Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
The Nation in print for Sunday, January 17, 2010
Front Page
Foreign solution to Afghan conflict opposed
ISLAMABAD Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan have agreed to adopt regional approach to solve problems including terrorism and militancy. Solution to the problems confronting the South and Southeast Asian countries lies in the regional cooperation, foreign ministers of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan ...
Asif assures transparent LB polls
LAHORE President Asif Ali Zardari has said he is keeping an eagle eye on the conspirators and will never let them ...
Bomber hits mly truck; soldier dead
MIRPUR A soldier embraced martyrdom and another sustained serious injuries as a suicide bomber attacked a military truck in ...
International
I never thought of quitting: Sharapova
MELBOURNE (AFP) Maria Sharapova insists she never considered quitting when a serious shoulder injury forced her out of the game, ...
Australia eye series whitewash
MELBOURNE (Agencies) Australia has extended its lead over Pakistan to 277 runs at the end of day three of the third Test against ...
Rain brings halt to South Africa's progress
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) AB de Villiers and Mark Boucher shared an attacking century partnership on the third day of the fourth and ...
Bangladesh too ordinary to beat India: Sehwag
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) (AFP) - India vice-captain Virender Sehwag has said Bangladesh are an ordinary side and cannot beat his ...
England protest against review decision
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) The England Cricket Board on Saturday announced it had demanded a reinstatement of the review the England ...
Ivory Coast reach quarter-finals with 10 men
CABINDA (Angola) (AFP) Ivory Coast became the first team to reach the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with a 3-1 ...
Robbers gangs prey on survivors
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters/AFP) - Thousands of Haitians flocked out of Port-au-Prince on Saturday in a swelling exodus from the ...
Karzai suffers second cabinet setback
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan parliament rejected more than half of President Hamid Karzais second slate of cabinet nominees on ...
Indian mily intel chief's quiet trip to Afghanistan
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - The chief of Indias military intelligence outfit quietly visited Afghanistan last week for briefings from ...
Big powers meet on Iran but expectations low
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diplomats from six major powers met on Saturday to discuss whether Iran should face new UN sanctions for ...
US mly not prepared for internal security threat: Gates
WASHINGTON - The US military has inadequate and outdated defences against internal threats, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said ...
UN seeks $562m for Haiti quake victims
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations and its partners Friday appealed for 562 million US dollars to help the victims of the ...
Obama, Bush, Clinton urge help for quake-hit Haiti
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and former presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton Saturday called on Americans to send ...
Spanish threatens to sue FBI
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish politician said on Saturday that he was stupefied by the FBIs decision to use his photograph to ...
Poverty is worlds biggest problem: BBC poll
LONDON (AFP) - Poverty is the most serious problem facing the world, according to a major worldwide poll out Sunday which put the ...
20 killed in Afghan violence
KABUL (AFP) - Three foreign soldiers and 17 militants were killed in the fighting against Taliban in Afghanistan. A foreign ...
Business
Turkey to set up 50MW windmills
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the people of Punjab are thankful to the Turkish government ...
PTA 668 service not fruitful
KARACHI - The 668 service has not bore fruits like other moves in past to curb illegal SIMs launched by Pakistan ...
Full support for National Pharmaceutical Alliance
LAHORE - A large number of businessmen and political personalities have announced their support for the candidates of National ...
SBP decides to gradually adopt Shariah standards
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to gradually adopt Shariah Standards issued by the Accounting and Auditing ...
UK denies copying US bank tax plan
LONDON (AFP) - Britain has ruled out copying the United States by proposing a special tax on banks to recover state funds used to ...
Aptma delegation meets Zardari
LAHORE (PPI) - APTMA delegation called on Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at Governor House and ...
KSE short of 77 points to gain 10,000 level
LAHORE - The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) gained another 147 points to close at 9923.14 points during the outgoing week, the ...
Sarkozy visit to boost economic ties with Pak
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday expressed the hope that the ...
2200 affected traders submit forms
KARACHI - Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has announced to open KCCIs Secretariat on Sunday (today) in order to ...
Textile policy gets accolades from stakeholders
Ever since the inception of Pakistan, textile industry has been the mainstay of our industrial profile and the biggest export ...
Politics
Govt files review petition
ISLAMABAD Federation of Pakistan has filed a review petition against the short order of Supreme Court in National Reconciliation ...
Army focuses on its core mission: COAS
LAHORE Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the Pakistan Army is single-minded in its professional ...
Unregistered Afghans' eviction a far cry
ISLAMABAD Interior Minister Rehman Maliks intimidation to the illegal immigrants to vacate the country within a fortnight or be ...
Four die in target-killing incidents
QUETTA Four persons were killed, apparently in incidents of target-killing, in Quetta, Khuzdar and Mastung on Saturday, police ...
Dispensary blown up
LANDI KOTAL Unknown miscreants dynamited a civil dispensary here in the wee hours of Saturday. According to details, a powerful ...
UK accepts nikahnama forms as evidence of marriage
LONDON - UK Border Agency has announced that Nikah Khawani and nikahnama forms from Azad Jammu and Kashmir submitted with ...
PSO contract goes to Alhaj Group
KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil has given the contract of Afghan oil export supply to Alhaj Group allegedly over political pressure, ...
The military dimension of Indo-China relations
Situationer LAHORE-The recent remarks by the Indian army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor, concerning an evolving capability of India ...
Attacks erode Taliban's support, says Holbrooke
KABUL (Agencies) The brutality of Taliban attacks in northwest Pakistan has cost the militants public support, the US special ...
Apolitical administrators to replace Nazims
ISLAMABAD The leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have managed to narrow down ...
