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 Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Front Page
US to go after Qaeda wherever it is: Gates
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday the United States will "go after Al-Qaeda wherever Al-Qaeda is", and said Washington's position has been relayed to Pakistan. The US Defence Secretary set forth modest goals for Afghanistan, saying that success should be defined ...
Pak Army's tolerance for US raids decreasing
LONDON - US strikes against Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets in the tribal areas of Pakistan risked undermining the position of ...
Parliament body asks US to stop airstrikes
ISLAMABAD - Special Committee of the Parliament on National Security has condemned the unabated US drone attacks on Pakistan's ...
Zardari woos EU, Russia to halt drone attacks
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tuesday asked leading European nations and Russia to play their proactive role in halting the US drone ...
International
Musharraf urges addressing root causes of terrorism, including Kashmir
WASHINGTON - Terrorism will spread until its root causes " illiteracy, poverty and unresolved political disputes such as the ...
Afghan prison poses problem in overhaul of US detainee policy: report
WASHINGTON - While the US administration has ordered the closing of a controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...
Tensions within Nato harming Afghan war
LONDON (Agencies) - The global slowdown will stretch defence budgets worldwide, notably complicating the task of new US President ...
No unity talks while Fatah holds prisoners: Hamas
CAIRO (AFP) - The detention of Hamas activists by Fatah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank will scupper reconciliation talks ...
Holocaust a 'big lie': Iran govt spokesman
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's government spokesman on Tuesday branded the Holocaust a "big lie" created to place the Islamic republic's ...
Fears for civilians grow as Lankan troops hammer rebels
MULLAITTIVU, Sri Lanka, (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops Tuesday battled Tamil Tigers for control of the last stretch of rebel-held ...
UN hunger meet ends with billion-euro pledge from Spain
MADRID (AFP) - Spain pledged a billion euros in aid as a UN hunger conference ended Tuesday, but activists said the meeting fell ...
China to begin projecting military around world
LONDON (AFP) - China is likely to begin deploying its military increasingly further from its borders, analysts at a top ...
Ex-Indian President Venkataraman passes away
NEW DELHI (NNI) - Former President R Venkataraman, who ushered in three Prime Ministers in two years when coalition politics made ...
Saudi man jailed for hosting mixed concert
RIYADH (AFP) - A Saudi businessman was sentenced to four months in prison and 200 lashes for hosting a mixed concert at his fun ...
Madagascan president urges national unity
ANTANANARIVO (AFP) - Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana on Tuesday urged national unity and talks with his main political ...
US has a 'lot of damage to repair': Hillary
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has "a lot of damage to repair" to its standing around the world after eight years of ...
Record-seeking Federer routs del Potro to reach semis
MELBOURNE (AFP) - An invincible Roger Federer moved a step closer to a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam title Tuesday as Novak ...
Business
Moratorium will spoil your record, block new loans
KARACHI - The one-year moratorium announced by the central bank for the exports-led industry has disappointed the borrowers as ...
New parameters for privatisation approved
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A meeting of members of Board of Privatisation Commission held here Tuesday approved the basic parameters of ...
Sindh may face another serious wheat crisis in February
KARACHI - Another severe crisis of shortage of wheat is approaching Sindh as total stocks of commodity in the province are barely ...
Mobile phones import down
KARACHI - The mobile phones import have sharply declined by 239 million dollars during the six months of current financial year ...
Bullish trend shoves market up by 157 points
LAHORE - Bearish spree in Karachi Stock Exchange which prevailed for the last two weeks at last turned into bullish on Tuesday ...
Export to stop if rice tenders not cancelled
KARACHI - The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has warned that if the tenders for purchasing of rice issued by TCP ...
SBP makes amendments
KARACHI - SBP has allowed the benefit of 30 percent of Forced Sales Value (FSV) of pledged stocks and mortgaged commercial and ...
