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 13, 2008
Front Page
Hangu explodes into violence
HANGU - At least eighteen persons including fifteen personnel of the security forces, were killed and more than one dozen were injured in Hangu on Saturday. Some militants attacked the convoy of the security forces at Zargari in Hangu with heavy weapons, killing around 15 and injuring more than ...
Qureshi tells US: See beyond Musharraf
WASHINGTON - Stating that Pakistan's Parliament will decide President Pervez Musharraf's future, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood ...
Govt seems leaderless
RAWALPINDI - The members of Ex-Servicemen Society have said that President Musharraf had lost mental equilibrium and therefore, ...
Hamesh Khan flees country
LAHORE - Bank of Punjab's former president Hamesh Khan allegedly involved in Rs 9 billion fraud, has escaped from the country ...
International
Indian gets 15 years in jail for embezzling 9/11 funds
NEW YORK: - A former New York City employee of Indian origin has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court for stealing ...
N Korea agrees to disable N-facilities
BEIJING - North Korea agreed on Saturday to completely disable its main nuclear facilities by the end of October and to ...
Zimbabwe regime rejoices as London, Washington lick wounds
HARARE - Zimbabwe's government rejoiced Saturday at the failure of a UN bid to impose fresh sanctions on President Robert ...
US govt puts warming threats on back burner
WASHINGTON - The US environmental protection agency (EPA) postponed Friday any decision on regulating greenhouse gas ...
American boys return to U.S. after studying at Karachi madrassa
NEW YORK: - Two American-born boys, who attended a madrassa in Karachi for nearly four years, have returned to Atlanta in the ...
Fight against terror is also Pakistan's: Qureshi
WASHINGTON - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reaffirmed that Pakistan itself will deal with violent extremists on its ...
Arab League to hold crisis talks on Sudan
CAIRO - The Arab League said on Saturday it will hold crisis talks on Sudan after reports the International Criminal Court ...
Fuel supplies assured under nuclear deal, says India
NEW DELHI - India defended Saturday a safeguards agreement with the UN atomic energy agency for a sensitive deal on its ...
Pentagon worker gets 5 years spying for China
WASHINGTON - A Pentagon employee was sentenced Friday to 57 months in jail for handing secret military documents over to a ...
18 Tigers die in Sri Lanka fighting
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's defence ministry said Saturday troops had destroyed Tamil Tiger bunkers and killed 18 rebels in ...
Business
Increase in gas tariff: Karachi industrial units to go on strike
KARACHI - The Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry has given the 48 hours deadline to the government for withdrawal of ...
LCCI for revision of gas tariff
LAHORE - President Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mohammad Ali Mian has said that the local industry had already ...
Oil sets record high 147 dollars, aluminium rockets to new peak (weekly Commodities)
LONDON - Oil prices zoomed to a record 147.50 dollars this week and aluminium hit all time highs as many commodities were ...
Stock market eagerly waits Rs50b equity fund
KARACHI- Karachi Stock Exchange has showed another lackluster performance during the outgoing week, as the KSE index declined by ...
Pakistan and Eritrea to cooperate in economic field
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Eritrea have had close ties before and during the colonial days while Pakistan has always been ...
OGDC expedites exploration to meet energy requirements
ISLAMABAD - The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has adopted a strategy of extensive exploratory and ...
FBR for efficient use of latest technology
ISLAMABAD - The Secretary General, Revenue Division and Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, M. Abdullah Yusuf has called ...
US govt delays regulation of greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON - The US environmental protection agency (EPA) postponed Friday any decision on regulating greenhouse gas emissions, ...
FPCCI strongly reacts to cotton export to India
KARACHI - President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Tanvir A. Sheikh has strongly reacted on the news of ...
MAP, IoBM jointly launch MBA degree
KARACHI - The Marketing Association of Pakistan (MAP) and Institute of Business Management (IoBM) had joined hands and announced ...
Politics
Mullen meets Kayani
ISLAMABAD -Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen on Saturday made a surprise visit to Pakistan ...
Bars boycott PCO judges
LAHORE - The district bars throughout Punjab have resolved not to invite any PCO judges, including Chief Justice Abdul Hameed ...
S Arabia agrees to defer Pakistan's oil payments
SINGAPORE - Saudi Arabia has agreed in principle to defer payments for crude oil sales to Pakistan expected to be worth ...
