Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Front Page
Review of war on terror policy urged
LAHORE - With PML-N's firm stance to review the policy of war against terror and end to military drive in Tribal Areas, an important meeting between US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher and PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday deliberated over ...
SBP launches 10-year strategy
KARACHI - Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Governor State Bank of Pakistan, has said that SBP is launching a ten-year Financial Sector ...
Pak-Nato joint action on Afghan border
KHOST (Agencies) - NATO and US troops killed dozens of militants on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, officials said Tuesday, ...
Horrible 59pc fall in generation capacity
LAHORE - As the country is plunging deeper and deeper into energy crisis, the power generation capacity of public sector thermal ...
International
Go hang, Mugabe aide tells West
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AFP) - Robert Mugabe's spokesman told the West on Tuesday it can "go hang" amid growing criticism of the ...
West Bank in grave water crisis: Israeli HR group
ISRAELI human rights group B'Tselem has said the West Bank is facing grave water shortages largely because of Israel's ...
June deadliest for Nato and US forces in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - June was the deadliest month for foreign troops in Afghanistan since the 2001 fall of the Taliban and the second in ...
UN investigator blasts American justice system, death penalty
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - A senior UN human rights investigator on Monday criticised the US justice system as flawed and called on ...
Seven killed in Iraq unrest
BAQUBA (AFP) - Insurgents killed six people in Iraq's Diyala province on Tuesday, including three in a series of attacks which ...
Govt evidence in Gitmo hearing flayed
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US federal appeals court has overturned the designation of a Muslim from western China as an enemy combatant ...
US is a target, warns Algerian Qaeda offshoot
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The leader of an Algerian-based offshoot of Al-Qaeda warned in an interview published Tuesday that his group ...
Oil, food price spikes may worsen global poverty: IMF
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Rocketing oil and food prices are being felt around the globe and the surging inflationary pressures could ...
Big powers have tarnished U.N.'s image of neutrality
UNITED NATIONS - Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat who headed a global study on the security of U.N. staff members, has said ...
FM Qureshi to visit New York to pursue request for UN probe
UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is reaching New York on July nine to pursue Pakistan's request ...
India start as favourites
The fourth match of the Super four of the ninth Asia Cup will be played between India and Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi ...
Pakistan confident Oval Test forfeit will be cancelled
DUBAI (AFP) - Pakistan is confident cricket's world body will change the result of the infamous 2006 Oval Test that was awarded ...
Business
Most of blue chips close limit down
LAHORE - Bearish trend on the Karachi bourse continued for another day and most of the blue chips except scrips of oil and gas ...
Barclays shifts $100m to kick-off operations
KARACHI- The UK-based Barclays Bank has transferred $100 million to Pakistan to kick-off its operations. This acquisition ...
Govt warned of strike against 31 per cent increase in gas prices
LAHORE/KARACHI - All Pakistan CNG Association on Tuesday warned the government to withdraw the decision of 31 per cent increase ...
KSE plunges 11 per cent in FY08 after six years
KARACHI - The outgoing financial year ending June 2008 turned out to be a difficult year for the Karachi Stock Exchange, which ...
PM launches Real Time Gross Settlement System
KARACHI - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani today inaugurated the Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) that would enable ...
ASF approves 46 grants of Rs17.12m
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Agribusiness Support Fund's (ASF) has approved 46 grants amounting to Rs.17.12 million for different private ...
Government urged to resolve businessmen's problems
LAHORE - Leading businessmen and trade leaders have expressed their concern over the current economic situation of the country ...
Foreign investment declines by 37.2 per cent in 2007-08
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The total foreign investment in Pakistan during the first eleven months of the current fiscal year witnessed a ...
Euro on firm footing against dollar
LONDON (AFP) - The euro firmed against the dollar on Tuesday as the foreign exchange market awaited fresh economic data ahead of ...
IEA warns of supply tensions
MADRID (AFP) - The International Energy Agency gave early warning on Tuesday of looming crude oil supply tensions from 2010, ...
Oil shoots above $142 after Opec comments
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices jumped beyond 142 dollars a barrel on Tuesday after the president of OPEC said there was uncertainty ...
Politics
NWFP PA opposes raise in power tariff
PESHAWAR - The NWFP Assembly unanimously passed resolution on Tuesday opposing the proposed increase in the power tariff as ...
Proposals ready for revamping Swat, PATA judicial system
ISLAMABAD - The Law Ministry is proposing several recommendations to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for refurbishing the ...
APHC leaders detained amid new protests
SRINAGAR (AFP) - The Occupied Kashmir government formally revoked Tuesday a decision to hand over land to Hindu yatrees after ...
'Rulers, energy mafia one against masses'
LAHORE - The social and political circles, while considering the ever-increasing prices of the petroleum products and commodities ...
Committee formed to end KESC woes
KARACHI - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, while presiding over the ECC meeting here on Tuesday, has set up a four-member ...
West and US still conspiring against us: AQ
FATHER of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that the West feels that Pakistan being a nuclear power ...
16th Working Group meeting held to counter IED threat
ISLAMABAD - The meeting of 16th Working Group, a sub-committee of the Tripartite Commission on countering Improvised Explosive ...
Hoti points finger at 'hidden hands'
PESHAWAR- NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Tuesday said that some hidden elements were bent upon unleashing bloodshed ...