Cell-phone dealers giving fake warranty
KARACHI - The number of cellular phone warranty providers has climbed sharply in the last few months as no registration is ...
SBP expected to cut discount rate by 2pc in July
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is expected to reduce the discount rate by 2 per cent from July this year. The IMF ...
Pak-France trade should be enhanced
KARACHI - Welcoming Pierre Seillan, Consul General of France and Commercial Counsellor Francis Widmer, Engr. M.A. Jabbar Chairman ...
Politics
MQM tables 18th Amend Bill in NA
ISLAMABAD " Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday tabled 18th Constitutional Amendment 2009 Bill for provincial autonomy in ...
Curfew extended to Mingora
SWAT - Around three persons, including two security men, have been injured and two schools blown up by militants in separate ...
Americans not enemy of Muslims, says Obama
WASHINGTON - In his first interview with an Arab television, US President Barack Obama has said his administration will offer a ...
Quetta tense amid strike
QUETTA-Provincial capital Quetta remained in the grip of tension on second consecutive day on Tuesday after assassination of ...
Rs42.7b loans written off during last five years
ISLAMABAD - A total of Rs 42.7 billion loans were written off during the last five years, Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tarin ...
ECC forms body for loans recovery
ISLAMABAD " Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has appointed a technical committee under Minister for Kashmir Affairs ...
SC summons proposer, seconder in Sharifs case
ISLAMABAD- Supreme Court has summoned the proposer and seconder of nomination papers of former Premier Nawaz Sharif to appear ...
Iran to have nuke this year
LONDON (Agencies) - Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a single nuclear weapon later this year, the prestigious ...
Sikhs ask India to remove nukes from Punjab
LONDON - In a significant development a broad-based coalition of leading Sikh organisations, based in Indian-controlled Punjab as ...
Israeli airstrike shakes Gaza truce
GAZA CITY (Agencies) - An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian were killed on Tuesday in the deadliest flare-up of Gaza violence ...
UN Chief due on Feb 4 with vital agenda
ISLAMABAD - The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will reach here on February 4 on a daylong visit to Islamabad ...
Pakistan-China trade volume needs to be quadrupled: Asif
ISLAMABAD " President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday said the present level of trade, which stood between five to six billion dollars, ...
No question of hampering Long March, says Sherry
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman on Tuesday urged the media to follow responsible ...
Jirga seeks peace talks with Taliban
MULTAN (AFP) - Tribal elders on Tuesday urged the government to stop military operations against Taliban militants in tribal ...
Entertainment
It's great being single, says Drew
DREW Barrymore says she's happy being on her own. "I've been single for eight months," she tells E News. "I'm not in the wrong ...
Storm tosses massive cruise liner like a toy boat
WHAT was supposed to be a luxury cruise turned into a nightmare for holidaymakers when a ship was hit by 50 ft waves. Two Britons ...
Study reveals 'shocking' kebabs
DONER kebabs sold in the UK contain "shocking" levels of salt, fat and calories, a survey has concluded. Officers from 76 ...
Shrek named as children's best film ever made
SHREK has been named the best children's film ever made in a poll of adults. The DreamWorks film, which hit the big screens in ...
California woman gives birth to eight babies
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - In only the second time in US medical history, a woman in California has given birth to eight babies, who ...
Chelsy returns to university after split with Prince Harry
CHELSY Davy headed off to university on Monday under the full glare of the world's media following her split from Prince Harry. ...
Islamabad
PBF chief calls up all officials to chalk out strategy
ISLAMABAD - Newly-elected president of the Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) has summoned the meeting of the secretaries of all ...
Minister to give Rs 1.78m to Pakistan athletes
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Sports Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani will distribute Rs.1.78 millions among the national ...
Pakistan to face Macau in World Volleyball qualifiers
ISLAMABAD - Hosts Pakistan will face Macau and Bangladesh will take on Maldives on the inaugural day of the 2010 World Volleyball ...
