Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- 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
The Nation in print for Sunday, July 12, 2009
Front Page
Pak Mumbai trial from next week
ISLAMABAD - The government announced on Saturday that the trial of five suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008, would commence next week and said that India was responsible for the delay in investigations. Addressing a Press briefing after his ...
Another 'N' MPA in the dock
LAHORE - A PML-N MPA, Shumaila Anjum Rana, has been accused of stealing credit cards of a young lady from a Gulberg health club. ...
Dance performance vexes Gilani
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed his displeasure over the performance of an artist on the 'theme ...
International
Bosnian Muslims recall Srebrenica massacre
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Hercegovina, (AFP) - More than 20,000 Muslims gathered in Srebrenica Saturday for the burial of 534 ...
Tehran prepares new package to offer West
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Iran is preparing a new package of political, security and international issues to put to the West, ...
US blocked probe into Afghan killing
NEW YORK - The Bush administration repeatedly sought to block investigations into alleged killings of up to 2,000 Taliban ...
Afghanistan strategy 'right', says Brown
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday said his troops in Afghanistan are fighting for the 'future of ...
Gaza children struggle with memories of war
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Fourteen-year-old Ghasan Matar wont talk about the explosion that cost him his legs and killed his brother. In ...
US commander calls for expanding Afghan forces
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The new US commander in Afghanistan has concluded that success in the country will require a dramatic ...
Xinjiang death toll 184
URUMQI, China (Reuters/AFP) - China raised the death toll from rioting in Xinjiang, giving for the first time the ethnicity of ...
Turkey urges China to stop 'assimilation' of Uighurs
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged China to stop the assimilation of its Uighur minority Saturday, ...
20 dead in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Clashes between fighters and Somali troops killed at least 20 people on Saturday including a senior police ...
4 killed in Iraq car bombing
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - Four civilians were killed and 35 people injured on Saturday by a car bomb in a Shia district in the restive ...
Bush-era surveillance went beyond wiretaps
WASHINGTON The Bush administrations post-Sept 11 surveillance efforts went beyond the widely publicised warrantless wiretapping ...
Court urged to declare taps illegal
WASHINGTON - An Islamic charity has asked a federal judge in San Francisco to rule that Bush admin wiretapped its phone calls ...
Honduras talks end with no deal
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Talks between representatives of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya and the countrys de facto ...
Business
Pak-Canada FTA vital to minimise trade imbalance
KARACHI (APP) - There is a need of free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Canada to minimize the trade imbalance ...
Nepal agrees to enhance trade
LAHORE - The LCCI President Mian Muzaffar Ali and Napalese Ambassador Bala Bahadur Kunwar here Saturday agreed to take all ...
Greying Asia faces pensions time bomb: ADB
MANILA (AFP) - Asia is facing an ageing crisis with weak and inadequate pension systems and family-based support dwindling, a ...
Traders League Lahore formed
LAHORE (APP)- A new traders organisation-Traders League Lahore (TLL), comprising 48 markets of Gulberg Board has been ...
Oil prices tumble under 59 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices sank below 59 dollars per barrel this week for the first time since late May on renewed concerns about ...
2 Mangla units resume 220MW generation
MIRPUR, AJK - Two out of ten units of the countrys second largest Mangla Dam, having the capacity of about 220 megawatt, on ...
Trade not aid key to economic development
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday said that trade instead of aid was key to job creation, exports increase and ...
Stimulus plan to kick in later this year: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday more time was needed for his $787 billion stimulus package to ...
China contributed $31.2 million FDI to Pakistan in FY09: Waqar
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Federal Minister for Investment, Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan said that in fiscal year 2008-09 China has ...
Weekly inflation up by 10.38 per cent
ISLAMABAD - The inflation based on Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) recorded an increase of 10.38 per cent in the first week of ...
Politics
SC can take suo moto of HR violations: CJP
MORO - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that problems faced both by the bench and bar are ...
5 cops dead in ambush
MANSEHRA - Some unidentified persons killed five policemen in the village Kund Bangla Saturday evening while a forest guard was ...
ISI chief involved in recent talks: Singh
NEW DELHI (AFP/Reuters) - Indian Premier Manmohan Singh has voiced hope that Pakistan will promise action against those behind ...
PM for uniform LBs system
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that he did not think PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif would become ...
This time, it's a female
LAHORE - This time it is not a male parliamentarian, rather to jump into the already-boiling fray of irregularities and ...
Pak-IMF talks successful
ISLAMABAD (APP/Online) - The Pakistan delegation, led by Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin, successfully ...
Only air attacks in SW planned
PAKISTANS forthcoming military operation in Waziristan will rely on air power rather than on ground offensives, an approach that ...
Militant dies in seminary shootout
DERA GHAZI KHAN - A militant was killed while four others were arrested in an operation carried out at a religious seminary in ...
26 terrorists arrested, says ISPR
ISLAMABAD - The security forces have apprehended 26 terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition from different areas of Swat ...
India, Pak should shed differences, says Kalam
NEW DELHI(Online)-Hoping for a lasting peace between India and Pakistan, former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday said ...
CID Inspector shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI - A CID Inspector and in-charge of Joint Investigation Cell of Crime Investigation Department Nasir Khan Baloch was ...
Indian police charged in Kashmir murder case
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Four police officials and a forensic expert have been accused of suppressing evidence in the rape and murder ...
