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 Thursday, January 15, 2009
Front Page
Pakistan regrets India's threat of snapping ties
ISLAMABAD " Pakistan on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the Indian leaders' statements regarding severing ties and keeping open the military option warning, saying that ratcheting up of tensions by India would harm the cause of regional peace. Responding to a question about spate of ...
Taseer seeks CM's apology in new letter
LAHORE - Punjab Governor Salman Taseer has accused the Punjab government of misleading the Auditor General and humiliating the ...
Asif, Pervaiz mull 'Punjab deal'
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi recently called on President Asif Ali Zardari at a dinner to ...
Rivals managing situation: US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US State Department said Wednesday that Pakistan and India have so far managed to control tensions over ...
International
Anxiety at Gaza hospital after each Israeli strike
KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip, (AFP) - When news spreads of a new Israeli strike around this southern Gaza city, hundreds of people run ...
Bush unaware if Osama was ever close to being captured
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Outgoing US President George W Bush said Tuesday he was unaware if, during his eight-year tenure, ...
S Arabia calls emergency Gulf summit today
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has called an emergency summit of Gulf countries in Riyadh on Thursday (today) to discuss the Gaza ...
Troops flush Tigers out from Jaffna
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops have established total control over the northern peninsula of Jaffna Wednesday after flushing ...
Ending war immediate priority: Jordan King
AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan King Abdullah II told visiting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that ending Israel's war in the ...
Gaza war risks sowing 'seeds of extremism': Syrian President
LONDON (AFP) - Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip risks "sowing seeds of extremism and terror around the region", ...
Turkey, Iran shell Kurd rebels in Iraq
QANDIL, Iraq, (AFP) - Turkish and Iranian artillery have pounded Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq's northern mountains for the ...
Saudi suspect tortured at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Saudi suspected of involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks was tortured at the US detention site in ...
Conflicts, crackdowns mar 2008 Asian rights record: HRW
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday blamed Asian giants China and India for abuses against their own citizens ...
Serena survives scare to reach Sydney semis
SYDNEY (AFP) - World number two Serena Williams saved three match points to win a torrid three-setter against Danish teenager ...
Hasan blitz seals shock win for Bangladesh
DHAKA (AFP) - Shakib Al Hasan smashed an explosive 92 not out to power Bangladesh into the triangular one-day series final with ...
Safina feels the heat in reaching Sydney semi
SYDNEY (AFP) - Russian world number three Dinara Safina had a blast of what might confront her in next week's Australian Open as ...
Syria puts China on the spot
ALEPPO (Syria) (AFP) - China faced more footballing woe here on Wednesday as they were beaten 3-2 by Syria in their opening 2011 ...
Business
TCP withholds Rs2b of cotton ginners
KARACHI - The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has withheld around Rs2 billion of cotton ginners due to financial crisis, ...
Over 840 Islamic banks branches to be opened by 2012
KARACHI - Domestic banks in the country are expected to open more than 840 new branches throughout the country to carry out ...
CNG price to shoot to Rs48.90
LAHORE - The price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is likely to swell to Rs 48.90 per kg from Rs 44.50 across the country as the ...
ADB to give Rs4,066m for agro diversification development project
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the Asian ...
Karachi stock market down 8 points despite bailout
LAHORE - The shares remained flat and stable on Wednesday trading of Karachi stock market even after launching of the ...
KSE gloom likely to deepen in upcoming sessions
KARACHI - Despite starting shares-buying trading at the Karachi Stock Exchange under the NIT-regulated State Enterprise Fund, the ...
REAP against govt interference in rice trade
KARACHI - The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has said it will continue its opposition to government's buying of ...
Ban on raw sugar import to stay
ISLAMABAD - The government has rejected the sugar industry's demand to lift ban on the import of raw sugar, considering it a ...
CMC to invest $2 million in Pakistan energy sector
KARACHI - Despite the ongoing world financial crisis, CMC is quite confident to invest in Pakistan energy industry. A China ...
Pursuing a lost generation or common sense csr?
IF you are reading this publication, you are a literate person with probably a minimum of 16 years of formal education, till at ...
Politics
Kidnappers demand Rs50m for release of Iranian envoy
Karachi " Kidnappers of the Iranian diplomat, who was abducted from North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in November 2008, have ...
Judges asked to quit hearing
ISLAMABAD - Counsel for the proposer of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif Wednesday asked the three apex ...
'Q' may not win a seat from Sindh
KARACHI - The opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly will not be able to get a single seat from province in the upcoming Senate ...
PPP, 'N' to discuss 17th Amendment
ISLAMABAD - Some five months after the unceremonious breakup in relations, former coalition partners"Pakistan Peoples Party ...
11-member AJK cabinet sworn in
MUZAFFARABAD - The 11-member Azad Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet took oath here on Wednesday. President of the State Raja Zulqarnain ...
US may condition some mily aid to Pakistan: Hillary
WASHINGTON-US Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday evening assured Pakistan of the incoming Obama ...
Cops slaying sparks protest
QUETTA-Four policemen including a DSP were killed and another DSP was critically wounded when unknown armed terrorists opened ...
Tarin says MNAs misused funds in past
ISLAMABAD - The opposition turned agitated on Wednesday when Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin, while responding ...
