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 Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Front Page
Petrol prices up
ISLAMABAD - The government on Tuesday increased petroleum products tariff by 10 to 15 per cent besides reducing gas prices nominally by 2 to 4.46 per cent except for fertilizer feedstock gas that went up by 7.84 per cent. According to a notification issued by OGRA after Tuesday midnight, the new ...
Funds for MNAs doubled
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday announced to double the development funds for Parliamentarians from Rs ...
New province calls to open Pandora's box: PM
LAHORE - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has maintained that PPP being a symbol of the Federation is totally against any ...
International
Ousted Honduras president has int'l backing for returning home
UNITED NATIONS - Encouraged by international support, ousted President Manuel Zelaya said he will return to Honduras Thursday to ...
French anti-burqa drive 'religious terrorism: Qaeda
RABAT (Reuters/AFP) - Al-Qaedas north African wing threatened revenge against France for launching a war against Muslim women who ...
HRW condemns Israeli drone strikes on Gaza
NEW YORK - An international human rights group on Tuesday accused Israel of violating the laws of war and killing civilians in ...
UN envoy sees potential to end Afghanistan conflict
UNITED NATIONS - The current situation in Afghanistan - marked by the most intense fighting in years, and upcoming presidential ...
Babri Masjid razing returns to haunt BJP
THE Justice M S Liberhan Commission set up 17 years ago to probe the 1992 desecration of the 16th Century Babri Masjid finally ...
Obama warns of difficult days in Iraq
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities as an ...
NKorea accuses US, South of spy plane missions
SEOUL (AFP/Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday accused the United States and South Korea of carrying out more than 1,100 spy plane ...
13 killed as Italian gas train explodes
VIAREGGIO, Italy (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling ...
Sri Lanka to boost size of post-war forces
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka plans to add at least 50,000 people to its security forces to help control territory won back from ...
Nejad vows to break major powers stranglehold
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran warned the opposition on Tuesday that it will tolerate no further protests after the official poll ...
Business
Tethyan Copper plans $3b investment
KARACHI (Reuters) - A foreign joint-venture company plans to invest up to $3 billion in a copper and gold mine, the ventures ...
Cement sale slumps to 2pc from 23pc
LAHORE - Growth in the cement sales, which was 23 per cent in the last three years, slumped to just 2 per cent in FY09 to 30.6 ...
IMF to release $850 million next tranche this month
KARACHI - The federal government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are holding important meetings on Friday in Turkey to ...
Outages duration raised for industry to gap 5,000MW deficit
LAHORE - To make up for the record 5,000 megawatt electricity shortage, the Pakistan Electric Power Company has extended ...
Oil jumps above 72 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose above 72 dollars on Tuesday after gaining in recent days from tensions in African crude producer ...
KSE performs dismally on last of fiscal year
KARACHI - Lacklustre interest of investors changed direction of the market as the KSE 100-index lost 44 points to close at 7,162 ...
FBR reconstitutes functional categories under TARP
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday has reconstituted its functional categories under Pakistans Tax ...
British economy shrinks fastest since 1958
LONDON (AFP) - Britains recession-battered economy shrank at its fastest pace in more than 50 years in the first quarter of 2009 ...
Qatar to start LNG, LPG supply from Nov
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Investment Minister Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan said here on Tuesday that Qatar will start providing ...
Japanese investors seek facilities at economic zone
KARACHI - Japanese Consul General Akinori Wada has asked the Pakistani government to assure Japanese invertors about the ...
Politics
Army guns eye North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD - In the wake of deadliest militants attack on military convoy in North Waziristan Sunday evening, Pakistani security ...
US to install monitor for aid to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - The United States on Tuesday made it clear that it would put its own monitoring mechanism in place for entire ...
Four die in Kalat hotel bomb blast
QUETTA-A car bomb blast killed at least four people on the spot and wounded 11 others near a hotel at main highway in Kalat ...
Axe falls on saving rates
THE profit rates on National Saving Certificates have been reduced from 0.5 per cent to 1.9 percent on different schemes, ...
Taliban slay 18 buddies
PESHAWAR (APP) - Militants in Bhia valley slaughtered around 18 of their own wounded men, as they could not be moved out along ...
US drones providing surveillance
NEW YORK - Secret US drone flights are providing surveillance data to Pakistani military in its campaign against Taliban leader ...
Child survives Yemeni plane crash
MORONI (AFP) - A Yemeni Airbus jet carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean as it came in to land in the Comoros islands ...
Obama most trusted world leader: poll
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is the most trusted leader in the world, a survey conducted in 20 nations indicated. The ...
Climate issues to be tackled together: India
NEW DELHI (APP) - India might have political differences with its neighbours including Pakistan but on climate change, all SAARC ...
Nirupama Indian Foreign Secy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nirupama Rao, Indias Ambassador to China, will be its next foreign secretary, the government said on ...
Chief Minister for billboard-free City
LAHORE (Online) - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed that the City should be made completely free of billboards ...
US-led coalition targets Haqqani network
KABUL (AFP) - Airstrikes and ground battles killed three dozen Taliban and two civilians while an insurgent suicide bombing on ...
Strike, curfew bring life to standstill in Srinagar
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Indian security forces fired live rounds and teargas Tuesday to disperse hundreds of Kashmiris who defied a ...
President gives assent to budget
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday signed the Finance Bill 2009, passed by the National Assembly on June ...
Iraqis in control as US troops leave cities
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi security forces jubilantly paraded in tanks and armoured vehicles on Tuesday as they took control of towns ...
