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 Friday, July 18, 2008
Front Page
Black Thursday on stock markets
KARACHI/LAHORE - Furious investors of the Karachi Stock Exchange, who had been enduring unprecedented losses over the last three months, resorted to violence on Thursday and damaged windows of trading hall, ransacked banks and brokerage houses, demanding suspension of trading activities in the ...
Security forces turn focus on Zargari
PESHAWAR - Continuing operation against the alleged Taliban militants in Hangu district on the second consecutive day (Thursday), ...
Pakistan fighting own war, not a proxy: Gilani
LAHORE - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said Pakistan is not indulging in a proxy war rather it is fighting against ...
PTCL strike continues as management hoodwinks
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecom Company Limited (PTCL) workers protest on its third day entered a complex phase with Company ...
International
UNSC strongly condemns attack on Darfur peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS: - The UN Security Council has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the July 8 attack on ...
Flintoff back for second Test
LEEDS (AFP) - Andrew Flintoff will play his first Test for 18 months after England captain Michael Vaughan confirmed the ...
Prepare to be bowled over, says SA coach
LEEDS (AFP) - South Africa coach Mickey Arthur says his team will live up to its billing as world No 2 when they face England in ...
Dubai report clears Mohammad Asif
MUMBAI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has summoned their pace bowler Mohammad Asif to appear before the disciplinary ...
Cavendish makes Tour history, Evans in yellow
NARBONNE (France) (AFP) - Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Thursday when he became the first ever ...
Bradman bats stolen from sports shop
SYDNEY (AFP) - Four valuable cricket bats signed by Australian batting legend Sir Donald Bradman have been stolen from a sports ...
US involvement in talks will help: Iran
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Iran said on Thursday that it hoped weekend talks aimed at defusing the long-running standoff over its nuclear ...
Pope warns Catholics of pop culture's perils
SYDNEY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday warned Catholics of the perils of pop culture and pillaging the earth's resources ...
India's embattled govt in overdrive to woo MPs
NEW DELHI8 (AFP) - India's embattled coalition government stepped up its efforts Thursday to win over MPs ahead of a confidence ...
No regrets over Israel murders, says Kantar
AABEY, Lebanon, (AFP) - Samir Kantar, Lebanon's longest serving prisoner who was freed by Israel in a swap, said on Thursday he ...
Spain's SC clears 4 Madrid bombings convicts
MADRID (AFP) - Spain's Supreme Court Thursday overturned the guilty verdicts on four of the 21 people convicted over the Madrid ...
Deadly Asian conflicts rage as top security 'talk shop' meets
SINGAPORE (AFP) - From Pakistan to Sri Lanka and southern Thailand, people are dying in Asia's numerous conflict zones - but ...
Migrant group operating in London: BBC
LONDON (AFP) - A BBC investigation has exposed a criminal network in London that exploits hundreds of illegal immigrants from ...
Sikh lawmakers urged not to back nuke deal
WASHINGTON - A Washington-based lobbyist for the Sikh cause has called on the eleven Sikh members of Indian parliament, belonging ...
Immigrants slip into Britain in army convoy
LONDON (AFP) - Five illegal immigrants were caught at a British military base after stowing away in a convoy of army vehicles ...
Business
Jump of Rs147 since June 2007: Govt thinks cement sector justified in increasing prices
LAHORE - The government has accepted the cement manufacturers standpoint regarding Rs147 per bag increase in prices on the ...
PTCL workers continue protest
MULTAN -The PTCL workers continued their strike for the third consecutive day on Thursday against Unified Pay Scale (UPS) system ...
World oil prices slip after slumping $10 in two days
LONDON - World oil prices fell again on Thursday after slumping by more than 10 dollars over the past two days on prospects that ...
IMF says global economy in 'tough spot'
WASHINGTON - The IMF on Thursday slightly raised its growth forecasts for the world including the United States but said the ...
Global stocks bounce back
LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher Thursday in a technical rebound sparked by Wall Street as concerns ...
Transactions for shares in CFS list: KSE proposes special off-market window facility
KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange has proposed a special off-market window facility to facilitate transactions for shares in ...
KPT performs well in '07-08
KARACHI - The performance of Karachi Port Trust during the fiscal year 2007-08 registered a healthy trend, as exports of bulk ...
Dollar wavers against euro
LONDON - The dollar slipped against the euro on Thursday ahead of key earnings news from US banks and American housing ...
Hydropower generation: Nepra develops mechanism to attract investment
ISLAMABAD - The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has developed a mechanism to attract private sector ...
Agri credit soars to Rs211.56b in FY08
KARACHI - Disbursement of credit to the agriculture sector by commercial and specialized banks has impressively risen by 25.31 ...
Politics
Govt to maintain writ at all costs, says Malik
LONDON - Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik on Thursday disclosed that Brahamdakh Bugti was involved in ...
Pakistanis, Indians are flexible on Kashmir
WASHINGTON - Half or more of the Indian and Pakistani public are open to a range of possible outcomes for Kashmir other ...
LHC CJ takes suo moto notice of arrest warrants
LAHORE - The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court has taken suo moto notice of issuance of non-bailable warrants of former ...
Nawaz not satisfied over FATA operation
LONDON - Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik could not satisfy PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif about operation ...
U.S. to set up mission in Iran: media reports
WASHINGTON: - The United States plans to re-establish a diplomatic presence in Iran after a nearly 30-year absence, according to ...
Another dengue virus case detected
ISLAMABAD - Yet another case of Dengue virus in the twin cities has been detected as the National Institute of Health (NIH) ...
