Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Thursday, July 16, 2009
Front Page
Peace linked to Kashmir
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Reuters/APP/Online) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday there had been momentum in ties with rival India and he hoped this progress would lead to comprehensive engagement. There has recently been some forward movement in our relations with India. We hope to ...
13 terrorists dead in Swat fighting
ISLAMABAD - The security forces killed 13 militants, including most wanted terrorist leader of Peochar, Abu Laith, during the ...
WB, govt agree on 13.5pc raise in power tariff
ISLAMABAD- The government and the World Bank agreed here Wednesday on what the Finance Ministry officials called 'inevitable 13.5 ...
International
Afghanistan can move to new phase: Obama
WASHINGTON - US President Barrack Obama said Tuesday Afghanistan can move into a new phase of development following upcoming ...
Street to be named after 'veil martyr
CAIRO (AFP) - The hometown of a pregnant Egyptian woman stabbed to death in a German courtroom is to honour the veil martyr with ...
Dialogue on equality basis only: NKorea
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (Reuters) - North Koreas nominal number two leader said on Wednesday dialogue with foreign powers was ...
Israeli soldiers reveal 'shoot first policy
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli soldiers in the Gaza war were told to shoot first and worry about the consequences later and used ...
China warns citizens in Algeria after threat
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has warned its citizens in Algeria about possible attacks from Al-Qaeda in retribution for a Chinese ...
'Dead people on UN terror sanctions list
UNITED NATIONS - Several of terrorism suspects remain on a UN sanctions list despite having died and information on others is so ...
UNSC stresses need for free Afghan polls
UNITED NASTIONS - The UN Security Council Wednesday welcomed the Afghan-led preparations for next months presidential and ...
US ready to engage Iran in talks
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States is ready to engage in talks with Iran ...
Israel mistreats women prisoners: HR group
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A Palestinian human rights group slammed Israeli treatment of Palestinian female prisoners in a UN-sponsored ...
British Army chief forced to use US copter in Afghanistan
THE head of the British Army is touring Afghanistan in an American helicopter it emerged on Wednesday as he demanded more energy ...
Taiwan to cut Army amid warming ties with China
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan will reduce the size of its armed forces by a fifth as ties improve with long-time rival China, a Defence ...
Pakistan may boycott 2011 World Cup
MUMBAI - Rumours of Pakistan boycotting the World Cup 2011 are doing the rounds in sports circles. Sources claim that Pakistan ...
German, Argentina advance in Champions Trophy
SYDNEY (AFP) - Germany scored two late goals for a 3-2 win over China while Argentina defeated England 3-1 at the women's field ...
Younis pleads for more time
COLOMBO (AFP) - Captain Younis Khan has blamed Pakistan's Test series defeat against Sri Lanka on inexperience, saying his team ...
Triumphant Sangakkara takes nothing for granted
COLOMBO (AFP) - Kumar Sangakkara on Wednesday celebrated victory over Pakistan in his first series as Sri Lanka's captain with a ...
Flintoff to quit Tests at the end of Ashes
LONDON (AFP) - Andrew Flintoff will retire from Test cricket at the end of the ongoing Ashes series against Australia, the ...
Ponting expects to face Harmison at Lord's
LONDON (AFP) - Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes England will recall fast bowler Stephen Harmison for the second Ashes ...
Business
Banks make massive increase in service charges
KARACHI - The commercial banks have massively increased their service charges on banking services and products from July 01, 2009 ...
KESC to owe Rs14b to SSGC by 20th
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (Kesc) has owed Rs10 733 billion to Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), in outstanding ...
Intense buying boosts KSE; up 54 points
KARACHI - The KSE 100-index gained 54 points on Wednesday as intense buying activity was witnessed on expectation of fall in ...
Net foreign investment plummets 51pc in FY09
KARACHI (Reuters) - Net foreign investment in Pakistan fell by more than half in the 2008/09 fiscal year that ended on June 30, ...
SBP to give forex only for crude oil
KARACHI - It has now been decided that with effect from August 01, 2009 all purchases of foreign exchange related to import of ...
Stakeholders proposals be incorporated in trade policy
LAHORE - In the formulation of upcoming trade policy, the suggestions and proposals of all chambers and trade bodies across the ...
Govt to impose 6pc surcharge on exports
THE government has decided to impose a 6 per cent research and development surcharge on exports in its new trade policy, reported ...
T-bill yield falls to 11.51pc
KARACHI (Reuters) - The cut-off yield on Pakistans benchmark six-month Treasury bills fell to 11.5151 percent at an auction on ...
Revenue collection does not match with GDP ratio
NEW YORK - Finance Adviser to the Prime Minister Shaukat Tarin hopes to bring inflation down to single digits over the next year ...
Deliverable futures proposal forwarded to SECP for approval
KARACHI - Board of Directors (BoD) of the Karachi Stock Exchange has forwarded the proposal for deliverable futures to SECP for ...
Politics
NAM leaders call for 'new world order'
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AFP/Reuters) - More than 50 heads of state from the developing world met Wednesday in Egypt to tackle the ...
US threatens Pakistan's destiny: Zawahri
DUBAI (AFP/Reuters) - Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Al-Qaeda number two, on Tuesday urged Pakistanis to support insurgents in their ...
US must fight Taliban to crush Qaeda: Hillary
WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she will go to Pakistan in the fall, saying ...
Asifs nod to amend LBs system soon
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will soon give a go-ahead signal to provincial governments to amend the laws relating to ...