Six terrorists nabbed in operation
RAWALPINDI (APP) - During last 24 hours, security forces conducted search and clearance operation at Jabrai Chinkolai near ...
British envoy refuses to meet CS in Peshawar
PESHAWAR - The British High Commission (BHC) has turned down a request of NWFP Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal for a meeting on some ...
Aafia's defence team ensures fair trial
NEW YORK A lawyer for Dr Aafia Siddiqui, whose trial on murder charges begins next week, said on Friday that the detained ...
3 militants killed in Bara
PESHAWAR Security forces killed three militants and recovered an explosive-laden vehicle during a search operation in Bara ...
Gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA A gas pipeline was blown up in Mastung town, some 50 kilometers away from Quetta on Tuesday. According to reports ...
Govt official dies in pile-up on Motorway
MIAN CHANNU (APP) - Assistant Director Housing and Physical Planning, Multan, Arshad Ahmad Shad, was killed and five others were ...
Two terror suspects held
NOWSHERA Police on Saturday arrested two alleged terrorist involved in the assassination of former MNA Maulana Hasan Jan. ...
Entertainment
Hurt Locker a blast at Critics Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hurt Locker, a low-budget movie about an American bomb-disposal unit in Iraq, was named best picture ...
Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock share award
VOTERS for the Critics Choice Awards could not pick an outright best actress winner, so split the prize between Meryl Streep and ...
Jessica Biel hates makeup
JESSICA Biel hates wearing makeup. The Easy Virtue actress says she doesnt like getting glammed up for red carpet events. When I ...
Cole named voted most photogenic woman ever
CHERYL Cole has been announced as the most photogenic woman ever. The 'Fight For This Love popstar - who is currently the face ...
Listeners' brains guess the composer in second
HAVE you ever accidentally pulled your headphone socket out while listening to music? What happens when the music stops? ...
Yahoo knew of attacks before Google, kept mum
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc knew it had been a target to sophisticated Chinese cyber attacks on US corporations before ...
Islamabad
Jakhrani awards Rs 0.5 million to Jr Davis Cupper
ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Sports Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani Saturday awarded a cheque of Rs 0.5 million to Junior Davis ...
New Zealand, England post impressive wins
ISLAMABAD Hosts New Zealand posted nine-wicket win against Canada in the ICC Under-19 Junior Cricket World Cup 2010 while ...
Imanae's parents demand action against doctors
ISLAMABAD- Family members of Imanae Malik, a three-year-old girl who lost her life due to doctors negligence at 'Doctors Hospital ...
Passenger loses life after pushed from speedy bus
ISLAMABAD - A young passenger was killed by a public service bus conductor as he pushed him out on road and caused his causing ...
Motivated youths engage child labourers in education
ISLAMABAD - Young students reach out to children engaged in labour to impart basic education and provide books and other ...
Pak Harvard scholar delivers lecture
ISLAMABD - Extra-curricular activities must be provided at schools to enable students to become pro-active and productive ...
NH&MP addressed 206,146 cases of distress in 09
RAWALPINDI - National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) rendered help to 206,146 distress road users while 145,5079 drivers had ...
'Environment poems' urge climate change awareness
ISLAMABAD - Speakers on Saturday stressed that environment must be included as a separate subject at all levels of education so ...
Karachi
HBL pull a draw against RoP
KARACHI Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) first picked up the challenge to go for the winning target on the final day of the four-day contest ...
Sindh to have its own archaeology lab
KARACHI - Sindh Government will establish a scientific laboratory to study the history of the archaeological sites and historical ...
Court prayed to exclude co-accused
KARACHI - The accountability court on Saturday adjourned the hearing on corruption reference filed by National Accountably Bureau ...
Conspiracies will be thwarted: SCBA
KARACHI - President of Supreme Court Bar Association, Qazi Anwar, on Saturday vowed that conspiracy against the independent ...
Pending cases to be resolved soon'
KARACHI - The committee for female and juvenile prisoners has said that the pending cases of juvenile would be resolved soon. ...
Legislation on child rights stressed
KARACHI - Initiator and Uraan are collaborating to launch a campaign titled Movement for Child Protection and Welfare to speed up ...
Knowledge-based education need of the hour
KARACHI - A seminar on 'Knowledge Based Education was held at the Convention Centre of the Defence Authority Country and Golf ...
The Come Back kid
Straight Talk He may have been besieged, bothered and bewildered, but The Come Back Kid is a fighter and did not get to the top ...
Lahore
Lahore clinch Chief Minister Sports Cup
LAHORE Lahore clinched the degree level third phase of the Chief Minister Sports Cup with a comprehensive lead over their rival ...
Pakistan will bounce back for ODIs, T20: Afridi
LAHORE Pakistans one-day vice captain Shahid Afridi is hoping that the team will bounce back in their limited-overs series ...
Army active in nation-building, says Gilani
LAHORE - Underlining dire need of health facilities to the people of Pakistan, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged ...
Nawaz, Zardari two faces of same coin: TI
LAHORE - Information Secretary Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Omar Sarfraz Cheema has said that President Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif ...
Shahbaz extends Turkey visit
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has extended his visit to Turkey for one day. Now he will stay in ...
Ahsan urges Zardari to leave party post
LAHORE - No nation can earn a good name in the comity of nations without attaining economic progress and self-respect and it is ...
JAP blasts bid to defame LHC judges
LAHORE - Judicial Activism Panel has strongly condemned distribution of anonymous pamphlet among lawyers in which judges of the ...
Govt must spend 4pc of GDP on education
LAHORE - Vice-Chancellor Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has urged upon the mainstream political parties to join hands ...
Cops must perform duty judiciously: IGP
LAHORE - Inspector General of Police, Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar has directed the police officers to perform their duties ...
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