Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
The Nation in print for Saturday, January 24, 2009
Front Page
First drone attack after Obama oath-taking
MIRANSHAH/WANA (Agencies) - Suspected US missile barrages killed 21 people, including foreigners, Friday in North and South Waziristan, security officials said. The strikes, which saw up to five missiles slam into two buildings and a house, were the first since US President Barack Obama took office ...
US declines comments on air strikes in Pakistan
WASHINGTON The White House Friday refused to comment on reports that suspected US drones had fired missiles in northwest ...
Pakistan to seek waiver from IMF
ISLAMABAD " Pakistan would have to seek waiver from the International Monetary Fund on the targeted expenditure cut under the ...
Islamabad welcomes US envoy
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Friday welcomed the appointment of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke as special US envoy to the region. In a ...
International
Kerry to push for enhanced economic, security aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON - Warning that top Al Qaeda leaders are plotting their next attack from Pakistan, Senator John Kerry, head of the ...
Israel hit future Palestinian state's infrastructure: UNRWA
GENEVA (Agencies) - Israel destroyed the infrastructure of a future Palestinian state during its recent offensive in the Gaza ...
Jews can never destroy Islam: Palestinian Imam
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Only the soaring white minaret survived the Israeli airstrike that levelled the Taha mosque in Gaza City, and ...
Guantanamo closure hailed
PARIS (AFP) - Barack Obama was widely hailed for moving to restore the US's "moral authority" Friday by ordering a halt to ...
China tells US it is not manipulating currency
BEIJING (AFP) - China denied Friday that it was manipulating its currency, reacting to a statement by US President Barack Obama's ...
Castro says he won't outlive Obama's first term in office
HAVANA (AFP) - Ailing former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Thursday he will not outlive US President Barack Obama's first term ...
Freed Gitmo prisoner returns to Al-Qaeda
NEW YORK - A Saudi man released from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison a year ago has emerged as a leader of al-Qaeda's ...
Obama must change US policy: Hamas
GAZA CITY (AFP) - US President Barack Obama must change his policies and support the Palestinians, the Islamist Hamas movement ...
Obama will not make 'drastic' Iraq pull out move
ANKARA (AFP) - The new US administration has reassured Iraq that President Barack Obama will make no "drastic" decision on an ...
Entire Iraqi family killed
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - Nine members of an Iraqi family, including six women and a child, were killed when unknown gunmen stormed ...
Business
Economic crisis widens as Britain enters recession
LONDON (AFP) - The global economic crisis claimed more victims on Friday as Britain officially entered a recession and job losses ...
Several foreign cos show decline in profit repatriation
KARACHI - A majority of the foreign companies engaged in various businesses in Pakistan have reported decline in the repatriation ...
Businessmen demand one-year moratorium
KARACHI - The industrialists have demanded of the State Bank of Pakistan to extend one-year industrial loans moratorium to the ...
World stock markets slide
LONDON (AFP) - European and Asian stock markets slumped Friday after sharp losses on Wall Street overnight and as Britain ...
Expatriates vow to double remittances and investment
KARACHI - The expatriate Pakistanis could double the inflow of remittances and foreign investment in case they were given ...
NBP shares value cut by 26pc
LAHORE - The National Bank of Pakistan scrips have been under pressure as it has eroded 26 per cent in value in last six ...
Cement, bitumen makers bring development work to a standstill
LAHORE - Development and construction work is on declining trend in the country due to monopoly of bitumen and cement ...
Agri credit disbursement up by 10.16pc to Rs99.448b
KARACHI - Disbursement of credit to the agriculture sector by commercial and specialized banks has increased 10.16 percent ...
KSE falls below 5,000 level
LAHORE - Bearish trend in Karachi Stock Exchange remained intact the whole business week including the last day Friday when ...
Taxpayers in trouble as employees go on strike
LAHORE - Taxpayers are facing difficulties to submit their returns, as employees of the Sales Tax Department are on strike for an ...
Politics
Miliband Kashmir remarks consistent with UK policy
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The British Foreign Office has said Foreign Secretary David Miliband's remarks on Kashmir, which infuriated the ...
Britons warned against travel to NWFP
LONDON - The UK govt on Friday in its reviewed travel advice for Pakistan has warned its citizens not to travel to the Federally ...
No objection to CJP protocol to Iftikhar: PM
LAHORE - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he has no objection to the official reception being accorded to the ...
Senate united to condemn Israeli aggression
ISLAMABAD " The Upper House of the Parliament Friday strongly denounced Israeli aggression on Gaza as it passed unanimous ...
President orders PIA bailout
ISLAMABAD " President Asif Ali Zardari Friday advised the government to consider making strategic investment in building fuel ...
Government hints at hike in power tariff
ISLAMABAD - Hinting at possible increase in power tariff, Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday told ...
170 schools bombed, torched: UN
GENEVA (AFP) - More than 170 schools in Pakistan have been blown up or burned down in the past two years, the UN Children's ...