UN kicks off BB murder probe today
The United Nations commission will start its formal inquiry into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto from ...
Tarin confident of securing IMF loan
NEW YORK - Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin says he is confident of getting $4 billion more in ...
Iranian plane crashes after fire; 168 dead
JANNAT ABAD, Iran, (Reuters/AFP) - A Tupolev aircraft crashed in Iran on Wednesday on its way to Armenia after catching fire in ...
SC returns plea against POL Ord
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday returned a petition filed against Petroleum Development Levy Amendment Ordinance ...
'Boundary Agreement illegal: India
INDIA has been raising with China the issue of Pakistans 'illegal handing over part of territory in Kashmir under China-Pakistan ...
Terrorist held; explosives recovered
ISLAMABAD - Police have arrested an alleged terrorist from the area of Sabzi Mandi and recovered explosive material from his ...
Maximum tree plantation Pakistan breaks Indian record
KETI BANDAR/THATTA (APP) - The Ministry of Environment on Wednesday scripted the Guinness World Record of tree plantation by ...
Sri Lanka cancels arms purchase from Islamabad
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has cancelled a $200 million purchase of ammunition from Pakistan and China after the end of its ...
Entertainment
My next album will be more grown up: Perry
KATY Perry says her second album will be more grown up than debut record, One Of The Boys - but promises her fans will still be ...
Jacksons ex-wife denies payoff
MICHAEL Jacksons ex-wife Debbie Rowe has denied reports she agreed to give up parental rights to their two children in exchange ...
Is this the smallest dog in the world?
FORGET toy poodles and miniature schnauzers - Scooter, the Maltese pup, can sit quite comfortably in a tea cup. And his owner, ...
Vanessa in no rush to get married
VANESSA Hudgens wont be marrying boyfriend Zac Efron anytime soon - shes too busy focusing on her career. I think [marriage and ...
Beckham refuses to appear with Jolie
DAVID Beckham has refused to star in an advert with Angelina Jolie because he is married. The British soccer star - who recently ...
Literally electricity filled paint photos made in 10 years
THESE extraordinary images reveal what happens when electrical surges pass through a metal board with a simple plant on top. ...
Islamabad
PIMS to get hi-tech hepatitis test machine
ISLAMABAD - On the special directives of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, a state-of-the-art machine worth Rs 15 million ...
Court summons QAU officials on July 20
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Islamabad High Court here Wednesday summoned two officials of the Quaid-i-Azam University to appear on ...
Demo held against price hike, low wages
RAWALPINDI - Like other parts of the country, Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) staged a protest demonstration against hike in ...
PAL to translate Urdu works into foreign languages
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) will set up a trans-national translation bureau that would aim at translating ...
NADRA issues 155,348 cash cards to IDPs
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has so far issued 155,348 cash disbursement cards among IDPs, out of which 145,407 have been ...
'Citizens' right to know a vital accountability tool'
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Citizens right to know is a vital tool for making the government accountable and governance system ...
Karachi
Pakistan still wants talks over World Cup
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's cricket chief on Wednesday denied boycotting a meeting in India that handed the country's World Cup ...
PHF to take tough action over human trafficking allegations
KARACHI - The Executive Board of the PHF which is meeting here at the HCP on Friday is expected to take stern disciplinary action ...
Concerns shown over doctors' negligence
KARACHI - Pakistan Society of Anaesthesiologist (PSA) has expressed concern over the growing incidents of deaths at the hands of ...
Violators be booked under Anti-Terrorism Act
KARACHI - Advocate Zia Ahmed Awan, president of Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA), on Wednesday demanded that the ...
Legal advisor of banned group gunned down
KARACHI - Unknown snipers here Wednesday shot dead the legal advisor and former general secretary of banned Sipah-e-Sahaba ...
Rs10.5m robbed from two banks
Karachi (PPI) - Bank robbers looted Rs10.5million from two banks, while street criminals deprived a man of Rs0.5million in ...
155,348 cash cards distributed among IDPs: Nadra
KARACHI - National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) has distributed 155,348 Cash Disbursement cards among IDPs so far, ...
Board announces SSC exam results
KARACHI - The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) Wednesday announced the result of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) ...
Lahore
Party asks Shumaila to resign forthwith
LAHORE - PML-N MPA Shumaila Anjum Rana, facing charges of shopping on stolen credit cards, will resign from her reserved seat for ...
Protesters block Motorway
LAHORE - Hundreds of angry protesters Wednesday blocked Islamabad-Lahore Motorway (M-5) by disrupting traffic flow for several ...
Girls outshine boys in BA, BSc exams
LAHORE - The pass percentage in BA, BSc annual examination 2009 remained 27.73, as 50,849 out of the total 1,83,350 candidates ...
Zaira Malik gets her statement recorded
LAHORE - Complainant of the case registered against MPA Shumaila Rana, Wednesday reached Ghalib Market police station and got her ...
Aurangzeb daughter's monument in a shambles
LAHORE - A deserted look of the tomb of great Mughal Emperor Aurangzebs eldest daughter, Zeb-un-Nissa, one of the totally ignored ...
Controlling voice or curbing voice
LAHORE - Restriction on putting across the objectionable material through SMS, in the majority view is an appreciable step, yet ...
Shahzad gearing up for one-day series
LAHORE - Doors of recall have opened up for opening batsman Ahmed Shahzad in the wake of failure of opening pair of Salman Butt ...
Shoaib fails to join fitness camp for SL one-day series
LAHORE - Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar evoked more controversy Wednesday when failed to show up for a fitness test to strengthen his ...
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