Islamabad not serious in cooperation, says Pranab
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Peeved at Pakistan's contention that the dossier on the Mumbai attacks was not evidence, India on ...
JF-17 has an edge over Indian LCA
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari was given briefing on JF-17 Thunder Project by Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed on ...
Pakistan HR situation makes progress: HRW
WASHINGTON - Human Rights Watch, a prominent watchdog group, reported progress in human rights situation in Pakistan, including ...
Serious abuses in India, IHK: HRW
WASHINGTON - A leading human rights watchdog on Tuesday denounced India for 'serious abuses' in India and Kashmir, which was ...
Entertainment
Angelina encouraging Drew Barrymore to adopt
DREW Barrymore 33, is ready for motherhood, but with no husband in sight, she's had to put babies on the back burner. Drew has ...
Chicken feather suits and dresses
IN the future, you may snuggle up in warm, cozy sweats made of chicken feathers or jeans made of wheat, enjoying comfortable, ...
SAG meeting ends with no date for strike vote
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Leaders of Hollywood's biggest actors union ended a two-day meeting here Tuesday but failed to set a date for ...
Britney spends $8.9m on a new home
BRITNEY Spears has splashed out $8.9 million on a new home. The "Womanizer" singer is already in the process of moving into her ...
'Visions link' to coffee intake
PEOPLE who drink too much coffee could start seeing ghosts or hearing strange voices, UK research has suggested. People who ...
Man caught impersonating son to take exam
TOKYO (AFP) - A 54-year-old Japanese man was caught impersonating his 20-year-old son to take an exam, even getting a perm to ...
Islamabad
Dacoits loot Rs 9 lakh; ANF foils heroin smuggling bid
SHAHID RAO/MAQSOOD TIRMIZI RAWALPINDI -Four armed men shot and injured two citizens including a student during an armed dacoity ...
'New scientific disciplines to be introduced at edu institutes'
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that he planned to undertake the national initiative on the frontier of ...
'Coordinated approach must to meet challenges'
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi on Wednesday proposed a Regional Task Force and an ...
FJWU honours poetess Sehba
RAWALPINDI - Internationally-acclaimed Pakistani American writer, poetess and activist Ms. Sehba Sarwar visited Fatima Jinnah ...
Private schools in bad shape
ISLAMABAD - For the last few years, the federal capital has witnessed mushroom growth of private schools. Majority of private ...
Pakistan to offer technical training to Omani nationals
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Oman enjoy very cordial relations based on identical religious and cultural affinities, said Said ...
Karachi
'Govt efforts on to end energy crisis'
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday said a high level meeting will be held in Islamabad after ...
KBA demands tight security for Chaudhry
KARACHI - The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) has requested the authorities concerned to provide foolproof security to deposed ...
Police arrest arms' supplier; huge cache recovered
Karachi (PPI) - Crime Investigation Department (CID) police arrested inter-provincial illegal arms supplier with huge quantity of ...
Use of fake cosmetics at beauty saloons on the rise
KARACHI - The flourishing beauty industry in the country is leaving a rich imprint on life-style of the fairer sex. Beauty with a ...
Diabetes 3rd major cause of death
KARACHI - Diabetes is considered third major cause of death in the world and around 3.2 million people die every year from ...
KU shows solidarity with Palestinians
KARACHI - Profound and sincerely motivated efforts are the need of the time to deal with the huge humanitarian crisis in Gaza. No ...
NBP races to big total against Karachi Whites
KARACHI - National bank of Pakistan, playing at the DHA cricket ground located three kilometers away to south from its own ...
Lahore
Unexpected alliance works wonder
LAHORE - Unholy alliance between pro and anti lawyers' movement's leaders was the first and foremost cause of the defeat of ...
PPP to enlist 1,000 new members in every UC
LAHORE- Newly-nominated President of PPP' Lahore chapter Chaudhry Asghar Gujjar on Wednesday said that PPP would register 1000 ...
Punjab Govt, Chinese firm ink accord for power generation
LAHORE - The Punjab Government and a Chinese firm 'Beijing Environment and Sanitation Engineering Group (BESG) Company inked an ...
Edu dept to suspend computerised marking
LAHORE - The Punjab Education Department's Examination Commission is hell-bent to put the computerised marking system of primary ...
A struggle for constitutional space
LAHORE-After major political parties have taken initiative to strike down the 17th Constitutional Amendment as well as to strip ...
LDA retrieves 20 plots from illegal possession
Lahore - Lahore Development Authority has retrieved 20 plots worth millions of rupees from illegal possession at prime location ...
Pak-Sri Lanka series schedule revised again
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revised again the schedule of the One-day International series on request from Sri ...
IPL official threatens to quit if Asif hearing delayed
LAHORE - The useless delay in the hearing of fast bowler Mohammad Asif's doping case has rankled one of the three-members of the ...
Pakistab blind cricket body in financial crisis
LAHORE - The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council is facing severe financial crisis and is considering abandoning the team which won ...
PHF Karachi academy trials to be held today
LAHORE - The trials to select the players for PHF Hockey Academies in Karachi will be held at Hockey Club of Pakistan and UBL ...
PHF's foreign consultant to visit Gojra today
LAHORE - Foreign Consultant of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Wouter Tazelaar will visit PHF Hockey Academy Gojra toady ...
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