Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
The Nation in print for Saturday, July 19, 2008
Front Page
Trade Policy 2008-09 announced: Pakistan shows tilt towards India
ISLAMABAD - The government on Friday unveiled the trade policy for the current financial year with the projected export target of US $ 22.1 billion, reflecting a clear-cut policy tilt towards India, allowing imports of various items, from books to fuel. The government could not give an ...
Aurakzai tribesmen unite against Taliban
SETTING aside internal feuds, Aurakzai tribesmen on Friday joined hands against the local Taliban and announced to drive foreign ...
Bars response to Dogar an eye-opener for govt: Aitzaz
LAHORE - Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan has said the cold shoulder given to Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on ...
No amendment needed to reinstate judges, says LAWASIA chief
ISLAMABAD - The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) has stated that there is no need of any constitutional ...
International
U.S. and Iraq agree to goals for troop cuts
WASHINGTON - The United States and Iraq have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for the "further reduction of U.S. combat ...
Battle for Indian coalition govt survival intensifies
CONGRESS has denied the allegations that the party is indulging in horse-trading to win loyalties of lawmakers ahead of the trust ...
Bookies gamble on UPA fate
The UPA and the bookies have one thing in common - the numbers game. So, while the UPA crunches its figures, the bookies are ...
Sick lawmakers may be airlifted
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - With next week's trust vote set to go right down the wire, sick and ailing MPs may be airlifted in ...
Bush, Maliki agree 'time horizon' for US drawdown
TUCSON, Arizona, (AFP) - US President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed on "a general time ...
Bombs kill three in Iraq
MOSUL (AFP) - Two bombs killed at least three people and wounded 12 in attacks on an Iraqi army patrol and a police convoy in ...
34 die in fresh Sri Lanka gunbattles
COLOMBO (AFP) - Thirty Tamil Tiger rebels and four soldiers were killed in two days of gunbattles in Sri Lanka, the defence ...
Court tells Ehud Olmert US witness to stay in Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A Jerusalem court on Friday ordered an elderly Jewish-American financier to stay in Israel to continue his ...
US not to lift conditions on talks with Iran, Rice says
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday the United States has not lifted conditions for negotiations with ...
Gore rules out possibility of being Obama's running mate
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. vice president Al Gore said Friday that he won't under any circumstances serve as Democratic ...
S. Africa judge set for top UN rights job
NEW YORK - A South African judge of Tamil origin is expected to be named as the next United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, ...
Business
Karachi Stock Exchange ends 15-day fall
LAHORE - Technical correction extended itself on Friday, as share prices closed slightly higher on the back of mutual funds ...
Text of Trade Policy 2008-09 speech
ISLAMABAD - Following is the text of trade policy 2008-09 speech of Commerce Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar. "It is a ...
No import target in trade policy '08-09: Businessmen say policy to further boost imports
LAHORE - The business community, especially the exporters, has termed the trade policy 2008-2009 as directionless, confused and ...
UN chief calls for sharp hike in world farm output
UNITED NATIONS - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for a sharp hike in world farm output, warning that high food and ...
China loses WTO car parts case against United States
GENEVA - The World Trade Organisation on Friday said it had ruled against China in a complaint brought by the United States ...
EU proposes food aid package
BRUSSELS - The European Commission proposed Friday donating one billion euros (1.6 billion dollars) in unused EU funds to ...
World oil prices in modest rally
LONDON - Oil prices rallied slightly on Friday after three days of heavy falls that pulled the market down by 15 dollars on ...
Czech koruna sets new records vs euro, dollar
LONDON - The dollar dipped against the euro and the yen as the foreign exchange market awaited quarterly earnings from US ...
Special Economic Zone for japanese investors
TOKYO - Pakistan is to offer Japan, a number of projects for investments in diverse fields with emphasis on participation ...
Politics
LHC suspends warrants for Pervaiz, Fazl
LAHORE " Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq of Lahore High Court on Friday suspended the proceedings and arrest warrants issued by an ...
PPP-backed consultants all set to join NAB
LAHORE - After sending 146 officials home from the NAB a couple of days back in the context of less salary budget availability, ...
Pak HC official falls to death
LONDON - A navy service man deputed at Pakistan High Commission in London breathed his last after falling from the fourth floor ...
PM addresses nation today
ISLAMABAD " Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will address the nation on radio and television today in the evening. In ...
Inter-faith moot for global anti-terror pact
MADRID (AFP) - Islamic, Christian and Jewish leaders Friday called for an international agreement to combat terrorism, at the end ...
Talks with US possible on outpost, air route: Iran
ANKARA (AFP) - Iran is open to the idea of talks with the United States on establishing a diplomatic presence in Iran and ...
Nancy Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called President George W Bush "a total failure" ...
Fazl to meet Zardari in Dubai
ISLAMABAD " Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday left for Dubai to meet PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari. ...
