Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
The Nation in print for Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Front Page
Inland Water Transport Authority planned
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday advised the government to engage experts and consultants for undertaking a study on the setting up of Inland Water Transport Authority (IWTA) to plan and develop an inland water transportation system on River Indus. The Presidential advice was given ...
Zero-tolerance for target-killing: Malik
KARACHI - Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has categorically said stated that Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad is not being ...
Tribesmen-Taliban clashes leave 26 dead
PESHAWAR - At least 26 persons were killed and several others injured as a result of clashes between volunteers of traditional ...
International
Third collapse on trot costs Pakistan series
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka clinched their first home series against Pakistan after the temperamental tourists suffered a ...
The winning captains reflect on World Cup experience
LAHORE - Winning the World Cup is a captain's dream. The seven players to have attained the game's ultimate glory spoke of their ...
Mahmadullah has Windies in a spin on debut Test
KINGSTOWN (St Vincent) (AFP) - Mahmudullah completed a memorable debut Test, when he cruelly exposed West Indies' frailty to ...
Protesting Windies players not backing down
KINGSTOWN (St Vincent) (AFP) - Striking West Indies players on Tuesday seemed bent on testing the West Indies Cricket Board's ...
Netherlands lead Women's Champions Trophy
SYDNEY (AFP) - The Netherlands leads the women's field hockey Champions Trophy after beating Germany 1-0 here Tuesday. Australia ...
British Army Chief questions Afghan war
BRITISH Army Chief Gen Sir Richard Dannatt has said the body count in Afghanistan had made him question if the war was being ...
Thousands pay respects to soldiers die in fighting
WOOTTON BASSETT, England (AFP) - Thousands of people paid their respects on Tuesday to eight soldiers killed in Britains ...
Al-Qaeda pledges to hit China over Uighur unrest
URUMQI, China, (AFP) - Heavily armed security forces were out in force in China's volatile Urumqi city Tuesday close to where ...
Historic US Supreme Court pick fires back at bigotry charges
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Sonia Sotomayor, nearly sure to become the first Hispanic US Supreme Court justice, distanced herself Tuesday ...
France and India discuss defence, energy cooperation
PARIS (Reuters) - India wants to strengthen trade and political ties with France, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday ...
Japan's beleaguered PM hit by censure motion
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Opposition slapped a censure motion on embattled PM Taro Aso Tuesday as his party sank deeper into crisis ...
Inquiry into Iraqis death by British soldiers starts
LONDON - British troops beat and burnt Iraqi prisoners - and even made one dance like Michael Jackson, an inquiry heard the other ...
All of us want effective Afghan exit strategy, says Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday "all of us" want an effective exit strategy from Afghanistan ...
Three cops among five dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Five people including three police officers were killed in attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, security and police ...
Two Somalis charged in US for 'jihad' training
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two Somalis living in the US have been charged with plotting to support terror groups by travelling to Somalia ...
Business
Textile owners threaten self-immolation against cuts
LAHORE - All the representatives of textile related industry have threatened the government to go on hunger strike for indefinite ...
ADB to give Punjab $45m
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Asian Development Bank would provide fresh funds of $45 million to the Punjab province of Pakistan for ...
Pepco asks Punjab to pay Rs2.55b outstanding dues
LAHORE - The Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has asked the Punjab government to pay the outstanding amount of Rs 2.55 ...
SC asks Punjab govt to depute honest officers
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed Chief Secretary Punjab to depute the Revenue Departments two honest ...
Up to $15b needed for more energy reserves exploration
LAHORE - Punjab Governor Salman Taseer hosted a luncheon in the honour of Federal Advisor on Petroleum and Natural Resources, Dr ...
Businessmen demand cut in OMCs oil margin
LAHORE- Adviser to Prime Minister on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain on Tuesday said that the government is going to open up the ...
KSE sheds 53 points on profit-taking
KARACHI - Profit-taking witnessed at the local bourse mainly in overbought blue-chip stocks as the KSE 100-index shed 53 points ...
Pak cement exports likely to get affected
LAHORE - The DG Khan Cement and Maple Leaf Cement export sales registered handsome growth of 113 per cent and 114 per cent, ...
PIA appoints Abda Aviation as cargo GSA in Malaysia
KARACHI - Managing Director PIA, Captain Mohammad Aijaz Haroon and Managing Director Abda Aviation Malaysia, Zainal Abidin, ...
Remittances to developing countries to decline 7.3pc
WASHINGTON - The World Bank has said that remittances to developing countries are expected to be 304 billion dollars in 2009, ...
Politics
IDPs reluctant to return voluntarily
PESHAWAR - Due to delay in provision of government announced logistic and financial assistance, majority of the Internally ...
Operation in southern Punjab soon
LAHORE - State Minister for Interior Tasnim Ahmed Qureshi has said the government will soon start search operation against the ...
Punjab dissociates itself from petitionagainst Hafiz Saeed
ISLAMABAD - The Punjab government on Tuesday dissociated itself from Hafiz Saeed case when it filed a petition in the Supreme ...
Zardari asks govt to pursue aid pledges
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday asked the government to vigorously pursue the pledges made by the international ...
ECC exempts GST on Ethanol component
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet here on Tuesday exempted general sales tax (GST) on the ...
Govt, WB near deal on power tariff raise
ISLAMABAD - The government and the World Bank on Tuesday went through technical session of the ongoing three-day talks crucial ...
Gilani for building bridges, not erecting walls
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday said that only terrorists could take advantage of the stalled talks between ...
UN BB inquiry commission arrives today
ISLAMABAD - The UN inquiry commission constituted to probe the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is arriving ...
PIA plans to induct 27 aircraft
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has unveiled plans to induct more than two dozens modern aircraft in its fleet ...
