Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Sunday, January 03, 2010
Front Page
India knows Pak Army capacity: Tariq
RAWALPINDI (Agencies) Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (JCSC) Gen Tariq Majid has said the Indian army knows the capacity of the Pakistan armed forces, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated on Saturday. Responding to a question asked on the Indian Army Chiefs jingoistic ...
PM says no rift between Presidency, GHQ
ISLAMABAD Dispelling the impression of any rift between the President and the Chief of Army Staff, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf ...
I will never surrender to enemies: Zardari
THATTA (Agencies) President Asif Ali Zardari has made it clear that conspiracy against democracy and security of the country ...
International
Qureshi to represent Pakistan at London meet on Afghanistan
LONDON - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will represent Pakistan in the London conference on Afghanistan being held here on ...
Parliament rejects most of Karzai's cabinet nominees
KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - The Afghan parliament on Saturday dealt President Hamid Karzai a painful political blow when they rejected ...
Iran issues 'ultimatum' to West over N-swap
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran, already at risk of fresh UN sanctions over its atomic drive, gave the West an ultimatum on Saturday to ...
Iraq invasion aimed at regime change: John Major
LONDON (AFP) - Former British prime minister John Major said Saturday that the Iraq war inquiry appeared to be showing that the ...
Israeli warplanes hit Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP/ Reuters) - Israeli aircraft attacked at least four targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip early on Saturday, ...
Obama links failed plane attack to Al-Qaeda
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said it appeared an al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen armed and trained the Nigerian man accused ...
Britain vows action with US against Yemeni, Somali extremism
SANAA/LONDON (AFP/Reuters) - Britain and the US will step up action to fight extremism in Yemen and Somalia, Downing Street said ...
Elections confirmed for May
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections on May 22, just 10 months after a presidential vote marred by ...
10 die as trains collide in India
LUCKNOW (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in three separate accidents involving trains in the fog-hit ...
Danish cartoonist escapes life attempt
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A Somali man was charged Saturday with the attempted murder of a Danish cartoonist whose caricatures sparked ...
Pakistan, Aussies rocked with injuries ahead of today's Test
SYDNEY (Agencies) Australia and Pakistan have both been rocked by injury setbacks on the eve of Sundays second Test at the SCG, ...
Under-pressure Proteas set to change
CAPE TOWN (AFP) South Africa are set to make at least one change in their team as they go into a crucial third Test against ...
Federer, Nadal on course for early showdown
DOHA (AFP) Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will face the same question here next week when the Qatar Open begins the 2010 ATP ...
Sturm's overtime goal lifts Bruins to Classic victory
BOSTON (Massachusetts) (AFP) Marco Sturms goal at 1:57 of overtime lifted Boston to a 2-1 victory over Philadelphia Friday in ...
Sainz, Al-Attiyah put 2009 woes to bed ahead of Dakar Rally
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) Spanish ace Carlos Sainz and Qatari teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah said Friday they had put last years woes ...
Business
Call to promote trade among Saarc countries
LAHORE - Pakistan will benefit if trade among SAARC countries is promoted to the level achieved under other regional trade ...
Darwat Dam will help irrigate an area of 50,000 acres
JHANGRI, (District Thatta) (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday performed the ground breaking ceremony of Rs 8732.128 ...
Engineering body to finalise plan by Jan-end
KARACHI - The sub-working group on Engineering Goods Industry will finalise the sector specific plan till the end of this ...
FBR calls meeting to review 6-month progress
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue has called a meeting of Board of Council on January 6 to review the progress of FBR in the ...
Muharram bomb blast kept KSE in red zone
LAHORE - Last week of the year 2009 remained negative in three possible business sessions on the back of Muharram procession bomb ...
Inflation ballooned by 14.12pc in '09
ISLAMABAD - Due to the poor polices of federal as well provincial governments, sugar not only disappeared from the markets in ...
Fine raised on non-submission of EPRC
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to enhance fine, prescribed under Part-I of the Export Finance Scheme, on ...
Spinners for implementation of drawback facility
PESHAWAR (APP) - Chairman, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) NWFP, Afan Aziz has demanded implementation of the ...
Impact of Karachi blast on economy
IT was again Karachi, the countrys biggest commercial and economic hub, that suffered its worst economic destruction after former ...
Dividend of democracy
THE signing of the seventh National Finance Commission Award by the provinces and the federal government at Gwadar has rightly ...
Politics
US can't withdraw troops without consultation: Mukhtar
GUJRAT Federal Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said that there is no rift between the PPP government and the ...
Water dispute may trigger Indo-Pak war: Assef
LAHORE Adviser to Prime Minister on Education and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Sardar Assef Ahmad Ali has stated that ...
IDPs' plight continues despite more funding
ISLAMABAD Even though the funding situation for humanitarian assistance has shown remarkable signs of improvement, woes of ...
Five die as coalmine caves in
QUETTA - Five miners were killed while four others were rescued as a coalmine caved in Marwar area, some 65 kilometres in the ...
Two schools, BHU blown up in Bajaur
BAJAUR AGENCY Militants continue destroying government installations in restive Bajaur Agency and two more schools and a basic ...
5 terrorists killed
DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Online) Five terrorists including commander Ihsan-ul-Haque involved in firing on security forces were killed ...
UN inquiry into BB murder to cost $5m
ISLAMABAD (Online) An amount of $5 million would be spent on Inquiry Commission of the United Nations probing the assassination ...
PML-N to reintroduce LG system in Punjab
LAHORE The PML-N has decided to reintroduce the Local Government System envisioned by Ordinance 1979, but would be started after ...
