Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- 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
The Nation in print for Sunday, January 31, 2010
Front Page
Bomber wrecks Bajaur post
PESHAWAR At least 16 people including two personnel of the security forces were killed and 23 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a security check-post in Khar Bazaar of Bajaur Agency on Thursday. Sources informed that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives ...
Inflation still poses a threat: SBP
KARACHI The State Bank of Pakistan has kept the policy rate unchanged at 12.5 per cent for the next two months (February-March) ...
USAID's designs halted by conscientious 'Babu'
ISLAMABAD The Punjab Assembly has critiqued the tendency of the state to hand over state assets like public schools to NGOs ...
International
Late charge gives Australia third U19 cup
WELLINGTON (AFP) Australias next generation of cricketers proved they are primed to make it to the top when they won the under ...
Serena beats brave Henin to win
MELBOURNE (AFP) Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams powered to her fifth Australian Open title and 12th Grand Slam ...
United, Arsenal set for another 'historic' clash
LONDON (AFP) Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Sundays Premier League showdown against Arsenal will provide ...
Greatbatch to coach NZ
WELLINGTON (AFP) New Zealand ended a three-month global search for a national cricket coach Saturday with the appointment of ...
US speeding up missile defences in Persian Gulf: report
WASHINGTON The Obama administration is accelerating the deployment of a series of new defences against possible Iranian missile ...
US arms sales making world less safe: Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudans UN Ambassador on late Friday dismissed as irresponsible US allegations that weapons from ...
Libya, Russia ink $1.8b arms deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Libya has signed an arms deal with Russia worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.8b), Russian Prime Minister Vladimir ...
Be alert while visiting India, US asks its nationals
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Terror groups may be planning attacks in India, the US State Department has warned in its latest advisory ...
India softens stand on negotiating with Taliban
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is willing to back efforts to seek peace with Taliban to stabilise Afghanistan, Indian External ...
Iran dismisses US Senate move on new sanctions
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran dismissed on Saturday a move by the US Senate to impose tough new sanctions, saying the measure will ...
UN chief for treaty to prevent cyber-war
DAVOS, Switzerland, (AFP) - The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN ...
S Arabia 'mediating Taliban talks'
AFGHANISTANS former finance minister Dr Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that reconciliation talks with the Taliban were under way ...
Iraq attacks kill three
SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a memorial service where anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen and local dignitaries ...
Nigerian rebels end truce, threaten oil attacks
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerias main militant group called off a three-month-old ceasefire in the Niger Delta on Saturday and ...
Palestinian killed in Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) - A Palestinian tunnel digger was killed on Saturday when a smuggling tunnel between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip ...
US citizen seeks 'asylum' in NKorea
SEOUL (AFP) - A second US citizen who was detained by North Korea for crossing the border has sought political asylum in the ...
Five die in New York apartment blaze
NEW YORK (AFP) - Five people died and a baby was critically injured in a fire that engulfed a New York apartment building early ...
Business
KSE loses another 160 points
LAHORE - The Karachi Stock Exchange shed another 159.88 points this week to close at 9,614.19 points as compared to 149.07 points ...
Economy concerns, stronger dollar hit commodity prices
LONDON (AFP) - Commodity prices mainly fell this week on worries about the global economic outlook but sugar rocketed to a ...
Poor infrastructure hampering growth
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called upon the government to urgently focus on infrastructure ...
Govt cancels 4 firms coal exploration licences
KARACHI - The Sindh government has cancelled the coal exploration licences of four companies on account of non-compliance of ...
Textile mills kept deprived of gas for 19 days in Jan
LAHORE (PPI) - Contrary to the schedule worked out by the Cabinet Committee on Gas Load Management the textile industry was ...
State debt to become 'biggest problem': IMF
DAVOS (AFP) - IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Saturday that state debt will become the worlds biggest economic problem and ...
ZTBLs loan recovery improved in 2009
ISLAMABAD - Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) has recovered 89 percent of agriculture loans in 2009 against 86 per cent in 2008 ...
