Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
- Memo case: Lawyer insists recording of Ijaz statement abroad
The Nation in print for Thursday, January 08, 2009
Front Page
Weak coordination leads to Durrani's sacking
Islamabad - In a dramatic move, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday sacked his Advisor on National Security Mehmud Ali Durrani for bypassing the Prime Minister on fundamental security matters. A Press release issued by the Prime Minister House said that Mehmud Ali Durrani has been ...
Accused should not be handed over, say politicians
ISLAMABAD - Terming contradictory statements of government functionaries regarding Ajmal Kasab's nationality 'the blooper of ...
No cooperation amid finger-pointing: FM
KABUL (Agencies) - Pakistan Wednesday described as "disappointing" India's claims that official agencies in Islamabad were ...
Pak border area threat to world: US
NEW YORK-The biggest foreign-policy challenge awaiting President-elect Barack Obama isn't Iraq or Afghanistan but Pakistan, ...
International
Bush hosts Obama, three ex-presidents
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush said he and the former U.S. heads of state all want President-elect Barack Obama to succeed ...
Pakistan calls on UNSC to stop Israeli aggression
UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to stop the Israeli aggression in Gaza and to demand an ...
Peace brokers eye headway in halting Israeli offensive
CAIRO (Agencies) - Peace brokers proclaimed a breakthrough Wednesday in efforts to halt the Gaza conflict as Israel warmed to a ...
School shelling by Israel a war crime: OIC
RIYADH (AFP) - Islamic states slammed as a war crime Wednesday Israel's shelling of a UN-run school in Gaza and called for the UN ...
Peace plan in detail
CAIRO (AFP) - Following details of Franco-Egyptian initiative to end the 12-day-old Israeli attack on Gaza. The peace plan has ...
Jewish state under fresh attack over deaths
PRAGUE (AFP) - The European Union Wednesday urged Israel to open a humanitarian corridor to Gaza as outrage mounted over attacks ...
2m swarm Karbala to observe Ashura
KARBALA (AFP) - More than two million faithful from across the Middle East swarmed the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq on ...
UN chief urges swift Council action to end Gaza crisis
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Security Council to act swiftly to end the worsening crisis in ...
All 'possibilities open': Hezb chief
BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday "all possibilities" are open against Israel and warned the Jewish ...
Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel is expelling Venezuela's charge d'affaires in response to the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador to ...
New Zealand hammer West Indies to level series
WELLINGTON (AFP) - Skipper Daniel Vettori took four cheap scalps as New Zealand crushed the West Indies by seven wickets to level ...
Pietersen and Moores quit, Strauss takes over
LONDON (AFP) - Andrew Strauss will take over as England cricket captain following the resignation of Kevin Pietersen, the ...
Ivanovic hangs on against Italian qualifier
BRISBANE (Australia) (AFP) - Top seed Ana Ivanovic saved two match points against Italy's Roberta Vinci as she struggled to a 6-7 ...
Business
Subsidy on fertilizer retail sale to benefit farmers
KARACHI - The growers and agriculture experts have suggested the government to give subsidy on retail sale of fertilizer instead ...
FBR to meet tax target by improving audit system
ISLAMABAD - Tax authorities are not prepared to bring mini-budget by raising tax rates and extend its scope to other untaxed ...
Huge potential to enhance Pak-Kenya trade volume
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The present volume of trade between Pakistan and Kenya is not up to full potential while both countries offer ...
China fears recession riots as Europe joblessness grows
PARIS (AFP) - A stark warning by state media Wednesday of possible mass unrest in China signalled deepening fears over the global ...
Gazprom formally shuts down European supplies via Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV (AFP) - Russian state energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday halted all supplies of natural gas bound for Europe through ...
Dollar drops in European trade
LONDON (AFP) - The dollar fell Wednesday on profit-taking after gaining in Asian deals on optimism about US president-elect ...
OGDCL asked to double gas production in 16 months
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources, Dr. Asim Hussain on Wednesday directed Oil and ...
India outsourcing giant hit by billion-dollar fraud scandal
MUMBAI (AFP) - The head of one of India's biggest outsourcing firms, Satyam Computer, resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal over a ...
Japan, China can lift Asia out of crisis ahead of US
MANILA (AFP) - Asian nations can work together to get through the global financial crisis ahead of the United States, but Japan ...
Asian stocks mixed on economic hopes, profit-taking
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian stocks closed mixed on Wednesday as hopes for a healing of the battered world economy buoyed some markets ...
Politics
Boucher says attacks harming Kashmir cause
Washington (Online) - The US has said that the horrible terrorists' attacks like that of Mumbai is actually harming the cause of ...
Israel accepts truce 'principles'
JERUSALEM (Agencies) - Israel has agreed "on the principles" of a ceasefire proposal, raising hopes of an end to its conflict ...
Saudi Arabia rules out using oil as weapon
NEW YORK (AFP) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on Wednesday ruled out the use of oil as a weapon by Arab states to ...
Three more killed in Swat
PESHAWAR - At least three persons have been killed and eight others, including five personnel of the security forces, injured in ...
Coalition forces kill 52 Afghans
KABUL (AFP) - Security forces said Wednesday they had killed 50 insurgents in new battles across Afghanistan, but allegations ...