Entertainment
Jennifer to turn 40 on February 11
JENNIFER Aniston is planning a star-studded 40th birthday party. The former "Friends" actress, who reaches the landmark age on ...
Obama's daughters turned into dolls?
CHICAGO (AFP) - President Barack Obama already adorns t-shirts, coffee cups, wine bottles and even lipstick. Now, the company ...
Handwritten Lincoln speech to be auctioned
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The original handwritten copy of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in 1864 calling for the United States to ...
SHOCK Kelly Osbourne checks into rehab
KELLY Osbourne is seeking help at a rehabilitation clinic in LA. The TV star, who was arrested last week for allegedly slapping a ...
New species of climbing fish from Venezuela shakes catfish family tree
A new species of fish from tropical South America is confirming suspected roots to the loricariid catfish family tree. Lithogenes ...
Oscar nominee among seven movies vying for French award
PARIS (AFP) - "The Class", which scooped top prize at the Cannes festival last year and has been nominated for an Oscar, is among ...
Islamabad
CM seeks report on Ghakar Plaza tragedy
RAWALPINDI - Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif Friday paid a short visit to the site of gutted Ghakhar Plaza to ...
Exhibition showcases tribal and antique furniture
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Unique collection of tribal and antique furniture showcased here Friday in an exhibition by KOH Wood Furniture ...
Thy name is Satellite Town
RAWALPINDI - Poor drainage system and dilapidated roads have become a hallmark of Satellite Town, a posh residential area of the ...
PTV set to regularise contract workers
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Television Corporation is considering to regularize the services of 1953 temporary/contractual employees. In ...
Govt plans more cinema houses
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry of Culture here Friday discussed the regulatory and financial frame work of the film industry to ...
JI calls end to military operation in Bajaur, Swat
ISLAMABAD - Central leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami have demanded of the government to end ongoing military operation in Bajaur and ...
National
Butt expected to carry on
Salman Butt has been in fine form at the top of the order. He has already scored an unbeaten hundred and 62 and is expected to ...
A glance at today's game
After a comprehensive victory in the first game, Pakistan lost their touch a bit. Pakistan team has continued with its tradition ...
Karachi
PIA thrash Sui Southern Gas in RBS Quaid Trophy
KARACHI - PIA bowlers did not have to strain much of their energies to dismiss Sui Southern Gas for a low score in second innings ...
BB's assassination probe to cost $5m, not $100m
KARACHI - Pakistan's Ambassador to United Nations Hussain Abdullah Haroon in a briefing to members of Sindh Assembly Friday said ...
Peace in Swat soon, says Rehman
KARACHI-Adviser to Prime Minister for Interior Rehman Malik has declared that the govt has restored peace in FATA and hoped that ...
KESC withdraws late payment surcharge
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) has decided to withdraw the late payment surcharge. This was decided ...
Obama's first executive order - a sign of hope
Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th and first black President of the United States, seems to have stronger inclination as an ideal ...
Signature campaign launched in City
KARACHI - Representatives from the Child Rights Movement (CRM) and The Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE) have started ...
Private schools owners for starting session from April
Karachi (PPI) - The start of academic session from the month of August is not in the favor of majority of private schools, while ...
Lahore
Pakistan wary of a resurgent Sri Lanka
LAHORE - Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik looked confident even after losing the second ODI against Sri Lanka and would go full ...
Two-year ban on Asif likely
LAHORE - Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif faces the prospect of a two-year ban from all cricket when he appears before an Indian ...
Akmal made to wait for half an hour
LAHORE - Test wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal was the first to taste the security of the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday when he had to wait ...
Traffic arrangements finalised
LAHORE - Traffic arrangements have been finalised for the third One-day International to be played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka ...
Murali eyes world record
LAHORE (AFP) - Muttiah Muralitharan needs five more wickets to become the highest wicket-taker in one-day cricket history as Sri ...
Naghmi responds to PCB letter over Asif case
LAHORE - Former chief operating officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board Shafqat Naghmi has replied to the letter relating to ...
PTV upstage PIA in National Hockey Championship
LAHORE - As many as six matches were played on day three of the 56th National Hockey Championship here at the National Hockey ...
Iftikhar to get CJP's protocol
LAHORE - All is set to receive deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the City on Saturday (today) when ...
PML-N committed to independent judiciary
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that he will not withdraw from voicing the rights of people even 1,000 ...
SCB cabinet holds Press conference at road
LAHORE- The Supreme Court Bar cabinet was obliged to hold a press conference on the road outside the main gate of the Supreme ...
'N' all set to stage 'show'
LAHORE - PML-N is all set to stage a dull show on the arrival of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the City as ...
Every citizen free to protest for his demands, says LHC
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Friday observed that every citizen is free to hold peaceful demonstration to press his demands but ...
Word jihad abused by some angry Muslims
LAHORE - John Kiser, an American intellectual, says that word 'jihad' has been much abused by a tiny, but spectacularly ...
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