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 Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Front Page
Altaf Hamid Rao
MUZAFFARABAD - Newly-elected Leader of the House in AJK Legislative Assembly Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan took oath as the new Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir here on Tuesday. AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan administered the oath. Earlier, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan was removed from the ...
Asif, Gilani for probing 'proof' thoroughly
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday agreed to investigate thoroughly the ...
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on joint anti-terror strategy
ABUL (Agencies) - Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday agreed to develop a joint comprehensive strategy for combating terrorism ...
Delhi gave attacks details not proof, says Foreign Secy
ISLAMABAD - Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Salman Bashir, on Tuesday told the National Assembly's Standing Committee on ...
International
Obama deplores civilian deaths in Gaza
WASHINGTON - Breaking his silence on the situation arising from the Israeli attacks in Gaza, US president-elect Barack Obama ...
US urges calm following Indian premier's accusation of Pakistan's role
WASHINGTON - A U.S. State Department spokesman Tuesday sidestepped a question about Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ...
Biden to visit Southwest Asia for Congressional trip
WASHINGTON - US Vice President-elect Joe Biden will lead a delegation of five Senate Democrats and Republicans to southwest Asia ...
Pakistani man says he was tortured in US custody
NEW YORK - A Pakistani terror suspect who spent more than six years in American custody -- five of them at the Guantnamo Bay ...
Arab League accuses US of blocking Gaza resolution
CAIRO (AFP) - The Arab League accused the US on Tuesday of blocking a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in ...
EU struggles to fill US shoes in Middle East
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union remains incapable of persuading Israel to halt its war on Hamas and fill a gaping diplomatic ...
UN schools no refuge from Israeli bombs
SHATI (AFP) - The blue United Nations flag flew over the Asma school where the walls of the toilets were covered in blood after ...
Tony Blair to receive US highest civilian award
LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive the United States' highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal ...
Hamas in Egypt for truce talks
CAIRO (AFP) - A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire with Israel, 10 days after the ...
Traumatised children caught in Gaza crossfire
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Children make up a quarter of the more than 600 Palestinians killed in Israel's war on the Hamas rulers of Gaza ...
UNSC urged to take action on Gaza situation
LONDON - Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to take firm and decisive action to address the ...
UN calls for inquiry into schools bombing
UNITED NATIONS - More than 30 people have been killed in two separate Israeli strikes on clearly-marked UN schools where ...
Wailing Iraqis throng Karbala
KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of Shias crowded the streets of Karbala on Tuesday, many beating their own backs with ...
Gas shortages spread as Russian-Ukraine row flares
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Gas shortages spread through eastern and central Europe in the depths of winter on Tuesday as cuts in Russian ...
Dilshan fires Sri Lanka to record Test win
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh (AFP) - Tillakaratne Dilshan gave a superb all-round performance to power Sri Lanka to a record 465-run ...
Mushtaq gets green light for coaching role at Sussex
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistani leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed will help coach Sussex as well as England's spin bowlers for three months from ...
Bartoli through to Brisbane quarters
BRISBANE (Australia) (AFP) - Second seed Victoria Azarenka overcame a number of disputed line calls and a tenacious Jarmila ...
Business
Deposits growth dips by Rs330b
KARACHI - The growth of deposits with the scheduled banks in the calendar year 2008 showed a huge decline of Rs 330 billion as ...
Gilani for uninterrupted supply of oil, gas to IPPs
ISLAMABAD - To ensure optimal supply of power, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the Ministry of Petroleum and ...
Farmers capacity-building programme launched
KARACHI - The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has launched a capacity building programme for the farmers under which ...
Textile sector wants alternate energy on subsidised rates
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Textile, Rana Farooq Saeed Khan here on Tuesday assured the textile industrialists that ...
10m Indians to lose jobs by March
NEW DELHI (AFP) - At least 10 million Indians will lose their jobs by March as the economic slowdown in North America and Europe ...
KSE bags another 157 points as buying spree continues
LAHORE - Tuesday witnessed Karachi bourse gained for the third straight trading session adding 2.71 per cent amid investors ...
Shareholders list sought
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has requested all the listed companies to submit complete list of their shareholders under ...
Govt should harness energy resources
KARACHI - Pakistan needs to develop and harness its own energy resources in view of the rising demand. This was stated by ...
The case of microfinance in the post crisis world
PAKISTAN'S economy in 2008 has been impacted by the melt down of the global financial system, however, certain indicators in the ...
Stocks hold gains amid oil price jitters
PARIS (AFP) - Global stock markets held onto New Year optimism Tuesday even as the euro suffered fresh losses amid signs of ...
Politics
Pakistan demands access to Mumbai attacks sites
DESPITE official rejections of the dossier handed over by India on evidence of the Mumbai attacks, Federal Information and ...
Singh keeps up war of words
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Speaking tough against the backdrop of its continued denials, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on ...
'N' bill to repeal 17th Amendment on 12th
LAHORE-The PML-N has decided in principle to present a bill for repealing 17th Amendment in the NA session on January 12th with ...
SC questions Federation's competency
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the competency of the federation in petitions that it had filed against the ...
45 killed as Israel bombs UN-run schools
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli tanks and troops surged into towns across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking Hamas targets, but hits on ...
Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM
DHAKA (AFP) - Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in for her second spell as Bangladesh's prime minister Tuesday, restoring democracy ...
Sindh demands transfer of CED to provinces
KARACHI - Sindh Information Minister, Ms. Shazia Marri, has said that the in-house committee on NFC Award has decided that ...
$240,000 awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt
NEW YORK (AFP) - An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 ...
Traders, industrialists to hold protest rallies from 9th
LAHORE - The traders and industrialists on Tuesday announced to hold a series of protest rallies here in various parts of the ...
Chaudhrys to import armoured vehicles
ISLAMABAD - The growing sense of insecurity along with increasing incidents of terrorism in the country have pushed Chaudhrys of ...
Entertainment
Milky Way poised to collide with nearest galaxy
The Milky Way is set to crash violently into its nearest galaxy Andromeda sooner than scientists originally predicted. ...
Leona Lewis to pen autobiography
POP singer Leona Lewis has signed a book deal to tell the story of her journey from pizza waitress to X Factor winner and ...
Jett Travolta died of 'seizure'
NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) - Officials in the Bahamas who conducted an autopsy Monday on Jett Travolta said the 16-year-old son of ...
Duffy, Alexandra Burke No 1 on UK top 10
WELSH singer songwriter Duffy has made it to the No 1 spot on the top ten music sales charts with her debut album ...
'Obama, Britney' hacked
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures ...
Feeling blue? It's the colour of happiness
DOWN in the dumps? Perhaps you should try the blues. Although long associated with negativity, the colour can send ...
Islamabad
Stringent security for Muharram processions
RAWALPINDI -While taking comprehensive measures to ensure security during Muharram-ul-Harram processions, Additional IG and ...
Sherry Rehman honoured as 'Democracy's Hero'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - International Republican Institute (IRI) has awarded Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sherry Rehman a ...
British Council to train 20,000 teachers
ISLAMABAD - British Council is all set to train around 20,000 employees from government sector in the field of education, Head of ...
Trust for Population Welfare to get autonomous status
ISLAMABAD (APP) - National Trust for Population Welfare (NTPW), an institute run by Ministry of Population Welfare, after getting ...
Plan to build 8 overhead bridges on Capital Expressway
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to build eight overhead bridges on Islamabad Expressway to ...
Air Chief meets Asif Zardari
Islamabad " Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed on Tuesday called on President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed with him ...
Karachi
Government giving people nothing but despondency: Khar
KARACHI - Painting a doomsday scenario for the PPP government in Islamabad, former Governor Punjab, Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, ...
Human trafficking case unearthed
KARACHI - The cases of human trafficking have been rising in Pakistan and females are being smuggled from rural and urban areas ...
Ulema urged to promote harmony
KARACHI - To promote religious harmony during the holy month of Muharram, Provincial Minister Raza Haroon on Tuesday held ...
Nazim takes notice of slow pace of work
KARACHI - Taking notice of slow pace of work on repair of roads andwater and sewerage leakages, Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal ...
'Govt failed to deliver'
KARACHI - The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) expressing worry over political and economic conditions showed its concerns over ...
Manghopir Road, a safe haven for illegal hydrants
KARACHI - Around 15 to 20 illegal hydrants are operating openly in Orangi Town, stealing millions of gallons water through the ...
Lahore
Three killed in 'encounter'
LAHORE - A heavy contingent of police accompanied by elite force officials Tuesday killed three criminals in an alleged encounter ...
Mourners observe 9th of Muharram today
LAHORE - The 9th of Muharram, a day before the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and his companions, will be observed today ...
Water crisis in the offing?
LAHORE - With the sharp decrease in the graph of underground drinking water, City will be facing a critical water shortage in ...
Pakistan-India war ruled out
LAHORE - Speakers at a seminar have ruled out chances of Indo-Pakistan war, saying that the tension was gradually reducing ...
All top cops to remain on duty on Ashura
LAHORE - IG Police Punjab Shaukat Javed Tuesday directed all RPOs,CPOs,DPO and SDPOs across the province to remain on duty during ...
JI calls for cut in fuel, daily use items prices
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) through a resolution has called for slashing the petroleum prices as well as prices of the items of ...
Akhtar gets A category in PCB central contracts
OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has included 26 players in the central contract for the next year with ...
Afridi wants Miandad to lift ban on ICL players
LAHORE - Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi wants former captain and current PCB director general Javed Miandad to fulfill his ...
ICC to back neutral venue if Australia refuses Pakistan tour
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council is attempting to encourage Pakistan to play Australia at a neutral venue this year if ...
Asif to appear before IPL drugs tribunal on 24th
LAHORE - Drugs-taunted fast bowler Mohammad Asif would appear before the drugs IPL tribunal on January 24 in London. PCB chief ...
Sri Lanka says final itinerary by Friday
LAHORE - Sri Lanka Cricket will finalise the itinerary for its tour of Pakistan by Friday after the host country asked them to ...
PCB issues notice to lawyer for media statements
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has given a show cause notice to its lawyer Tafazzal Rizvi for giving irresponsible ...
PHF's foreign consultant to arrive today
LAHORE - Foreign Consultant of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Wouter Tazelaar will arrive Pakistan today (Wednesday). During ...
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