Political appointees in AJK sacked
MIRPUR (AJK) - Soon after the removal of Prime Minister Sardar Attique-led Muslim Conference government of Azad Jammu Kashmir, ...
Asif, Karzai hold more talks
KABUL (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai held another exclusive meeting on Wednesday and ...
FBI team likely to visit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - An FBI team is likely to visit Pakistan within a few days to verify the information given by India in connection with ...
Militants kill 3 cops in Hangu, abduct 3 others
HANGU - At least three policemen were killed and several others injured when militants attacked a security forces' check-post in ...
Entertainment
Watch to locate kids will be launched this week
A satellite tracking device that will plot a child's location to within 10ft is being launched by a British firm. The Nu.M8 ...
Researchers create car parts from coconuts
A team of Baylor University researchers who have identified a variety of low-cost products that can be manufactured from coconuts ...
Paris to name her daughter London
PARIS Hilton wants to name her first daughter London. The 27-year-old blonde heiress is keen to have children by 2011 and is ...
It's not inspirational to be skinny, says Emma Watson
EMMA Watson thinks being skinny is unattractive. And the Harry Potter star, who plays Hermione Granger, likes her grub too much ...
Rihanna to wed Chris Brown?
SPECULATION is rife that Rihanna and Chris Brown are engaged after she was spotted in London with a huge diamond ring on her ...
Journey of a green turtle from Indonesia to Australia
THE remarkable journey of a green turtle from Indonesia into Australian waters is helping conservationists to track the migratory ...
Islamabad
'Imam Hussain's (AS) martyrdom base for just social system'
ISLAMABAD - Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza has said that the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) provides a base ...
6,55,700 children to be administered polio drops
RAWALPINDI - District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Khalid Randhawa has said that some 6,55,700 children of fewer than five years of ...
Traffic plan for Ashura devised
RAWALPINDI (Online) - City Traffic Police has devised special traffic plan for 7 small and a central Muharram Procession on the ...
Private clinics running sans rules
ISLAMABD - Thousands of private medical clinics and hospitals are arbitrarily functioning in the country without any code of ...
Marsia DVDs sale on rise
ISLAMABAD - The sale of DVDs of 'Marsia' and 'Noha' has witnessed an unprecedented rise during the first half of the holy month ...
Police all set to meet any challenge: RPO
RAWALPINDI - Additional IG and Regional Police Officer (RPO) Nasir Khan Durrani has said that police have made all necessary ...
Karachi
Jalil, Nomi join Nasir in semi-finals
KARACHI - Nasir Mushtaq who for the last three years was giving consistent performance at junior level clinched his first crown ...
Nasir Mushtaq wins maiden crown
KARACHI - Nasir Mushtaq who for the last three years was giving consistent performance at junior level clinched his first crown ...
Pepco's dues owed by KESC mount to Rs76b
KARACHI - The outstanding dues of PEPCO owed by the KESC have reached Rs76.25 billion,' DG PEPCO, Tahir Basharat Cheema told The ...
NGO demands dialogue among all stakeholders
KARACHI - The Federal Government should take the genuine stockholders into confidence before presenting the 'Child Protection ...
'Water Board has failed to boost revenue generation'
KARACHI - The task of increasing the revenue of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) during the current financial year can be ...
Kamal monitors law and order measures
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal Wednesday reviewed the Muharram arrangements across the metropolitan. He visited CDGK camps at ...
Movement of 3,500 suspects restricted
KARACHI - Law enforcement agencies have restricted the movement of some 3,500 suspects of outlawed religious organisations ...
PIMA protests against Israel
Jacobabad - Protest demonstration was held by Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) chapter Jacobabad against Israeli ...
Lahore
PCB central contracts stir up more controversy
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board is facing severe criticism for giving central contract to controversial fast bowler Shoaib ...
Miandad seeks answer from curator over poor pitches
LAHORE - Director General Pakistan Cricket Board Javed Miandad has taken to task the chief curator of the board for rolling out ...
PHF's foreign consultant starts training
LAHORE - Foreign Consultant of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Wouter Tazelaar arrived on his first official visit to Pakistan ...
Malaysian officials to inform PHF on tour soon
LAHORE - The Malaysian Hockey Federation will inform about tour to Pakistan to Pakistan Hockey Federation within three to four ...
Supply to 50pc CNG stations suspended
LAHORE - The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has suspended gas supply to around 50 per cent of the Compressed Natural ...
Troops, Rangers to ensure security
LAHORE - Security has further been beefed up across the province with the deployment of army troops and Pakistan Rangers along ...
CM performs ghusal ceremony at Data Darbar
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif performed the annual 'ghusal' ceremony of Data Ganj Bakhsh shrine at a simple ...
Aitzaz, Hamid in all-out efforts to win LBA polls
LAHORE - With a week to go for polls to elect new office-bearers of the Lahore Bar Association, both heavy weights of lawyers' ...
Chaudhrys set conditions for alliance with PML-N
LAHORE - The Wednesday's meeting between Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief, The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt, Majid ...
Workers asset of party
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said workers are asset of the party and their services for restoration of ...
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