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 Monday, July 14, 2008
Front Page
Taliban blitz American base
KABUL - Taliban killed nine US troops when they overrun an American base as bloody fighting broke out in several parts of Afghanistan on Sunday, reports a British newspaper. Nato reported that the small American Combat Outpost in Dara-i-Pech district of Kunar province, on the border with ...
Kashmir CBMs talks on 18th
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and India will discuss new Kashmir specific CBMs such as trade across the Line of Control (LoC) and truck ...
Qureshi says force not enough to root out terror: Osama hunt by US not allowed
NEW YORK - Pakistan and the United Nations would now start work on the modalities of the independent commission which Secretary ...
Militants hand over bodies of 16 troops
HANGU - The alleged Taliban militants have handed over 16 dead bodies of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel to the ...
International
Sudanese President's likely indictment sparks off protests
KHARTOUM - Sudan vowed on Sunday to guarantee foreigners' safety as around 1,000 protesters slammed the United States and ...
OIC warns of grave ramifications
JEDDAH - The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Sunday expressed "deep concern" at reports International ...
We can't maintain level of mily operations in Afghanistan: British army chief
LONDON - Britain's armed forces cannot maintain their level of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq indefinitely, the head of the ...
Iran and Gazprom sign energy cooperation deal
TEHRAN - Iran and Gazprom Sunday signed an agreement for the Russian energy giant to help Tehran develop its oil and gas ...
Mediterranean union launched with Mideast peace hopes
PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and more than 40 leaders on Sunday launched a new Union for the Mediterranean, ...
US could step up Iraq pullout in September: NYT
NEW YORK - The Bush administration may withdraw as many as three combat brigades from Iraq beginning in Sep, The New York Times ...
Hezb prisoner swap on 16th, says Israel
JERUSALEM - Israel said on Sunday that five Lebanese prisoners, including Samir Kantar jailed for a triple murder, will be ...
Pope starts Australia visit
SYDNEY - Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Sydney on Sunday for one of the largest Christian gatherings on Earth, starting a ...
Assad says ready for 'normal' ties with Israel
DUBAI - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Damascus would establish "normal" relations including the opening of ...
Politics
Nawaz rejects rejoining Cabinet
LONDON/ISLAMABAD -PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has conveyed it in clear terms to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that PML-N would ...
Musharraf isolates PML-N
ISLAMABAD " Efforts seeking an early rapprochement between President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) are far ...
No one can dare attack Pakistan: PM
PESHAWAR - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan is an independent sovereign country and no one can dare ...
Suicide bomber injures three in DI Khan
PESHAWAR - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia minority gathering in Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday injuring three ...
More officials 'taken' hostage
Taliban in Hangu have claimed abducting more officials during last 24 hours, and arranged a telephonic conversation of the ...
Probe into Hamesh's escape
LAHORE - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in collaboration with law enforcing agencies has begun investigations to find ...
Palestinians and Israelis'never as close' to peace deal
PARIS - Israel and the Palestinians "have never been this close" to a peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said ...
PML-Q gets hard to resist impeachment
ISLAMABAD - Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, President Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid), Sunday said that his party would strongly resist ...
Tax evasion peaks to half of total revenue collection
ISLAMABAD - An efficient Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) could provide the necessary financing to government to bridge the gap ...
Textile units' strike continues
FAISALABAD - As a sequel to sharp increase in the prices of gas and electricity, All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills ...
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan behind Kashmir unrest: Congress
IN his first public appearance in this Kashmir town, former chief minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday ...
PPP and 'N' decisive meeting soon: Saad
ISLAMABAD - Former Federal Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq has said that decisive meeting between Co-Chairman PPP and PML-N ...
Zardari calls Farooq Naek to Dubai
Soon after his arrival from London, Federal Minister for Law Farooq H Naek left for Dubai to meet Co-Chairman of Pakistan ...
Aitzaz, lawyers meet deposed CJ
ISLAMABAD - President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan and other lawyers leaders called on the ...
Entertainment
Twin baby joy for Pitt, Jolie
NICE, France, - Hollywoood golden couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the proud parents of new-born twins, a boy named ...
Madonna and Guy Ritchie still together
Everyone can relax for a few moments because Madonna and Guy Ritchie are still together...for now. Madonna, Guy and kids stepped ...
Gene research heightens hope for curing autism
US researchers have found six new genes involved in autism. More exactly, they found that these genes are responsible for new ...
Bombardier launches 'green' aircraft programme
FARNBOROUGH, England, - Canadian plane-maker Bombardier announced here Sunday the launch of a series of environmentally ...
The Who honoured in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - The Who was celebrated at a special concert by a few bands outside of their generation. The legendary band ...
Miss USA endorses Obama
NHA TRANG, Vietnam, 2008 - Miss USA has no idea whether she'll take the crown at the Miss Universe contest on Monday ...
Islamabad
Residential project for newspaper workers
RAWALPINDI - Federal Minister for Housing and Works Senator Rehmat Ullah Kakar has announced a residential project for newspaper ...
Govt to make passport office user-friendly organisation
ISLAMABAD - The government is determined to provide maximum facilities to customers with the introduction of new modernised ...
'QAU facing funds shortage'
ISLAMABAD - Qauid-i-Azam University is badly suffering due to lack of funds. Female students are seeking residence in the ...
Atta shortage still persists
RAWALPINDI - The people of Rawalpindi city and surrounding areas are facing the worst kind of atta shortage. During a ...
Under-construction roads irk public, transporters
ISLAMABAD - The under construction road development projects are creating hurdle in the smooth flow of vehicular traffic ...
Unhygienic foodstuff causing diseases
ISLAMABAD - Street venders with their unhygienic foodstuff and cold beverages are causing severe diseases for ...
Karachi
Marine life on verge of extinction
KARACHI - Marine life throughout Sindh and Balochistan is facing existential threats due to multiple reasons, The Nation learnt ...
NED holds workshop on global warming
KARACHI - The NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi organised a workshop on air quality and global warming. ...
Poor governance hampers govt's plans to tackle crises
Low intensity blasts which shook this metropolis last Monday has done a huge damage to the ruling PPP in its aftermath. This is ...
Political instability a threat: Altaf
KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said that the political instability in the country, threats at our border, the situation ...
Five shot dead in separate incidents
KARACHI - Five people including a woman killed in separate incidents here on Sunday. Reportedly, unidentified men kidnapped ...
Black Day on CJ's arrival in Sindh
KARACHI - Peoples Lawyers Forum (PLF) Sindh chapter announced on Sunday that Black Day would be observed on the arrival of Chief ...
Lahore
City crime graph shoots up
LAHORE - Though not much alarming for the police high ups, the law and order situation in the City has certainly deteriorated in ...
Rain catastrophe doesn't spare posh areas
LAHORE - The posh localities, considered to remain unaffected from monsoon's catastrophe, came under deep water during the heavy ...
More rains, more miseries
LAHORE - Monsoon continued to lash parts of Punjab, NWFP and Kashmir on the second consecutive day on Sunday with experts ...
The comeback of an old fashion (City Notes)
Look at it this way. Rehman Malik really has no option. There have been blasts in Karachi and Kabul, and there have been murders ...
Wasa too stubborn to mend its ways
LAHORE - Two-day torrential rain has stripped off the Wasa' so-called foolproof 'Monsoon Action Plan' devised to ensure quick ...
Solidarity with deposed judges: HR activists, lawyers form human chain
LAHORE - Members of civil society, lawyers, students, traders and political workers staged a demonstration outside the Governor ...
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