Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- 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
The Nation in print for Sunday, January 11, 2009
Front Page
No bowing down to pressure: Asif
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday asked the world powers to play their role through effective diplomacy to defuse tension between Pakistan and India. "The international community should take into account the challenges which Pakistan is facing at its eastern and western borders and ...
Musharraf says no deal over drone attacks
ISLAMABAD - Repelling the impression that previous government had a tacit agreement with US for drone attacks inside Pakistan, ...
Senate body summons CM Hoti
ISLAMABAD - Senate Standing Committee on Interior has summoned NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on the charges of ...
Opp takes lead in tabling l8th Amend Bill
ISLAMABAD - Once again the undue delay and state of indecision on introducing constitutional reforms package in the Parliament ...
International
Gilani's surprise gift to Bush that wasn't
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's visit to Washington last summer was "disastrous", according to an article ...
European protests call for end to Gaza conflict
LONDON (AFP) - Demonstrators rallied across Europe on Saturday in protest against Israel's deadly assault in the Gaza Strip, ...
Abbas presses Hamas to accept ceasefire plan
CAIRO (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas pressed his rivals Hamas on Saturday to accept an Egyptian plan to end Israel's ...
Somali pirates release Saudi supertanker, Iran chartered ship
NAIROBI (AFP) - The Saudi oil supertanker captured by Somali pirates took to sea Saturday, a minister said, after being released ...
Rahul can become Premier after Lok Sabha polls, says Pranab
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Rahul Gandhi can become Prime Minister as early as after the Lok Sabha elections due soon if there was a ...
Sri Lankan army ready for 'decisive blow' to Tigers
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces were ready to deal a "decisive blow" to the remaining Tamil Tiger rebels following the ...
UN chief disappointed at military Op
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he is disappointed at ...
ACLU protests force-feeding Gitmo prisoners
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote a letter to US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates Friday ...
Obama's new spy chiefs to break with Bush years
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama has vowed to observe Geneva Conventions bans on torture and outlawed the tweaking of intelligence ...
Bush urges end to rocket fire, smuggling
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House said on Saturday that President George W Bush called his Turkish counterpart and urged an end ...
Guptill shines with century on New Zealand debut
AUCKLAND (AFP) - A record-setting 122 not out by New Zealand debutant Martin Guptill brightened an otherwise dismal day here ...
Chigumbura, Utseya star in Zimbabwe victory
DHAKA (AFP) - Elton Chigumbura scored a solid 64 and spinner Prosper Utseya bagged two key wickets as Zimbabwe defeated ...
Business
Trade deficit widens to $9.56b
KARACHI - Pakistan's trade deficit has surged to 9.559 billion dollars during the six months of current financial year (Jul-Dec) ...
SECP amends Ord to allow listed cos to buy back shares
LAHORE - The continued reduction in the value of the stock shares has made them very attractive, providing an opportunity to the ...
SBP 2nd best central bank
KARACHI (APP) - The fourth annual Islamic Finance News Poll results are in after a record breaking 2,491 unique votes were cast ...
Chief of fraud-hit Indian IT firm in prison
MUMBAI (AFP) - The disgraced former chairman of top Indian outsourcing firm Satyam was sent to prison Saturday, days after ...
KSE at 24-week high; breaches 6,000 mark
LAHORE - The local equity market's benchmark KSE-100 Index registered a rise of 6 per cent from its previous week- a high of 24 ...
SPI-based inflation down
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on January 6, for the all groups of income witnessed ...
'Smooth power supply to textile sector top priority'
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Textile Industry Rana Farooq Saeed Khan Saturday said the textile industry was the backbone of ...
India's economic slump crashes big weddings
FOR couples about to be married here, the global economic crisis has forced the big fat Indian wedding onto a crash diet. Gone ...
The end of the financial world as we know it
AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We've been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and ...
Islamic banking future bright
KARACHI - Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce, M A Rauf Siddiqui has said that Islamic Banking is growing at a fast ...
Politics
All options are still open, says Pranab
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India has not exhausted its diplomatic options in its attempt to bring the Mumbai attack plotters to ...
Pakistan not Gaza: Army
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Military leadership has made it clear that the neighbouring country should not commit mistake to consider ...
Balochistan cancels land allotment to PAF
QUETTA-Balochistan Cabinet has decided to restore Divisional Commissionerate system in Balochistan besides restoring Qazi Courts ...
Aptma plans closure of textile mills, workforce layoff
KARACHI - Overwhelming number of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association members urged APTMA Chairman Tariq Mehmood to call for ...
Israel warns Gazans of war escalation
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israel vowed to escalate its war in Gaza on Saturday after carrying out more deadly air strikes, as troops ...
17 killed in Hangu clashes
HANGU - At least 17 people were killed and 30 others injured as a result of sectarian clashes in Hangu, southern district of ...
Pakistan says its nuclear arsenal is secure
NEW YORK - A top Pakistani official was quoted as saying in the course of a newspaper article dealing with the challenges before ...
I acted with Zardari's nod
MAHMUD Ali Durrani, who was sacked by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani a few days back for his statement about the sole ...
NWFP may be declared 'war-affected zone'
PESHAWAR - Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo has said that the federal government has been ...
Judiciary should stay away from adventurism: Naek
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Farooq H Naek Saturday asked the superior judiciary to stay away from judicial ...
16 Baloch parties write letter to Brown
QUETTA - Sixteen Baloch nationalist parties and organisations have written a joint letter to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown ...
