a commercial airliner over American soil last week demonstrates a new and lethal ability by a ...
Foreign activists protest Israeli Gaza closures
EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Hundreds of people including international activists protested on both sides of a Gaza Strip ...
New Maoist school attack in India
PATNA (AFP) - Maoist rebels in India blew up a school in the eastern part of the country, police said Thursday, in the latest in ...
Six killed in new attacks in Thailand
PATTANI, Thailand (AFP) - Suspected militants killed two soldiers and four civilians in drive-by shootings in the latest violence ...
Yemen rebels ready for talks with Saudi Arabia
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemens Shia rebels said on Thursday they were ready for talks to end fighting with neighbouring Saudi Arabia, ...
US widens use of full-body scan at airports
WASHINGTON - American transportation officials said Wednesday they will add 150 full-body scanners to the 40 already operating in ...
United, Arsenal keep pressure on Chelsea
LONDON (AFP) Manchester United closed the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea to two points with a 5-0 rout of Wigan, while ...
Beckham emotional over looming United match-up
MILAN (AFP) England veteran David Beckham said on Wednesday he was delighted to be back in Milan and looking forward to pitting ...
Robredo hopes for second Hopman Cup title
PERTH (Australia) (AFP) As the only previous winner in the field, Spains Tommy Robredo hopes his experience in the unique format ...
Business
Mining co licence cancellation to discourage investors
KARACHI - Cancellation of an agreement with an Australian company for exploration of copper and gold in the Reko Dik area of ...
Etisalat land deals to be resolved in a month
DUBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan expects to resolve land transfers linked to a deal with the United Arab Emiratess Etisalat buying a ...
Plan to operate 800,000 tube wells on solar energy
LAHORE - In order to overcome the power crisis, the Punjab government has decided to operate tube-wells through solar energy with ...
US new jobless claims dip to 17-month low
WASHINGTON (AFP) - New US claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since July 2008, govt data showed Thursday amid ...
KSE ends year on dismal note; sheds 121 points
KARACHI - Profit-taking was witnessed at the market on the last day of calendar year as benchmark KSE 100-index declined by ...
Political instability, law & order to hit economy in '10
KARACHI - Despite facing a number of political and economic challenges, the year 2009 proved positive for the domestic economy in ...
Oil rises on last day of '09
LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices, which have soared more than 70 percent this year on global economic recovery signs, rose ...
Industrialists appeal political parties to cancel strike call
KARACHI - The industrialists of city have appealed to the political parties to withdraw strike call given by religious parties in ...
UK group to explore investment areas in Pak
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan, Federal Minister for Privatisation has said that UK has expressed to explore ...
Politics
'Happy New Year' raise in gas tariff
ISLAMABAD The OGRA has notified approximately 18 per cent increase in prices of natural gas, says a notification issued late ...
Petroleum prices down
ISLAMABAD The government reduced the prices of petroleum products by Rs 2.12 per litre. According to the notification issued on ...
CIA takes a big hit in Khost
WASHINGTON The eight Americans who were killed in a suicide blast at a military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday were CIA ...
Police to seek terror charges for 5 Americans
LAHORE (AFP) - Pakistan police said Thursday they would seek terror charges and life imprisonment for five American men arrested ...
US drone strike kills two in NW
MIRANSHAH (AFP/Reuters) A US missile strike on Thursday killed at least two people in Pakistans lawless tribal belt, Pakistani ...
Commission on BB not allowed to quiz military leadership
ISLAMABAD (Online) The government of Pakistan has refused to allow United Nations Commission investigating into assassination of ...
5 Canadians killed in Kandahar blast
MONTREAL (AFP) Five Canadians - four soldiers and a journalist - were killed in Afghanistan by a bomb that exploded as their ...
5 Canadians killed in Kandahar blast 5 Canadians killed in Kandahar blast
MONTREAL (AFP) Five Canadians - four soldiers and a journalist - were killed in Afghanistan by a bomb that exploded as their ...
Foreign fighters killed in Wana hospital raid
ISLAMABAD Security forces have killed eight terrorists and apprehended 44 others in South Waziristan and Swat Malakand region, ...
Army achieved major successes in '09: Athar
RAWALPINDI (Online) - ISPR Director General Maj Gen Athar Abbas has said that Pakistan Army achieved major achievements in war ...
Money sent abroad be brought back: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD - PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has said there is no threat to the country as well as the prevailing system from ...
Shujaat for execution of SC verdicts
LAHORE - President Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) Senator Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has demanded of the Government to implement ...
PML-Q terms 2009 year of govt's failures
ISLAMABAD - Pointing out food, energy crises and poor law and order situation in the country, PML-Q has termed Year 2009 as a ...
US training facility at Sihala closed
RAWALPINDI - In view of various security concerns, Ministry of Interior has decided to close the training facility which was ...
Fehmida and Naek to visit India next week
AMID the chill in Pakistan-India ties, two senior politicians will be in India next week for a multilateral meet, but will use ...
UN to pull ouat some staff from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - The United Nations will withdraw some of its staff from Pakistan because of safety concerns, a UN ...
PN officers promoted
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday approved the promotion of Rear Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila to ...
'TTP not behind Karachi attack'
'PESHAWAR(Online)-The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has expressed disassociation from the statement of its commander claiming ...
2 French journalists kidnapped
KABUL (AFP) - Gunmen kidnapped two French television journalists and three Afghans travelling with them northeast of Kabul in the ...