Rupee falls to new dollar low
KARACHI (Reuters) - The Pakistani rupee fell to a new low on Saturday because of high demand for dollars to pay for imports and ...
Poor worst hit as inflation goes up by 19.44 per cent
ISLAMABAD - Soaring trends of price hike continued during the current week as inflation for the poorest of the poor increased by ...
PTDC initiates 9 tourism development projects
RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has initiated nine major tourism development projects across the ...
Politics
Govt not to destabilise institutions: Gilani
ISLAMABAD Terming his relations with judiciary as warm and cordial, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that ...
Target-killings claim 15 more lives in Karachi
KARACHI - Fresh violence has claimed at least 15 lives in last 24 hours in separate incidents of target-killings in Karachi. The ...
Blackwater may train Afghan securitymen
ISLAMABAD Afghan security forces would be receiving training, as announced in London Conference, but there is strong possibility ...
Economy has turned around: Asif
KARACHI President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday asked members of the Sindh Assembly to encourage women, minorities and other ...
'Law of jungle prevails in Punjab'
LAHORE Punjab Chief Secretary Javed Mehmood should quit his office and face the inquiry committee constituted to probe into the ...
Shahbaz exercises restraint on Taseer's tirade
MULTAN Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif categorically declared on Saturday that the Punjab Government would not become ...
7 terrorists arrested in Nowshera
NOWSHERA Nowshera police apprehended seven key terrorists in two separate raids here on Saturday. Sources informed that in the ...
NAB court exempts Malik from appearance
KARACHI Accountability Court on Saturday exempted Interior Minister Rehman Malik from appearing before the court in person, on a ...
China freezes US military ties
BEIJING (AFP/Reuters) - Enraged China lashed out Saturday with a raft of reprisals after Washington announced a ...
Taliban deny meeting UN envoy
KABUL (AFP) The Taliban denied Saturday that leaders of the group fighting to overthrow the Afghan government had met UN ...
Jury verdict in Aafia's trial expected early next week
NEW YORK - Closing arguments by both the prosecution and defence in the trial of Aafia Siddiqui, who is charged with shooting at ...
Pak ready to facilitate Allied forces Afghan pullout: Qureshi
LONDON - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan will exercise its influence to bring Afghan Taliban ...
Nato troops clash with Afghan army; four dead
SALAR, Afghanistan, (Reuters) - Nato troops clashed with their Afghan allies in a so-called friendly fire incident on Saturday, ...
Shujaat doubts claims to repeal 17th Amendment
ISLAMABAD PML-Q President, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Saturday accused PPP and PML-N of using delaying tactics regarding ...
Pak possesses drone tech, says Jatoi
MULTAN Federal Minister for Defence Production Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi disclosed on Saturday that Pakistan possessed ...
Pakistan must play bigger Afghanistan role: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Pakistan should be more closely involved in solving the Afghan conflict, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said ...
US team praises Pak role in war on terror
RAWALPINDI (Online) - A five-member US Congressional delegation called on Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on ...
Faisalabad jail riots leave two dead
FAISALABAD (Agencies) - At least two prisoners died while 12 were injured in clash with police while the jail superintendent has ...
Security forces vehicle targeted
QUETTA - A teenage boy sustained injuries in an armed attack on vehicle of security forces in Quetta on Saturday. According to ...
US drone strike toll rises to 15
THE death toll in Friday nights US drone strike in North Waziristan has risen to 15, two officials told CNN on Saturday. A local ...
Entertainment
Biggest and brightest full moon of 2010
SATURDAYs full moon called the wolf moon was the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. It offered anyone with clear ...
Nicole Kidman donates $250k to Haiti relief fund
NICOLE Kidman has donated $250,000 to Haiti. The actress was one of five Hollywood stars to promise the earthquake-stricken ...
Kim Kardashian selling clothes
KIM Kardashian has said that she will be selling clothes on eBay to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. The reality show star has ...
Smokers at risk from their own 'second-hand' smoke
IT is well known that smokers damage their health by directly inhaling cigarette smoke. Now, research published in BioMed ...
