Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
The Nation in print for Saturday, January 10, 2009
Front Page
Terror revisits Lahore
LAHORE - Fear and panic gripped the people as five blasts including four consecutive explosions inside the premises of Alfalah Theatre on The Mall while one outside the Tamaseel Theatre near Mozang Chungi, rocked the City here on Friday night. Luckily, no casualty or injury was reported in all the ...
Govt, Taliban re-establish indirect contact
ISLAMABAD - The government and Baitullah Mehsud-led Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have re-established contacts through some ...
Hilal-i-Pakistan conferred on US VP-elect
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari conferred the award of Hilal-i-Pakistan on the US Vice President-elect Joseph Biden in ...
UK MPs slam drone attacks
ISLAMABAD - Members of British Parliament have strongly condemned the drone attacks at Pakistani territory. The UK MPs Mohammad ...
International
US urges enhanced India-Pakistan cooperation
WASHINGTON - The United States has called for enhancing cooperation between India and Pakistan in identifying the culprits behind ...
Major UN agency suspends Gaza relief operations after driver killed
UNITED NATIONS - A UN agency that is a lifeline for 750,000 Palestinian refugees in Gaza suspended food delivery operations on ...
Major push is needed to save Afghanistan, US general says
WASHINGTON " The U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, says a significant and lengthy commitment is needed ...
Egyptians spearhead worldwide anti-Israel protests
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, (AFP) - More than 50,000 Egyptians rallied after Friday prayers to condemn Israel's assault against Hamas in ...
UNSC calls for immediate ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Thursday night adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and ...
UN rights chief for Gaza abuses probe
UNITED NATIONS - The top UN human rights official has called for an independent investigation into violations of international ...
Gaza is still burning: UNGA
UNITED NATIONS - The outspoken President of the General Assembly, Miguel D'Escoto, Friday welcomed as an "important step" the ...
Israel targets UN, ICRC food convoys
JERUSALEM (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross is temporarily restricting its Gaza operations to the territory's ...
Lankan troops capture Elephant Pass
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fighting Tamil rebels captured Elephant Pass Friday, a strategic causeway linking the Jaffna ...
US in early talks with India over missile defence
LONDON (Agencies) - The US is in preliminary talks with India over the sale of missile shield systems to help India guard against ...
Dilshan back in Sri Lanka squad for Pakistan ODIs
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cricket selectors Friday recalled in-form Tillakaratne Dilshan for an upcoming three-match one-day ...
Strauss promises England unity
LONDON (AFP) - Andrew Strauss promised the England team would come together after being confirmed here Thursday as their new Test ...
Business
Rice exports reach $1.18b in six months of FY09
KARACHI - The exports of rice increased to $1.18 billion during July to December period of the current financial year against ...
KESC unwilling to run all furnace units
KARACHI - The KESC continues to save its revenue by avoiding oil purchase for electricity generation, The Nation learnt from its ...
Pension funds fetched Rs778m during FY08
KARACHI - The size of private pension funds industry reached Rs778.4 million during FY08 on account of tax incentives on funds ...
Aptma plans textile mills closure to protest power, gas loadshedding
LAHORE - Members of the All Pakistan Texile Mills Association during a meeting have urged the body to undertake the planned ...
Oil prices fall close to 40 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell close to 40 dollars a barrel on Friday, having begun the session higher, at the end of a very ...
Profit-taking erodes values at Karachi stock market; up 69 points
LAHORE - Profit taking eroded morning gains in leading scrips at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) but 100-index surged by 68.94 ...
SECP prescribes criteria for debt securities
Karachi - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has prescribed valuation methodology and provisioning ...
Economic management - need to get the act together
People are willing to pay taxes and wait patiently to give governments time enough to improve governance provided they see ...
Government to constitute task force for load management
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government here on Friday decided to constitute a special task force for load management to ensure proper ...
PM for enhanced Pak manpower recruitment by Canada
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has called for enhanced recruitment of Pakistan's manpower by the ...
Politics
Three US troops killed
KABUL (AFP) - A bomb tore through a military patrol in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing three US troops, while a suicide ...
'Shariah courts' restored in Swat
SHARIAH Courts set up by Taliban in most areas of district Swat of NWFP have once again started functioning despite military ...
40 slum blaze victims buried in Karachi
KARACHI - At least 40 people including 16 women and 22 children were burnt to death in an inferno which engulfed hutments in ...
Israel 'bombs' UN ceasefire resolution
GAZA CITY (AFP) - A defiant Israel pounded Gaza with bombs and shells Friday, vowing to pursue its war on Hamas despite a truce ...
New policy raises oil companies profit
ISLAMABAD - Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet here on Friday approved 2009 Petroleum Production and Exploration ...
Patterson seeks reinstatement of Durrani
ISLAMABAD (Online) - While expressing concern over the dismissal of Prime Minister's Advisor on National Security Mehmud Ali ...
