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 Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Front Page
US to probe Kabul allegations: Bush
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W Bush said Tuesday he was "troubled" by the movement of extremists from Pakistan to Afghanistan and vowed to press Pakistan's prime minister, due here on July 28, on battling extremists blamed for bloody cross-border attacks and crushing a resurgent Al-Qaeda ...
Karzai playing a spoiler: FO
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday refuted Afghan President Hamid Karzai's allegations about Pakistan's involvement in suicide ...
PTCL workers lock company gates; 18 hurt in clashes
ISLAMABAD - Over a dozen members of the Pakistan Telecom Company Limited (PTCL) employees' union on Tuesday were injured after ...
Nawaz for final talks with Zardari
LONDON - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that the country is more dear to him than the power corridors, adding ...
International
Canadian teenager cries in Guantanamo interrogation video
OTTAWA (AFP) - A sobbing Canadian teenager begs for help as he is interrogated at the US "war on terror" camp at Guantanamo Bay, ...
Sudanese rally behind President
KHARTOUM (AFP) - The United Nations was pulling non-essential staff from Darfur on Tuesday as protesters rallied behind Sudanese ...
Strike enemy everywhere, Saddam deputy asks Iraqis
DUBAI (AFP) - Executed strongman Saddam Hussein's fugitive number two Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri called on Iraqi insurgents to make a ...
China hits back at US President
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Tuesday hit back at US President George W Bush's tribute to the courage of the Dalai Lama and Buddhists ...
Illegal immigrants in UK to be able to 'buy freedom'
LONDON (Agencies) - In sweeping changes in its 37-year-old immigration system, Britain has said illegal immigrants will be able ...
Delhi behind
NEW DELHI (AFP) - At least 100,000 villagers in eastern India have been forced to flee their homes in spiralling violence spurred ...
S Arabia offers Russia billions to break with Tehran: report
MOSCOW (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has offered to buy Russian arms worth $2.4b if Moscow stops supporting Iran, a Russian newspaper ...
Seven Russian soldiers killed in ammo blast
MOSCOW (AFP) - Seven soldiers were killed on Tuesday by an explosion of ammunition in the war-ravaged southern Russian province ...
Saudi King in Spain for inter-faith meet
MADRID (AFP) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia arrived in Spain Tuesday on the eve of an international conference in Madrid to ...
India accused of using over-age players
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian hockey was Tuesday hit by allegations from rival coaches that several over-age players were being ...
Evans bathes in yellow, but on rocky road to Paris
PAU (France) (AFP) - Cadel Evans spent his first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey being treated like a rock star - ...
Business
July and August crucial for economy
KARACHI - The federal government officials belonging to economic ministries are terming July and August months as crucial period ...
6 cos to invest in Thar coal project
KARACHI - At least six local and international companies have shown their interest for making investment in coal based power ...
Sugar cane produce to decline
ISLAMABAD - The sugar cane production is likely to be very low in the current year as the farmers who had been exploited by sugar ...
12 cos submit bids for 1,000MW IPP, 500MW rental power projects
ISLAMABAD (APP) - As many as 12 national and international companies have shown their interest to invest in power sector by ...
Euro races to record high 1.6038 dollars on US woes
LONDON (AFP) - The European single currency surged to an all-time high above 1.60 dollars on Tuesday on mounting investor fears ...
Oil slips on US demand concerns
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell heavily on Tuesday, erasing earlier gains, as traders feared that slower economic growth in the ...
Call to enhance Pak-France ties
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar, on Tuesday, stressed the need for enhancing country's economic and ...
Apparel sector hit by high gas and electricity prices
LAHORE - Ijaz A Khokhar, Former Chairman Pakistan Readymade Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA), urging the ...
Govt urged to control gas, electricity prices
LAHORE- There is no doubt in it that the LCCI Achievement Award would give boost the business activities in Pakistan but the fast ...
Stock market erodes another 217 points
LAHORE - Market after almost fifteen days provided the exit to the small investors and they rushed to avail the opportunity. ...
Politics
Obama tough on Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - White House hopeful Barack Obama Tuesday promised to shift the "single-minded" US focus on Iraq to a ...
Movement routine matter: ISPR
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army Tuesday downplayed fears of any intrusion on country's western border despite tribesmen fears over NATO ...
AQ lawyer blasts govt call for more curbs
ISLAMABAD - "We have mistreated our heroes in the past and now the government wants to punish Dr AQ Khan after disgracing him for ...
37 killed in Iraq violence
BAQUBA (AFP) - A string of suicide attacks against Iraqi security forces killed at least 37 people on Tuesday, including 28 when ...
Foreign Minister calls on Nawaz
LONDON (APP) - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi called on the PML-N Chief Nawaz Shairf here Tuesday and discussed the ...
FC man killed in rocket attack
Quetta- A personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) was killed in rocket attack and an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline was blown up with ...
Govt barred from raising power tariff
LAHORE - Justice Khalil Ahmad of the Lahore High Court on a petition of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has ...
Federal Cabinet meets in City today
LAHORE - The Federal Cabinet is meeting here today (Wednesday) at Governor's House with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the ...