New anti-terror plan will deliver: Haqqani
WASHINGTON (APP) - Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has said the elected government's new plan to curb ...
More actions planned against extremists: Haqqani
WASHINGTON - Pakistan has planned more actions in the coming days against the extremists who challenge the new government ...
A glance at today's match
Advantage India Pakistan team is out of sorts to say the least. They are having a tough tournament with injuries, lack of ...
Entertainment
Disabled to operate wheelchairs and computer with their tongue
A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the ...
French court fines Ebay over fake goods
EBAY has been fined nearly 31m by a French court for not doing enough to stop counterfeit goods being sold on its site. But ...
Lily & Lindsay to record a duet
LILY Allen is set to record a duet with Lindsay Lohan. The 'Smile' singer reportedly wants to team up with the 'Mean Girls' ...
Guy Ritchie in NYC to snatch time with the family
WHAT'S a Guy to do when Madonna is making headlines for her trips to the lawyer's office rather than the recording studio? Hop ...
The moment kayakers risk their lives by plunging down high waterfalls
FANCY a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing? Like a ...
Hunters to take over Jolie-Pitt's estate
Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie will have to open up their French estate and allow a wild boar hunt on their land this ...
Islamabad
Ministry to set up Drugs Regulatory Authority
ISLAMABAD - The Health Ministry is again gearing up efforts to establish an independent Drugs Regulatory Authority to control all ...
Driving a car no more a luxury
ISLAMABAD - Driving a car is not a luxury anymore and now the commuters have started burning their blood instead of oil and ...
Recruitment agents accused of minting money
ISLAMABAD - The ongoing trend of the recruitment of skilled labour from Pakistan to abroad has witnessed an unprecedented rise in ...
A lot to fix in G-6
ISLAMABAD - The diversion of CDA's attention and monitory resources to posh sectors of the federal capital has virtually resulted ...
Innovative art display at FJWU
RAWALPINDI - The Bachelors of Computer Arts Department (BCA), Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) organized a creative artwork ...
UK-based scholar to address at IIUI
ISLAMABAD - Dr Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford, UK, will deliver a lecture on ...
Hamza Gillani takes over as DG PSB
ISLAMABAD- Syed Amir Hamza Gillani took over the charge of the office of the Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on ...
Karachi
Leadership sidelined Amin Fahim: Talpur
KARACHI - PPP central leader Yousaf Talpur MNA has said that party's top leadership has forcibly sidelined vice-chairman ...
Media urged to project truth
KARACHI - Media women, publishers and journalists' organisation held a seminar titled 'Responsibilities and Limitations of Media' ...
Major reshuffle in MQM body on the cards
KARACHI - A major reshuffle is being expected in the MQM Rabita Committee and the other party structure, well-placed sources told ...
Govt to withdraw petition against teachers' bodies, says Pir Mazhar
Karachi (PPI) - Sindh Senior Minister for Education, Literacy & Criminal Prosecution Service Pir Mazharul Haq announced that ...
Early conducting of MBBS entry test denounced
KARACHI - The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has demanded the government to increase health budget equivalent up to 5 per ...
Hospital to have Burns, Trauma Centre
Karachi (PPI) - Federal Secretary for Labor Asif Hayat visited Kalsoom Bai Valika Hospital here on Tuesday and inspected ...
Misbah to replace unfit Malik
KARACHI - Mianwali-born 34 year old Misbahul Haq is all set to wear the captain's crown on Wednesday when he leads Pakistan in ...
India boosted by Pathan's return
KARACHI (AFP) - All-rounder Irfan Pathan returns to India's squad for their crunch match on Wednesday against archrivals Pakistan ...
Lahore
Nila Gumbad parking plaza project shelved
LAHORE - The most-trumpeted project of underground parking plaza at Nila Gunmbad, aimed at resolving parking problems of Anarkali ...
Auction of 225 official vehicles fetches Rs70m
LAHORE - On the second day of auction of official vehicles on Tuesday, out of a total of 720 vehicles drawn out of the government ...
Spiralling prices will lead country to anarchy: speakers
LAHORE- The traders, businessmen and religious leaders have strongly resented the increase in oil and gas prices, saying it would ...
Secy health records statement of staff
LAHORE - Punjab Secretary Health Anwar A Khan Tuesday visited the Punjab Institute of Mental Health (PIMH) and recorded ...
Shahbaz directs installation of generators at disposal stations
LAHORE-Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz has directed WASA authorities to install generators at all disposal stations ...
Grant to PBC may hit at lawyers movement
LAHORE - The grant-in-aid of Rs50 million by the government to Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) may hit at the ongoing lawyers movement ...
Shoaib case hearing in LHC on 4th
LAHORE- The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Justice Syed Zahid Hussain Tuesday summoned chairman Pakistan Cricket Board ...
Majid's remarks surprising: Intikhab
LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Intikhab Alam has expressed his surprise over remarks by Majid Khan about the constitution of ...
'Asif's future depends upon police report'
LAHORE - The three-member fact-finding committee constituted to gather facts about the Mohammad Asif Dubai rumblings episode of ...
Committee formed to probe doping issue
LAHORE - The Athletics Federation of Pakistan has formed a five-member committee to decide the dope case of the two athletes who ...
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