Sarah outshines Ana in UAE event
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan number one tennis player Sarah Mahboob Khan outclassed Ana Batiri from Maldives in the first round of the ...
Legal hitches irk car owners
ISLAMABAD - Complicated legal procedures coupled with bureaucratic apathy and money-minting motives of the authorities concerned ...
RPO lauds traffic police performance
RAWALPINDI - City Police Officer Rawalpindi Rao Muhammad Iqbal has said that new traffic warden system has given fruitful results ...
Capital police arrest rapist-cum-murderer
ISLAMABAD- Golra Police here Tuesday arrested an accused Allah Datta son of Nizam involved in the rape and murder of an ...
ITP model of excellence: SSP
ISLAMABAD- Senior Superintendent of Traffic Police (SSP) Zubair Hashmi said that Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) succeeded to put ...
'Former govt behind financial crunch'
ISLAMABAD - Special Secretary to Finance Ministry Dr Ashfaque Hassan Tuesday said that economic policy for the fiscal year ...
235 vehicles challaned for traffic violations
ISLAMABAD - Secretary Islamabad Transport Authority (ITA) Chaudhry Bashir Ahmed has challaned 235 public service vehicles and ...
Karachi
Hizbullah, Hamas fighting for Islam, says Iranian scholar
KARACHI - Noted Iranian Islamic Scholar Prof Dr Hassan Rahimpur Azghadi has said that the dilemma of Pakistani nation is that ...
PAC meeting cancelled as Home Dept fails to submit record
KARACHI - Chairman Public Accounts Committee in the Sindh Assembly Jam Tamachi has cancelled a scheduled meeting of the PAC on ...
AFR Library still vulnerable to rainwater
KARACHI - The cultural wing of Community Development Department (CDD) has failed to address the real problems of the Atia Faizee ...
Teachers flay step-motherly attitude of govt
KARACHI - All of the top positions lying vacant in the education department, including education minister and the secretary, ...
Disabled people demand increase in job quota
KARACHI - Disabled Welfare Association (DWA) on Tuesday demanded to increase the job quota for disabled people in the government ...
Heaing in judges' appointment case put off
KARACHI - A division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC), comprising of Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Faisal Arab, on ...
Lahore
Miandad wanted more time for Malik
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board's Director General and former captain Javed Miandad was not in favour of sacking captain Shoaib ...
Younis seeks support from teammates
LAHORE - Pakistan's newly-appointed captain Younis Khanhas appealed his fellow players to come help improve team's performance. ...
NBP, SSG advance in National Jr Hockey
LAHORE - Another six matches were played in the main round and tray category of the 56th National Hockey Championship Day two ...
Naveed rocks HBL in RBS Quaid Trophy
LAHORE -Lahore Shalimar pacer Mohammad Naveed put Habib Bank in trouble with his five-wicket haul to reduce the bankers to 191 ...
Fawad, Naveed steady Rawalpindi innings
LAHORE - Naveed Qureshi and Fawad Hussain hammered timely centuries to save Rawalpindi Region blushes on day two of the RBS Quaid ...
Environmental decay causing Rs365 billion loss per annum
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi on Tuesday said that cost of environmental degradation in the ...
Shaikh Zayed Hospital facing Rs200m deficit
LAHORE - The discriminatory policy of the Cabinet Division, Islamabad towards the Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, has almost ...
No electricity shortfall in country
LAHORE - There is no power scarcity in the country as several thermal power plants are un-operational owing to non-payment by the ...
Canal desilting plan 'destined to fail'
LAHORE - The canal desilting programme of the government is doomed to failure, as the Army Engineering Corps awarded contract for ...
Pak Movement leaders paid rich tributes
LAHORE - The luminaries of the Pakistan Movement were successful in their objectives because they reformed their lives according ...
Fresh plea filed for Saba's disqualification
LAHORE - Leader of opposition in Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheer-ud-Din has filed a fresh petition in the Lahore High Court seeking ...
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