Russia, China veto UN curbs on Zimbabwe
UNITED NATIONS - A US-backed push to impose an arms embargo on Zimbabwe and sanction President Robert Mugabe and his top advisers ...
Karzai stuck in 'bunker': Obama
WASHINGTON - In a blunt statement, US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama blamed Afghanistan for failing to address ...
Iran to hit 32 US bases if attacked
TEHRAN - Iran will target "32 US bases and the heart of Israel" if it is attacked, the Fars news agency quoted an aide to ...
Passenger bus hijacked
Quetta - Unknown armed robbers hijacked a passenger bus with 22 passenger on Saturday near Nag area of Panjgour. According to ...
Kashmir Martyrs Day today
ISLAMABAD - In occupied Kashmir, the Kashmir Martyrs Day, will be marked with complete strike all across the territory ...
Entertainment
Rare 'star-making machine' found in distant universe
ASTRONOMERS have uncovered an extreme stellar machine " a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising ...
Ashley Olsen finds love in the Greek Islands
ASHLEY Olsen is "so in love" with new boyfriend Justin Bartha. The 22-year-old actress and her 29-year-old beau - who starred ...
Alien killer slug slithering round gardens in the UK
BLIND, deathly white and with a full set of razor-sharp teeth it is like a creature from a B movie horror film. But for ...
Victoria Beckham's fashion career takes another blow
VICTORIA Beckham suffered another setback today as plans to launch a men's line of her jeans collection were put on hold after ...
LL Cool J in 50 Cent link-up
LL Cool J has teamed up with 50 Cent for his upcoming album. New York rapper LL, real name James Smith III, has written an ...
Jack Black admits he experimented with cocaine and acid
JACK Black tried acid and cocaine in high school because he "wanted desperately to be an American badass," the actor tells ...
Islamabad
Ministry, CDA yet to settle Polyclinic expansion issue
ISLAMABAD - Once again the Health Ministry and Capital Development Authority failed to reach any conclusion over the issue of ...
Anti-gastroenteritis drive in Capital's rural areas
ISLAMABAD: On the special directive of Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan, District Health Office of Islamabad Capital Territory ...
Effective mechanisms can reduce human losses
ISLAMABAD - Natural calamities are unavoidable, however, right policies and effective implementation mechanisms could reduce the ...
'Govt not serious in resolving problems'
RAWALPINDI - President of Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that the coalition government could restore the ...
NTS negligence to deprive students of entry test
ISLAMABAD - Owing to oblivion of National Testing Service (NTS), hundreds of aspiring students for the entry test of COMSATS are ...
EDO checks medicines at stores
RAWALPINDI - Executive District Officer (EDO) (Health) Dr Zafar Iqbal Gondal visited several medical stores and also took ...
Karachi
"Come Fly With Me" (Straight Talk)
What a difference a day can make. 24 hours ago, I was sweating away in Karachi, cursing KESC, as I finished my packing with the ...
Sindh govt fixes retail flour rate at Rs23.50/kg
Karachi - Sindh Food Department has fixed ex-mill and retail rates of flour at Rs22 and Rs23.50 per kg respectively to ...
15th Sadequain awards to be held by July-end
KARACHI - A record number of 286 young artists across the country will participate in the 15th Sadequain awards organised by ...
High-level meeting review law and order in Lyari
KARACHI - The obtaining law and order situation in Lyari Town came under review at a high level meeting held at ...
Court issues non-bailabial warrants of Saif, others
KARACHI - Hearing of attempting to murder Asif Ali Zardari case has been adjourned till July 28, however the court has issued ...
KESC, Nepra meeting
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and Nepra meeting was held at a local hotel, where many issues were ...
Lahore
86mm rain paralyses City
LAHORE - Like other parts of the country, the very first monsoon downpour brought life in the provincial capital to a grinding ...
Monsoon sets in
LAHORE - The brisk monsoon has formally set in with the widespread rain in the provincial metropolis and parts of the country and ...
Plan for quick disposal of rainwater directed
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed WASA authorities to evolve a comprehensive plan for the ...
Fete Nationale & French National Day celebrated
LAHORE - The French National Day was celebrated in Lahore on Saturday evening bringing together a number of French and Pakistanis ...
Wasa responsible for poor management
LAHORE - The citizens held Wasa responsible for its acute failure in tackling the situation on a war-footing during first monsoon ...
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