PPP sets loyalty as main criterion for Senate ticket
LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party has set loyalty with the party as main criterion to award Senate tickets to its party men, as it ...
Entertainment
Rush for Windows 7 downloads overwhelms Microsoft servers
LAS VEGAS (AFP) - Microsoft's mighty servers were overwhelmed Friday as computer users worldwide rushed to download a free test ...
Hathaway named in Globes blunder
GOLDEN Globe organisers have apologised for a blunder on the awards website which suggested that Anne Hathaway had won a best ...
Magna Carta stored in Welsh cave during 2nd World War
A copy of Magna Carta, one of the most important documents in British history, was secretly hidden in a cave in Wales during the ...
Prince William to propose Kate Middleton
BRITAIN'S Prince William will propose to his girlfriend Kate Middleton Friday, it has been claimed. Kate - who has been dating ...
Britney wears a 'magic' ring to boost confidence
Britney Spears is wearing a "magic" ring to give her confidence. The "Womanizer" singer has been spotted wearing a tourmaline ...
Ecstasy for treatment of traumatic anxiety
TREATMENT with a pharmacological version of the drug ecstasy makes PTSD patients more receptive to psychotherapy, and contributes ...
Islamabad
CIDA aid for Pakistan to be raised to $60 million
ISLAMABAD - Canadian Federal Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney Friday called on Foreign ...
PM's Action Plan for polio eradication to be started soon
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister of State for Health Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sandhu on Saturday said Prime Minister's Action Plan for ...
Minorities' quota in govt jobs to be enhanced
ISLAMABAD - The government has announced to enhance minorities' quota to five percent in government jobs. The Federal Minister ...
CDA 'employees' condemn foul play
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) in gross violation of the Authority's service regulations has granted ...
NH&MP arrest 3 car lifters, recover 2 vehicles
ISLAMABAD - National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has recovered two vehicles and arrested three car lifters. According to ...
Volunteers lauded for maintaining peace in Ashura
ISLAMABAD (APP) -The volunteers of National Volunteer Movement (NVM) have played a remarkable role during Muharram to ensure ...
Karachi
Moderate quake can play havoc in Karachi
KARACHI - Earthquake or tsunami of a moderate magnitude can bring disaster to the metropolitan. Karachi is situated on the ...
Private schools remain open during vacations
KARACHI - The owners of private schools have forced Sindh government from taking any official action against those private ...
Environment to be made part of curriculum in Sindh
KARACHI - Provincial Wildlife Minister Dr Daya Ram Essarani reiterated Saturday that Sindh Govt has declared 2009 as Year of the ...
NGOs slam Israel aggression on Gaza
KARACHI - A number of NGOs from the platform of Citizens Against Zionist Aggression (CAZA) on Saturday condemned barbarian ...
Thousands of PTCL phone lines dead
KARACHI - Thousands of PTCL telephone lines are lying dead across the City due to various faults in the underground cable ...
A Happy New Year?
Tell that to the Marines or to the people of Gaza and see if they agree. While most of the world was celebrating the New Year, ...
Shahzaib hits magnificent century against Lahore Ravi
KARACHI - Karachi Blues opener Shahzaib Hassan struck magnificent century as the home team took huge first innings lead over ...
Umpire Mian Aslam faints in SSGC-NBP match
KARACHI - Mian Aslam, a senior and reputed umpire fainted and was stretchered out of the ground midway through Sui Southern Gas ...
Karachi Whites in comfortable position
KARACHI - Karachi Whites posted comfortable 273 for five in its first innings against Customs on the second day of the Quaid ...
Ilyas six-wicket haul gives PIA edge over HBL
KARACHI - Pacer Aizaz Ilays ran through a strong HBL innings with a six-wicket haul to give PIA's first innings lead against an ...
Lahore
One step forward, two steps back
LAHORE - After the Punjab government found it really hard converting palatial palace named 'Chief Minister's Secretariat' ...
Quetta-bound trains schedule changed
LAHORE - The Pakistan Railways has changed the schedule of all the Quetta-bound trains following the incidents of firing on the ...
CM urged to remove university VC
LAHORE - President of 'The Old Ravians Teachers and Students Association', Professor Touqeer Sheikh along with other office ...
Agencies hand over important clues to govt
LAHORE - The sensitive agencies Saturday provided important clues to the provincial government about the mastermind behind the ...
Majid Nizami's efforts for PML unification lauded
LAHORE - A meeting of MSF ex-office-bearers was held at Aiwan-e-Karkunan Tehrik-e-Pakistan under the chair of Dr Javed Iqbal on ...
Kalsoom praises Shahbaz's services for education
LAHORE - Begum Kalsoom Nawaz, the wife of PML-N Quaid has said that with there was lot of talent in our young generation, which ...
Naved strikes for Lahore
LAHORE - The match between Lahore Shalimar and Wapda hangs in balance on the second day of the four-day Quaid Trophy encounter ...
National Hockey from 21st under changed format
LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation has changed the format of 56th National Hockey Championship and rescheduled the event ...
Hockey Coaching Camp from Feb 3
LAHORE - The Development Hockey Coaching Course will be held in conjunction with 56th National Hockey Championship at National ...
Tazelaarto visit academies in Punjab
LAHORE - Foreign Consultant of Pakistan Hockey Federation Wouter Tazelaar will be visiting the other three PHF Academies of ...
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