Villagers mourn Lakki blast dead
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - Investigators sifted through rubble Saturday after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-filled ...
Four terrorists killed in SWA
ISLAMABAD (APP) Four terrorists were killed and two others injured while a soldier embraced Shahaadat and seven others were ...
Israel acts like world's 'spoilt child': Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Saturday said Israel was the worlds spoilt child and got away with what Riyadh said were ...
US, Britain flay Lakki suicide attack
WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced the terrorist bombing of a volleyball game at a village in Lakki ...
Speculations threat to Federation, says Kaira
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that speculations could jeopardise the centre ...
Blast leaves five Afghans dead in Herat
HERAT (AFP) - Five civilians were killed and six wounded when their pick-up truck detonated an improvised explosive device in ...
Kayani visits Miranshah
RAWALPINDI - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Miranshah, North Waziristan Agency, on Saturday, says ...
Entertainment
First quads born in UK who are 2 sets of identical twins
SEAN and Lisa Kelly can barely tear their eyes away from the four babies snuggled up together in the basket beside them. They ...
Crocodile wrestlers who put their head on the line
THE daily grind at the office may not seem so bad after viewing these startling images. For, no matter how grumpy your boss may ...
Teen depression 'linked to sleep'
GOING to bed earlier protects teenagers against depression and suicidal thoughts, research suggests. A US study of 12 to ...
My new album is nearly done: Winehouse
AMY Winehouse has nearly finished her eagerly awaited third album The singer says the record - the follow up to her massively ...
How Jessica Parker juggles career, family
SARAH Jessica Parker has revealed how she manages her busy schedule of shooting for the sequel to the Sex And The City movie, ...
A facial expression is worth a thousand words
COMMUNICATION is a central aspect of everyday life, a fact that is reflected in the wide variety of ways that people exchange ...
Islamabad
CDA to collect Rs2 billion fine
ISLAMABAD Capital Development Authority (CDA) is expecting to generate more than Rs2 billion fine from regularisation of ...
Senate body head covers up action against laboratory
ISLAMABAD Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Health, Kalsoom Parveen on Saturday asked the Health Ministry not to take ...
Call to improve PIMS OPD performance
ISLAMABAD (APP) Citizens have demanded the administration of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to improve service ...
Smile shines finally on traumatised faces
ISLAMABAD Art Therapy Workshop for Internally Displaced Children (IDCs) of military operation-affected areas to bring them back ...
Court rejects Pervaiz' application seeking exemption
RAWALPINDI - A local court Saturday rejected an application of the Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, ...
D-12 allottees get letters tomorrow
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Luck will smile on thousands of allottees of much-awaited sector D-12 on Monday as the Capital Development ...
Aqeel, Tanveer qualify for Federal Cup Tennis semis
ISLAMABAD Aqeel Khan, Tanveer Ashiq, Asim Shafik and Jalil Khan qualified for the semi-final of the 26th Federal Cup National ...
National
Democracy & inaction can't go together: Nawaz
LAHORE Democracy and inaction cannot go side by side. Similarly civilised and democratic society cannot forgive corrupt ...
SCG good hunting ground for Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground (SGC), where the second Test match between Australia and Pakistan will be played from Sunday (January 3), ...
Karachi
'Red-tape' delays opening of Lyari medical college
KARACHI - The bureaucratic 'red-tape has resulted in inordinate delay of the inauguration of the first-ever medical college in ...
Three Haqqiqi men among 6 killed
KARACHI - Three Haqqiqi activists among six people were killed in the current wave of target killing here on Saturday. Police ...
Suspect of Ashura blast sent on remand
KARACHI - The judicial magistrate on Saturday remanded the alleged mastermind of the bomb blast at Ashura proceeding on MA Jinnah ...
'Q' demands judicial inquiry into Ashura blast
KARACHI - The PML (Q) General Secretary Mushahid Hussain Syed said that Government should establish a judicial commission to ...
State actors behind mayhem, says JI
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Ameer Munawar Hassan expressed his concern over government accusations that non-state actors ...
Deforestation tolls natural capital worth $4.5tr every year
KARACHI - The United Nations is marking 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity to curb the unprecedented loss of the ...
Host Pakistan off to winning start
KARACHI Pakistani boxers won opening round matches in three weight categories to give the home team a winning start in the ...
Younus' batting woe may delay his return to Test side
KARACHI Test batsman Younus Khan planned return to Test cricket received a set back when Habib Bank batsman flopped yet again ...
Lahore
India perpetrating terror in Pakistan: ex-DG ISI
LAHORE - Former Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen (r) Hameed Gul has said that those involved in ...
Entire province in grip of thick fog
LAHORE - Blanketed by thick fog, the entire province including the City remained in the grip of severe cold on Saturday with ...
Journalists concerned over poor security measures at LPC
LAHORE - Despite tall claims by the top police officials as well as political representatives about tight security arrangements ...
Shalimar Interchange completed in record time: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the Punjab government has adopted solid strategy to improve ...
'Q' flays raise in gas and power prices
LAHORE- PML-Q President Senator Shujaat Hussain has said that his party would expose corruption of the government at every level. ...
'No innocent should be punished'
LAHORE - Aqeel Makil, father of Amane Malik, has said owners of the Doctors Hospital made Dr Sanaullah a scapegoat to escape ...
Pak has gold reserves worth trillions of dollars: Samar
LAHORE - Renowned Nuclear Scientist Dr Samar Mubarakmand Saturday inaugurated the recently-installed Rs 70 million high-tech 4 ...
Lahore edge ahead of Pindi in football
LAHORE Lahore edged ahead of Rawalpindi 1-0 in the football match of the Chief Minister Sports Cup for Intermediate level here ...
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