US to grant $55m for SW reconstruction
ISLAMABAD (APP) - US Ambassador Anne W Patterson on Thursday announced that the US government would provide $55 million (Rs4.5 ...
Entertainment
Meezan Bank sets up network of 200 branches
KARACHI - Meezan Bank Ltd has achieved yet another milestone by establishing a branch network of 200 branches in 54 cities within ...
Security jitters as world rings in New Year
SYDNEY (AFP) - Revellers across the globe began ringing in the New Year but a Bali terror warning and a deadly shooting in ...
DeGeneres named PETAs Woman of the Year
ELLEN DeGeneres has been named Woman of the Year by charity PETA. The US TV host was awarded the title by People For The Ethical ...
Megan Fox voted worst actress
HOLLYWOOD siren Megan Foxs attractiveness has often overshadowed her acting talents as she has been named worst actress of the ...
Embers 10,000 times hotter than our Sun
THE glowing embers left behind by one of the most powerful type of explosions in the Universe have been revealed for the first ...
Google loses domain name dispute
GOOGLE has lost a domain name dispute against a Canadian company that runs a search engine called Groovle.com. Google had ...
Coin tossing through the ages
COIN flipping as a game was known to the Romans as navia aut caput (ship or head), as some coins had a ship on one side and the ...
Islamabad
Yousuf, Younus maintain positions in ICC ranking
ISLAMABAD Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf and former captain Younus Khan maintained their 5th and 7th positions in the latest ...
Khurram, Jalil advance to second round
ISLAMABAD Khurram Nazir, Wakil Khan, Malik Abdul Rahman, Yasir Khan, Munir Ashiq, Hamid-ul-Haq, Hassan Tariq and Jalil Khan ...
CJ urged to order independent probe
ISLAMABAD - While rejecting the inquiry report of hospital administration in MNA Faiz Muhammads death case, the postgraduate ...
Pindi doctors flay politicians' intervention
RAWALPINDI - Young Doctors Association (YDA) Rawalpindi on Thursday observed a complete strike in the Allied Hospitals (AHs) and ...
New year brings little hope for CNG stations owners, cab drivers
RAWALPINDI - All Pakistan CNG Association (APCA) joining hands with other transport associations as well as Drivers Welfare ...
SC taking cases on merit: Bhagwandas
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Justice (R) Rana Bhagwandas, Thursday, said that Supreme Court was ...
Anti-car lifting cell impounds 42 vehicles
ISLAMABAD - Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) has impounded 42 suspected vehicles during the month of December. A spokesman for police ...
30 artists' work on display today
ISLAMABAD - With variety of colours and presentations, works of as many as 30 artists titled 'Welcome 2010 from all the four ...
Karachi
Indian coach pleads for more sporting contacts with Pakistan
KARACHI Indian boxing coach Dharminder Singh Yadev has suggested more sporting contacts between Pakistan and India to develop ...
DIG submits inquiry report
KARACHI - DIG South Ghulam Nabi Memon on Thursday submitted the initial inquiry report of the blast in Ashura procession on MA ...
MQM man killed, blind woman burnt alive in City
KARACHI - Unidentified armed culprits gunned down an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Lyari while a gipsy woman ...
17th Amend to go by March 31, says Khurshid
KARACHI - Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower, Khurshid Ahmed Shah Thursday said that besides doing away with 17th ...
It's strike in City on New Year
KARACHI - The Sunni Rehbar Council appealed to all traders, political and social organisations and transporters to support their ...
MQM denounces activists killing
KARACHI - The MQM Rabita Committee on Thursday vehemently denounced the killing of its activist in the metropolis, saying that ...
Rally in Hyderabad against Taliban
HYDERABAD (PPI) - Various organizations have accused Taliban for the bloody suicide bomb blast at mourners procession on 10th ...
Lahore
Vision Asia will deliver strength to Pakistan football: Faisal
LAHORE Pakistan Football Federation President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has termed the launch of the Vision Asia as a ...
Pak cricketers set to take part in IPL
LAHORE Eager to participate in the third Indian Premier League despite many glitches, at least a dozen Pakistani cricketers have ...
Lahore clinch Inter-dist Canoeing
LAHORE Lahore district won the Quaid-e-Azam Inter-district Canoeing Championship organized by the Punjab Association at the ...
CNG sector on the verge of collapse: speakers
LAHORE - The CNG sector, once launched as environment-friendly fuel with billions of rupees, is now on the verge of collapse due ...
Media didnt highlight issue of health hazard: LHC
LAHORE - Justice Mian Saqib Nisar of the Lahore High Court on Thursday constituted a six-member committee for getting packed milk ...
Police fail to recover abducted girl
LAHORE - Notwithstanding tall claims by the police departments top bosses about providing speedy justice to the masses, Sabzazar ...
Sami offers mediation between Taliban and govt
LAHORE - Secretary General Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Sami) Maulana Sami-ul-Haq has offered mediation between Taliban and the ...
PIA's post-Haj operation in fiasco
LAHORE - PIAs post Haj operation remained in shambles as seven flights were cancelled and 47 delayed for periods ranging from 8 ...
2009 leaves Lahorites terror-stricken
LAHORE - The Lahorites said good bye to the year 2009 with the face saddened by terrorism, electricity and gas crisis, price hike ...
Infrastructure uplift must for progress: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that government is taking solid measures to further develop ...
APC for halting demolition drive
LAHORE - All Parties Conference has demanded the Punjab Government to stop demolition of plazas in the City and resolve the issue ...
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