Police beat lawyers for entering SHC
KARACHI - A clash took place on Thursday between the law-enforcement agencies and the lawyers when the black coats tried to ...
Illegal Pakistani migrants caught in Greece
KOMOTINI, GREECE, - More than 100 clandestine Asian immigrants were detained on Thursday after being discovered hiding at a ...
PBA resents MCB branches forced closure
KARACHI - Pakistan Banking Association has expressed concern in its communique to the government through State Bank of Pakistan ...
New Trade Policy comes out today
ISLAMABAD - The government will announce today trade policy for the financial year 2008-09 with an estimated exports target of ...
Cyber criminal gets 41-year jail
LAHORE - A Special Court of Banking Offences, for the first time in history of the country, punished a cyber crime offender by ...
Swat police nab 4 suicide bombers
MINGAWARA- The Swat police Thursday claimed taking into custody a gang of four potential suicide bombers during a routine search ...
Entertainment
Mechanism behind mind-body connection discovered
EVERY cell contains a tiny clock called a telomere, which shortens each time the cell divides. Short telomeres are linked to a ...
Videogames getting more social
LOS ANGELES - Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let ...
Brad Pitt meets Quentin Tarantino in France
WE had previously reported that Quentin Tarantino was so keen on having Brad Pitt in his next movie that he would fly to France ...
Say goodbye to the computer mouse
IT'S nearly 40 years old but one leading research company says the days of the computer mouse are numbered. A Gartner analyst ...
Japan's Miyazaki returns to pencil in new anime film
TOKYO - Oscar-winning Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki releases his first full-length film in four years this weekend, ...
Paris Opera brings avant garde operatic productions to Japan
PARIS - The Paris Opera is bringing modern productions of the Western operatic repetoire to Japan in a tour of ...
Islamabad
Substandard material used in four primary schools
ISLAMABAD - Lives of four primary schools children have been left to the mercy of school buildings that have been poorly ...
Miseries of previous NIP internees yet to be addressed
ISLAMABAD - The new National Internship Programme (NIP) batch would be enrolled in August as announced by the NIP management, but ...
Shattered roads in Margalla Town contradict CDA tall claims
ISLAMABAD - The dilapidated condition of roads in Margalla Town (Phase II) is contradicting tall claims of Capital Development ...
Traders, local admin close cooperation stressed
ISLAMABAD - Deputy Commissioner Aamer Ali Ahmed here on Thursday visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) ...
Speakers link media freedom to thriving democracy
ISLAMABAD - Speakers here at a seminar held at Centre for Media and Communication Studies International Islamic University ...
Police recovers boy kidnapped for ransom
RAWALPINDI-The police has recovered a four year old boy as well as a jeweler kidnapped for ransom and arrested the culprits from ...
Sarah reaches back-to-back doubles quarters
ISLAMABAD (PR) - Pakistan No. 1 Sarah Mahboob Khan/Miles Sezer (Turkey) beat Indian pair of Naruka Shilpa/Zainab Sajjad Ali in ...
Karachi
Shabbir takes winning lead
KARACHI - Shabbir Iqbal of Islamabad justified the tag as Pakistan's Tiger Woods when he shot six under 66 in second round ...
Football and synchronised swimming to hog more limelight
KARACHI - Some of the toughest competitions during the Beijing Olympic Games coming month may be at home over the television ...
Lawyers remember Islamabad tragedy, vow to continue struggle
KARACHI - The legal fraternity on Thursday staged protest demonstration and boycotted the courts on the first anniversary of the ...
City Council concerned over unprecedented price-hike
KARACHI - City council members have expressed concern over the unprecedented price-hike being observed across the country as ...
Recruitments in culture dept stayed
KARACHI - The Divisional Bench of Sindh High Court Thursday stayed the new recruitment in Sindh Tourism and Culture Department in ...
Three shot dead in separate incidents
KARACHI - Fresh violence claimed three lives and wounded four others including a rangers official in separate incidents here on ...
Efforts on for Zardari-Faheem reconciliation
KARACHI - Central PPP leaders are making efforts for reconciliation between party's Vice-chairman Makhdooam Amin Faheem and ...
Japanese disease detected in Karachi
KARACHI - The fatal Kawasaki disease, also known as lymph node syndrome, occurs first time in the metropolis as three cases of ...
Lahore
New Zealand could play three warm-up matches in Pakistan
LAHORE - New Zealand are likely to play three limited-overs matches in Pakistan in the build up to September's Champions Trophy ...
Women's World Cup opens with Indo-Pak clash
LAHORE - India will play neighbours Pakistan in their opening match of the ICC Women's World Cup to be held in Australia from ...
The Nedous and Lawrence of Arabia
LAHORE - Not many are aware any longer that the present Avari Hotel in Lahore stands on the site of a magnificent hotel, the ...
Wasa fails to ensure clean water
LAHORE - As Wasa is yet to come up with an appropriate plan to provide clean water to Lahorites, water-born diseases especially ...
PUCAD students display theses work
LAHORE - Punjab University College of Arts and Design (PUCAD) Bachelor in Fine Arts (textile designing) students displayed their ...
Political activists outnumber lawyers
LAHORE - Lawyers' Thursday protest rally was mainly dominated by flag hoisting activists of different political parties as a thin ...
Flour crisis deepens as millers reduce supply
LAHORE - The flour crises has deepened in the City as the millers are reducing the supply to the markets with every passing day ...
'Teach Excel' workshop concludes at LUMS
LAHORE - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCCA) Pakistan organised two-day 'Teach Excel' workshop at the Lahore ...
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