Magnesium supplement helps boost brainpower
NEW research finds that an increase in brain magnesium improves learning and memory in young and old rats. The study, published ...
Cameron, Bigelow go head-to-head
JAMES Cameron (Avatar) and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) have both been nominated for best film and best director in ...
Islamabad
Fundraiser held for children at Adiala Jail
ISLAMABAD - A fundraiser organised by TLC daycare in collaboration with the Future Leaders of Pakistan (FLP) for the children ...
Kilns owners to use new emission control technology
ISLAMABAD - Government has unveiled a plan of adopting emission control technology for smoke-emitting brick kilns surrounding the ...
Nepotism rules the roost at PIMS
ISLAMABAD - Alleged nepotism coupled with administrative irregularities was witnessed during induction process of the house-job ...
PM's surprise visit boosts students' morale
ISLAMABAD (APP) Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday paid a surprise visit to a local girls school to inspect the ...
No funds for Cultural & Convention Complex
ISLAMABAD - Millions of taxpayers money is going to sink as Capital Development Authority (CDA) is suspending Rs1.1 billion ...
Exposing corruption induces more
ISLAMABAD - A former employee of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has sought the Chief Justices help to early ...
Karachi
Bisma slams unbeaten ton as Punjab thump Multan
KARACHI Opener Bisma Maroof hit 85 ball unbeaten 100 to steer Punjab to 49 runs win over Multan, for their fourth win in a row ...
Asim Qureshi caught in UK visa bear trap
KARACHI A ten-member Pakistan Table Tennis team will leave here on February 2 for Dhaka for the SA Games without international ...
The winds of change
For the last six decades, the winds of change have been sweeping through this land of the pak and the pure, playing a cruel joke ...
Four-day event attracts top intl fashion designers, models and buyers
KARACHI - The second Karachi Fashion Week begins in the city today. The event supported by Ministry of Textile Industry and ...
First ambulance boat service from Feb 5
KARACHI - Pakistans first ambulance boat service for the deprive and destitute residents of various islands of Karachi city will ...
School renovation left incomplete
KARACHI - Residents of Mubarak Village are looking towards the government for completion of repair work of a secondary school ...
Signature campaign camp organised
KARACHI - Shabab-e-Milli Pakistan organised a signature-campaign camp in order to show solidarity with the Kashmiri peoples prior ...
Non-surgical treatment options against arthritis
KARACHI (APP) - Although most forms of arthritis are chronic, there are effective non surgical ways to relieve the pain, improve ...
Lahore
India, Pakistan suffer massive blow
LAHORE Pakistan and India, who dominated the South Asian Gamess 26-year Soccer history, winning seven of the 10 golds in between ...
Modi alone responsible for IPL fiasco: PCB chief
LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt has squarely blamed the Indian Premier League (IPL) and its commissioner Lalit ...
Can't change rules to accommodate Pak players at this stage: Modi
LAHORE The brouhaha over the Pakistan players notwithstanding, there is a question mark over their participation in the IPL. In ...
Nowshera hold Fanats Club 3-3
LAHORE Banaras Khan steered thrilling 86th minute equalizer as Nowshera Club staged recovery to draw Fanat FC 3-3 in the eight ...
Plant native trees to fight pollution
LAHORE Native species of tall and shady trees including Pipal, Barghad, Siris, Toot and Neem are needed today to fight the ...
Tricky billing system confuses consumers
LAHORE - Tricky billing system of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) with unspecified gas charges by the department in ...
Indiscriminate accountability need of the hour: Shahbaz
LAHORE Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that a mechanism of transparent accountability of all corrupt ...
Sectt drivers request Col's family to forgive
LAHORE Sister unit of the Punjab Civil Secretariat Employees Association, staff car drivers, despatch riders and mechanics ...
Mustafa elected vice chairman of PbBC
LAHORE - PPP-backed Mumtaz Mustafa of 'Friends Alliance has been elected as vice chairman Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) for one year ...
LHC CJ for setting up more forensic labs
LAHORE A delegation of United Nations Drugs & Crime Unit on Saturday called on Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad ...
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