Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Saturday, January 17, 2009
Front Page
Pakistan shares info with India
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Friday formally informed India that it had launched investigations into the Mumbai attacks following the provision of information by New Delhi in which it blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba for involvement in the ghastly act of terror. Indian High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal called on ...
Miracle on Hudson River in US
NEW YORK - A US Airways pilot made a perfect controlled landing of his disabled jetliner in New York's Hudson River Thursday ...
Pakistan suffered Rs2,080b loss in fight against terror
ISLAMABAD " Pakistan has informed the donor community that the country has suffered huge losses worth Rs 2080 billion during the ...
IHC upholds re-evaluation of CJ daughter's marks
ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court on Friday threw out the legal challenge to the award of 21 additional marks to Farah Hameed ...
International
Sangakkara and Murali shatter Bangladesh dream
DHAKA (AFP) - Kumar Sangakkara cracked a solid 59 and Muttiah Muralitharan hammered 33 off 16 balls as Sri Lanka clinched a ...
Dates announced for India's tour of Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (AFP) - India will arrive in Sri Lanka on January 26 to play a hastily-arranged series of five one-day matches and a ...
10th straight win earns Dementieva Sydney title
SYDNEY (AFP) - Elena Dementieva will head into next week's Australian Open riding on a wave of 10 straight wins this year after ...
NAM calls for immediate implementation of UN Gaza truce resolution
UNITED NATIONS - The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has demanded immediate implementation of the UN Security Council resolution, ...
Israel, US sign anti-Gaza arms smuggling deal
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni signed a deal here Friday ...
Hamas proposes truce after Israeli withdrawal
CAIRO (AFP) - Hamas has proposed a year-long truce with Israel if it pulls its troops from Gaza as a senior Israeli defence ...
Targeted Qaeda operatives had ties with Iran, says US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Treasury Department on Friday targeted four alleged Al-Qaeda operatives under an executive order, ...
Drought-hit Kenya declares national disaster
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Friday declared food shortages facing 10 million people a "national disaster" ...
US probe into Afghan civil deaths 'deeply flawed': HRW
NEW YORK - A US investigation into a military airstrike in Afghanistan last year was "deeply flawed" and casts doubt over the ...
'UK nuclear submarines useless'
LONDON - Former head of the British armed forced has said Britain's nuclear submarines are "completely useless" against modern ...
UK MP urges govt to slate Israeli massacre
LONDON - British member parliament Lord Ahmed of Rotherham on Friday called on the UK Govt to unequivocally condemn the Israeli ...
Rice, Ban hope for Gaza truce 'very close'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Friday she hoped for a ceasefire in Gaza "very, very soon" ...
Troop deaths due to friendly fire: UK
LONDON (AFP) - Britain is investigating whether the deaths of two British soldiers in Afghanistan this week were due to friendly ...
Business
Poor suffer as inflation goes up by 19 per cent
ISLAMABAD - The inflation for the lowest income group has shot up by over 19 per cent during the week ended on Thursday as ...
Cement sales worsen
LAHORE - Cement sale position in December 2008 has significantly worsened as both local and export dispatches have shown a ...
DG Cement to offer Rs 50.7m right shares
LAHORE - The Board of Directors of DG Khan Cement Company Limited in their meeting has approved to offer 50,708,231 (20%) ...
Pakistan unlikely to achieve $11b textiles export target
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is unlikely to achieve the export target of US $ 11 billion set for the textile sector in the current fiscal ...
Waqar for further bolstering economic ties with Sweden
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Senator Waqar Khan, Federal Minister for Investment has said that Pakistan and Sweden enjoy friendly relations ...
Tarin assures textile sector of help
KARACHI - Advisor to Prime Minster on Finance, Revenues and Economic Affairs, Shaukat Tarin on Friday assured the delegation of ...
Oil dips as IEA cuts demand forecast
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell slightly on Friday after the International Energy Agency slashed its crude demand forecasts due to ...
Selling pressure erodes stock market by 266.65 points
LAHORE - The spree of heavy loss in Karachi stock market was witnessed on the second consecutive and last day of business week ...
Pakistan tax to GDP growth rate lowest in Asia
ISLAMABAD - Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar Friday told National Assembly that the current ...
Pakistan and changing paradigm on global inflation
OUR neighbour, India, just announced that they have not only been successful in bringing their inflation down in to the single ...
Politics
Top bureaucrats reshuffled
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has ordered postings of his confidant bureaucrats to eleven key slots in the ...
CNG price up by Rs3.50 per kg
KARACHI " The government increased the price of gas for the CNG stations up to 10 per cent. Now it will be sold at Rs 48 per kg ...
CIA Director Michael Hayden
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The CIA has hampered Al-Qaeda's free rein in the tribal region of Pakistan, and Iran appears to be ...
Pranab somersaults on extradition
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India on Friday asserted that perpetrators of terrorism in this country must be handed over to face ...