ECP summons Shujaat and Humayun Akhtar
ISLAMABAD - Election Commission issuing notices on petition filed by Humayun Akhtar to stop party elections of PML-Q, Saturday, ...
Iran to execute 12 Jundallah men
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran will execute 12 members of Jundallah, including one of its senior militants, by the end of this week, the ...
8 UK troops killed in Afghan war
LONDON/KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - Britain said eight soldiers had been killed in Afghanistan, its worst death toll in a 24-hour ...
Entertainment
Saudi 'genie' sued for harassment
A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a genie to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, reports say. They accuse the spirit of ...
Jackson's hometown pays tribute
GARY (Indiana) (AFP) - Thousands of fans have paid tribute to Michael Jackson in his hometown of Gary, Indiana, while mystery ...
Dark Blue puts atmosphere before story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television loves the troubled, iconoclastic loner. Outside, theyre antisocial, quirky, radical and unique. ...
Herschel reveals its incredible potential
HERSCHEL has carried out the first test observations with all its instruments, with spectacular results. Galaxies, star-forming ...
Sports
Leon Sanchez wins eighth stage of Tour de France
SAINT-GIRONS (AFP) - Spanish rider Luis Leon Sanchez won the eighth stage of the Tour de France here on Saturday while Rinaldo ...
'Galle-like' wicket leaves Test rivals guessing
COLOMBO (AFP) - A seaming wicket and steaming hot conditions have forced Pakistan and Sri Lanka to delay naming their teams for ...
Pakistan seeks clarification over World Cup invite
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan has sought clarification over an invitation to attend a World Cup 2011 organising committee meeting as ...
Pakistan dash to lowest ever Davis Cup defeat
LAHORE - Pakistan tennis dashed to its lowest ever Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group II second-round tie after 0-3 defeat at the hands ...
Pakistan-Sri Lanka at Saravanamuttu Stadium
** Played on March 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 1986 Toss: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka: 281 (Duleep Mendis 58, Arjuna Ranatunga 53, Imran Khan ...
Record-breaking Aussies pummel England
CARDIFF (AFP) - Australia saw four of their batsmen score centuries in a Test innings against England for the first time as they ...
Shakib delivers late blow to second-string Windies
KINGSTOWN (AFP) - West Indies reached 136 for two by the first session of day two of the test against Bangladesh on saturday. ...
Badminton team leaves for Malaysia tonight
LAHORE - A five member Pakistan badminton team will leave Lahore for Kuala Lumpur on July 12 (tonight) to take part in the ...
Koertzen first umpire to stand in 200 ODIs
LAHORE - South African umpire Rudi Koertzen of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires made history when he became the first umpire to ...
Pakistan Open Tennis offers biggest-ever prize purse
KARACHI - Carrying one of the biggest-ever prize purse for men's singles the Caltex with Techron Pakistan Open gets underway here ...
Islamabad
'Meeting challenges impossible without women's participation'
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Saturday said that unless population growth was checked, Pakistans problems ...
'CDA's drive against encroachments to continue'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is pressing ahead with its campaign to remove encroachments from all ...
CDA officials directed to formulate policy
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Capital Development Authority Imtiaz Inayat Elahi Saturday said that CDA would extend and improve the ...
No child labour assessment since 1996
ISLAMABAD - Wearing shabby clothes with worn-out shoes, the number of children cleaning windscreens, picking trash and holding ...
Sacked employees of NTM warn of thirst strike
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The sacked employees of Nishaat Textile Mills (NTM) Saturday warned to observe thirst strike as to stop ...
'Vibrant education must to produce quality manpower'
ISLAMABAD (PPI)- Chief of the Naval Staff and Pro-Chancellor Bahria University Admiral Naoman Bashir speaking at the 5th ...
Karachi
Power generation 'surplus' in Sindh
KARACHI - The officials of power generation companies of the country have informed the Sindh Assembly Committee on Power and ...
Executive-judiciary clash likely, says Qazi
KARACHI - Former Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, said that two main pillars of state, Executive and Judiciary ...
Rhino, hippopotamus soon at Safari Park
KARACHI - A Rhinoceros and Hippopotamus will be the next new arrivals in the Safari Park, revealed by the DCO Karachi, Javed ...
Two more MQM-Haqiqi workers gunned down
KARACHI - Two more activists of Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) were shot dead in separate incidents of target killing here ...
Wildlife facing threat, reports IUCN
KARACHI - Wildlife on Earth is under serious threat, despite the commitment by world leaders to reverse the trend, according to a ...
Health of the Nation
While the health of KESC remains precarious and the patient is still in the ICU on life support, let me give you an update on our ...
Lahore
Nasira LHC Bar president
LAHORE - Hamid Khan led Professional Groups candidate Nasira Iqbal has been elected as president of the Lahore High Court Bar ...
Atta up by Rs10 per 20kg
LAHORE - Due to lack of effective price control mechanism, the price of wheat flour has increased at least Rs 10 per 20kg bag ...
Outcry over LDA's decision
LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority s decision of shifting of its engineering branch from LDA Complex to a building recently ...
Imposition of carbon tax was big mistake: Nawaz
LAHORE - The PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that the imposition of carbon tax on petroleum products was a big mistake of ...
Effective steps must to end loadshedding: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that due to criminal negligence of the former rulers, presently the ...
'Govt shying away from LB polls'
LAHORE - Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly and provincial PML-Q General Secretary Chaudhry Zaheer-ud-din has said that ...
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