Entertainment
Oscar countdown begins as Golden Globes launched
BEVERLY HILLS (California) (AFP) - A galaxy of stars will be jostling for honors at the 66th Golden Globes here Sunday as the ...
World's biggest crossword on tower block
THE puzzle is more than 100ft high and fills the entire external wall of the residential building in the city of Lvov. Clues to ...
Britney and the boys get formal
BRITNEY Spears went home to Louisiana over Christmas break, where one of her designated (read: nonhacker) Twitter minions reports ...
Robot suit for farmers unveiled
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a robot suit designed to help reduce the heavy burden of harvesting as the ...
Obama to star in Spider-Man comic
US President-elect Barack Obama is to appear on the cover of a special edition of a Spider-Man comic. A six-page story, with the ...
Amazing elephant-artist paints from life
OH dear, Lankam the elephant doesn't seem to have got the hang of being an artist. For a start, his paintings actually resemble ...
Islamabad
Ashur observed with reverence in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Ashura was observed with reverence and solemnity in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad to commemorate ...
Finance Ministry yet to release HEC funds
ISLAMABAD -Despite the instructions of the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, the Finance Ministry has been unable to grant ...
Health services for all to be ensured: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government is making all-out efforts in consultation with ...
Uplift work in D-12 to be completed by June: CDA
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) while resuming development work in sector D-12 on Friday assured to complete the ...
Coordinated approach for anti-polio drive stressed
ISLAMABAD - The federal government has asked the provinces to involve other departments too, besides health department, in the ...
Chinese cellular sets start capturing market
ISLAMABAD - The trend of purchasing inexpensive Chinese cellular handsets is rapidly increasing among the masses and the cellular ...
Karachi
22 of a family killed in inferno
KARACHI (PPI) - I want to see the face of my sister Sughra as her young son is saying that the face of my sister was not ...
Polythene sheets caused fire to spread
Karachi (PPI) - Polythene plastic sheets caused inferno in North Karachi, Sector-5 on Thursday night at about 11:30 pm, in which ...
CM announces Rs0.1m each for victims heirs
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has announced Rs100,000 each for the heirs of those who died in North Karachi ...
40 NGOs to launch protest campaign
KARACHI - More than 40 NGO's of the country on Friday announced to launch a protest campaign against the aggression of Zionist ...
Religious parties take lead in anti-Israel fury
The whole world has woken up against Israeli aggression against the Palestinians. Top political parties of Pakistan are ignoring ...
End to India-Pakistan tension stressed
KARACHI - The civil societies on Friday demanded to settle the ongoing dispute between Pakistan and India by political dialogues. ...
Lahore
Work at Gaddafi Stadium stopped amid graft allegations
LAHORE - Renovation work at the Gaddafi Stadium for the ICC Champions Trophy have been halted over what the officials claimed as ...
Efforts on to destabilise Pakistan cricket
LAHORE - Director-General Pakistan Cricket Board Javed Miandad has alleged that efforts were on to destabilise the current set up ...
Naghmi has not handed over files of Asif as yet:PCB
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has alleged that the previous COO Shafqat Naghmi has not yet given the case file of Mohammad ...
Aisam leaves for training trip to UK
LAHORE - Pakistan's tennis ace Aisamul Haq Qureshi has left for a training tour of England before his participation in a number ...
Afridi involved in squabble with spectators
LAHORE - Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi was involved in a squabble with spectators during a Quadi-e-Azam Trophy match in ...
PCB likely to review central contracts list
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board may be forced to review the list of players who were given central contracts this week after ...
Central contracts should be reviewed
LAHORE - Former Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen (retd) Tauqeer Zia said Thursday the Board was prejudiced in ...
Pakistan confirm split series against Sri Lanka
LAHORE - A split Sri Lanka tour to Pakistan have been confirmed with change in one of the venues of the three ODIs to be played ...
Tibutes paid to Karbala martyrs
LAHORE - The 10th of Muharram was observed, the other day with religious zeal and devotion throughout the country to mark supreme ...
Industrialists, workers protest energy crisis
LAHORE - A sizable number of industrialists and workers of Kot Lakhpat Industrial Estate staged a protest demonstration against ...
No merger, no alliance: PML-Q
LAHORE - PML-Q central leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday ruled out possibility of his party's merger or alliance with any ...
Rs135 million decree passed against businessman
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Friday passed decree of Rs130 million against a businessman on a plea of ABN Amro Bank and also ...
Provocative statements can't terrify Pakistan: 'N'
LAHORE - PML-N central secretary finance and former MNA Muhammad Pervez Malik has said that people and leaders of Pakistan are ...
Nawaz terms govt's stance on Kasab's identity outrageous
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has described the government's contradictory statements about the identity of ...
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