Hilal-i-Shujaat for Sarfraz Naeemi
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday signed the order to confer the award of Hilal-i-Shujaat on late Allama Dr ...
Entertainment
Eerie pictures show MJ rehearsing for London gigs
THESE are the last pictures of Michael Jackson on stage, taken just two days before he died. The images of the singer hard at ...
Looking rough doesnt bother me: Penelope
PENELOPE Cruz insists she has no worries about looking rough onscreen. The actress says that unlike many of her peers she has no ...
I'm not replacing Jolie in Tomb Raider: Megan
MEGAN Fox has shot down claims shes set to replace Angelina Jolie in the next Tomb Raider movie. The Transformers star has been ...
Dilip Kumar treated for malaria
VETERAN Indian actor Dilip Kumar is receiving treatment for malaria at a private hospital in Mumbai. The Lilavati Hospital said ...
A dozen of Jacko fans commit suicide
NEARLY a dozen of Michael Jacksons fans have reportedly committed suicide following the King Of Pops sudden demise. And ...
Nasa satellite map reveals 99pc of Earths land surface for first time
AN astonishing new map has revealed the elevation of nearly every place on Earth. The Global Digital Elevation Model was created ...
Sports
Red-hot Venus, Serena close in on final
LONDON (AFP) - Wimbledon braced itself for a fourth all-Williams singles final on Tuesday after Venus and Serena stormed into the ...
Pakistan off to dismal start in Asian Youth Games
SINGAPORE - Pakistan players were way off the mark in their qualifying campaign for the medal round of sailing and athletics ...
Murray triumphs as Federer cruises
LONDON (AFP) - Andy Murray marked the first appearance for a competitive match of Wimbledon's 80-million-pound Centre Court roof ...
Gallant Aisam goes down fighting
LAHORE - Aisamul-Haq Qureshi created history yet again by becoming the first Pakistani to reach the third round of Wimbledon ...
PCB disbands selection committees
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has disbanded the national selection committee without giving a reason for the ...
Rising Star in semi-final
LAHORE - Young Rising Star Women Football Club (YRSWFC) earned another resounding victory in Group-D to enter last four of second ...
PSB approves budget of Rs 63m
ISLAMABAD - The Executive Committee of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has approved the budget of Rs.63 million for development ...
Age-defying Jayasuriya eyes next World Cup
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya turns 40 on Tuesday, with a vow to carry on until the 2011 World ...
Vaughan steps aside for next generation
BIRMINGHAM (England) (AFP) - Former England captain Michael Vaughan announced his retirement from all professional cricket with ...
Indian test star Irfan Pathan to marry daughter of a diplomat
KARACHI - Indian cricket all rounder 24 year old Irfan Pathan will marry a long time friend Shivangi Dev, daughter of an Indian ...
Islamabad
Rs 28.85 billion CDA budget approved
ISLAMABAD- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Tuesday unveiled record Rs 28.85 billion tax-free budget for the fiscal year ...
DG Libraries arrested for 'stealing' record
ISLAMABAD - Director General, Department of Libraries Ch. Muhammad Nazir along with his accomplices was arrested from the ...
Health Ministry yet to fulfil pledge
ISLAMABAD - Health Ministrys pledge to implement pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs seems in doldrums, as ministry due ...
Blood donations handed over to armed forces
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Health Minister, Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani on Tuesday handed over 6,000 bags of blood donations ...
SC for strategy against smoke-emitting vehicles
ISLAMABAD- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the provinces to devise effective strategies within two months to combat the ...
Police arrest 26 outlaws; seize drugs, arms
RAWALPINDI - Police, during action against anti-social elements, rounded up number of Proclaimed Offenders (POs), criminals and ...
Karachi
'Police killing religious activists as militants'
KARACHI - Police have once again get the license to kill the religious parties activists in the name of militants, whereas the ...
Court orders to register FIR against accused
KARACHI - Judicial Magistrate-VII district (South), Ghulam Farooq Sheikh on Tuesday directed the police to register the case ...
No loopholes in Iranian system for rigging: envoy
KARACHI - Around 85 percent participation of Iranian people in the recent presidential elections of the country shows their deep ...
'Power failure due to fault in National Grid'
KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), in its clarification before a team of NEPRA officials investigating the massive ...
7 IOs promoted as deputy directors
KARACHI - Sindh Information Department, on the recommendation of its promotional committee and with the approval of the ...
ANP shows concern over target-killing
KARACHI - President Awami National Party Sindh, Shahi Syed, on Tuesday demanded of the government to take action against the ...
Lahore
Generation enlightened with Pak Ideology our mission: Majid Nizami
LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has said that they wanted to prepare a ...
Fuel scarcity adds to people's miseries
LAHORE - After the worst loadshedding in the sizzling weather, the fuel scarcity multiplied the miseries of the ...
Top cops' offices have become no-go areas
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Tuesday took suo moto notice of permanent blockade of several ...
Reply sought from DG PHA
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has sought reply from the director general Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) on a contempt of ...
PTI, JI condemn raise in POL prices
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan and Secretary General Liaquat Baloch have condemned the 10 per cent raise in ...
Presence of senior doctors at emergency depts a must
LAHORE - For the first time in the history of Health Department, the Punjab government has ordered round-the-clock appointment of ...
Breakdown questions luxury bus service
LAHORE - Even a brand new vehicle can create trouble for the passengers. Environment-friendly CNG buses, imported from China, to ...
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