Five kidnapped from Kohat
Kohat (Online) - Unknown armed men kidnapped five Khasa Dar Force persons from Sheen Don checkpost near Kohat. According to a ...
Entertainment
Russia denounces Western 'paternalism'
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday attacked Western "paternalism" in a major foreign policy speech, ...
'Hellboy' finds heaven in North American theatres
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Fantasy adventure "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" bedeviled the North American box office over the weekend, ...
Paris feels 'safe' in her new home
Paris Hilton feels much safer in her new home. The 27-year-old hotel heiress, who recently moved to an exclusive gated community ...
Zookeepers nurse tiger cubs
FLUFFY, mewing and the purest white, these pale lion cubs already have a legion of adoring fans. Unfortunately their mother ...
Naomi's bad defence
It's not often we hear pearls dripping from Naomi Campbell's lips. But she's got a few things off her chest. Like saying ...
Makemake"or Easter bunny"enters book of space names
PLUTO " downgraded two years ago to the status of a dwarf planet " has an exotically-named chum on the fringes of the Solar ...
Language without numbers
An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according ...
Islamabad
PSB to monitor funded federations
ISLAMABAD- Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Amir Hamza Gillani has said that PSB would monitor the performance of the ...
Car-snatchers gangs held, vehicles recovered
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Police have arrested 34 accused involved in car-snatching and recovered stolen valuables worth millions ...
PPP-led govt safeguards minorities' rights: APMA
ISLAMABAD - Shahbaz Bhatti, Chairman, All Pakistan Minorities Alliance and PPP parliamentarian, on Tuesday said that 100-day rule ...
CDA indifferent to low quality work on 9th Avenue
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Capital Development Authority (CDA) seems indifferent to the damages occured to the newly constructed 9th ...
'PAL is determined to promote literature'
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) is making heavy investments followed by new modernised techniques to spread ...
Residents seek repair of out of order filtration plants
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Most of the newly installed filtration plants here in different sectors are out of order, compelling the ...
CDA announces industrial estate in I-17
ISLAMABAD - Chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Kamran Lashari has announced to establish another industrial estate ...
Karachi
Former greats criticise Asif, PCB for doping saga
KARACHI (AFP) - Former Pakistan greats Tuesday lambasted Mohammad Asif for failing another dope test, saying the paceman and ...
Qamar Zaman resigns as PSF Vice-president
PESHAWAR (APP) - Qamar Zaman Tuesday tendered his resignation as Vice President of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) over what ...
Aqeel, Natasha clinch second titles in 10 days
KARACHI - Top seed Aqeel Khan defeated his younger brother Jalil Khan in the final in straight sets to clinch the Subh-e-Nau ...
Saleh fetches US$4000 in Thai snooker event
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan's Saleh Muhammad returned here on Tuesday after fetching US$4000 in Sangsom 6-Red International Snooker ...
Mayo Hospital admin fails to implement recommendations
LAHORE - The Mayo Hospital management has failed to comply with the directions of the Punjab Health Department to strictly ...
CM has little to talk about first 100 days achievements
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, in his maiden press conference after taking over the reins of administration ...
Loadshedding continues unabated
KARACHI - Loadshedding continues unabated in the City with major power failures striking the areas of Gulshan and Defence. KESC ...
Mismanagement mars KU efficiency
KARACHI - Despite the dynamic leadership of Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, the Karachi University (KU) is undergoing the ...
Rs1.3 billion for uplift of fishing industry
KARACHI - Sindh government has taken initiatives to launch fifteen development schemes for growth of shrimp, prawns and other ...
Illegal detainee recovered
KARACHI - Judicial Magistrate District South Mohammad Ashraf Khawaja on Tuesday raided Preedy Police Station and recovered an ...
Car-lifter held red-handed
KARACHI (PPI) - Alleged ringleader of an inter-provincial car-lifter gang was arrested red-handed while trying to lift a car ...
Lahore
Shoaib in Pakistan squad
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has finally announced 30 provisional players for the Champions Trophy after twice delaying ...
PCB suspends Asif for indefinite period
LAHORE - Mohammad Asif has been suspended for an indefinite period of time for testing positive for a banned substance during ...
This is a conspiracy against me: Asif
LAHORE - Fast bowler Muhammad Asif has termed the positive dope test during the Indian Premier League a conspiracy against him. ...
City to have metre parking system
LAHORE - City District Government has signed an agreement with Pakset, a subordinate agency of Suparco, for introducing metre ...
NAB arrests Double Shah's daughter
LAHORE - The NAB Punjab has arrested Iffat Gillani, the daughter of Double Shah with three other accuseds wanted in Double Shah ...
6-member committee to improve Wasa operation
LAHORE - Following the failure of Wasa's well-trumpeted monsoon action plan resulting in arrest of more than 11 officers first ...
Debate terror in parliament: Shujaat
LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League President Ch Shujaat Hussain has said that all decisions regarding burning issues of national ...
Package a 'death blow' to judiciary: Allah Nawaz
LAHORE - Former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Mian Allah Nawaz has disapproved of the changes proposed for the judiciary ...
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