Inflation further squeezes poor
ISLAMABAD - Inflation for the extremely poor has increased to a historical level of above 33 per cent, which is the new highest ...
Indian scientists attack US N-deal
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Three of India's most respected atomic scientists on Friday criticised a controversial nuclear deal with the ...
PIA plane collides with oil tanker
London - Pakistan International Airline Flight PK-791 that arrived in Birmingham the other day, collided with an oil tanker ...
Farrukh Shah appointed media advisor to Punjab Governor
LAHORE - Farrukh Shah, previously aligned with Sharif brothers and of late with the Chaudhrys of Gujrat, has now joined Punjab ...
'Pak would-be bomber' captured in Afghanistan
GHAZNI (AFP) - Police arrested a woman and a 13-year-old child they alleged were suicide bombers planning to kill a provincial ...
Entertainment
Nelson Mandela celebrates 90th birthday
NELSON Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and South Africa's first black president, celebrated his 90th birthday ...
Yusuf Islam accepts libel damages
MUSICIAN Cat Stevens - now known as Yusuf Islam - has won libel damages over articles suggesting he refused to talk to women not ...
Low-fat diets may not be best for weight loss
A two-year study led by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) reveals that low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean ...
Heavy metal monk in second album
AT first glance, Cesare Bonizzi looks like the archetypal Capuchin monk - round-faced, stout, with twinkling eyes and a long ...
Modelling is 'brain damaging' for Kate Moss
KATE Moss finds modeling "brain damaging." The British beauty decided to design her own line for UK high street fashion ...
Humming fish reveal ancient origin of vocalisation
HUMAN ballads, bird songs, and croaky frog serenades are all controlled by a common brain circuit that first appeared in animals ...
Islamabad
Police stays doing nothing as DN courts arrest
RAWALPINDI - City District Nazim Raja Javed Ikhlas along with his allies amid tight security presented himself before City Police ...
Seven held, weapons recovered
ISLAMABAD - Capital Police have arrested seven accused, including one proclaimed offender, involved in robberies, illicit weapons ...
'Dengue virus emerged from Capital's sensitive areas'
ISLAMABAD- The dengue virus emerged from the sensitive areas within the federal capital where the paramilitary forces had not let ...
'Pakistan should no more trust US'
ISLAMABAD - A renowned US scholar, Robert Jenson, criticizing the US unilateral foreign policy Friday said that Pakistan must no ...
Moot on 'Gender Mainstreaming Through Legal Reforms' on 21st
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A three day roundtable on "Gender Mainstreaming through Legal Reforms" will be held by Planning and Development ...
PTCL building under foolproof security, says Hamid Khan
ISLAMABAD - Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan said Islamabad Capital Territory administration and Capital Police have made ...
Karachi
Opp 'White Paper' slams govt 100 days
KARACHI - Terming the 100-day's performance of the government as zero, leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly, Jam Madad Ali, ...
Government fails to check flour prices
KARACHI - The Sindh government has miserably failed to implement its decision of providing flour at ex-mill rate of Rs22 per kg, ...
Zardari, Amin Fahim urged to resolve differences
KARACHI - PPP Karachi office-bearers have urged the party Vice-President Makhdoom Amin Faheem to avoid giving statements against ...
Altaf, Rehman discuss FATA situation
KARACHI - Interior Advisor Rehman Malik the MQM leader Altaf Hussain have discussed rapidly deteriorating situation of law and ...
'Go Zardari Go' - a new feature in lawyers movement
KARACHI - Complete boycott has been observed at City and Malir Courts on Friday against the police torture on lawyers during the ...
Religious parties asked to help curb Talibanisation
KARACHI - MQM has decided to seek the support of political and religious parties to counter the threat of Talibanisation in the ...
Lahore
COAS witnesses army training
ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said that all available resources will be utilized to improve ...
Medics reinstated without waiting for inquiry outcome
LAHORE - The Punjab government has reinstated seven suspended doctors of the Mayo Hospital Lahore on their posts without waiting ...
PPP not consulting allies on important issues, says Tehmina
LAHORE - PML-N central leader Tehmina Doltana has said the country is passing through hard times and PPP despite being in ...
Operation against LPG sale at higher rates starts today
LAHORE - City District Government has decided to launch operation against the sale of LPG at higher rates from Saturday (today). ...
Illiteracy core point of country's dilemma
LAHORE - Former Federal Minister and eminent Muslim League leader Khan Ghulam Dastagir Khan has said that illiteracy is the core ...
President impeachment to strengthen Parliament: 'N'
LAHORE - PML-N Punjab Leader Sajjad Hussain Chheena has said that impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf would further ...
Abrar makes 'relevant music' for Pakistan
LAHORE - Pakistan is going through difficult times. The whole nation has to unite to counter the conspiracies that are taking ...
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