Gilani-Singh encounter 'crucial: India
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Reuters) - Indias Minister for External Affairs SM Krishna described Thursdays planned meeting between Prime ...
Foreign hand can't be ruled out
ISLAMABAD - Foreign hand could be involved in the attack on Sri Lankas cricket team, Ministry of Interior said in a report ...
Two die as Kabul-bound oil-tankers blown up
PESHAWAR - Two persons were killed and three others got injured when Taliban miscreants attacked three oil tankers, carrying fuel ...
Shahbaz awards prizes to cops for foiling terror bid
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 million to District Police Officer Dera Ghazi Khan ...
Govt fails to 'isolate' Baitullah Mehsud
THOUGH the government is trying to weaken Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Chief Baitullah Mehsud through aerial assaults, it has so far ...
Taliban 'shoot down copter in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - Six Ukrainians supplying British troops in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday and two ...
'Pakistan building bunkers at border'
PAKISTAN has constructed several fortified bunkers and observation posts along the Indo-Pak border after the Mumbai attacks, the ...
Iran executes 13 Jundallah rebels
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Iran hanged 13 members of a shadowy insurgent group Jundallah in a volatile southeastern area on Tuesday, ...
COAS calls on PM
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani discussed current situation of operation against ...
Entertainment
582 drummers set new world record
THEY are the hellraisers of the music world. But the 582 drummers who drummed together on Monday night shunned the example of the ...
Portman tapped for Marvels movie Thor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Natalie Portman has been cast as the female lead in Thor, Marvel Studios adaptation of its comic book ...
Megan has 'most enviable body'
MEGAN Fox has the body most envied by women, according to a new poll. The Transformers actress, who is praised for her classic ...
Bride's bouquet brings down plane
THE traditional throwing of a brides bouquet for luck ended in disaster at an Italian wedding when the flowers caused a plane to ...
Jackson wasnt ready for London comeback: father
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The father of Michael Jackson slammed the gruelling 50-date schedule drawn up for his sons comeback on ...
Japanese scientists aim to create robot-insects
TOKYO (AFP) - Police release a swarm of robot-moths to sniff out a distant drug stash. Rescue robot-bees dodge through earthquake ...
Islamabad
NA committee wants warrants for PCB chairman
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports has recommended bailable warrants of Pakistan Cricket Board ...
ITP issues internationally valid driving licence
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has started issuing improved driving licenses having eight security features ...
Fake elements misusing media name
ISLAMABAD - Taking full advantage of the unprecedented boom that media enjoys in the contemporary era, some elements are misusing ...
SC directs govt to support eunuchs financially
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed government to provide financial support as well as protection to the eunuchs ...
SP made OSD, 5 cops suspended
RAWALPINDI - Inspector General of Punjab Police (IGP) Tariq Saleem Doger on Tuesday made SP CIA Sardar Maqsood Ahmed as Officer ...
'Hope to emanate from depth of depression'
Politicians were cautious, diplomats apprehensive, while independent analysts were weird of the situation in the country heading ...
PIMS Satellite Hospital at NIH to be modernised
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry of Health has finalised plan to modernize strengthen Satellite Hospital of Pakistan Institute of ...
Karachi
Call made for uplift work in coastal areas
KARACHI - Residents of the Mubarak village on Tuesday demanded immediate end to the unnecessary delay in 60-million project of ...
MQM councillor among three killed
KARACHI - A General Councillor associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and two private schools owners were killed on ...
Environment awards on Aug 14
KARACHI - The National Environmental Reporting Awards for 2008 will be presented on August 14, 2009 at a ceremony in Karachi. ...
Zardari's diplomatic endeavours
President Asif Ali Zardaris policy of reconciliation and harmony at home and abroad has paid rich dividends. Such a policy which ...
Transporters strike paralyses life in City
NISAR MEHDI AND MANSOOR KHAN KARACHI - Local transporters observed complete strike here on Tuesday in protest against the ...
Sharmila seeks medical board for jail inmates
KARACHI - Adviser to chief minister Sindh, Sharmila Farooqui, on Tuesday visited Karachi Central Jail and reviewed the facilities ...
Lahore
Pakistan stays away as ICC allocates matches
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board stayed away from the meeting of the 2011 World Cup organising committee that reconfirmed an ...
ICC unveils World Cup 2011 event logo
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council unveiled the event logo for the Cricket World Cup 2011 at a ceremony in Mumbai on ...
Former cricketers: There is bickering in the team
LAHORE - Former Pakistan Test players perceive intrigue in the team after the third collapse on trot against Sri Lanka which ...
Police get nod to arrest 'N' MPA
LAHORE - Police on Tuesday constituted a team to arrest PML-N MPA Shumaila Rana after she failed to join investigation despite ...
Father, son shot dead after 'heroic' scuffle with robbers
LAHORE - Robbers killed a 55-year-old man and his young son shortly after looting Rs 2.5 million cash at gunpoint in Shadbagh ...
Secretariat employees given 20pc allowance
LAHORE - The Punjab government on Tuesday gave special allowance 20 per cent of the basic pay to the employees of the Punjab ...
CDGL budget to be presented tomorrow
LAHORE - The City District Government Lahores budget for the fiscal year 2009-10 will be presented before the District Council on ...
All-out efforts to maintain peace
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that government is attaching top priority to the maintenance of law and ...
Frequent changes delay PHA action plan
LAHORE - The Parks and Horticulture Authority has delayed its much hyped action plan to transform the provincial capital into a ...
CM interviews candidates for secy higher edu
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif himself interviewed four senior bureaucrats to fill the post of Higher ...
Court issues notice to top govt lawyer
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has issued notice to Attorney General of Pakistan on an appeal filed by NAB Punjab challenging the ...
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