Rs24b damages notice served on Punjab govt
LAHORE - Tension between Punjab government and governor further boiled up on Friday as 24 district nazims backed by Salman Taseer ...
Taliban destroy Asfand's house
SWAT - Seven persons including four militants were killed and three others injured when security forces pounded the suspected ...
Keep up de-escalation policy: PM
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik, called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at the PM House ...
Entertainment
Male engagement ring launched
A JEWELLERY chain is set to be the first to sell engagement rings exclusively for men. H Samuel says the move comes after demands ...
Mysterious columns of coloured light
THESE stunning images show mysterious columns of light streaming into the sky above the town of Sigulda in Latvia at the end of ...
Britney shells out 8.9 million dollars on new LA mansion
POP diva Britney Spears has lifted some weight off her pocket by shelling 8.9 million dollars on her new home. The pop princess ...
Missing ring drama a fashion statement for Lopez
SINGER Jennifer Lopez, who was spotted without her wedding ring during the Golden Globe award function, has dismissed reports ...
Anne confirms love for Adam Shulman
ACTRESS Anne Hathaway has apparently confirmed that she has a new man in her life by sharing a very public passionate relation ...
Paris caught gatecrashing at GG
HOLLYWOOD socialite Paris Hilton was caught gatecrashing at the Golden Globe after party, and the more embarrassing fact was that ...
Islamabad
Pakistan to host World Cup Volleyball qualifiers
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will host the qualifying round of the forthcoming World Cup Volleyball Championship 2010 that will be ...
APLAC okays PNAC for Mutual Recognition Pact
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) has achieved another landmark as it was recommended for the signing of ...
FIA obtains two days' physical custody of UC 6 Naib Nazim
RAWALPINDI - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Friday obtained two days physical custody of a union council' naib nazim in an ...
Govt committed to fight terror, says Rehman
ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik Friday held a meeting with a delegation of European Union Counter ...
Biting cold increases fish demand in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (APP) - With winter at its peak, the demand for fish different varieties of the rich source of protein. "Fish ...
1122 received 2.43pc 'genuine calls' in '08: DG
RAWALPINDI - Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) received only 2.43 per cent genuine emergency calls out of total 5.89 million ...
Karachi
Attacks being used to pressurise Pakistan: expert
KARACHI - Indian political parties are using the Mumbai attacks to create war hysteria in the country and to please voters in the ...
Warm welcome awaits Iftikhar today
KARACHI - Office bearers of Karachi Bar Association (KBA) and representatives of political parties and NGOs publicly known for ...
Encounter case registered
KARACHI - Police have registered a case against unknown culprits involved in the Sohrab Goth encounter, in which two policemen ...
Dawa publications proscribed
KARACHI - Government of Sindh has proscribed a number of publications brought out by Jamaat-ud-Dawa Pakistan and a number of ...
6,780 child abuse cases reported in last year
KARACHI - As many as 6,780 cases of victimisation of children, including 4,251 boys and 2,529 girls, were reported during the ...
KU evening programmes: students decry course management
KARACHI - Newcomers in the Evening BS Programme (3rd honours) at the Department of Chemistry, Karachi University are facing ...
Tanvir, Gul to arrive today from Australia
KARACHI - Pacers Sohail Tanvir and Umer Gul now playing in Sheffield Shield in Australia will arrive here Saturday morning to ...
Akbar helps Karachi Blues gain lead
KARACHI - Akbar Rehman hammered an unbeaten 84 as Karachi Blues took a nominal first innings 12-run lead over Peshawar on the ...
Lahore
Administrator Shaikh Zayed Hospital gunned down
LAHORE - Shaikh Zayed Hospital Administrator, Dr Abdul Saboor Malik, 43, was allegedly gunned down by three unknown armed men ...
PA Speaker directed to act as per Constitution
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Speaker Punjab Assembly to proceed as per constitution on the ...
City receives intermittent rain; wet spell to continue for next two days
LAHORE - Most parts of the country including the City received intermittent rain on Friday with experts predicting the wet spell ...
LHC seeks report from Kharian police
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain hearing a suo moto case has directed the Kharian police to ...
Doctors to join hands with lawyers in 'long march'
LAHORE - Doctors supporting the lawyers' movement for the restoration of judiciary to the November 2, 2007 position, have ...
One-dish law to be strictly implemented: Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the one-dish law on the occasion of marriage ceremonies is being ...
Asif's Dubai probe to start after SL series
LAHORE - The PCB formed a new committee to investigate the Dubai case of Muhammad Asif and it would probe the Dubai scandal ...
PCB appoints officials for Sri Lanka series
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointment the match officials for the three match series against Sri Lanka to be played ...
PSB decides to set up training camps
LAHORE - The Pakistan Sports Board officials and secretaries of the sports federations on the second day running discussed the ...
POA general council to meet today
LAHORE - The general council meeting of the Pakistan Olympic Association will be held at 11 am today (Saturday) here at the WAPDA ...
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